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1321.‘Burnt out’ EU likely to curb climate goals (2014-01-22)
... Binding national targets on renewable energy are expected to be dropped from new EU proposals due to be unveiled on Wednesday. The UK has lobbied hard to have the mandatory 2030 target watered down, saying it would drive up energy bills. The EU executive will also outline a goal on emissions cuts for 2030, set... ...
1322.Atlantic current changes could bring drier summers to the UK (2014-01-21)
... The UK’s run of rain-drenched summers could be ended by a slow-down in major Atlantic currents which bring warm, wet air to Europe, according to research. The currents were known to have weakened since 2004 but the new work suggests the trend began in the 1990s and shows no sign of ending. However, the scientists... ...
1323.CO2 emissions are being ‘outsourced’ by rich countries to rising economies (2014-01-21)
... The world’s richest countries are increasingly outsourcing their carbon pollution to China and other rising economies, according to a draft UN report. Outsourcing of emissions comes in the form of electronic devices such as smartphones, cheap clothes and other goods manufactured in China and other rising economies but consumed in the US and Europe. A... ...
1324.Shark cull: Greg Hunt exempts WA from laws protecting species at risk (2014-01-21)
... Greg Hunt, the environment minister, has helped clear the way for a controversial shark cull in Western Australia by exempting it from federal legislation designed to protect threatened species. Hunt has agreed to the WA government’s request to have the cull exempt from assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, citing a “national... ...
1325.Japanese fishermen begin annual slaughter of hundreds of dolphins (2014-01-21)
... Fishermen in Japan began slaughtering hundreds of bottlenose dolphins early on Tuesday morning, campaigners said, despite mounting international calls for the animals to be spared. Members of the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd who are monitoring the annual cull in Taiji, on Japan’s Pacific coast, said local fishermen had started killing an estimated 250 dolphins... ...
1326.Previous analysis of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Judicial System and Status of Judges” and procedural laws regarding additional measures (2014-01-16)
... January 16, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the bill № 3879, which was registered only two days earlier – January 14, 2014. As innovations of this bill, as quickness of its adoption by the Parliament, which usually delays the consideration of bills of the pressing issues for decades, are shocking for citizens and... ...
1327.Trees accelerate growth as they get older and bigger, study finds (2014-01-16)
... Most living things reach a certain age and then stop growing, but trees accelerate their growth as they get older and bigger, a global study has found. The findings, reported by an international team of 38 researchers in the journal Nature, overturn the assumption that old trees are less productive. It could have important implications... ...
1328.Beijing has worst smog in a year (2014-01-16)
... Beijing’s skyscrapers receded into a dense gray smog on Thursday as the capital suffered the season’s first wave of extremely dangerous pollution, with the concentration of toxic small particles registering more than two dozen times the level considered safe. The air took on an acrid odour and many of the city’s commuters wore industrial strength... ...
1329.Global investment in clean energy falls for second year running (2014-01-16)
... Global investment in clean energy fell for the second year in a row to $254bn last year, with green investment in Europe crashing by 41%, new figures showed on Wednesday. The drop casts a pall over a high-profile investor summit at the United Nations on Wednesday. The summit, organised by the Ceres investor network, was... ...
1330.Pine Island Glacier’s retreat ‘irreversible’ (2014-01-15)
... Antarctica’s mighty Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is now very probably in a headlong, self-sustaining retreat. This is the conclusion of three teams that have modelled its behaviour. Even if the region were to experience much colder conditions, the retreat would continue, the teams tell the journal Nature Climate Change. ...
