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Equinor powers ahead with floating wind turbines despite oil crash

Posted on April 8, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: Equinor's logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File PhotoOSLO (Reuters) - Norway approved on Wednesday Equinor’s 4.8 billion Norwegian crowns…

Chinese molybdenum miner halts production after tailings spill

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Yichun Luming Mining Co Ltd, the owner of a tailings dam in northeast China that leaked last month, contaminating the local river system, has been ordered to…

Watchdogs lament palm oil giant Wilmar’s exit from forest conservation alliance

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Hans Nicholas Jong | 0 Comments

JAKARTA — Environmental watchdogs say the exit of the world’s largest refiner and trader of palm oil from a committee that helps identify forest areas for protection could hurt efforts…

In Sumatra, an indigenous plea to stop a coal road carving up a forest

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Basten Gokkon | 0 Comments

JAMBI, Indonesia — “If the forest is gone, where else can we live?” Teguh Santika is an indigenous woman from the Batin Sembilan community. Her home is in the Harapan…

Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon

Posted on April 8, 2020 by John Cannon | 0 Comments

Illegal gold mining led to deforestation of thousands of hectares of forests inside indigenous reserves in the Brazilian Amazon in 2019, according to new satellite image analysis published April 8…

These blue macaws help grow the forest around them, a new study finds

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Xavier Bartaburu | 0 Comments

The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) is the largest species of macaw and a dead ringer for the smaller Lear’s macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). Both species have the strongest beaks in the…

Coronavirus: Exploiting nature 'drives outbreaks of new diseases'

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From BBC New evidence has emerged of a link between human exploitation of nature and pandemics. Close contact with wild animals through hunting, trade or habitat loss puts the world…

Coronavirus: EU top scientist resigns citing politics and red tape

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From BBC The president of the European Union’s ERC scientific research council has resigned after three months in the job with an attack on the EU’s scientific governance and political…

China snake village scales down as coronavirus prompts wildlife trade ban

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ZISIQIAO, China (Reuters) - Since China began frantic efforts to curb a coronavirus epidemic in late January, residents in the tiny snake breeding village of Zisiqiao have had to come…

Flower power: How plants bounce back after crushing blows

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From BBC Some flowers can recover with remarkable speed after a major accident, such as being walked upon by humans. Scientists found that species including orchid and sweet pea could…