Environment

Thousands took to the streets of the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires on Friday to protest against Monsanto and its activities in the rural town of Malvinas Argentinas. The agro-industrial corporation has been planning to build the world’s biggest maize seed treatment plant in the location.. RT reports: Protests were also held in other cities across Argentina. Protesters marched in support of an activists’ camp, which is blocking the Monsanto-owned property in Malvinas Argentinas in the Cordoba region. The camp recently received an eviction notice from the authorities.

Donald Trump can’t be too happy with the UK at the moment….or maybe it’s the other way round A petition calling to ban him from the UK was approved for a parliamentary debate earlier in the week and now the billionaire tycoon faces fines from the British environment agency over carbon emissions from one of his private jets. RT reports: Trump is one of a number of businessmen and companies fined for failing to “surrender sufficient allowances to cover annual reportable emissions” by the Environment Agency.

A huge fire has broken out after a chemical plant exploded in the city of Lengshuijiang, in China’s South Eastern Hunan province, according to local media reports. 突发：【湖南冷水江一化工厂爆炸起火 现场震感强烈】据湖南娄底市广播电视台公众号消息，今晚8：30左右，冷水江一化工厂突然爆炸起火，附近市民均感觉到强烈的震感，爆炸原因尚未明确。 pic.twitter.com/KEtSssf4XU — 黄昭雲 (@huangzhaoyun) January 9, 2016 Emergency crews are on the scene of the blast, which comes only weeks after two huge industrial explosions in the country killed dozens of people It is not  yet clear if anyone was injured or killed and the cause of the blast is still unknown.

A mountain lion with a second set of teeth growing out of its head was found in Idaho, which scientists are saying may have been caused by Fukushima nuclear radiation arriving from across the Pacific ocean.  While experts have not been able to agree on the cause for the weird mutation, they fear that radiation may be the most obvious cause. Superstation95.com reports: Regional wildlife biologist Zach Lockyer told Idaho State Journal the unusual deformity had left experts stumped. ‘It’s a bizarre situation and a bizarre photo,’ he added.

Scientists at the site of “supervolcano” Yellowstone have warned that there is a chance the volcano could erupt this volcano season, which would end up killing millions of people worldwide, and devastating the planet.  The scientists have warned that instances of volcanic eruptions are their highest for 300 years at the moment, and there is a 10% change of Yellowstone erupting this year.