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• Rise for Climate: thousands march across US to protest environment crisis

  08-09-2018 23:07 via theguardian.com
  Protests spearheaded by march in San Francisco ahead of climate change summit in the city next weekTens of thousands of people took part in marches and other events across the US on Saturday, calling for a swift transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the various perils of climate change. Related: Hundreds of thousands expected to join global climate marches this weekendContinue reading...
  
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• Rise for Climate: thousand march across US to protest environment crisis

  08-09-2018 23:07 via theguardian.com
  Protests spearheaded by march in San Francisco ahead of climate change summit in the city next weekTens of thousands of people took part in marches and other events across the US on Saturday, calling for a swift transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the various perils of climate change. Related: Hundreds of thousands expected to join global climate marches this weekendContinue reading...
  
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• Rise for Climate: thousands to march across US to protest environment crisis

  08-09-2018 17:55 via theguardian.com
  Protests will be spearheaded by march in San Francisco on Saturday ahead of a climate change summit in the city next weekTens of thousands of people are set to take part in marches and other events across the US on Saturday, to call for a swift transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the various perils of climate change.The Rise for Climate protests will be spearheaded by a march in San Francisco, ahead of a climate change summit in the city next week that will gather mayors and bus
  
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• First Nations group proposes oil pipeline that protects indigenous rights

  08-09-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Aboriginal peoples have long protested such projects, but one group’s plan would give First Nations control and profitsFirst Nations have played a central part in Canada's national debate over pipeline projects, leading protests that have seen thousands take to the streets or building tiny homes in hopes of thwarting construction.Behind the scenes, however, one group has been quietly refining a precedent-setting proposal that they say offers a means of protecting indigenous rights while un
  
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• Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup

  08-09-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Ambitious project will involve a massive floating barrier that aims to collect up to five tonnes of plastics every month A team of scientists and engineers will on Saturday begin an ambitious cleanup of plastics in the Pacific Ocean targeting a stretch of water three times the size of France known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.A 600m-long floating barrier will be launched off the coast of San Francisco and, powered by currents, waves and wind, will aim to collect five tonnes of plastic debr
  
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• 'Insult to every voter': Australia criticised as Japan attempts to resume commercial whaling

  08-09-2018 02:08 via theguardian.com
  Australia to send a junior minister for only a brief visit to key meeting of International Whaling Commission
  Australia’s commitment to ocean conservation is being questioned after the government chose to send a junior minister for only a brief visit to a key meeting of the International Whaling Commission, where Japan will attempt to lift a 30-year ban on commercial whaling.Senator Anne Ruston, the assistant minister for international development and the Pacific, is due to arrive in Flori
  
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