19/11/2018

November 19, 2018  in Earth News by simonwhalley_@hotmail.com

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Here’s a selection of today’s environment related news from around the web. We do the hard work, so you don’t have to.

Who Is David Bernhardt? (And Why Every Environmentalist Should Care.) - EcoWatch

Meet David Bernhardt, the Interior Department's current deputy secretary, whose long Washington résumé suggests that he would happily continue to carry out the Trump administration's war on public lands and federal waters—albeit with greater legal sophistication and fewer unforced ethical errors than his predecessor.

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U.S. Navy Proposes Massive Land Grab to Test Bombs - EcoWatch

Friday the U.S. Navy released details of a plan to seize more than 600,000 acres of public land in central Nevada to expand a bombing range. The land under threat includes rich habitat for mule deer, important desert springs and nesting sites for raptors like golden eagles.

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Surprising Study: Orangutans Are Only Non-Human Primates Who Can 'Talk' About the Past - EcoWatch

Since orangutans are closely related to humans, this study could provide clues about the evolution of language itself, Carel van Schaik, a primatologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, who was not involved with the study explained to Science Magazine.The way the University of St. Andrews researchers designed their experiment

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Clean Energy Is Surging, but Not Fast Enough to Solve Global Warming (Published 2018)

The International Energy Agency said renewables were poised to surpass coal by 2040. But more is still needed to stop climate change.

www.nytimes.com

Pairing Wind + Solar for Cheaper, 24-Hour Renewable Energy - Inside Climate News

Along a country road east of Lima, Ohio, a company is preparing to build one of the world’s largest renewable energy projects that pairs wind and solar to create a hybrid power source. It’s a rare combination now, but one that’s expected to become more common because of its potential to cut costs while providing…

Inside Climate News

100% Renewable Energy: Cleveland Sets a Big Goal as It Sheds Its Fossil Fuel Past - Inside Climate News

Cleveland, Ohio, which has worked for years to reinvent itself as it sheds its industrial past, has become the latest major city to announce plans to shift to 100 percent renewable energy sources for electricity. The plan stands out in a state that in recent years has been more inclined to roll back clean energy…

Inside Climate News

That $3 Trillion-a-Year Clean Energy Transformation? It’s Already Underway. - Inside Climate News

To keep global warming in check, the world will have to invest an average of around $3 trillion a year over the next three decades in transforming its energy supply systems, a new United Nations climate science report says. It won’t be cheap, but it’s also a change that’s already underway. Much of that investment…

Inside Climate News

Air pollution levels ‘forcing families to move out of cities’

As diesel emission fears mount, a growing number of parents now consider clean air the main factor when choosing a school

the Guardian

France Looks to Curb Palm Oil and Beef Imports to Halt Deforestation - EcoWatch

In a significant move to combat worldwide deforestation, the French government unveiled a national strategy that looks to curb imports of soybean, palm oil, beef and beef products, cocoa, rubber, as well as wood and its derivatives. The new plan identifies these items as contributing the most to "imported deforestation."

EcoWatch

New Findings Cast Doubt on Claim That Oceans Have Warmed 60% More Than Scientists Thought - EcoWatch

On November 1, EcoWatch reported on a terrifying study that claimed the world's oceans had warmed 60 percent more in the past 25 years than previously thought. In the two weeks since the study was first published in Nature, however, errors have been spotted in the paper that cast doubt on that alarming 60 percent figure.

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