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Obama considers sweeping climate plan	18.6.2013	LA Times: Nation
Obama considers sweeping climate plan
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Letter: Argentina’s Love of Beef	18.6.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Letter: Argentina’s Love of Beef
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Citizens Climate Lobby pushes for a carbon tax and dividend \| Dana Nuccitelli	18.6.2013	Guardian: Environment
Citizens Climate Lobby aims to organize the public to create pressure behind a carbon fee and dividend system Although a majority of Americans support taking action to address the threat of climate change, thanks mainly to opposition from conservative elected officials, US Congress has failed to implement climate legislation. Canada faces a similar situation where elected officials pay lip service to the climate threat, but have not taken any significant concrete steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Quite the opposite in fact; the Canadian government has made the exploitation of the Alberta tar sands a top priority , even though this development would make it nearly impossible for Canada to meet any sort of greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. The situation appears similar to the efforts to implement gun regulations in the US, where 90 percent of Americans supported background checks , and yet this near-universal support was insufficient to convince most conservatives in Congress ...
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Experts to analyse 'unusual' weather	18.6.2013	BBC: Front Page
Meteorologists and scientists will meet at the Met Office to try to understand the UK's strange weather patterns.
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Bill Nye aims to change the world	18.6.2013	Seattle Times: Local
Bill Nye’s past teaching and present crusading have made him a rock star for scientifically inclined students across the country.
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Sunscreen is valuable, but different types produce different results	18.6.2013	Washington Post
As the season of bare skin and scorching sun draws near, you — like so many other people — may find yourself scratching your head over sunscreen. Yes, skin protection is essential, especially with skin cancer rates on the rise in many populations around the world. But sunscreens come with often confusing labels and long, unpronounceable lists of chemical and other ingredients. How do you know which are safe to slather on you or your kids? Read full article ...
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Dot Earth Blog: Global Warming and Our Inconvenient Minds	18.6.2013	NY Times: Science
Dot Earth Blog: Global Warming and Our Inconvenient Minds
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'Cows' To The Rescue! Soil's Secrets For Saving The Earth	17.6.2013	NPR: Talk of the Nation
In her book Cows Save the Planet, journalist Judith Schwartz argues that soil is the key to addressing carbon issues and climate change. It's not only where food is created and where waste decays, but it could also hold the key to solving a long list of environmental problems.
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Why does the government encourage people to build homes in wildfire zones?	17.6.2013	Ezra Klein
Why does the government encourage people to build homes in wildfire zones?
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On TV and the Lecture Circuit, Bill Nye Aims to Change the World	17.6.2013	NY Times: Science
On TV and the Lecture Circuit, Bill Nye Aims to Change the World
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St. Paul Mayor Coleman joins U.S. mayors in climate-change preparedness effort	17.6.2013	MinnPost
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is one of 45 mayors from around the nation to sign on to a national "Resilient Communities for Change" campaign that urges cities to be more prepared to respond to extreme weather. Organizers say it is crucial for cities to bounce back from climate change-related problems. They list four challenges: Extreme weather: Record-breaking and destructive extreme weather fueled by a changing climate cost us $110 billion in 2012 with 11 disasters that brought $1 billion or more in damages, following a record 14 major disasters in 2011. Energy security: A power grid taxed by hotter temperatures, energy sources whose carbon emissions exacerbate climate change, and reliance on costly energy sources all weaken our resilience. Faltering infrastructure: Aging and unreliable infrastructure (water, energy, transportation, etc.) is further stressed by extreme weather and energy challenges. Economic uncertainty: Ongoing economic uncertainty has left millions out of ...
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Two hundred apply for Boston Marathon charity money	17.6.2013	Washington Post
Two hundred people applied for compensation from the main charity for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing by Saturday’s deadline, the fund’s deputy administrator said Monday morning. The applicants seeking help from the fund are distributed throughout the four categories established by the plan, said Camille Biros, the fund’s deputy administrator. She declined to reveal the number of applicants in each category or the extent of their injuries. ...
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Is sustainability a key part of education? \| Katherine Portilla	17.6.2013	Guardian: Environment
Downplaying the discussion of climate change and sustainability in UK education may be a mistake On 11 June, the UK's education secretary Michael Gove revealed the draft new syllabus for the geography GCSE exam: it mentions climate change once. This adds to the news in March that the government plans to drop references to sustainability and climate change from the curriculum for under 14's. According to UK Youth Climate Coalition, which opposes the changes, Gove is determined to restructure education on a more factual basis, without giving students the opportunity to explore wider issues like sustainability. These developments have been met with objections, arguing that the subject of climate change and sustainability are crucial topics for the education of future generations. Experts worry that these changes to the curriculum risk diluting sustainable development in schools. "The UK has been ahead with the sustainability school agenda, but I'm worried that they're now stripping back the ...
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Bloomberg set to roll out New York composting plan for food waste	17.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Mayor set to cross 'final recycling frontier' with city-wide plan to handle up to 100,000 tons of food waste a year The mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is preparing to roll out a new composting plan for the city, aimed at diverting some of the 100,000 tons of food scraps that ends up in landfill every year. Bloomberg, who is due to leave office early next year, has called food waste the "final recycling frontier". Now it appears New York is moving towards that line, testing pilot projects in some neighbourhoods in preparation for a city-wide composting plan. The city has hired a composting plant to handle up to 100,000 tons of food scraps a year – or about 10% of the city's total food waste, according to the New York Times, , which first reported the story. Last April, about 100 city restaurants joined a voluntary composting plan, the food waste challenge. By next year, 150,000 households will be on board along with 100 high-rise buildings and 600 schools. The entire city could be ...
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Fauna that lived in Mayan times survive climate change (Cached)	17.6.2013	New Kerala: World News
Guatemala City, June 17 : Fauna that was prevalent at the height of the ancestral Mayan culture has survived prolonged droughts, hurricanes and the deleterious effects of climate change on biodiversity in the areas where the cities of that millennial culture stood, experts say.
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Green deal makeover could boost property values by £16,000	17.6.2013	Guardian: Environment
Study finds improving the energy efficiency of your home through green deal scheme could substantially improve its value Improving the energy efficiency of your home could increase its value by up to 38 per cent, according to new government figures to be released today. A study of over 300,000 property sales by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has concluded that installing measures such as loft insulation or efficient boilers to raise a home's energy rating from band G to E could mean adding more than £16,000 to the sale price. Moreover, the same improvement from band G to E can boost the price by over £25,000 for the average house in the North East and £23,000 in the North West, while London homes could experience a £41,000 uplift. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said the figures showed the "huge potential rewards" of the government's Green Deal scheme, which aims to improve the UK's draughty housing stock by providing financing packages to cover the ...
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Could the world's biggest marine sanctuary be declared in the Antarctic? \| Graham Readfearn	17.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Proposals will go before a commission next month to help protect thousands of species in Antarctic waters An extraordinarily big thing might happen in the world of marine conservation next month at a meeting in Germany of a little known international commission. And while you probably haven't read much about it, the outcome could see the creation of the two largest areas of protected ocean on the planet that would lock out fishing from more than 1.5 million square kilometres of ocean around the Antarctic. The areas in question – the Ross Sea and coastal areas in East Antarctica – are almost untouched by the often-clumsy hands of human progress and give a home to thousands of marine species. Across the two areas are about a million pairs of Adélie penguins, more than a dozen species of whale, more than a third of the world's population of emperor penguins, abundant krill and fish species and the Ross Sea region's top predator – the toothfish, which can grow to two metres weighing 200 ...
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300,000 genes under the sea: Using genomic tools to probe microbes in the deep ocean	17.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
300,000 genes under the sea: Using genomic tools to probe microbes in the deep ocean
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Climate science debate has cost precious time, expert warns	17.6.2013	Guardian: Environment
Commission report says evidence of rapidly changed climate has strengthened Floods, bushfires and this year's scorching summer heatwave have raised awareness of the dangers of climate change, but an "infantile" debate over the validity of the science has cost Australia precious time, according to a key Climate Commission expert. The commission, an independent body that advises the government on climate science , has updated its 2011 The Critical Decade study to analyse the latest findings on climate change and Australia's response to it. The report is likely to be the Climate Commission's last major contribution if, as expected, the Coalition wins power at the 14 September election. Opposition leader Tony Abbott has signalled that he will scrap the commission , along with the carbon price, if he becomes prime minister. The commission's updated analysis states that evidence of a "rapidly changing climate has continued to strengthen over the last two years", including, importantly, the ...
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An Arid Arizona City Manages Its Thirst	17.6.2013	NYT > Environment
An Arid Arizona City Manages Its Thirst
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