A roundup of news snippets

• Rubber plantations to feed China’s booming tire industry are threatening rainforests. • The Kansas legislature continues to push for new coal plants. • More polar bears venture out of their usual habitat. • Canada will create a huge new national park. • Climate change may increase your risk of cataract blindness.

• Rubber plantations to feed China’s booming tire industry are threatening rainforests.

• The Kansas legislature continues to push for new coal plants.

• More polar bears venture out of their usual habitat.

• Canada will create a huge new national park.

• Climate change may increase your risk of cataract blindness.

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