Benefit from the wealth it brings. Despite the warnings from experts Greenhouse Gas emissions rose to a new high last year a mind blowing 55300000000 tons. 2 thirds of it was Carbon Dioxide produced by power stations run on fossil fuels gas oil and coal. And although many nations are reducing their reliance on coal the global coal plant tracker platform says that more than 1000. 00 new coal fired power stations are under construction or in planning one way of discouraging use of fossil fuels is to levy taxes or fines on c o 2 emissions and that would encourage a shift to greener Renewable Energies like in sweden for example. It said that sweden sole resides. Once the. Industrial heartland it helps supply europe with copper and the red paint that covers so many of swedens houses comes from the countys capital. Now dillards forests are helping to shape swedens future. For force engineer thorstens and these trees are the key. It might sound like a contradiction but he says cutting down tr
A day. Im Anthony Howard welcome to the program we begin in washington where the u. S. President donald trump has criticized the impeachment hearings calling then a disk rice and an embarrassment is coming to senior officials who listened to trumps july funchal with these ukrainian counterpart vladimir. Expressed their concerns about the conversation the former special envoy to ukraine could volcker told the probe he should have realized the trump was holding up military aid to kiev to pressure the country to investigate political rival joe biden. 1st to testify on tuesday 2 officials who listened in on that controversial phone call newton and Connell Alexander van mann the Top White House expert on ukraine alongside Jennifer Williams an advisor to Vice President mike pence both told the panel they had concerns about the cole. I found the july 25th call unusual because in contrast to other president ial calls i had observed it involved discussion of what it appeared to be a domestic po
For some of the countrys small catholic minority. And 30 years ago today nations around the world committed themselves to them proving the lives of children but despite the progress since then for millions of young people around the world live from aims a daily struggle. I brought in thomas great to have you with us and this the international saying that more than 100 people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests in iran the unrest erupting after hikes and fuel prices and authorities responded by shutting down the internet Reigns Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described the protests as a security matter. Very Little Information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place is difficult to verify. Videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price o
I think the funding needs to be increased. I think its a very low amount. As i said, for us as a charity its not an issue, but for other places that have got high costs, high staff costs, that then is a real thing. So i think if you are going to be giving more hours, you need to be giving more money per hour. And thats a real problem for lots of people. Childcare may not be the main headline grabber of this particular general election, but it remains an important issue for parents, for communities, and for the politicians seeking to represent them now and in the future. John maguire, bbc news, bristol. Now time for a look at the weather. Louise layer is at the map. Is it one of those mornings where it would be nice to pull the duvet back of your head and pretend it isnt happening . It certainly was for me. Beautiful perfect symmetry but it is not perfect weather. It is great and there is a lot of cloud across the country so this blanket of cloud will sit right across us for much of the
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