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United Nations bars Ezra Levant’s The Rebel from climate conference

A United Nations department has barred a Canadian online news outlet from attending next month’s Conference of the Parties (COP 22) in Morocco. Earlier this month, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat informed The Rebel, the right wing news and opinion platform published by political commentator Ezra Levant, it was rejecting […]

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World’s eldest panda in captivity receives euthanasia in HK

Panda Jiajia enjoys a cake in Hong Kong on July 28, 2015 as it becomes the longest-living captive panda in the world. [Photo/IC] HONG KONG – The world’s eldest giant panda in captivity Jia Jia was given euthanasia on Sunday at Hong Kong Ocean Park, after her health condition deteriorated rapidly in the past two

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Almost 200 nations agree ‘monumental’ deal to cut greenhouse gases

In a major international step towards battling climate change, 197 nations hammered out a legally binding deal to cut back on the greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The deal – which includes the world’s two biggest economies, the United States and China – divides countries into three groups with different deadlines for

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6- year- old offers ideas to save the planet

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY,  Taiwan — When Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood tweets, the world listens. And when the 76-year-old writer chanced upon a short YouTube video of a 6-year-old girl in Australia named “Ruby, the Climate Kid,” talking about how she admires environmental activists like David Suzuki, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Sir David Attenborough

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Macao’s twin panda cubs named ‘Jianjian’, ‘Kangkang’

MACAO — Macao’s twin panda cubs were officially named “Jianjian” and “Kangkang” by the government out of 1,718 names recommended by Macao citizens, the special administrative region(SAR)’s civil affair authorities said on Saturday. The names for the twin brothers represent good wishes from the Macao people, as Jian Kang in Chinese means “being healthy”. They

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‘Well-preserved’ rare mammoth skull unearthed in Channel Islands puzzles scientists

The skull of a mammoth — possibly roaming the planet 13,000 years ago — was unearthed from an eroding stream in the Santa Rosa Island at Channel Islands National Park. Burrowed in the stream bank, the “exceptionally well-preserved fossil” with tusks is a rare find, especially because it would indicate the mammoth roamed the islands

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S.D. Zoo successfully breeds black tree monitors, mossy leaf- tailed geckos

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Two rare reptile species native to two delicate island ecosystems—the black tree monitor, native to the Aru Islands off the coast of Papua New Guinea; and the mossy leaf-tailed gecko, native to Madagascar—are now thriving at the San Diego Zoo. The latest milestones in a long history of successful reptile

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Turns out it was the bears, not the scientists, trapped on Russian island

BERLIN — Five Russian scientists trapped by more than a dozen polar bears for two weeks used a shipment of flares and air horns to free themselves this week, according to Russian and European news reports. Because of the endangered status of polar bears, the scientists were willing to use only non-lethal methods to scare

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How Climate Change Threatens National Security

This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A coalition of 25 military and national security experts, including former advisers to Ronald Reagan and George W Bush, has warned that climate change poses a “significant risk to U.S. national security and international security” that requires

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San Diego Zoo aids Kenyan refuge for baby elephants

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Samburu County of northern Kenya has opened the first community owned and managed elephant orphanage in Africa. The Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is situated in the remote Mathews Range, among Kenya’s second largest elephant population. It will take in orphaned and abandoned elephant calves, with an aim

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New Species Of Butterflyfish Found In Newly-Expanded Papahānaumokuākea Monument

Lola Gayle, STEAM Register A new species of butterflyfish, first seen in a video taken from manned submersibles more than 20 years ago, has finally been given a name: Prognathodes basabei. Why did it take so long? According to Bishop Museum scientist Richard Pyle, who first observed the species those many years ago, the fish

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