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• Human chains, Hollywood heavyweights in global climate rallies

  29-11-2015 23:29
  
  Celebrities and activists dressed as polar bears joined hundreds of thousands of people in colourful rallies across the globe Sunday to demand action on climate change, telling world leaders on the eve of a crunch UN summit that there is "no planet B."
  
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• 'No Planet B', marchers worldwide tell leaders before U.N. climate summit

  29-11-2015 23:18
  
  By Megan Rowling and Morag MacKinnon PARIS/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people from Australia to Paraguay joined the biggest day of climate change activism in history on Sunday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming. Among the high heels and sandals were a pair of plain black shoes sent by Pope Francis, who has been a vocal advocate for action to prevent dangerous climate change, and jogging shoes
  
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• The Latest: EU position on climate acceptable to Poland

  29-11-2015 22:44
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local:
  
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• 'No Planet B': human chains, Hollywood heavyweights join global climate rallies

  29-11-2015 22:13
  
  Activists dressed as polar bears and Hollywood stars joined hundreds of thousands of people in colourful rallies across the globe Sunday to demand action on climate change, reminding world leaders on the eve of a crunch UN summit that there is "no planet B".
  
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• Worldwide climate rallies draw hundreds of thousands

  29-11-2015 21:57
  
  PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world on Sunday, calling on leaders to halt climate change on the eve of a major conference in Paris.
  
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• Bill Gates sparks multinational plan to spend billions on clean energy tech

  29-11-2015 21:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Government and business leaders, including Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates, are banking on clean energy technology to fight global warming, kicking off this week's high-stakes climate change negotiations by pledging tens of billions of dollars for research and development.
  
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• Negotiators grab head start on monumental climate challenge

  29-11-2015 20:32
  
  By Barbara Lewis and Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - Senior negotiators from almost 200 nations on Sunday began thrashing out a new global deal to curb climate change as the president of China, the world's biggest polluter, landed in Paris. The United Nations conference begins at summit level on Monday, when more than 150 heads of state and government - including U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping - will attend talks at a sprawling complex north of the French capital. Fren
  
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• French police detain scores of climate change protesters after clashes

  29-11-2015 20:32
  
  French police detained scores of climate change protesters after violent clashes on the Place de la Republique in central Paris on Sunday, a day before the official start of an international conference that aims to tackle global warming. France, host of a conference that will bring together more than 150 heads of state and government, has banned public protests, including a planned march in Paris on Sunday, after deadly attacks in the capital by Islamist militants on Nov. 13 prompted authorities
  
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• Massive rallies for the climate, but violence in Paris

  29-11-2015 19:59
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world Sunday on the eve of a Paris summit aimed at averting catastrophic climate change, but violent clashes in the French capital soured the show of people power.
  
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• Tutu says failure to act on climate will trigger social crises

  29-11-2015 19:55
  
  South African anti-apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, said Sunday that a failure by world leaders to take action against climate change at the Paris conference will trigger global social upheaval.
  
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• Worldwide climate rallies draw tens of thousands

  29-11-2015 19:02
  
  Tens of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world on Sunday, calling on leaders to halt climate change on the eve of a major conference in Paris. The nearly two-week conference comes amid a state of emergency in France imposed after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that bans marches so many of the rallies are taking place outside the country.
  
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• Riot police clash with protesters at Paris climate demo

  29-11-2015 18:51
  
  Paris riot police fired teargas Sunday in clashes with far-left activists in Paris during a climate change demonstration ahead of key UN talks after several thousand protesters had formed a human chain in the city.
  
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• From penguins to Pope's shoes, climate rallies pressure U.N. summit

  29-11-2015 18:47
  
  By Megan Rowling and Alister Doyle PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people from Sydney to London joined one of the biggest days of climate change activism on Sunday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming. In the French capital, where demonstrations were banned by the authorities after attacks by Islamic State militants killed 130 people on Nov. 13, activists laid out more than 20,000 pairs of shoes in the Place de l
  
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• Negotiators vow to honour Paris victims with climate deal

  29-11-2015 18:46
  
  Climate negotiators in Paris vowed Sunday to craft an historic pact to avert catastrophic global warming in honour of the victims of this month's horrific attacks in the French capital.
  
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• Toronto Zoo baboons engage in violent power struggle after queen dies

  29-11-2015 18:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Baboons at the Toronto Zoo have been battling for the enclosure's throne since the matriarch, Betty, died last December.
  
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• The Latest: Obama: US a leader in climate change progress

  29-11-2015 18:23
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local:
  
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• Baboons fight for 'throne' at Toronto Zoo after queen dies

  29-11-2015 18:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Baboons at the Toronto Zoo have been battling for the enclosure's throne since the matriarch, Betty, died last December.
  
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• California governor in Paris to push pact to curb emissions

  29-11-2015 17:05
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is heading to the U.N. Climate Change conference, which opens Monday, where he will promote the state's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and urge other states and provinces to sign on to his climate pact.
  
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• World climate rallies put pressure on Paris summit to act

  29-11-2015 15:10
  
  By Morag MacKinnon and Alister Doyle PERTH, Australia/PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people joined one of the biggest global days of climate change activism on Sunday, from Sydney to Berlin, to put pressure on world leaders to unite in fighting global warming at a summit in Paris. About 20,000 pairs of shoes were laid out in the Place de la Republique in the French capital, from high-heels to boots, to symbolise absent marchers after attacks by Islamic State militants killed 130 people o
  
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• French police clash with climate protesters in Paris

  29-11-2015 15:10
  
  French riot police fired tear gas at climate change protesters at the Place de la Republique in central Paris on Sunday, near where climate change activists had earlier formed a human chain. About two hundred protesters, some wearing masks, fought with police on a street leading to the square, which has become a gathering place for Parisiens since the attacks in the capital on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people. Police fired gas at some demonstrators as they tried to reach the square and used tear g
  
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• Search for fossils from the comfort of home

  29-11-2015 15:00
  
  The citizen science website FossilFinder.org lets anyone with an Internet connection look for fossils and characterize rocks at Kenya’s Lake Turkana Basin
  
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• Paris human chain gives emotional jolt to climate summit

  29-11-2015 14:46
  
  Protesters linked hands near the violent heart of the Paris terror attacks Sunday, giving an emotional jolt to world leaders flying into the French capital to try and save Earth from climate catastrophe.
  
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• Pioneering geologist sought to demystify volcanic eruptions

  29-11-2015 14:00
  
  In The Last Volcano, a geologist profiles Thomas Jaggar, one of the 20th century’s most influential volcanologists.
  
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• Beijing issues severe smog warning

  29-11-2015 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities in the Chinese capital Beijing issue their highest smog alert so far this year after pollution readings reach 17 times safe levels.
  
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• The Latest: Commonwealth seeks binding agreement in Paris

  29-11-2015 12:15
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local:
  
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• The Latest: Leaders, activists gather for climate talks

  29-11-2015 09:47
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local:
  
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• Climate change and conflict, a perfect storm

  29-11-2015 08:58
  
  Violence has cast a long shadow over a climate summit opening in Paris on Monday, two weeks after 130 people were killed in a coordinated jihadist onslaught on the French capital.
  
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• Climate talks: Do you know your AOSIS from your ALBA?

  29-11-2015 08:37
  
  After years of intense haggling, the best hope for protecting Earth's climate is contained in a non-paper littered with no-text options on everything from CBDR to mitigation. Say what?
  
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• Worldwide rallies demand action on climate change

  29-11-2015 07:14
  
  Tens of thousands marched across Australia Sunday on a third day of worldwide rallies as pressure mounts on global leaders to strike a pact on slashing greenhouse gases at crunch talks in still-shaken Paris.
  
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• Hong Kong's dolphins at risk of disappearing

  29-11-2015 06:24
  
  As Hong Kong seeks to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved pink dolphins in surrounding waters may disappear altogether.
  
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• Sea Shepherd warns Japan against resuming whaling

  29-11-2015 05:48
  
  Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd on Sunday warned Japan against resuming "research" whaling in the Antarctic while calling on the Australian government to intervene.
  
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• Paris climate activists plan human chain on global day of action

  29-11-2015 01:14
  
  By Alister Doyle PARIS (Reuters) - Activists plan to join arms and form a "human chain" in Paris on Sunday to urge action on global warming, in a muted rally after attacks on the city by Islamic State, at the heart of worldwide protests on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in France. More than 2,000 climate events are planned in cities including Sydney, Jakarta, Berlin, London, Sao Paulo and New York, making it one of the biggest days of action on climate change in history, organisers say. Activi
  
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