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BBC News Solar power deal will lower social tenants’ energy bills – BBC NewsBBC NewsInvestment from the Netherlands will see 800000 English and Welsh homes get free solar panels. and more »

Ars Technica Review: Dominate the solar system in The Expanse board gameArs TechnicaThe blend of political brinksmanship with a slow escalation toward war is gripping—and captured expertly in this design as factions vie for control of the solar system. As a player, you’ll do everything from launching OPA insurgencies on Saturn to …

New York Times We Don’t Deny Harvey, So Why Deny Climate Change?New York TimesThat’s awkward for a president who has tweeted climate change skepticism more than 100 times, even suggesting that climate change is a Chinese hoax, and who has announced he will pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. Scott Pruitt, President …Climate…

New York Daily News After a devastating hurricane, Trump still picks a climate change denier to head NASANew York Daily NewsYet in the face of all this, you, Mr. President, have chosen to nominate a climate change-denying partisan politician, Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine, to head NASA. How can you even think of such a man…

The Independent Australia has hottest winter on record as climate change drives long-term warming trendThe IndependentThe hottest winter ever has been recorded in Australia amid a “long-term warming trend” mostly caused by climate change, according to the country’s Bureau of Meteorology. Peak temperatures during the day were up by 1.9 degrees Celsius (3.4 Fahrenheit) … and…

IFLScience As flood waters rise, is urban sprawl as much to blame as climate change?The Guardian“We know climate change is influencing the capacity of the atmosphere to hold water but it is hard to attribute this to individual [flooding] events,” says Paolo Ruti, head of the global weather research division of the UN’s World Meteorological…

Telegraph.co.uk Hurricane Harvey has devastated Texas, but is climate change really to blame?Telegraph.co.ukTwo unusual weather events last week, one delightful, the other disastrous, brought the usual suspects out in force to claim that each was unprecedented, and therefore evidence of global warming. Merely farcical was last Sunday’s forecast on the UK Met …

Phys.Org Experts concerned by Brazil environment policy under TemerPhys.Org“We have a deep concern right now, and I know many of the people of Brazil have a deep concern right now, with the roll-back of environmental protections and land protections, especially across Amazonia,” the group’s executive director Bethanie Walder … and more »

Deseret News Pope and Orthodox Christian leader issue unprecedented appeal for the environmentDeseret NewsVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis and Orthodox Christian leader Patriarch Bartholomew have released a passionate joint appeal to protect the environment, marking the first time that a pope and the ecumenical patriarch have joined forces in such a way.The Pope Speaks on…

Muskogee Daily Phoenix Freedmen’s status, environment take lead in speechMuskogee Daily PhoenixMuch of the rest of his address was focused on the Cherokee Nation’s stance on the environment. Baker said he recently signed an executive order limiting the tribe’s use of Styrofoam, which has been proven to have negative environmental impact. and more »