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BREAKING: Automakers Honda, Volkswagen, Ford and BMW of North America have struck a deal with California to produce vehicles that could average 50 mpg by 2026, undercutting efforts by the Trump administration to freeze them at 37 mpg in an effort to combat climate change.
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Top automakers defy Trump, strike major fuel efficiency deal with California
The proposed rollback from the Trump administration has set up a clash with California which, for decades, has been allowed to create its own stricter standard that has in turn been adopted by other states.
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JUST IN: The Environmental Protection Agency announced it will reverse an Obama-era decision to block a controversial Alaska mine project that would have a harmful effect on streams that feed Bristol Bay, which includes the world’s largest salmon fishery.
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EPA kills proposed Obama-era 'veto' of controversial Alaska mine project
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JUST IN: The Environmental Protection Agency announced it will reverse an Obama-era decision to block a controversial Alaska mine project that would have a harmful effect on streams that feed Bristol Bay, which includes the world’s largest salmon fishery.
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EPA kills proposed Obama-era 'veto' of controversial Alaska mine project
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Last Thursday's 38.7C in Cambridge has been confirmed as the highest temperature ever officially recorded in the UK.
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Hottest UK day on record confirmed
Last Thursday's 38.7C in Cambridge has been confirmed as the highest temperature ever officially recorded in the UK.
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Hottest UK day on record confirmed
"The Artic is in dire straits"
More than 200 reindeer found dead of starvation in the Arctic, scientists say
Joshua Bote, USA TODAY Published 2:37 p.m. ET July 30, 2019 | Updated 2:57 p.m. ET July 30, 2019
A reindeer herd walks on the beach in Jarfjord, Norway, on November 11, 2009. (Photo: AFP, AFP/Getty Images)
More than 200 reindeer were found dead in the Arctic island of Svalbard, in Norway, the result of starvation induced by climate change.
The Norwegian Polar Institute said the reindeer died after climate change altered conditions in the Arctic, according to Norwegian news outlet NRK on Saturday.
Scientists from the institute found the bodies of 200 deer who died last winter, all thinner than the average weight for the animal. Female deer can weigh over 150 pounds, while male deer can weigh nearly 200 pounds..
The main food source for the reindeer is typically vegetation lying underneath the snow, but a changing climate has made accessing that food much more difficult.
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“Climate change is making it rain much more. The rain falls on the snow and forms a layer of ice on the tundra, making grazing conditions very poor for animals,” Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, an ecologist with the institute, told the Guardian.
As a result, reindeer have to travel farther to graze. The youngest and the eldest die first in these expeditions for food, the newspaper reported.
This is an unprecedented rate of death for the animal, Pedersen told the Guardian, and the only time the death toll has risen to this level was following the winter of 2007.
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The deer are not an endangered species, according to the institute. But as a result of climate change, more reindeer are flocking to Svalbard — and more have to compete for the same food, they said.
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Joshua Bote, USA TODAY Published 2:37 p.m. ET July 30, 2019 | Updated 2:57 p.m. ET July 30, 2019
A reindeer herd walks on the beach in Jarfjord, Norway, on November 11, 2009. (Photo: AFP, AFP/Getty Images)
More than 200 reindeer were found dead in the Arctic island of Svalbard, in Norway, the result of starvation induced by climate change.
The Norwegian Polar Institute said the reindeer died after climate change altered conditions in the Arctic, according to Norwegian news outlet NRK on Saturday.
Scientists from the institute found the bodies of 200 deer who died last winter, all thinner than the average weight for the animal. Female deer can weigh over 150 pounds, while male deer can weigh nearly 200 pounds..
The main food source for the reindeer is typically vegetation lying underneath the snow, but a changing climate has made accessing that food much more difficult.
'It's a bit crazy': The world's first 'time free' zone? Norway is considering it
“Climate change is making it rain much more. The rain falls on the snow and forms a layer of ice on the tundra, making grazing conditions very poor for animals,” Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, an ecologist with the institute, told the Guardian.
As a result, reindeer have to travel farther to graze. The youngest and the eldest die first in these expeditions for food, the newspaper reported.
This is an unprecedented rate of death for the animal, Pedersen told the Guardian, and the only time the death toll has risen to this level was following the winter of 2007.
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The deer are not an endangered species, according to the institute. But as a result of climate change, more reindeer are flocking to Svalbard — and more have to compete for the same food, they said.
Follow Joshua Bote on Twitter: @joshua_bote
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Ethiopia said it planted over 350 million seedlings on Monday, part of the country's goal to plant 4 billion trees before the fall to combat climate change and deforestation. Ethiopia's government said was the largest one-day tree-planting effort in history.
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Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record
The initiative is part of a campaign by the prime minister to plant four billion trees in the country before the fall to combat deforestation and global warming.
Ethiopia said it planted over 350 million seedlings on Monday, part of the country's goal to plant 4 billion trees before the fall to combat climate change and deforestation. Ethiopia's government said was the largest one-day tree-planting effort in history.
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Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record
The initiative is part of a campaign by the prime minister to plant four billion trees in the country before the fall to combat deforestation and global warming.
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Two hundred reindeer starved to death last winter on a remote Arctic archipelago, with researchers in Norway attributing the mass deaths in part to climate change.
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Scientists say 200 Arctic reindeer died last year due to climate change
The frost prevents the animals from reaching the usual vegetation.
Two hundred reindeer starved to death last winter on a remote Arctic archipelago, with researchers in Norway attributing the mass deaths in part to climate change.
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Scientists say 200 Arctic reindeer died last year due to climate change
The frost prevents the animals from reaching the usual vegetation.
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“It’s a horrifying step toward extinction."
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Two percent of the world’s North Atlantic right whales have died in the last two months
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“It’s a horrifying step toward extinction."
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Two percent of the world’s North Atlantic right whales have died in the last two months
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Two months? That's insane. One out of every fifty North Atlantic whales died in the last eight weeks. 
Between this and the ice sheet I'm thinking we're at the point where shyt is about to get exponentially worse, and I mean within a few years.
Between this and the ice sheet I'm thinking we're at the point where shyt is about to get exponentially worse, and I mean within a few years.
I wonder sometimes why out of all the times in worlds history do I exist now. Maybe it’s because I will bare witness to the world of humanity ending..
I think about this often. What are the odds I would have been born in an era where I am literally witnessing the 6th mass extinction in real time.
Many people discount this current era as uneventful relative to other periods in human history. I strongly disagree with this notion. We may very well be the last generation of humans who actually have the capacity to prevent the extinction of homo sapiens. We could potentially be the "greatest generation" and this is could be our "finest hour". It all depends on whether or not we have the will to go against the current power structures in place. We need a paradigm shift in not only how we live in relation to nature, but also one that redefines the purpose of why we live. One thing for sure is that this current structure of unabated capatalism must be destroyed. Our survival depends on it.