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El Salvador: coastal communities fight tide of climate change – in pictures
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 12th, 2015
Guardian: Predictions that rising seas could destroy over a quarter of El Salvador’s coastal areas have left people living along the country’s shoreline facing a bleak future
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Hawaii’s Telescope Controversy Latest Long History Land-Ownership Battles
Posted by Scientific American: Shannon Hall on December 12th, 2015
Scientific American: Last week Hawaii’s Supreme Court rescinded the construction permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), an estimated $1.4-billion observatory planned for Mauna Kea, the dormant volcano whose red dusted slopes rise 4,205 meters above the Pacific Ocean on the island of Hawaii. The court’s decision is the most recent battle wound in a years-long contest between astronomers and native Hawaiians as well as environmentalists who oppose the construction because of the sanctity of the mountain. The controversy...
In final push for landmark climate deal, end of fossil fuel era nears
Posted by Reuters: Alister Doyle and Barbara Lewis on December 12th, 2015
Reuters: At the tail end of the hottest year on record, climate negotiators in Paris will aim on Saturday to seal a landmark accord that will transform the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming. After four years of fraught U.N. talks often pitting the interests of rich nations against poor, imperiled island states against rising economic powerhouses, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will unveil the latest text of a climate deal on Saturday at 9 a.m. (0300...
COP21 Forgot Farm Animals
Posted by Environment News Service: Judith Needham on December 12th, 2015
Environment News Service: Dame Jane Goodall travels the globe 300+ days each year – with a cow – a small black and white stuffed toy. The British scientist and UN Messenger of Peace is also an animal activist. Goodall describes Cow’s life with a twinkle in her eye. “Cow works hard. She is a spokesperson for abused farm animals.” Cow also helps Goodall explain to the world the relationship between methane gas (CH4) and global warming. During the 2015 United Nations climate change talks, COP21, Dame Goodall and Azzedine...