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Norwegian army goes on vegetarian diet

Norwegian army goes on vegetarian diet

The Norwegian military mentioned Tuesday it plans to position its troops on a vegetarian weight-reduction plan as soon as every week in a bid to fight a brand new more or less enemy — local weather trade. The military said its new meatless Mondays are meant to cut its consumption […]

 
 

NASA launches robotic explorer to Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s latest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed towards Mars on Monday on a quest to resolve the ancient thriller of the purple planet’s radical climate change.

 
 

Forecasts, warnings spared lives from tornadoes

Forecasts, warnings spared lives from tornadoes

WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) — When a cluster of violent thunderstorms started marching throughout the Midwest, forecasters had been in a position to draw a vivid line on a map showing the place the worst of the weather would go.

 
 

Over 675,000 lack power in U.S. Midwest, Ontario after severe storms

(Reuters) – Over 675,000 homes and companies within the U.S. Midwest and Ontario, Canada had been still without energy on Monday afternoon, down from almost 800,000 outages this morning following severe thunderstorms Sunday evening, consistent with native power firms. Michigan was the toughest-hit state with more than 540,000 customers out. […]

 
 

Losses from extreme weather rise to $200 billion a year over past decade

Via Nina Chestney WARSAW (Reuters) – Global financial losses caused by excessive climate occasions have risen to nearly $200 billion a yr over the last decade and look set to increase further as climate trade worsens, a record by means of the World Bank showed on Monday. A United Nations’ […]

 
 

U.N. boss urges Europe to lead climate fight

U.N. boss urges Europe to lead climate fight

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon entreated the European Union on Monday to stay at the forefront of efforts to fight local weather alternate, sweeping apart arguments led by means of Poland and business leaders that the bloc has to prioritize economic boom. Talks in […]

 
 

Nighttime Rocket Launch Tuesday Visible from US East Coast

Nighttime Rocket Launch Tuesday Visible from US East Coast

NASA and the U.S. armed forces will launch a file payload of 29 satellites from a Virginia spaceport Tuesday night time (Nov. 19) on a mission that could create a marvelous sight for skywatchers along the U.S. East Coast, weather allowing. The U.S. Air Force launch will ship an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 […]

 
 

Activists march in Warsaw against climate change

Activists march in Warsaw against climate change

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of local weather activists braved cold winds Sunday to march through Warsaw to marketing campaign towards global warming.

 
 

Learn About Climate Change and What You Can Do About it Essex OFA Forum on November 24th

Sign up for a panel of experts and activists to learn the reality about local weather exchange and what we can do about it. Panelists embrace Professors Benjamin Bostick and Michaela Biasutti from Columbia University, Joe Pepe of the United States Inexperienced Building Council and Bar

 
 

HuffPost Workouts: A Hot, Hot Playlist for Cold-Weather Workouts

HuffPost Workouts: A Hot, Hot Playlist for Cold-Weather Workouts

It's tempting to settle into front room DVD hibernation mode, no matter how a lot I remind myself about the benefits of exercising outside.

 
 

Rich nations spurn call to use history to guide U.N. climate deal

Rich nations spurn call to use history to guide U.N. climate deal

By way of Alister Doyle and Michael Szabo OSLO (Reuters) – The European Union and the USA opposed on Friday a name via developing countries to measure each nation's historical accountability for global warming to information a U.N. deal in 2015 to cut future greenhouse gases. Wealthy nations concern that […]

 
 

Japan dials back climate change emissions target

Japan dials back climate change emissions target

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Japan's choice to considerably scale back its target for decreasing greenhouse fuel emissions may damage efforts to craft a worldwide deal to combat climate exchange, delegates at U.N. talks stated Friday.

 
 

Weak rules threaten U.N. climate plan for forests

By means of Stian Reklev WARSAW (Reuters) – Investments in a U.N. plan to halt deforestation may suffer as U.N. climate talks in Warsaw have did not agree ideas to guarantee the rights of indigenous peoples and to offer protection to local biodiversity, observers stated. This system, called REDD (Lowering […]

 
 

Oceans suffer silent storm of acidification: international study

With the aid of Setting Correspondent Alister Doyle WARSAW (Reuters) – International warming is causing a silent storm within the oceans by way of acidifying waters at a report rate, threatening marine existence from coral reefs to fish shares, a world find out about confirmed on Thursday. The file, through […]

 
 

Rich nations must pay up if U.N. climate talks to succeed: China

With the aid of Stian Reklev WARSAW (Reuters) – Slow-shifting U.N. negotiations on fighting climate change can improve provided that wealthy nations fulfill their promise to offer billions of dollars in finance to growing nations, China’s chief local weather negotiator Su Wei mentioned Thursday. He advised reporters in Warsaw that […]