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12/17/2016

Frogs, coral, elephants -- all are on the brink. Three quarters of species could disappear. Why is this happening? CNN explores an unprecedented global crisis.

12/09/2016

“It’s fair to say we have passed the point of no return on global warming and we can’t reverse the effects, but certainly we can dampen them.” - Dr Thomas Crowther, biodiversity specialist

Global warming is beyond the “point of no return”, according to the lead scientist behind a ground-breaking climate change study. The full impact of climate change has been underestimated because scientists haven't taken into account a major source of carbon in the environment. Dr Thomas Crowther’s…

12/05/2016

People in have rejected a proposal to introduce a strict timetable for phasing out in a referendum.

According to the BBC News: "The plan, backed by the Green Party, would have meant closing three of Switzerland's five nuclear plants next year, with the last shutting in 2029. The five plants currently generate almost 40% of Switzerland's electricity."

"After the nuclear disaster in Japan, the Swiss government said it would gradually move the country towards renewable energy by 2050. It said nuclear plants should continue to operate as long as they are deemed safe, but did not set a precise timetable."

Swiss voters in a referendum reject a plan to make a strict timetable for phasing out nuclear power.

12/02/2016

Gov Jerry Brown announced that 29 new members had joined his , representing jurisdictions committed to keeping temperatures below the 2 degrees Celsius rise that scientists have set as a rough threshold for global catastrophe.

The new members included and other cities, the states of Michoacan and Tabasco and a small territory in .

Together, the coalition has grown to 165 jurisdictions worldwide, representing more than a billion people and more than a third of the .

WASHINGTON — One strange effect of Donald Trump’s election to the presidency has been to vault California Gov. Jerry Brown, one of America’s most fervent climate warriors and a failed presidential candidate himself, to national leadership on what he calls “the existential threat of our time.” Less t...

11/30/2016

At the end of reprocessing operations in 2020, the civil stocks will exceed 140 tons - the largest stockpile of plutonium under civil safeguards in the world.

Several influential reports have highlighted security concerns associated with indefinite storage of this material...

Sheffield UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2016 - Professor Neil Hyatt, Research Chair in Radioactive Waste Management, calls for UK plutonium policy to be re-examined to allow swift immobilisation of UK's civil plutonium stockpile to maximise safe

11/28/2016

Construction of 's first floating plant has officially begun, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced. The demonstration unit is expected to be completed by 2020.

According to World Nuclear News: "Development of the ACPR50S reactor design was approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission in late December 2015, as part of the 13th Five-Year Plan for innovative energy technologies."

11/28/2016

World Nuclear News: The director-general of the World Nuclear Association, has called on Conference of the Parties (COP) to make it clear that will be part of their response to succeed in action on .

"The Association last year set a target for the nuclear industry to construct 1000 GWe of new nuclear build by 2050, tripling global capacity, so that nuclear would generate 25% of global electricity demand. Over the last 45 years, the Association said, nuclear generation has avoided the equivalent of two years of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions, or nearly 80 billion tons of carbon dioxide."

Agneta Rising, director-general of the World Nuclear Association, has called on Conference of the Parties (COP) to make it clear that nuclear energy will be part of their response to succeed in action on climate change. "France, Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada's province of Ontario, have al...

11/24/2016

People, businesses, and communities can respond to the challenges of . See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s 5-steps to resilience:

11/21/2016

Japan and India just signed a historic agreement that opens the door for Tokyo to advance New Delhi's nuclear energy technology, paving the way for energy-starved India to access new avenues for electricity.

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Japan and India signed a historic nuclear energy agreement that opens the door for Tokyo to advance New Delhi's nuclear energy technology.

11/20/2016

"At this point no documentarian can possibly have a fresh take on , right? Wrong. “The Anthropologist,” a stealthily insightful film ... mixes that topic with a mother-daughter story to produce a distinctive study of change and human adaptability", writes Neil Gunslinger in The New York Times

This documentary from the makers of “The Linguists” uses subtle juxtaposition to meditate on change and adaptability.

11/19/2016

Map shows how will hit the of the world's poorest countries hardest. Moody's, the global credit rating agency, issues guide to how climate change will affect states' ability to repay their .

Global credit rating agency Moody’s has drawn up a map of the countries most at risk of defaulting on their debts because of climate change, showing that some of the poorest parts of the world are expected to be hardest hit.