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A cross-party group of MPs is urging the government to stop using real bear pelts to make the hats worn by the King's Guard and use fake alternatives instead. In a letter to Defence Minister Luke Pollard, the group of 18 MPs and one peer across three parties - Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens - said the bearskin caps sourced from Canada should be replaced with fake fur to "meet today's ethical standards", adding that real bearskin is "impossible to justify". "We call on you to instruct the Ministry of Defence and its suppliers to work proactively with...

KEYSTONE — Global warming is the hottest story of our time, and it will get even bigger as the full implications of melting ice caps and rising sea levels percolate through the media pipeline and into general public awareness, a panel of journalists said last weekend during the American Bar Association's environmental law conference. The discussion was focused on how the media has covered the story and whether or not public perception of global warming has changed in recent months and years. Among the questions the panelists tried to answer is why it has taken so long for the story...