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While plastic pollution continues to fuel public anger, another more menacing threat to all life on earth brews overhead – climate change
Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Michael Gove outlines the steps the government will take to tackle climate control, with the aim of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius. While Gove said the report shows there is still time to hit that target, environmentalists say the government isn’t doing enough to take control of climate change.
An estimated 145 pilot whales became stranded on the remote Stewart Island off the south coast of New Zealand. By the time conservation groups reached them half had died and the other half had to be put down due to their poor health and remote location. In a second separate incident, 10 pygmy whales were stranded on the other side of New Zealand. Two have died, but with more help available conservationists are hoping to “refloat” the surviving eight. The process involves returning them to the sea slowly.
'It’s just a really sad event.'
With Christmas season in full-swing, London Zoo has set up a light display of animals to see once their 19,000 residents go to sleep. While some nocturnal animals may be spotted, a Zoo spokesperson has reassured that the light’s don’t bother any of the residents.
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