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Hundreds of apparently 'flash-frozen' turtles wash ashore in New England
- Conservationists record unusually high number of strandings
- Many of turtles are critically endangered Kemp’s ridley species
An unusual number of sea turtles have washed ashore in New England in the recent cold snap, many dead and appearing to have been “flash-frozen”.
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Continue reading...Victoria votes for solar, batteries and climate action, as Labor wins in a landslide
State poll delivers a crushing defeat to Liberal-National Coalition, and a clear endorsement of strong policies on climate change and renewable energy.
The post Victoria votes for solar, batteries and climate action, as Labor wins in a landslide appeared first on RenewEconomy.
InSight Diary: The silence of space
Nasa Mars InSight lander mission to teach us more about Earth
Climate report: Trump administration downplays warnings of looming disaster
Democrats ramp up pressure to act in wake of most sobering government analysis yet
The Trump administration attempted to downplay the stark findings of its own climate change assessment, as Democrats sought to pressure the White House to avert looming economic and public health disaster.
The US National Climate change assessment, the work of 300 scientists and 13 federal agencies, was released on Friday afternoon. It found that wildfires, storms and heatwaves are already taking a major toll on Americans’ wellbeing, with climate change set to “disrupt many areas of life” in the future.
Continue reading...She trolled Trump, but can she lead a green wave across Europe?
Swedish minister Isabella Lövin found fame in a jibe aimed at the White House. Now she aims for change beyond Twitter
In February last year, a week after Donald Trump had signed an anti-abortion executive order surrounded by seven men, Isabella Lövin posted a photograph of herself on Twitter signing a climate change bill alongside seven other women.
Sweden’s then deputy prime minister remained enigmatic as the picture went viral and she was asked whether she had been “trolling” the US president. “It is up to the observer to interpret the photo,” she was quoted as saying. “We are a feminist government, which shows in this photo.”
Continue reading...Environmental protesters block access to Parliament Square
Demonstration organised by Extinction Rebellion aims to highlight government failure on the environment
Dozens of environmental campaigners blocked the roads around Parliament Square to highlight concerns about the environment on Saturday.
About 50 activists from Extinction Rebellion, a direct action group that has been coordinating a campaign of civil disobedience which has brought areas of the capital to a standstill in recent weeks, risked arrest by standing defiantly in roads in front of queueing traffic.
Continue reading...Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil
London schools tackle pollution with face masks and air purifiers
Schools introduce walk-to-school initiatives and stock up on asthma medicine
Schools across the UK are taking ever more drastic steps in an effort to mitigate the effects of air pollution on their pupils’ health.
Amid growing concern about the long-term implications of toxic air on young people’s development, the Guardian has found one London school is raising money for face masks for its pupils, while a growing number are installing air purifiers in classrooms and thousands more are trying to deter parents from using their cars on the school run.
Continue reading...Brazil records worst annual deforestation for a decade
Nearly 8,000sq kms lost in the year to July amid alarm new president Jair Bolsonaro will make situation worse
Brazil has released its worst annual deforestation figures in a decade amid fears that the situation might worsen when the avowedly anti-environmentalist president-elect Jair Bolsonaro takes power.
Between August 2017 and July 2018, 7,900sq kms were deforested, according to preliminary figures from the environment ministry based on satellite monitoring – a 13.7% rise on the previous year and the biggest area of forest cleared since 2008. The area is equivalent to 987,000 football pitches.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday November 23, 2018
Australia failing to meet nature protection targets, UN finds
Report points particularly to important habitats in Queensland and NSW where land clearing is prevalent
Australia is failing to meet international targets to protect nature in parts of the country where land clearing and habitat destruction are widespread, according to data in a major new United Nations report.
The UN report on protected areas, released at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties in Egypt, examines progress by countries to meet global conservation targets.
Continue reading...Climate change: Report warns of growing impact on US life
EU Market: EUAs slump 3% to near €20 as oil rout weighs
Climate change 'will inflict substantial damages on US lives'
- ‘Impacts of climate change are intensifying across the country’
- Draft outlines claim current response to crisis is insufficient
Climate change is already harming Americans’ lives with “substantial damages” set to occur as global temperatures threaten to surge beyond internationally agreed limits, a major US government report is set to warn.
The influence of climate change is being felt across the US with increases in disastrous wildfires in the west, flooding on the east coast, soil loss in the midwest and coastal erosion in Alaska, a draft of the US national climate assessment states.
Continue reading...EUAs face a few more weeks of volatility before bull run resumes -analysts
Activists condemn 'disgusting attacks' on pigs as two men convicted of cruelty
Prosecution based on secret footage obtained by rights charity Animal Equality at Fir Tree farm in Lincolnshire
Two men pleaded guilty today to charges of animal cruelty while employed at a pig farm, Fir Tree in Goxhill, Lincolnshire.
Artis Grogprkevs, 31, and Troy Wagstaff, 30, have appeared at Grimsby magistrates court charged with causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal between 2-27 April this year.
Continue reading...The week in wildlife – in pictures
A family of roe deer and the bignose unicornfish are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Continue reading...Tory MPs demand net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Theresa May called on to commit to ambitious climate target
Fifty Conservative MPs have called on Theresa May to adopt an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions to net zero before 2050, to show international leadership on climate change and protect British jobs.
Former ministers Damian Green, Oliver Letwin and Anna Soubry are among the signatories of the letter to the prime minister, which said that a stronger long-term goal would cut energy bills and improve air quality.
Continue reading...Astronaut on ISS captures spacecraft launch footage
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