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• Leonardo DiCaprio: climate fight is US history's 'biggest economic opportunity'

  17-12-2016 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor and environmental activist tells UN awards ceremony that truth about climate change has spread like ‘wildfire’ despite prominent science deniersTackling climate change is the “biggest economic opportunity” in the history of the US no matter who holds political office, the Hollywood star and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio said on Friday.Related: Leonardo DiCaprio meets Trump as climate sceptic nominatedContinue reading...
  
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• Top Guatemalan beauty spot mired in indigenous rights conflict

  17-12-2016 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Dispute over major tourist attraction and conservation area is tearing local communities apart“There’s, like, 50 people on the way up, so take your photos,” said a young American man, shirtless, his face daubed with paint, as he came striding through the forest towards the look-out. The view was spectacular: lush tropical foliage clinging to the sheer rock-face of a canyon plunging several 100 feet to a series of stunning turquoisey pools where tourists could be spotted swimmin
  
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• Rare Asian elephant born at Chester Zoo

  17-12-2016 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Unnamed female calf born to 12-year-old mother Sundara after 22-month gestation periodA rare Asian elephant has been born at Chester Zoo. The unnamed female calf was born to 12-year-old mother Sundara overnight after a 22-month gestation. Keepers at the zoo said both mother and daughter were doing well and visitors would be able to see the new arrival from Saturday.Continue reading...
  
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• [标题] 保护大象：叫停合法象牙贸易远远不够

  17-12-2016 15:28 via theguardian.com
  
  关闭全球合法象牙交易市场对拯救大象具有重要意义，但要彻底根除偷猎大象和非法象牙消费，我们必须对非法象牙贸易宣战。 (翻译：金艳/chinadial
  
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• Smoggy Beijing, under alert, orders factories to shut or cut output

  17-12-2016 10:01
  By Josephine Mason and Meng Meng BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing's city government ordered 1,200 factories near the Chinese capital, including a major oil refinery run by state oil giant Sinopec, to shut or cut output on Saturday after authorities issued the highest possible air pollution alert. On Friday, China's environmental watchdog issued a five-day warning about choking smog spreading across the north and ordered factories to shut, recommended residents stay indoors and curbed traffic and cons
  
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• Fishing communities' Brexit hopes may be too high, peers say

  17-12-2016 08:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Lords committee says expectations about reducing access to British waters for foreign fleets may be unrealistic
  The UK’s fishing industry has been warned it will have to accept difficult deals over foreign fleets in British waters if the country is to win favourable terms in next year’s Brexit talks. Related: EU easing of fishing quotas raises scientists fears dwindling stocksContinue reading...
  
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• For the forest ponies, holly is not just for Christmas

  17-12-2016 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Red Shoot wood, New Forest A pony will strain every muscle in its neck to reach the most tender branch-end leavesAs we press on along the ridge above the wood, on the north side of the path we find ponies raising the browse line as they stretch high into the hollies. A large white one strains every muscle in its neck to get at the most tender branch-end leaves. Forest ponies eat a huge quantity of holly during the cold weather. People often cut branches to make life easier for them, but this gro
  
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• Are these startups the future of food tech?

  17-12-2016 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Cheap and accurate weather forecasting and indoor LED farms were just some of the offerings at the Nobel Week Dialogue in StockholmThe ability to forecast tomorrow’s weather is something farmers have at their fingertips in many parts of the world, but in some regions weather forecasting is much trickier. “In the tropics, weather processes are faster and up to a thousand times smaller than up here,” says Liisa Petrykowska, managing director of Ignitia, a Stockholm-based startup.
  
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• Beijing smog: pollution red alert declared in China capital and 21 other cities

  17-12-2016 02:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities issue five-day warning and order schools to close, residents to stay indoors and heavy industry to slow or halt productionBeijing authorities have declared a five-day pollution “red alert”, shutting schools, ordering thousands of vehicles off the roads and telling residents to stay indoors, after the Chinese capital was enveloped by a shroud of toxic smog that is expected to linger until Wednesday.The warning – the first since Beijing’s inaugural red alert in
  
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• 'Phone seismometers' prove their worth

  17-12-2016 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An app that turns a smartphone into an earthquake detector helps citizens monitor tremors.
  
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• UK fishing industry 'will need EU market access' post Brexit

  17-12-2016 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK fishing industry will need continued access to EU markets after Brexit, a House of Lords report warns.
  
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