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• Badger cull could see boom in foxes, stoats and weasels

  08-07-2017 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservationists fear negative impact on ecosystem and call on the government to release cull dataIt is one of the more neglected dimensions of the badger cull, but one that could reignite the controversy surrounding the attempt to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis.Conservationists have long claimed that eliminating badgers from certain areas is likely to trigger an increase in other predators, such as foxes, leading to serious consequences for species and habitats. But the government ha
  
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• G20 Hamburg: Leaders fail to bridge Trump climate chasm

  08-07-2017 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A statement at the G20 summit says the Paris accord is "irreversible" but the US forces compromise.
  
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• Theresa May: I encouraged Donald Trump to rejoin Paris agreement – video

  08-07-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  UK prime minister holds a press conference to mark the end of the G20 summit in Hamburg and expresses her ‘dismay’ at the Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. May also says she’s looking forward to welcoming Trump to London and hails the progress she’d made in beginning trade discussions with other world leadersG20 summit: ‘G19’ leave Trump alone in joint statement on climate change - latest
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• Trump left in cold over Paris climate agreement at end of G20 summit

  08-07-2017 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  All other world leaders sign declaration that deal is irreversible after US withdrawal sparks standoff in Hamburg
  Donald Trump was left isolated at the end of a fractious G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, after every other world leader signed up to a declaration that the Paris climate agreement was irreversible following an unprecedented standoff.After the publication of a final communique that saw the emergence of a G19 grouping for the first time, Theresa May said she was “dismayed at the
  
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• Angela Merkel leads G20 split with Trump over Paris agreement – video

  08-07-2017 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the press at the end of the G20 summit in Hamburg on Saturday and addresses the clear split between the positions of the United States and the remaining 19 nations over climate change in the summit’s joint statement notesG20 leaders’ statement on climate change highlights rift with USContinue reading...
  
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• Seven right whales found dead in 'devastating' blow to endangered animal

  08-07-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Carcasses found off Canada in recent weeks in what may be biggest single die-off of one of world’s most endangered whale species, expert saysSeven North Atlantic right whales have been found floating lifelessly in the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Canada, in recent weeks, in what is being described as a “catastrophic” blow to one of the world’s most endangered whales.The first whale carcass was reported in early June. Within a month, another six reports came in, leaving marine
  
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• Electric car revolution: calculating the cost of green motoring

  08-07-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  More battery-powered vehicles would mean cleaner air and quieter streets – but also a drain on the National Grid and less fuel duty to the TreasuryStreets will be quieter, the air will be cleaner, people will spend less time at petrol stations and car factories might even return to Britain’s shores if the country switches to electric cars in a dramatic, widespread fashion.But widespread adoption of battery-powered vehicles would not be without challenges too. A large-scale switchover
  
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• Impossible Foods CEO: we want to eliminate all meat from human diets

  08-07-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We can produce the food that people crave without using livestock, pledges Pat Brown founder of the ‘veggie burger that bleeds’It’s the veggie burger that bleeds. When eaten, it tastes and feels remarkably similar in your mouth to a burger made from animal meat.After a blaze of publicity, the US-based company behind it, Impossible Foods, is scaling up production. A new facility in California will open before the end of the year with the ability to produce four million burgers a
  
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• Sassy and sociable, the swifts are back in town

  08-07-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Kendal, Lake District Every year they fly 5,000 miles to breed in the exact same crack or crevice in the exact same building In their brief sojourn here, swifts wreak high-pitched havoc – they are all daredevil velocity and sassy sociability. Since Roman times at least, these urban Apodidae have exploited humankind’s structures. They are nest site faithful, returning every year to breed in the exact same crack or crevice in the exact same building after their 5,000-mile migration fro
  
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• Falling from the sky: the providence petrels of Lord Howe Island – video

  08-07-2017 04:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Lord Howe Island is the nesting site for hundreds of thousands of providence petrels (Pterodroma solandri). The birds used to be common on Norfolk Island, but were eaten to extinction by starving convicts in the early days of settlement. Although fast and graceful in flight, providence petrels spend most of their lives at sea and are clumsy on land. They also have no fear of humans. If they hear a call they will land and investigate, making them easy prey for a hungry convict• Birds, sweat
  
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• Mike Pence ignores Nasa 'do not touch' sign

  08-07-2017 03:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The VP made a tongue-in-cheek apology to Nasa after a photo of him touching the equipment went viral.
  
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• Onus on Australia to take diplomatic lead in protecting Antarctica | Tim Stephens

  08-07-2017 03:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Government needs to get on the front foot to ensure plans for Marine Protected Areas are not watered down by other partiesShortly before World Ocean Day, and a special UN meeting to address threats facing oceans, the US president, Donald Trump, announced that the country was walking away from the Paris agreement. Here in Australia, there was a welcome bipartisan commitment to stay the course, with Malcolm Turnbull defending Australia’s participation in this critically important environment
  
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