10/12/2018

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Brazil’s New Environment Minister Is Bad News for the Amazon and the Climate
Brazil’s New Environment Minister Is Bad News for the Amazon and the Climate

The announcement comes as the Amazon saw its worst rate of deforestation in the past decade, mostly because of illegal logging to clear the way for farming and livestock.
EcoWatch EcoWatch
Norway to Ban Deforestation-Linked Palm Oil Biofuels in Historic Vote
Norway to Ban Deforestation-Linked Palm Oil Biofuels in Historic Vote

The Norwegian parliament voted this week to make Norway the world's first country to bar its biofuel industry from importing deforestation-linked palm oil starting in 2020, The Independent reported. Environmentalists celebrated the move as a victory for rainforests, the climate and endangere...
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Heavy Police Presence Accompanies March for Climate at Katowice UN Talks
Heavy Police Presence Accompanies March for Climate at Katowice UN Talks

More than a thousand people marched amidst heavy police presence to demand negotiators and ministers attending the UN climate talks in the southern Polish city of Katowice take more ambitious action on climate change.
DeSmog DeSmog
French minister asks Trump not to meddle in French affairs
French minister asks Trump not to meddle in French affairs

U.S. President Donald Trump should not meddle in French affairs, French Foreign ...
U.K. U.K.
Brazil to review Paris Agreement status, says Bolsonaro environment minister
Brazil to review Paris Agreement status, says Bolsonaro environment minister

Ricardo de Aquino Salles, a close ally of farming interests, was named as minister on Sunday, he said the conversation about global warming was 'secondary'
Climate Home News Climate Home News
Greenhouse gases are making us more stupid
Greenhouse gases are making us more stupid

Late afternoon lethargy — that intense tiredness so familiar to millions of office workers — could become a planet-wide problem because of surging levels of greenhouse gases, scientists have warned.
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Act now to prevent an environmental catastrophe | Letter
Act now to prevent an environmental catastrophe | Letter

Letter: 100 academics, authors, politicians and campaigners from across the world call for action to address climate change
the Guardian the Guardian
The World Still Isn’t Meeting Its Climate Goals
The World Still Isn’t Meeting Its Climate Goals

Three years after countries signed a landmark climate agreement in Paris, they are still far off-track from preventing severe global warming in the decades ahead, new data shows.
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Why greens are turning away from a carbon tax
Why greens are turning away from a carbon tax

Putting an economic price on greenhouse gases is proving a hard sell with the public, even as time to head off climate change shrinks.
POLITICO POLITICO
Global wheat production with 1.5 and 2.0°C above pre‐industrial warming
Global wheat production with 1.5 and 2.0°C above pre‐industrial warming

The projected impact of 1.5 and 2.0°C warming above the pre‐industrial period on wheat production varies spatially; a larger increase is projected for temperate high rainfall regions than for moderat...
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Amputation is No Cure for Cancer
Amputation is No Cure for Cancer

South Sudan is gone. But the government in Khartoum still can't escape what ails Sudan.
Foreign Policy Foreign Policy
Coal for Christmas at the U.N. Climate Conference
Coal for Christmas at the U.N. Climate Conference

As negotiators from around the world gathered in Poland to discuss how to lower carbon emissions, the Trump Administration unveiled two schemes promoting fossil fuels.
The New Yorker The New Yorker
‘We Cannot Accept an Unjust Energy Transition’: Future of Coal Communities Becomes Crucial Issue at Climate Talks
‘We Cannot Accept an Unjust Energy Transition’: Future of Coal Communities Becomes Crucial Issue at Climate Talks

For the first time, the future of coal workers and communities across the world has become one of the most pressing issues of the global climate negotiations — infusing a sense of social reality within what is otherwise a very technical and political process.
DeSmog UK DeSmog UK
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors

UN summit urged to end all coal burning and introduce substantial taxes on emissions
the Guardian the Guardian
Next election test of leadership on climate and the environment
Next election test of leadership on climate and the environment

Centrist voters are incrreasingly placing a priority on these issues at a federal level, according to research
the Guardian the Guardian
How Brexit could benefit the UK's climate change policies
How Brexit could benefit the UK's climate change policies

Brexit may be an unexpected boon for the UK's climate leadership. Here's how the UK can seize the initiative.
The Conversation The Conversation
Weatherwatch: stormy future could disrupt Hebridean lifeline
Weatherwatch: stormy future could disrupt Hebridean lifeline

The Western Isles depend on the CalMac ferry services for vital supplies and the service keeps going in all weathers. But climate change could mean trouble ahead
the Guardian the Guardian
Subscribe to read | Financial Times
Subscribe to read | Financial Times

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
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Faulty roadside chargers could stall growth of electric cars
Faulty roadside chargers could stall growth of electric cars

The switch to electric cars is being undermined by faulty roadside chargers and the length of time it takes for many vehicles to “refuel”, research suggests. A study by the RAC Foundation published...
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Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in centuries
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in centuries

The ice on Greenland would raise global sea levels by 20 feet if it were all to melt.
Vox Vox
Ocean acidification will increase the iodine content of seaweeds – and the billions of people who eat them
Ocean acidification will increase the iodine content of seaweeds – and the billions of people who eat them

Climate change will affect the nutrition of seaweeds eaten by billions of people around the world.
The Conversation The Conversation
While Small Dairy Farms Shut Down, This Mega-Dairy Is Shipping Milk to China | Civil Eats
While Small Dairy Farms Shut Down, This Mega-Dairy Is Shipping Milk to China | Civil Eats

Powdered milk produced for the Chinese market is being marketed as a win for rural areas, but the people who live nearby disagree.
Civil Eats Civil Eats
Coal mine could be built next to one of Northumberland's most beautiful beaches after High Court appeal
Coal mine could be built next to one of Northumberland's most beautiful beaches after High Court appeal

An opencast coal mine could be built next to one of Northumerbland's most beautiful beaches after The Court of Appeal overturned Savid Javid's decision to block the scheme.
The Telegraph The Telegraph
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Brexit added £2bn to UK energy bills in year after referendum, report claims
Brexit added £2bn to UK energy bills in year after referendum, report claims

Households paid an extra £75 a year in wake of vote which experts warn has been ‘principal factor’ driving up bills over past two years
The Independent The Independent
India's coal imports rose 10% to 156 MT during Apr-Nov: Report
India's coal imports rose 10% to 156 MT during Apr-Nov: Report

Coal imports in November this year also increased 10.1 per cent to 19.47 MT, over 17.68 MT in the corresponding month of the last fiscal, mjunction data showed.
The Economic Times The Economic Times
Why Aren't School Buses Electric? These Coloradans Are Sick of Diesel
Why Aren't School Buses Electric? These Coloradans Are Sick of Diesel

In Colorado, more than 4,000 yellow school buses run on diesel and spew out nearly 50,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year.
EcoWatch EcoWatch
As Miami Battles Sea-Level Rise, This Artist Makes Waves With His 'Underwater Homeowners Association'
As Miami Battles Sea-Level Rise, This Artist Makes Waves With His 'Underwater Homeowners Association'

Xavier Cortada’s elevation markers are a colorful yet painful reminder of what Floridians stand to lose from climate change.
EcoWatch EcoWatch
Overfishing Pushes 80% of Chinese Fishermen Towards Bankruptcy
Overfishing Pushes 80% of Chinese Fishermen Towards Bankruptcy

In mid-September, the fishing season got under way as usual in Ningbo, on China’s east coast, after the three-month season when fishing is forbidden. Over 2,000 steel-hulled boats headed out to sea. But, on board, there was little cause for optimism.“For the last two years profits from coastal fishing have been low,” explained Chen Jiming,…
ChinaFile ChinaFile
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors

UN summit urged to end all coal burning and introduce substantial taxes on emissions
the Guardian the Guardian