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Breaking: Pres Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on November 6th, 2015
EcoWatch: We just made history together. Four years to the day after we surrounded the White House, President Obama has rejected the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline!
This is huge.
A head of state has never rejected a major fossil fuel project because of its climate impacts before. The President`s decision sets the standard for what climate action looks like: standing up to the fossil fuel industry and keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
BREAKING: President Obama has REJECTED...
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Is more efficient water management in rice crops possible?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 6th, 2015
ScienceDaily: A researcher from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has been involved in a study to establish the quantity of water used in rice crops according to their seeding system. The aim of the study was to quantify the water used in two different systems of rice crop, water-seeded system and dry-seeded system, during the first month of crop growth. This research was carried out in California (USA) along with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and 15 researchers from other universities and research...
Björk calls for action to prevent destruction of Iceland’s highlands
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 6th, 2015
Guardian: Two of Iceland’s best-loved artists are trying to draw the world’s attention to the plight of the country’s landscape.
Björk and writer-environmentalist Andri Snær Magnason have called for urgent action to protect Iceland’s highlands at a press conference in Reykjavík today.
The highlands, which attract nature lovers from around the world, have limited protection and is potentially facing extensive development. The government has plans to pave roads, erect power lines and install power...
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline on climate grounds
Posted by Climate Home: Ed King on November 6th, 2015
Climate Home: US president Barack Obama is to reject plans for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, weeks ahead of a UN climate summit in Paris.
The 1,179 mile long pipeline would have carried high-carbon tar sands oil from Canada to the US gulf coast and was fiercely opposed by green groups.
"This morning secretary [of state] Kerry told me after extensive outreach the Keystone pipeline would not serve the national interests of the US," Obama said in a White House statement, flanked by Kerry and vice...
Obama administration to reject Canada-to-U.S Keystone pipeline: source
Posted by Reuters: Timothy Gardner and Jeff Mason on November 6th, 2015
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Friday rejected the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists who campaigned against the project for more than seven years.
"The pipeline would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to our economy," Obama told a press conference. He said it would not reduce gasoline prices, and shipping "dirtier" crude from Canada would not increase U.S. energy security.
The denial of TransCanada Corp's more than 800,000 barrels per day...
Jokowi pushes universities innovate to fight haze as respiratory diseases rise
Posted by Mongabay: None Given on November 6th, 2015
Mongabay: Indonesia’s ministry of higher education is attempting to create a research consortium on disaster management.
Data from Indonesia’s disaster management agency showed the number of people diagnosed with acute respiratory infection increased to 556,945 by November 6.
After a limited cabinet meeting on Wednesday to discuss peat management, Jokowi said he wanted the research department of Yogyakarta’s University of Gadjah Mada to play a central role in proposing Indonesia’s new peat strategy....
Only 1 in 2 Canadians believe climate change is a serious issue: survey
Posted by Global News: Tania Kohut on November 6th, 2015
Global News: Climate change is on the world`s radar as a significant issue, but a new survey has found a large difference in levels of concern depending which nation you ask.
A Pew Research Centre survey of 40 nations found a global median of 54 per cent consider climate change a very serious problem.
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