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The Norwegian teen fighting the government over Arctic oil

Posted on October 3, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC BBC World Service speaks to Elina Berg, a teenage climate activist and member of an environmental group suing the Norwegian government, over the issuing of new oil drilling licences in the Arctic. A Norwegian court ruled in favour…

How should we deal with a large-scale chemical attack?

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Scientists at Loughborough University have developed means of quickly testing possible victims of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear disaster or attack. The tests include breath and saliva analysis and drones that can measure toxic fumes or radiation…

Tokyo fishmongers mourn and protest closure of famous fish market

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

TOKYO (Reuters) - Takako Arai’s earliest memories are of Tsukiji, playing hide-and-seek with her brother in the concrete maze of Tokyo’s sprawling fish market. Years later, she now runs the family’s seafood stall that sells mackerel and yellowfin tuna. Wholesalers…

North Carolina town may never fully recover from double whammy of storms

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FAIR BLUFF, N.C. (Reuters) - The childhood home Katrina Bullock returned to in the rural North Carolina community of Fair Bluff about 16 years ago to care for her sick mother was devastated by flooding from Hurricane Matthew in 2016.…

Leslie may strengthen to a hurricane Tuesday night – U.S. NHC

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Leslie is forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday night or early Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. “Large swells generated by Leslie will continue to affectportions of the southeastern coast…

Hurricane Florence death toll rises to 51

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - The death toll from Hurricane Florence has risen to 51, officials said on Tuesday, more than two weeks after it made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and brought devastating floods to the region. Houses…

Time running out in search for survivors of Indonesia's quake

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) - Time was running out on Wednesday for anyone trapped in the rubble of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, five days after disaster struck, while increasingly angry survivors waited for an aid operation to move…

Billionaires and bacteria are racing to save us from death by fertilizer

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Nathanael Johnson | 0 Comments

Issac Christiancy was a white-bearded 79-year-old when the shooting over nitrogen started. Isaac Christiancy Mathew Brady/Library of Congress It was January 15, 1881, and the U.S. envoy to Peru had to duck for cover. Bullets whizzed through a suburb of…

Hurricane Florence death toll rises to 50

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - The death toll from Hurricane Florence has risen to 50, officials said on Tuesday, more than two weeks after it made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and brought devastating floods to the region. Houses…

Poland's power from coal seen down at 50 percent by 2040 – government official

Posted on October 2, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Half of Poland’s electricity generation will come from coal by 2040 though coal production should remain at current levels as energy demand is expected to increase, a senior government official said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Belchatow Power…