El "Templo del tigre 'de Tailandia era una fachada para la explotación comercial de huesos de tigre, pieles y otras partes para el lucrativo comercio internacional, escribe Simon Evans. No se hizo ninguna contribución a la conservación y los animales fueron sometidos a una extrema crueldad. Pero mientras que el cierre del templo es una buena noticia, hay cientos de granjas de tigres similares en toda la región que no son mejores…incluso son peores. El famoso 'templo del tigre' de Tailandia por fin se ha cerrado, después de casi dos décadas de controversia. La popular atracción turística, cerca de Bangkok permitió que los visitantes convivieran y posaran con los animales.

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Tropical Depression 1E or TD1E didn't get far from the time it was born to the time it weakened to a remnant low pressure area along the southwestern coast of Mexico. NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured an image of it remnant clouds.

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A new report confirms that 2015 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy in which 147 Gigawatts of renewable electricity came online.

That figure represents the largest annual increase ever recorded, and is due in part to the $286 billion invested in renewables. In fact, in 2015 almost twice as much money was spent on renewable energy, like solar and wind power, than fossil fuels like gas-fired power stations — only $130 billion.

This information comes as part of the Renewables Global Status Report authored by the global renewable energy policy network known as REN21. 

 

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