Environmental News For The Week Ending 03 April 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
There hasn t been much change in the trajectory of either US Covid metric: new cases continue to increase at a modest pace, while US Covid deaths continue to fall. New cases of Covid confirmed over the week ending April 3rd were 5.9% higher that those confirmed over the week ending March 27th, and 15.9% higher than those of the week ending March 20th, while US Covid deaths during the week ending April 3rd were 12.2% lower than the prior week, and down 74.7% from the peak week in late January.
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France vows symbolic actions but no apologies for colonisation of Algeria
While a new French report highlights moves to reconcile Paris and Algiers on 132 violent years of colonisation, some thorny issues remain
Algerians arrested during a French military operation on 21 April 1956, during the war of independence, in Algeria s Tablat and Bir Rabalou region (AFP) By Published date: 21 January 2021 17:28 UTC | Last update: 2 months ago
On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron received a much anticipated report on France’s 132-year colonial rule of Algeria and the war that led to Algeria’s independence in 1962, as part of an effort towards reconciliation of historical memory between the two countries.
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In places, it remains incredibly lifelike, with hair on its back and thick eyelashes. But it has also sustained damage. It lost its tusks and part of its trunk in the earthquakes, and more recently a possum was discovered nesting in its straw stuffing.
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The elephant in the attic. The animal s skin was shipped from France to New Zealand in 1876. Those old enough may remember seeing the male Asian elephant on display alongside other large mammals. Due to a lack of space, it was relocated to the “mammal attic” in the mid-90s – where it cannot now be removed, because it s too big.