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June 30, 2015

US Supreme Court rejects EPA mercury emissions limits
Washington (AFP) June 29, 2015
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected federal environmental regulations requiring power plants to limit emissions of mercury and other pollutants, in a defeat for the Obama administration. In a 5-4 decision split along conservative and liberal lines, America's top court sided with 23 states and industry groups who had protested the cost of standards imposed in 2012 by the national Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On the last day of its annual session, the Supreme Court said the EPA had " ... read more

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China's Great Wall is disappearing: report Around 30 percent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities - including stealing the bricks to build houses - erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported. ... more		Hundreds protest against Dalai Lama in Britain Hundreds of Buddhist protesters demonstrated against the Dalai Lama on Monday as the spiritual leader arrived in the British army town of Aldershot, where many current and former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers live. ... more		Brazil, China, India, South Africa in push for climate financing Brazil, China, India and South Africa voiced disappointment Sunday over the failure of rich countries to come up with billions of dollars needed to help them sign on to a landmark climate change deal. ... more
				Hong Kong student leader Wong in 'chilling' assault Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong, the teenage face of the city's pro-democracy protests, was assaulted in the street with his girlfriend in an attack he said Monday sent a "chill to my heart". ... more		Some forestlands cool climate better without trees Forests worldwide are increasingly used to store carbon as a way to slow climate change, but a Dartmouth-led study finds that some wooded areas may be more valuable without trees, allowing the clear ... more

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Next Generation Integrated ISR 2015 - Washington DC - July 27-29

Nuclear Decommissioning And Used Fuel Market 2015

Solar systems for home and business installations

Discovery in the US of the invasive New Guinea flatworm The land planarian Platydemus manokwari, or New Guinea flatworm, is a highly invasive species, already reported in many territories in the Pacific area, and as well as in France. This is the only la ... more		Genetic study of 'co-evolution' could provide clues to better food production In 1964, renowned biologists Peter Raven and Paul Erhlich published a landmark study that introduced the concept of co-evolution. Using butterflies and plants as primary examples, the team determine ... more		Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA At COP30, senator warns US 'deliberately losing' clean tech race with China Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor		Ring of teeth uncovers common ancestor of molting animals A new study of an otherworldly creature from half a billion years ago - a worm-like animal with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail - has definitively identified its head ... more
				Corals are already adapting to global warming Some coral populations already have genetic variants necessary to tolerate warm ocean waters, and humans can help to spread these genes, a team of scientists from The University of Texas at Austin, ... more		Vietnam frees high-profile dissident lawyer One of Vietnam's most prominent dissidents vowed to continue his anti-China activism after being released from prison on Saturday after serving two and a half years on tax evasion charges. ... more

El Nino-spawned dry spell to cut Philippine rainfall: official The Philippines is facing an El Nino-spawned dry spell that will cut rainfall by as much as 80 percent and hit food production, a government weather forecaster warned Monday. ... more		Alamo, French champagne vineyards vie for World Heritage status The legendary Alamo battleground and the vineyards that produce France's beloved champagne are among the sites likely to get World Heritage status at a UNESCO meeting starting Sunday. ... more		Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats' Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago		Floods kill 55 in western India as relief work continues Relief workers were Saturday trying to reach residents stranded by floods in India's western Gujarat state triggered by torrential rains that have so far claimed 55 lives, officials said. ... more
Western Europe bakes in heatwave Temperatures soared above 40 degrees (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal on Monday prompting health concerns and the scorching heat was expected to move north to France and Britain later in the week. ... more		First lions to return to Rwanda after over two decades Lions will return to Rwanda for the first time in more than two decades, wildlife officials have said, after the endangered animal was wiped out following the country's 1994 genocide. ... more		Ecuador releases 201 tortoises on Galapagos island Ecuador has released 201 tortoises on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos archipelago, where a similar subspecies went extinct more than 150 years ago. ... more		Brazil to open Latin America's first elephant sanctuary Brazil will soon open Latin America's first elephant sanctuary, and its three initial residents will be retired circus animals in need of a safe haven, a report said Sunday. ... more

	Drilling, not quake, caused Indonesia mud volcano: paper Geologists reignited the debate Monday about whether to blame nature or humans for the devastating eruption nine years ago of an Indonesian mud volcano still oozing its all-consuming sludge today. ... more		Iceland whaling season underway despite protest Icelandic whaling boats have left port to begin the 2015 whaling season, authorities said on Monday as more than 700,000 people signed a petition calling for an end to the hunt. ... more

Record doubleheader: SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets from Florida

ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS's path with data from Mars

Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission achieves key flyby milestones

Sudden shift in 'forcing' led to demise of Laurentide ice sheet		Glacial quakes may serve as indicators of glacier disruption		Using NASA data to show how raindrops could save rupees		Trinity scientists persuade volcanoes to tell their stories		First species of yeti crab found in Antarctica
Forgotten fossil indicates earlier origin of teeth		Understanding subduction zone earthquakes		Starfish that clone themselves live longer		Lax rules put Congo's forests, key carbon reserve, at risk		The secret weapons of cabbages: Overcome by butterfly co-evolution

Reenergizing antibiotics in the war against infections

Exceptional view of deep Arctic Ocean methane seeps

Analyzing ocean mixing reveals insight on climate

Researchers reconstruct dinosaur tracks

A New Era of Space Collaboration between Australia and US

Second Copernicus environmental satellite safely in orbit

South Korea passes new law to curb MERS outbreak

Cheers and warnings as Europe braces for heatwave

Billions of China's lottery funds misused: report

Bill Gates hopeful of AIDS vaccine in 10 years

Global warming is unlikely to reduce winter deaths

MARCO applauds fishery council move to protect deep sea corals

Alaska researcher investigates fin whale deaths

The challenge of measuring a bird brain

Designer wheat fails anti-aphid field test

Magnetic complexity begins to untangle

Dutch court orders state to slash greenhouse emissions

Nonphotosynthetic pigments could be biosignatures of life on other worlds

Scientists find evidence of key ingredient during dawn of life

Scotland plans emergency wind energy talks

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