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• New Zealand base for methane-measuring satellite mission

  The MethaneSAT, due to be launched in 2022, is designed to locate and measure methane from human sources worldwide, and will provide data to track and reduce those emissions

• A call for Kiwis to recycle mobile phones on International E-Waste Day

  For every phone recycled with RE:Mobile, a donation will be made to local charity Sustainable Coastlines

• Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action

  In a joint declaration, climate scientists, physicists, biologists, engineers and others from at least 20 countries broke with the caution traditionally associated with academia to side with peaceful protesters courting arrest from Amsterdam to Melbourne.

• Teenager Thunberg angrily tells UN climate summit 'you have stolen my dreams'

  A visibly emotional Thunberg, 16, said in stern remarks at the opening of the summit that the generations that have polluted the most have burdened her and her generation with the extreme impacts of climate change.

• Nestle institute aims to develop packaging of the future

  Nestle has set up a research institute to develop more environmentally friendly packaging for its products and reduce plastic waste, taking matters into its own hands rather than relying on its suppliers.

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  San Jose Sharks Score Big With Pure Storage

  Challenges: - Legacy disk-based SAN performance plummeted with the addition of just 10 VDI users. - The management complexities of the legacy disk-based SAN did not allow for a "set-it-and-forget-it" operation, but the organization required simplicity. Results: - Currently supporting 250 virtual desktops, with more to be deployed - Reduced latency to sub-millisecond - Dramatically simplified storage management - Achieved 12-to-1 data reduction