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Second wave of twisters in U.S. South turns deadly as storm pushes east

Posted on April 19, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - A second wave of tornadoes and thunderstorms to hit the U.S. South and Midwest this week turned deadly on Thursday with three people reported killed, as the storms pushed eastward on Friday, officials and media accounts said. One…

China to promote using wind energy to power heating

Posted on April 19, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: A man rides an electric scooter past a wind turbine in Shanghai, China August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Aly SongBEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday said it would promote using energy generated by the wind to help power heating systems…

South Korea steps up shift to cleaner energy, sets long-term renewable power targets

Posted on April 19, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

Transmission towers carrying solar and thermoelectric power from the Korea South East Power Co. (KOSEP) plant are seen in Ansan, about 80 km (50 miles) west of Seoul, July 21, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to…

Fukushima owner to allow overseas staff to work on disaster cleanup

Posted on April 19, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power plans to allow overseas workers coming to Japan under a new visa program to work on the cleanup of its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power station north of Tokyo, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The…

Norwich Cathedral peregrine falcons: A photographer's passion

Posted on April 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC The blur of a speeding peregrine falcon crossing the sky at up to 200mph is “extreme photography” and it creates a “buzz” for Norfolk wildlife snapper Chris Skipper. For nearly a decade the 41-year-old has followed the drama…

Brazil president says he wants the Amazon to be exploited 'in a reasonable way'

Posted on April 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during inauguration ceremony of the new Education Minister Abraham Weintraub at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File PhotoSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday…

Peru’s first autonomous indigenous gov’t strikes back against deforestation

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Morgan Erickson-Davis | 0 Comments

PUERTO GALILEA, Peru — In 2009, special decrees signed by then-president Alan García opened up vast swaths of Peruvian indigenous territory to resource exploitation. Indigenous groups in the northern portion of the country responded by banding together and forming their own…

Climate-change protesters say they will target London's Heathrow Airport

Posted on April 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

A person walks across Waterloo Bridge during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) - The Extinction Rebellion group of climate change campaigners said it planned to hold a protest at London’s Heathrow…

Lift-off for thermal-imaging system to estimate wildlife populations

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Sue Palminteri | 0 Comments

A prototype system to identify rare species in real time using thermal-imaging cameras mounted on unmanned aircraft, or drones, passed its latest test when it successfully identified orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Borneo’s rainforest. Having previously used the technologies to detect…

Sri Lanka calls for increased protection for endemic lizards

Posted on April 18, 2019 by dilrukshi | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka will push for international protection of its endemic lizards threatened by smuggling when it hosts a global biodiversity trade summit next month. When the 18th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP18) of the Convention on International Trade…