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Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study

Idiots are in charge? People destroying and cutting up habitats are the problem. Fence in – zone out – people and herds and wolves will sort things out. Caribou

An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species — kill more wolves and moose and pen pregnant cows.

Pathogens hitchhiking on plastics ‘could carry cholera from India to US’

Pandemic in waiting

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Research finds ‘nurdles’ washed up on Scottish beaches tainted with E coli, with potentially far-reaching health implications

Dangerous sewage pathogens have been found “hitch-hiking” on plastic litter washed up on some of Scotland’s finest bathing beaches, raising concerns from scientists the phenomenon could have far-reaching implications for human health worldwide.

The findings, by the University of Stirling, have confirmed environmentalists’ fears that ubiquitous, persistent and tiny plastic beads, or “nurdles”, found on beaches and in rivers and seas around the world, act as rafts for harmful bacteria, transporting them from sewage outfalls and agricultural runoff to bathing waters and shellfish beds.

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Tesla performs U-turn over store closures

He no longer has a clue about what he is doing, except that he believes he can do no wrong.

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Car prices to rise by ‘about 3%’ after decision to move to online-only sales reversed

Tesla has reversed a decision to close all its stores and move to an online-only sales model, the company has announced, pending the results of a further review on the usefulness of physical locations.

The initial decision was made as part of a plan to reduce costs at the company, in order to fund an across-the-board immediate price reduction of 6% on Tesla’s cars. Now, however, Tesla will be increasing the price of cars by “about 3%”, erasing half the savings.

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Israel president rejects Netanyahu comments about Arab citizens

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Reuven Rivlin speaks out after PM said Israel was ‘not a state for all its citizens’

Israel’s president has hit back at Benjamin Netanyahu after the prime minister said in reference to the country’s Arab minority that Israel was “not a state for all its citizens”.

Less than a month before the 9 April election in which the prime minister hopes to win with the support of far-right politicians and voters, Netanyahu wrote on Instagram that: “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.”

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‘He’s using his last bullet’: Israeli Arabs condemn Netanyahu comments

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Prime minister accused of racist ploy to try to win next month’s general election

“He is stirring the dirt,” said Gabriel Abdullah, an Arab citizen of Israel who runs a tourism company in Jerusalem, of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. “That’s very, very dangerous, but he will use anything.”

Abdullah was not alone among members of Israel’s Arab minority on Monday in lambasting Netanyahu for saying the country was “not a state of all its citizens”. Many characterised his comments as a racist ploy to try to win the forthcoming general election.

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Radical proposal to artificially cool Earth’s climate could be safe, new study claims

Umm – these are the type of people who have brought us to where we are now – on brink of earth death! Like Icarus, they believe they can out smart nature, God, and… Their view of science is more about ego and self-delusion. The proven outcome that nearly all synthetic pesticides end up causing more problems than the one they thought they were solving, is proof enough that we need stop polluting.

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Experts worry that injecting sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere could put some regions at risk

A new study contradicts fears that using solar geoengineering to fight climate change could dangerously alter rainfall and storm patterns in some parts of the world.

Related: Geoengineering may be used to combat global warming, experts say

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Pelosi comes out against impeaching Trump: ‘He’s just not worth it’ | US news | The Guardian

The House judiciary committee, which would lead an impeachment inquiry, recently launched a broad investigation of corruption, abuse of power and obstruction of justice allegations against Trump that could amount to impeachable offenses. The House judiciary committee chairman, Jerrold Nadler, has said he believes Trump has committed obstruction of justice, but that it is too soon to decide on impeachment. “We do not now have the evidence all sorted out,” Nadler told ABC’s This Week program on 3 March. He added: “Before you impeach somebody, you have to persuade the American public that it ought to happen.”

Source: Pelosi comes out against impeaching Trump: ‘He’s just not worth it’ | US news | The Guardian

Once again, Theresa May tries to claim victory – but the EU have conceded next to nothing | Jonathan Freedland

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Now all eyes will be on the Brexiters whose minds May needs to change before they cast their votes on Tuesday

Now the battle of interpretation begins, and to the naked ear the next 24 hours in Westminster might sound a lot like an argument about international law. In fact, the debate over the “legally binding changes” that Theresa May announced, her voice hoarse with exhaustion, as the Strasbourg clocks chimed midnight will not, ultimately, be a legal one. For all the talk of “instruments” and “protocols” and “arbitration panels”, this will come down to politics.

Related: May secures legally binding changes to Brexit deal, government claims

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