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• Nature class for city boys: Country diary 100 years ago

  04-06-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 5 June 1917Upwards of sixty members of a Manchester lads’ club spent Whit-week near Redesmere; two pairs of willow wrens nested in the fields the boys camped and played in. These boys are not slow, and found some nests, but they failed to discover the neat little domed, feather-lined homes of the warblers. Perhaps, however, the presence of so many lively youngsters was too much for one pair, although the nest was in the safest corner of on
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump and climate change: galvanising the globe | Editorial

  04-06-2017 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Whatever he thought he’d achieve by pulling out of the Paris agreement, he has ensured that America will be left behind in the race to combat global warmingThe Paris climate change agreement will survive Donald Trump’s decision to pull out. It was not a surprise, but it is a shock to the deal so painstakingly woven together after years of effort only 18 months ago. It is another indication of US readiness to abandon global leadership, and it is a gift to China, ambitious to be seen a
  
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• 'A big box of crazy': Trump aides struggle under climate change questioning

  04-06-2017 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  UN ambassador Nikki Haley says president believes pollutants play role, as EPA head Scott Pruitt avoids directly responding to queriesThree days after Donald Trump announced that the US would pull out of the Paris climate accord, senior members of his administration could not present a united front in response to questions about the president’s beliefs on climate change. Related: Why Trump's attempt to pit Pittsburgh against Paris is absurd | Lucia GravesContinue reading...
  
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• Government support needed to unlock billions in green business, says industry

  04-06-2017 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Green market could expand from 2% to 13% of UK economy by 2050 with the right policies, says low-carbon group that includes Ikea, Siemens and M&SThe UK could be a green business powerhouse in the next three decades, but only if given proper support by government, a group representing more than 30 low-carbon companies has said.The low-carbon economy in the UK employs at least 432,000 people, with a turnover of more than £77bn in 2015. This is larger than industries such as car-making an
  
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• Green business needs strong and stable support from the next UK government | Letters

  04-06-2017 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Ambitious and long-term policies are needed so that Britain can take advantage of the rapidly growing global market for low-carbon goods and servicesDespite the US withdrawal from the Paris agreement on climate change (Anger at US as Trump rejects climate accord, 2 June), the global market for low-carbon goods and services is rapidly growing and the UK must make the most of this opportunity. Spurred in particular by major investments in low-carbon technologies by countries such as China, India,
  
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• Is deep sea mining vital for a greener future – even if it destroys ecosystems?

  04-06-2017 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new gold rush is targeting rich ores on the ocean floor containing valuable metals needed for smartphones and green technologies, but also hosting exotic ecosystemsMining the deep ocean floor for valuable metals is both inevitable and vital, according to the scientists, engineers and industrialists exploring the world’s newest mining frontier.The special metals found in rich deposits there are critical for smart electronics and crucial green technologies, such as solar power and electric
  
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• The eco guide to tinned tuna

  04-06-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sustainable fish is the only option if we’re not going to wipe species out. So it’s a big round of applause for new Princes tuna with the all-important blue tickWhenever a sustainable seafood product reaches the shelves of UK stores I feel like doing a little dance. Step forward tinned tuna from Princes. Prosaic it may be, but it’s the first certified tuna from the Western Pacific wearing the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue tick.It’s time to remove all non-s
  
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• Trump 'does believe in climate change', says US ambassador to UN

  04-06-2017 04:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president accepts human activity is partly to blame for global warming, says a top official.
  
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• Trump 'does believe in climate change', as US ambassador to UN

  04-06-2017 04:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president accepts human activity is partly to blame for global warming., says a top official.
  
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• Who killed Oetzi the Iceman? Italy reopens coldest of cases

  04-06-2017 01:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Did someone get away with murder? A German detective re-examines a case 5,300 years old.
  
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• The US is the biggest loser on the planet thanks to Trump’s calamitous act | Vicki Arroyo

  04-06-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  His withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement belittles his country, but could galvanise the worldLife here in the US feels surreal lately, like a very bad reality TV show, thanks to Donald Trump. In no case is this more evident than the president’s decision – and the process and theatre around it – to abandon the Paris climate agreement and nearly every other country in the world.The Paris agreement was a groundbreaking deal that allowed each country to decide its own contri
  
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