Damian Carrington
I'm Environment Editor at the Guardian - DMs open
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Extinction Rebellion Meets the Natural History Museum London
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Extinction Rebellion met yesterday, Tuesday June 18, with Sir Michael Dixon, the director of the Natural History Museum, and his senior staff to ask them to ...
Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
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The ruling by a federal appeals court was a major setback for the pesticide industry, which had successfully lobbied the Trump administration to reject a ban.
Damian Carrington US Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems Eu banned it in March 31h
Retreating Swiss glacier spurred May's new 2050 climate goal
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British Prime Minister Theresa May said her surprise at the rapid retreat of a g...
Damian Carrington Retreating Swiss glacier spurred Theresa May's new 2050 climate goal for the UK 34h
Threshold sensitivity of shallow Arctic lakes and sublake permafrost to changing winter climate - Arp - 2016 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library
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Damian Carrington Scientists shocked by Arctic permafrost thawing 70 years sooner than predicted Paper here - 35h
National climate emergency declared by House of Commons
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The motion describes climate change as a "real and urgent crisis, driven by human activity, that impacts the environment, biodiversity, Canadian's health, and the Canadian economy." 
Damian Carrington Canada declares #ClimateEmergency > next, deal with tar sands 3d
World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations
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Damian Carrington World population expected to reach 9.7bn in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11bn around 2100: UN Report - Around 2027, India is projected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country #WPP2019 3d
The tree thought to have inspired Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax' has fallen
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The Lorax would be devastated to hear that the tree that inspired Dr. Seuss' 1971 children's book has fallen.
Damian Carrington The tree thought to have inspired Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax' has fallen via 3d
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Damian Carrington Germany to back EU-wide target for net zero emissions by 2050 via #climatecrisis 4d
Brief response to the UK Government’s “net-zero” proposal | kevinanderson.info
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KFC Trials Vegan Chicken Burger Called 'The Imposter'
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The burger, which features a quorn fillet coated in a the chain's traditional cripsy batter, will be available from June 17 for four weeks in selected restaurants
Damian Carrington this ... Trials Vegan Chicken Burger Called 'The Imposter' via 7d
Sustainable Eel Group | First conviction in Spain for elver smugglers
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First conviction in Spain for elver smugglers The first conviction for trafficking this juvenile to Asia imposes 1.5 million fine and six years in prison Original article by Manuel Planelles publis…
Damian Carrington Traffickers of European eels fined €1.5m and given total of six years in jail in Spain via 7d
New Soy Action Plan Shows Cargill is Fiddling While South America Burns
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In response to Cargill’s announcement of a new Soy Action Plan, Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz released a statement.
Delhi temperature: Delhi records all-time high of 48 degrees Celsius in June, heatwave to continue | Delhi News - Times of India
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Mercury in Delhi, on Monday, crossed an all time high of 48 degrees Celsius. The IMD has predicted the heatwave to continue in the national capital. D
Damian Carrington New Delhi records all-time high of 48 degrees Celsius in June, heatwave to continue via 10d
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Fish farming industry bids to relax limits on toxic pesticide
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The salmon farming industry has pushed for environmental limits on a pesticide to be 100 times weaker than government regulators recommend.
Concurrent 2018 hot extremes across Northern Hemisphere due to human‐induced climate change - Vogel - - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library
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Damian Carrington new research "it is virtually certain the 2018 North‐Hemispheric concurrent heat events would not have occurred without human‐induced climate change" #climatecrisis HT 11d
7 myths about ‘plastic soup’
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On World Water Day, we pay extra attention to one of the most urgent threats to our oceans: plastic. What do you actually know about the plastic soup?
Damian Carrington 7 myths about the ‘plastic soup’ in the ocean, by 13d
Toxic metals found in reproductive organs of critically endangered eels
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Damian Carrington European eels devour their own skeletons, diverting energy to their reproductive organs. But that also concentrates toxic metals in their ovaries. New research from 13d
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Damian Carrington Philip Hammond in 2019: industry would face “significant costs” from shifting to low-carbon processes ... could render “key industries” economically uncompetitive (2/2) 15d
Iodine tablets to be distributed to 2.2 million French people living near nuclear plants
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An additional 2.2 million French people residing close to nuclear power plants will receive iodine tablets and information on how to proceed in the event of an accident. This was announced by the French Nuclear Safety Authority on Monday. EURACTIV's...
Damian Carrington Iodine tablets to be distributed to 2.2 million French people living near nuclear plants via 15d