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170 nations agree on measure to limit HFC greenhouse gases, leaving experts optimistic about effect on rising temperatures

Oct 18, 2016

On Saturday, representatives of more than 170 nations met in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, and successfully negotiated a legally binding measure to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a coolant used in...

Article mourning death of Great Barrier Reef goes viral, scientists clarify that the reef is alive and still in need of protection

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Oct 17, 2016

Environment, Science, World

A sensationalized obituary for the Great Barrier Reef, written by Rowan Jacobsen, went viral after its publication in Outside Magazine last Tuesday, leading scientists to clarify that the massive coral reef is ...

UK company unveils affordable and efficient kite-based wind power

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Oct 11, 2016

Business, Environment, Science

UK based company Kite Power Solutions is planning to use giant kites to supply renewable energy as soon as March of 2017. The company expects to open the UK’s first kite-based power plant next spring, in Stranr...

First bee species declared endangered in US

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Oct 10, 2016

Environment, Science

On Friday, seven yellow-face bee species native to the Hawaiian Islands were declared endangered, marking the first time any bees in the US have received this designation. These species will fall under the prot...

Nations agree on program to offset aviation emissions

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Oct 8, 2016

Environment, Science

On Thursday, 190 national governments adopted a plan to offset emissions of greenhouse gases from jet travel. The measure was approved at a Montreal meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ...

Hurricane Matthew threatens to make Florida landfall as Category 4 hurricane, climate scientists predict increasingly destructive storms

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Oct 6, 2016

Environment, Science, World

Evacuations began throughout the southeastern coast of the US on Wednesday, under the threat of a direct hit from a massive hurricane, the first to make landfall there in a decade. Hurricane Matthew is already ...

Research shows that Earth is moving towards highest temperatures in 115,000 years

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Oct 5, 2016

Environment, Science

A new paper submitted by former NASA climate scientist James Hansen, along with a team of 11 other experts, asserts that 2016 temperatures may be 1.25 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial temperatures. Th...

Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan has day in court, supporters optimistic

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Sep 29, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

In February of this year, the US Supreme Court halted President Obama’s centerpiece Clean Power Plan, until a legal challenge from 27 states, utility companies, and business groups could be heard by the courts....

US unlikely to meet Paris Agreement emissions targets, study finds

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Sep 28, 2016

Environment, Science

New research has found that the US is on course to miss the emissions reductions targets agreed to just nine months prior in the Paris climate accord. The US is projected to fall short of its 2025 target for em...

Air pollution report from WHO reveals sobering extent of global health effects

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Sep 28, 2016

Environment, Health, Science

92 percent of the world’s population are breathing dangerously polluted air, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. The report details the latest findings of air monitoring efforts throu...