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• John Kerry talks climate change but not Trump in Antarctica

  11-11-2016 21:31
  
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry didn't comment on President-elect Donald Trump's election victory on Friday while visiting Antarctica, but did say that citizens who care about limiting emissions might ...
  
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• How to survive and resist in the Trump era: practical things you can do now

  11-11-2016 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  For many the US election result could inspire despair – but far better that mourning be brief, and followed by positive action. Here dedicated activists explain why giving up is not an option, and we list six ways to get involved Related: Will Donald Trump destroy America? The shock may have started to subside, but the despair is just beginning. For non-Americans, the aftermath of the US election feels like being in mourning, but perhaps in that detached way we feel when a beloved musician
  
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• Just 1 Degree C of Warming Has Altered Nearly Every Aspect of Life on Earth

  11-11-2016 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Climate change has already impacted nearly every aspect of life on earth, according to a new study in the journal Science. Warming global temperatures have altered everything from entire ecosystems down to the individual genes of species. 
  
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• Trump's climate plan "catastrophic" - France's Royal

  11-11-2016 20:18
  By Alister Doyle MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - Donald Trump's plan to drop out of world cooperation on slowing climate change would be "absolutely catastrophic" and weaken the United States, France's environment minister said on Friday. Trump has called global warming a hoax, wants to cancel the Paris Agreement and halt all U.S. funding of U.N. global warming programmes.
  
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• Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Quantifying Nitrate Discharge from Groundwater to Streams

  11-11-2016 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to determine the rate at which nitrate pollution will make its way from groundwater into streams. The work has implications for predicting long-term pollution in groundwater-fed streams.Nitrate pollution, primarily from fertilizer runoff, is one of the major freshwater contaminants in the United States. Additionally, the pollution persists in aquifers – and thus in groundwater – which feed into streams over a p
  
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• Mars 160 Crew Gets New Neighbors in the Utah Desert

  11-11-2016 18:26
  
  The Mars Society is conducting the ambitious two-phase Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic Analog missionto study how seven crewmembers could live, work and perform science on a true mission to Mars. Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie is chronicling the mission, which will spend 80 days at the Mars Desert Research Station in southern Utah desert before venturing far north to Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island, Canada in summer 2017. This month, there is a Martian-minded colony of in
  
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• COP22: Major firms lead low-carbon energy drive

  11-11-2016 18:14
  
  The first week of COP22 in Marrakech rounded-off on energy day, with a range of companies demonstrating their commitment to a low-carbon future with pledges to source 100% renewable energy.
  
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• Trump victory may embolden other nations to obstruct Paris climate deal

  11-11-2016 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  EU concerns are growing that some oil-rich nations that have not yet ratified the deal could now try and slow action on reducing emissionsConcerns are mounting that Donald Trump’s victory could embolden some fossil fuel-rich countries to try unpicking the historic Paris climate agreement, which came into force last week.Saudi Arabia has tried to obstruct informal meetings at the UN climate summit in Marrakech this week, and worries are rife that states which have not yet ratified the agree
  
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• German coalition agrees to cut carbon emissions up to 95% by 2050

  11-11-2016 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Government divisions over approach to climate change plan are bridged, but targets will be reviewed in 2018 to consider their impact on industryGermany’s coalition government has reached an agreement on a climate change action plan which involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95% by 2050, a spokesperson said on Friday.The plan, which will require German industry to reduce its CO2 emission by a fifth by 2030, and Germany’s energy sector to reduce emissions by almost a hal
  
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• Oil prices tumble 3 percent after OPEC data adds to glut worries

  11-11-2016 17:36
  By Ethan Lou NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled more than 3 percent on Friday after OPEC said October output reached another record, casting doubt on whether its plan to limit production is achievable or enough to ease persisting oversupply in the market. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Friday that its output rose to 33.64 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, up 240,000 bpd from September. Crude futures have wiped out gains made since the end of September whe
  
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• New maps reveal safe locations for wastewater injection

  11-11-2016 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stanford geophysicists have compiled the most detailed maps yet of the geologic forces controlling the locations, types and magnitudes of earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma.These new “stress maps,” published in the journals Geophysical Research Letters and Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, provide insight into the nature of the faults associated with recent temblors, many of which appear to have been triggered by the injection of wastewater deep undergro
  
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• Keep it in the ground: What president Trump means for climate change

  11-11-2016 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump’s win could be catastrophic for the world’s climate, as well as international diplomacy, as American leadership is transformedThis November is likely to have profound implications for climate change – but not in the way that was anticipated just a week ago. The Paris climate deal came into force on 4 November but Tuesday’s election of Donald Trump as US president casts an ominous shadow over the agreement and the chances of avoiding dangerous global warming.T
  
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• Thawing ice makes the Alps grow

  11-11-2016 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Alps are steadily “growing” by about one to two millimeters per year. Likewise, the formerly glaciated subcontinents of North America and Scandinavia are also undergoing constant upward movement. This is due to the fact that at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) about 18,000 years ago the glaciers melted and with this the former heavy pressure on the Earth’s surface diminished. The ice reacted rapidly to climate change at that time whereas the Earth’s crust is
  
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• Oil prices slip as OPEC, IEA data underscores crude glut

  11-11-2016 14:53
  By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Friday as the market refocused on a persistent supply overhang that is not expected to abate unless OPEC and other producers cut their output significantly. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were down by 84 cents, or almost 2 percent, at $43.82 per barrel. While investors were always sceptical that a deal to cut or freeze oil output levels could be reached at an OPEC meeting on Nov. 30 and then implemented, an increasing amount
  
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• How Trump Could Erase Decades of Climate Change Action

  11-11-2016 14:18
  
  Donald Trump has said that one of the top priorities for his presidency would be to remove the United States from international agreements to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, Trump has said he would renege on the historic Paris climate pact. In addition, he has selected Myron Ebell, who is skeptical that human-caused climate change is occurring, to spearhead the transition of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the new administration, as reported by ClimateWire.
  
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• Diver Finds Long-Lost Nuke While Hunting Sea Cucumbers

  11-11-2016 14:17
  
  A man diving off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, may have stumbled upon a nuclear weapon that the United States lost decades ago. Now, the Royal Canadian Navy is scoping out the strange object to see if it is indeed a Mark IV bomb that was jettisoned by an American pilot in 1950 just before his plane crashed. The man, Sean Smyrichinsky, was using an underwater scooter to hunt for sea cucumbers near Pitt Island, when he came upon a weird bagel-shaped object.
  
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• Trump presidency a 'disaster for the planet'

  11-11-2016 14:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Leading scientists warn the climate denier’s victory could mean ‘game over for the climate’ and any hope of warding off dangerous global warmingThe ripples from a new American president are far-reaching, but never before has the arrival of a White House administration placed the livability of Earth at stake. Beyond his bluster and crude taunts, Donald Trump’s climate denialism could prove to be the lasting imprint of his unexpected presidency.
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• Donald Trump presidency a 'disaster for the planet', warn climate scientists

  11-11-2016 14:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Leading scientists say the climate denier’s victory could mean ‘game over for the climate’ and any hope of warding off dangerous global warmingThe ripples from a new American president are far-reaching, but never before has the arrival of a White House administration placed the livability of Earth at stake. Beyond his bluster and crude taunts, Donald Trump’s climate denialism could prove to be the lasting imprint of his unexpected presidency.
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• OPEC points to even bigger 2017 oil surplus as its output jumps

  11-11-2016 13:33
  By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC reported an increase in its oil production in October to a record high led by members hoping to be exempt from the producer group's attempt to curb supply, pointing to an even larger global surplus next year. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 33.64 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, according to figures OPEC collects from secondary sources, up 240,000 bpd from September, OPEC said in a monthly report. The OPEC figures point
  
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• Oil prices slip as persistent fuel glut returns to focus

  11-11-2016 13:06
  By Sabina Zawadzki LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Friday as the market refocused on a persistent fuel supply overhang that is not expected to abate unless OPEC and other producers cut their output significantly. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were trading 66 cents lower at $44.00 per barrel. Benchmark crude futures contracts have in the past week wiped out the gains made since the end of September when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said it woul
  
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• Scotland's EV charging point usage doubles in one year

  11-11-2016 13:05
  
  Scotland's electric vehicle (EV) charging point usage in August 2016 was double that of last year's figures - as revealed by independent motoring charity the RAC foundation.
  
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• Russian oil major Rosneft has cash for deals despite profit fall

  11-11-2016 13:02
  By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top oil producer Rosneft reported strong cashflow on Friday, strengthening its position for a continuing acquisition drive despite a worse than expected 77 percent decline in third-quarter net profit. Rosneft, which bought a controlling stake in mid-sized oil company Bashneft for 323 billion roubles (£3.89 billion) last month, has been looking for ways to increase its global exposure and become a leading international oil major. The Kremlin
  
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• Most Scottish businesses meet environmental compliance

  11-11-2016 12:33
  
  The overwhelming majority of Scottish businesses are now following environmental regulations, the country's environment protection agency has revealed.
  
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• Bulgarian vote shows Russia winning hearts on EU's eastern flank

  11-11-2016 12:14
  By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Nearly 10 years after Bulgaria joined the European Union, many of its people feel their problems are too low down the priority list in Brussels. Many disappointed Bulgarians are now looking towards Russia, their former overlord in the Soviet era, as a more relevant neighbour. Radev's position that Bulgaria, a NATO member, should hedge its bets when it comes to international alliances, has hit a nerve in the Black Sea state, which already depends on Russia f
  
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• Pollution in India – in pictures

  11-11-2016 12:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Levels of pollution reached record highs this week across India. In Delhi the government declared the poor air quality an ‘emergency situation’Continue reading...
  
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• UK red squirrels carry 'a form of leprosy' - scientists

  11-11-2016 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British red squirrels are infected with strains of the bacterium that causes leprosy, according to a study.
  
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• Prix Pictet 2016 shortlist turns the lens on space - in pictures

  11-11-2016 11:28 via theguardian.com
  
  From Hong Kong’s tiny subdivided flats to the migrant crisis, this year’s photography and sustainability award shortlist explores the theme of space from all perspectives The winners will be announced at an exhibition in London in May 2017. See last year’s winners here
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• Open data aims to boost food security prospects

  11-11-2016 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rothamsted Research, a leading agricultural research institute, is attempting to make data from long-term experiments available to all scientists.
  
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• Trump likely to try to reverse Obama environment initiatives

  11-11-2016 10:34
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has not minced words about his approach to environment and energy policy: He loathes regulation and wants to increase the use of coal, offshore drilling and fracking.
  
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• Primark signs up to WRAP's sustainable clothing plan

  11-11-2016 09:20
  
  Five leading clothing brands and retailers including Primark and Peak Performance have signed up to WRAPs cooperative European Clothing Action Plan (ECAP) initiative, which aims to promote sustainable clothing across the continent.
  
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• VIDEO: 60-second sustainability skill - The Innovator

  11-11-2016 09:00
  
  In the second part of a new series of sustainability skills videos, Interface's co-innovation partner Jon Khoo explains how sustainability professionals can utilise innovation skills to drive positive change within their organisation and beyond.
  
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• Russian oil major Rosneft says third-quarter net profit down 77 percent

  11-11-2016 08:59
  Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Friday its third-quarter net profit had fallen by 77 percent, year-on-year, to 26 billion roubles (319 million pounds) due to weaker oil prices. Additional pressure on the company’s profitability was from (a) considerable negative export duty lag effect," Igor Sechin, Rosneft's chief executive, said in a statement. Rosneft has been looking for ways to increase its global exposure and become a leading international oil major.
  
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• Oil prices dip on persistent fuel supply overhang

  11-11-2016 08:56
  By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Friday as the market refocused on a persistent fuel supply overhang that is not expected to abate unless OPEC and other producers make a significant cut to their output. International Brent crude oil futures were trading at $45.77 per barrel at 0743 GMT, down 7 cents from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading down 10 cents at $44.56 per barrel, weighed down by weakening U.S. demand.
  
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• Gridlock in West Africa: Accra's troubled attempts to tackle its traffic crisis

  11-11-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In Ghana’s capital, cars, motorbikes and minibuses jostle for road space during a daily descent on the city centre. With air pollution killing thousands every year and Accra’s population set to double within 20 years, can the city find a solution?Every morning before the sun rises, Stella Ampofo, a 25-year-old single mother of two boys, frantically gathers her belongings and sets off for work to beat the morning traffic in Ghana’s capital, Accra. If she doesn’t leave befo
  
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• EU prepares £400m funding for maritime and ocean energy sectors

  11-11-2016 08:00
  
  The European Union (EU) is set to provide around £412m to support sustainable shipbuilding and ocean energy projects across the continent.
  
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• Hedgehog's distress at tick invasion

  11-11-2016 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Langstone, Hampshire The newly attached, unfed, arachnids were red-brown and as tiny as sesame seeds, the fully engorged ones like glossy grey pearlsHedgehogs that have had a hind leg amputation can struggle to groom themselves, so are more likely to harbour ectoparasites. I had noticed that Sweetpea, my resident hedgehog, had been flailing her shortened leg as she tried to scratch using her phantom limb. But it was still a shock to spot her emerging from her nest with one side of her body studd
  
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• Oil prices fall on persistent fuel supply overhang

  11-11-2016 05:54
  By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday, as the market refocused on a persistent fuel supply overhang that is not expected to abate unless OPEC and other producers make a significant cut to their output. International Brent crude oil futures were trading at $45.74 per barrel at 0445 GMT, down 10 cents, or 0.2 percent, from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading at $44.51 per barrel, down 15 cents, or 0.3 p
  
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• Beagle 2 'was so close to Mars success'

  11-11-2016 03:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British Beagle 2 spacecraft may have worked for several months on Mars, new analysis suggests.
  
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• Josh Frydenberg insists Paris climate deal lives on, despite MPs' claims

  11-11-2016 00:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Backbencher George Christensen has endorsed Liberal MP Craig Kelly’s view that Donald Trump’s election means the agreement is ‘cactus’Energy and environment minister Josh Frydenberg has rejected his environment committee chairman Craig Kelly’s assessment that the Paris agreement on climate change is dead with Donald Trump as president.But just an hour after Frydenberg’s comments, high profile conservative backbencher George Christensen backed in Kelly’s
  
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• Shell to invest $10 billion as Brazil expands private role in oil industry

  11-11-2016 00:21
  Royal Dutch Shell Plc will invest $10 billion (8 billion pounds) in Brazil over five years now that the country has increased opportunities for foreign companies in its oil industry, its chief executive officer said on Thursday. Already the largest foreign investor in Brazil, Shell is particularly encouraged by recent legislation that increases the role of private oil companies in the tapping of vast off-shore oil deposits in the subsalt layer, Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said.
  
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