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• My granddaughter will be 35 in 2050. I grieve that she will know silent and empty places | Christine Milne

  18-11-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Australia’s white lemuroid possum became my symbol for habitat loss and global warming that will send one-third of species to extinction by mid-centuryIt was 8 November, 2011 and I had just had one of the best days of my parliamentary career. We had made history when the Senate adopted legislation to implement an emissions trading scheme to address global warming. I was both exhausted and excited, having negotiated and shepherded the legislation through the senate for the Greens. It had be
  
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• Polluting UK coal plants export power to France as cold weather bites

  18-11-2017 09:39 via theguardian.com
  UK’s last eight coal stations are working to exploit falling temperatures and absence of offline reactors in France to export power across the ChannelPolluting coal power stations in Britain have been profiting from the woes of the low-carbon French nuclear industry this month, according to analysis of energy generation data for the Guardian.Tricastin, one of France’s biggest nuclear power stations, was closed by the French regulator in September so that works could be undertaken to
  
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• The world's biggest lithium battery farm

  18-11-2017 08:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The plant in the US state of California stores enough energy to power 20,000 homes for four hours.
  
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• Country diary: pines that went to Passchendaele

  18-11-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Milkham Inclosure, New Forest In the wartime effort of 1917 timber from this woodland fell to axes and became the battlefield planks trodden perhaps by the forest dwellers themselvesToday we wander through Milkham’s pines in an atmosphere of autumnal tranquillity. During the first world war the scene would have been very different. The ring of axes would have cut through the air as still more trees needed for the war effort were taken down. A few mother trees were spared to provide seedlin
  
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• Small steps forward as UN climate talks end in Bonn

  18-11-2017 05:40 via bbc.co.uk
  UN climate talks finish with progress on technical issues but with questions on carbon cuts unresolved.
  
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• Nasa map of Earth's seasons over 20 years highlights climate change

  18-11-2017 04:12 via theguardian.com
  The visualization shows spring coming earlier and the Arctic ice caps receding over time Nasa has captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of planet Earth​.The data visualization, released this week, shows Earth’s fluctuations as seen from space. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump puts elephant trophy imports on hold

  18-11-2017 03:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president's move comes a day after US hunters were told they could import elephant trophies.
  
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• 'It's a delicate place': Nasa captures 20 years of Earth's seasonal changes – video

  18-11-2017 03:50 via theguardian.com
  A Nasa oceanographer explains how the US space agency successfully captured 20 years of changing seasons to form a striking new global map. The projection of the Earth and its biosphere is derived from two decades of satellite data from September 1997 to September 2017 Continue reading...
  
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• How worried should we be about melting ice caps?

  18-11-2017 02:02 via bbc.co.uk
  As the UN climate change conference ends, BBC Science's David Shukman takes a look at melting ice caps.
  
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• UK considers tax on single-use plastics to tackle ocean pollution

  18-11-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Chancellor to announce call for evidence on possible measures to cut use of plastics such as takeaway cartons and packagingThe chancellor, Philip Hammond, will announce in next week’s budget a “call for evidence” on how taxes or other charges on single-use plastics such as takeaway cartons and packaging could reduce the impact of discarded waste on marine and bird life, the Treasury has said. The commitment was welcomed by environmental and wildlife groups, though they stressed
  
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