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721.Rare ‘superbloom’ blankets Death Valley in millions of yellow wildflowers (2016-02-26)
... Heavy autumn rains have transformed the California park from salt flats and sand dunes to a colorful floral landscape not seen to this extent since 2005 ‘At first glance you are blown away by the sheer numbers of flowers, then on closer inspection the diversity of species will draw you in,’ said Alan Van... ...
722.Tasmania’s bushfires: a human-made calamity on par with the razing of Palmyra’s temples Karl Mathiesen (2016-02-26)
... Unesco says it is “not in a position to speculate about the extent to which global warming is responsible for this particular fire”. Earlier this month the Tasmanian premier, Will Hodgman, attacked “activists” for “almost gleefully capitalising” on the fires, which he said were “naturally caused”. But this ignores the unnatural rarity of these particular... ...
723.UK fracking traffic would increase local air pollution, finds study (2016-02-24)
... Number of tankers taking water to and from drilling sites would increase hourly levels of nitrogen oxide emissions by as much as 30%, says research A test drilling site for shale gas on the outskirts of Southport, Lancashire. Photograph: Alamy Shares Save for later The traffic generated by fracking in the UK would increase air... ...
724.Heathrow 13 likely to become UK’s first climate change protesters to be jailed (2016-02-24)
... Activists will be sentenced on Wednesday and have been warned of likelihood of jail time despite support of leading politicians ‘It is in the tradition of this country over centuries that people have taken direct action and it should not be one which receives a custodial sentence,’ said shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Photograph: Plane Stupid/Amer... ...
725.The second chance for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2016-02-23)
... The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Environmental policy, Nature Use and Liquidation of Consequences of Chornobyl disaster issued a positive conclusion on the draft law 2009a “On Environmental Impact Assessment” that introduces an European model of preliminary assessment of environmental impact of various types of activities that cause adverse environmental impact. ...
726.Lost sites and areas of nature and reserve fund. Part 1. Volyn region (2016-02-23)
... Ecologists and volunteers of the ICO «Environment-People-Law» (EPL) started studying the losses of nature and reserve fund (NRF) in the regions of Ukraine. Besides present NRF areas, a lot of others were established not long time ago. Still for some reasons these sites were cancelled. ...
727.Lost sites and areas of nature and reserve fund. Part 1. Volyn region (2016-02-23)
... Ecologists and volunteers of the ICO «Environment-People-Law» (EPL) started studying the losses of nature and reserve fund (NRF) in the regions of Ukraine. Besides present NRF areas, a lot of others were established not long time ago. Still for some reasons these sites were cancelled. Sometimes it happened due to deforestation or construction aims. Some... ...
728.Colombian court bans oil, gas and mining operations in paramos (2016-02-23)
... Major environmental victory after loophole permitting operations in rare ecosystems is declared “unconstitutional” ...
729.Chris Packham photographs the impact of litter – in pictures (2016-02-23)
... TV presenter Chris Packham has unveiled a series of images exploring the impact of litter on wildlife and the natural environment. The pictures were commissioned by the supermarket chain Lidl UK, which will be donating £500,000 from the proceeds of its single-use carrier bag charge to a new initiative with Keep Britain Tidy designed to... ...
730.295,000 US deaths may be prevented by 2030 with cuts to greenhouse gas (2016-02-23)
... New paper finds that Americans who would otherwise die from lung cancer, heart attacks or respiratory diseases would be saved by reduction in air pollution ...
