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You are quite a bit more diplomatic and generous than I would have been.
AoD
Which is odd, as normally I tend not to be overly diplomatic. I guess age is gradually softening my edges...
You are quite a bit more diplomatic and generous than I would have been.
AoD
Is "treasured cultural site" a euphemism for tourist trap, hide your wallet?
Venetians rage at flood-defence delay: 'They don’t think of us'
City’s €6bn Mose barriers to protect against high tides unfinished after 15 years
Angela Giuffrida in Venice
Thu 14 Nov 2019 19.49 GMT First published on Thu 14 Nov 2019 18.02 GMT
Venetians rage at flood-defence delay: 'They don’t think of us'
City’s €6bn Mose barriers to protect against high tides unfinished after 15 yearswww.theguardian.com
Those politicians against climate change plans must have their heads stuck in the muddy lagoon like the rot-resistant wooden piles used to hold the foundations of Venice in place.Venice council flooded moments after rejecting climate crisis plan
Rightwing parties reject proposals as lagoon city faces worst flooding in 53 years
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Fri 15 Nov 2019 15.21 GMT
Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water levels.
Venice has been hit by recurrent flooding since Tuesday, with 70% of the lagoon city engulfed on Friday morning as the acqua alta, or high water, level reached 1.54 metres amid heavy downpours.
Venice council flooded moments after rejecting climate crisis plan
Rightwing parties reject proposals as lagoon city faces worst flooding in 53 yearswww.theguardian.com
China is set to add new coal-fired power plants equivalent to the EU’s entire capacity, as the world’s biggest energy consumer ignores global pressure to rein in carbon emissions in its bid to boost a slowing economy.
While the rest of the world has been largely reducing coal-powered capacity over the past two years, China is building so much coal power that it more than offsets the decline elsewhere.
The renewed push into coal has been driven by Chinese energy companies desperate to gain market share and by local governments who view coal plants as a source of jobs and investment. While electricity demand in China rose 8.5 per cent last year, the current grid is already oversupplied and coal stations are utilised only about half the time.
“The utilisation of coal-fired power plants will reach a record low this year, so there is no justification to build these coal plants,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, an analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an Australia-based think-tank. “But that is not the logic that investment follows in China . . . There is little regard for the long-term economics of the investments that are being made.”
If Victoria Falls dried up, all we would see is a deep zigzag gorge. However, it would be a disaster.Could Victoria Falls dry up?
The effects of severe drought and climate change are having an impact on one of the world's great natural wonders, Victoria Falls.
Elisha Moyo, Principal Climate Change Researcher at Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Environment, Climate and Tourism, tells Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur that the average flow over the falls in 2019 is down by almost 50%
Mr Moyo said: "The low falls are becoming more frequent...
"Who knows maybe one year there will be no falls completely, no water."
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Could Victoria Falls dry up?
The effects of severe drought and climate change are having an impact on Victoria Falls.www.bbc.com