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New in Robotics sciencespacerobots.com/robot… Vero Robot Sucks Up Cigarette Butts youtu.be/O8BqvAe-moI
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Video: Some Dairy Farms in California using huge Methane Digesters sciencespacerobots.com/video…
Video: Some Dairy Farms Using Huge Methane Digesters

Video: Some Dairy Farms Using Huge Methane Digesters

Dairy Farms in California are using large methane digesters to reduce the climate impact and increase revenues.

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Solar Deal: The Dokio 160W 18V Portable Solar Panel Kit, Folding Solar Charger, 2 USB Output is on sale for $126.99 (25% off) at Amazon amzn.to/4akN1ko
DOKIO 150W Portable Foldable Solar Panel Kit with Charge Controller | Folds to 21 x 20 in and...

DOKIO 150W Portable Foldable Solar Panel Kit with Charge Controller | Folds to 21 x 20 in and...

DOKIO 150W Portable Foldable Solar Panel Kit, Compact 21x20in Design 7.3lb with Standalone Controller and USB, Monocrystalline Charger for 12V Batteries, Power Stations, RV Camping Emergency Use

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New study links air pollution to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease ehn.org/air-pollution-alzhei…
Air pollution linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Air pollution linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease

A largest-of-its-kind study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease...

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SpaceX's Starship launch covered Texas town of Port Isabel with dust dnyuz.com/2023/04/21/spacexs…
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England to band single-use plastic cutlery and plates bbc.com/news/business-642054…

Single-use plastic cutlery and plates to be banned in England

Figures suggest more than four billion pieces of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.

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Researchers have found that Eastern tree frogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone tend to have darker colored skin than ones living outside the exclusion zone newatlas.com/biology/chernob…
Evolution in action as frogs in Chernobyl exclusion zone turn black

Evolution in action as frogs in Chernobyl exclusion zone turn black

Evolution is the result of environmental pressures forcing species to adapt, and few environments exert pressures like the Chernobyl exclusion zone. A new study has revealed evolution in action as...

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Studies find Earth losing 1% to 2% of its insects per year #insectapocalypse cbc.ca/news/technology/insec…
Earth's declining insect numbers suggest a problem bigger than many realize, top bug experts say |...

Earth's declining insect numbers suggest a problem bigger than many realize, top bug experts say |...

Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture and land use are causing Earth to lose about 1 per cent to 2 per cent of its insects each year,...

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@CBCAlerts5 Jan 2021
Trump administration scales back federal enforcement powers under a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species, despite warnings that billions of birds could die as a result
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Giant crabs that consume seaweed and algae could help protect coral reefs hrld.us/3mgnYFa
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Wildlife Population Plunge: The WWF has released the Living Planet Report 2020. The report indicates that global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have plunged by an average 68% since 1970. bit.ly/2RiKvEu
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AP Climate@AP_Climate31 Mar 2020
The Trump administration is moving to scale back criminal enforcement of a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species. The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells @AP billions of birds could die. apne.ws/Nxf3Gbc
Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds

Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from propane cannons echo off the granite walls to scare away birds so they...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Kerry, and John Kasich talk fighting climate change at World War Zero town hall bit.ly/2VW5ZKX
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The past decade was the warmest ever recorded, NASA and NOAA say. nbcnews.to/2NrEpjw
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16-year-old Swedish climate activist @GretaThunberg has been named 2019 Time Magazine Person of the Year aje.io/jwkk2
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Saguaro cacti bulldozed to make way from Donald's Border Wall bit.ly/31U6SE3
Trump's Border Wall Crew Bulldozes Through Cacti National Park Protects

Trump's Border Wall Crew Bulldozes Through Cacti National Park Protects

"What they were doing was destruction, not construction," said Kevin Dahl, the Arizona senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association.

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GMO Skeeter Plan Fails: Genetic material from 450,000 genetically modified mosquitoes released in Jacobina, Brazil has found its way into the general mosquito population. Oxitec, the biotech company behind the mosquitoes, had assured this would not happen. bit.ly/2V0PISl
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@AP26 Aug 2019
One empty chair at G-7 climate meeting: President Trump did not attend a discussion with world leaders on helping the fire-ravaged Amazon and reducing carbon emissions. apne.ws/0xbqQyD
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The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB) is the world's biggest seaweed bloom and it may become permanent. bit.ly/2RUVTGa
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@CNBCnow21 Sep 2018
MORE: Duke Energy says dam breached at North Carolina plant and coal ash may be flowing into Cape Fear River - AP cnb.cx/2xANuhg
Duke Energy says dam breached at North Carolina plant and coal ash may be flowing into Cape Fear...

Duke Energy says dam breached at North Carolina plant and coal ash may be flowing into Cape Fear...

A Duke Energy dam containing a lake in North Carolina is breached, possibly causing coal ash to flow into the nearby Cape Fear River, the company says.  

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