Climate change
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Butterflies in church, bats along the riverLetters: Our Euphorbia seems to think it’s March already, with yellow heads showing, and we keep cutting back plants only to find they just keep growing back
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We miscalculate environmental risk: eating certain meats is about the worst thing you can do to the planetWarning: your festive meal could be more damaging than a long-haul flight
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Why vulnerable countries must take ownership of their skiesVandana Shiva, Hunter Lovins and other campaigners call on governments to create a global trust that would sue polluters for damaging the atmosphere
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Nations urged to improve climate pledges by April 2017Climate Home: Date UN shuts book for signing Paris agreement is the moment for world to show it’s cutting carbon faster, says Dutch thinktank
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UK weather forecasters predict warmest winter solstice on recordUncharacteristically mild temperature on 22 December means Greater London most likely to beat record winter warmth of 16.1C
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Like cheap Christmas giftwrap, environmental laws fail to protect against climate threatThe approval of large-scale coal projects in Queensland expressly ignores the threat to the world’s climate posed by burning vast amounts of fossil fuels
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Ian the Climate Denialist Potato wishes almost everyone a Merry Christmas!Wherever you are this Christmas, in a big city, a country town, the bush or a tropical island torture gulag, we’d like to wish you a merry holiday season
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Our Christmas tree is a very special oneLetters: I was interested to read your item on ‘Britain’s oldest Christmas tree’, purchased in 1937. I have just put up a tree which was bought in 1920
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Ed Miliband aims for cross-party coalition on climate changeFormer Labour leader looks to build ‘high-ambition coalition’ to persuade government to change tack on environment
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San Diego polar bears have surprise snow day – videoSan Diego Zoo’s three polar bears, Kalluk, Tatqiq and Chinook, have fun in 26 tons of snow, specially prepared for them to enjoy
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Why we shouldn’t confuse climate and weatherMost factors in intense storms and hurricanes are short-term phenomena but there are longer-term influences
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Does Santa Claus believe in climate change? - videoWhat does Santa Claus think of climate change? Are the elves and reindeer feeling the effects at the North Pole? We took to the streets during SantaCon NYC to find out.
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American leadership about more than 'just bombing somebody', Obama saysPresident touts ‘steady, persistent leadership’ by administration in several landmark negotiations in 2015 including Paris climate talks and Iran nuclear deal
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Obama: GOP is the 'only major party in advanced world' to deny climate changePresident predicts Republicans’ continued insistence that climate change is not real is a long-term political loser while touting US as ‘key leader’ in Paris talks
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Loss of monkeys and birds in tropical forests driving up carbon emissionsOverhunting affects seed dispersal and thus survival of hardwood trees, resulting in drastic reduction in Earth’s natural carbon storage, study finds
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The Bhopal boy set to prove David Cameron wrong on carbon captureThe Conservative government didn’t have faith in CCS and ditched a £1bn plan, but at a lab in Imperial College London, Aniruddha Sharma believes his team has hit upon a chemical that could make decarbonising fossil fuels affordable
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Melbourne and Adelaide to sweat it out as temperatures climb past 40CClimate Council says it is now virtually certain 2015 will surpass 2014 as the hottest year globally on record
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Hillary Clinton on east coast oil drilling: 'So little to gain and so much to lose'Clinton is critical of the department of interior’s draft plan for drilling in areas off the coast of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
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Loose canon: Growth is the philosopher’s stone that offers to turn all things into gold. But, like all belief in magic – ie the belief in a free lunch – it points to a fallMagical thinking about progress won’t save planet Earth
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Plug-in car grant extended to 2018Revised scheme will focus incentives on zero-emissions vehicles and no longer subsidise most expensive hybrids
Plantwatch Natural chain that hangs the mistletoe