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• EU trade deal must protect the Amazon | Letters

  04-09-2017 20:16 via theguardian.com
  The proposal to open up the Renca reserve in the Amazon for exploitation by large mining companies would be catastrophic for the earth’s climate, for biodiversity and for local indigenous communities, writes Molly Scott Cato MEPThe proposal to open up the Renca reserve in the Amazon for exploitation by large mining companies would be catastrophic for the earth’s climate, for biodiversity and for local indigenous communities. At the same time, the European Union is negotiating a new t
  
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• Merkel doubles funding to help German cities fight air pollution

  04-09-2017 18:44 via theguardian.com
  German chancellor pledges extra €500m in attempt to head off threat of ban on diesel vehicles following emissions scandalAngela Merkel has pledged a further €500m (£460m) to help German cities fight air pollution caused by diesel cars, as a scandal strangling the automobile industry threatened to engulf politicians at the height of an election campaign.
  Merkel said she was doubling financial aid to cities from a previously announced €500m, in an attempt to stave off the thre
  
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• Memorial held for green campaigner

  04-09-2017 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Around 200 members of family and colleagues attended a memorial for Stephen Tindale.
  
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• Outlandish beards and a lantern festival: today's unmissable photos

  04-09-2017 14:46 via theguardian.com
  A selection of the day’s best images including Ronald McDonalds protesting in London, a high diver in Texas and a beer carrying world record in GermanyContinue reading...
  
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• Stranded family lifted to safety from flooded Texas home - video

  04-09-2017 13:12 via theguardian.com
  Helicopter crew rescue two children and their mother from their flooded home in Houston after tropical storm Harvey caused devastating flooding last week. The storm, one of the costliest to hit the US, has displaced more than 1 million people, resulted in at least 44 deaths and damaged 185,000 homes in Houston alone
  Drone footage shows flooding in Houston, Texas – videoHarvey recovery bill expected to exceed the $120bn required after KatrinaContinue reading...
  
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• Proper carbon tax could wipe billions from polluters' profits

  04-09-2017 10:23 via theguardian.com
  To achieve Paris climate agreement’s limit of 2C rise, pricing will have to increase to more than $100 a tonne, claims SchrodersMore than $1.5tn (£1.2tn) in company profits worldwide could be erased by taxes required to meet the Paris climate agreement, according to analysis by Schroders. In a stark warning to investors to back more sustainable companies, the fund management group said total earnings of 12,500 global companies could fall by 20% were the world to limit itself to the 2
  
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• Wildlife on your doorstep: share your September photos

  04-09-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  As the seasons begin to change in most places, we would like to see and hear about the wildlife you’ve discovered in your area
  Wherever you are in the world and however professional or amateur your photography set up, we would like to see your images of the wildlife living near you.If you’re short of inspiration, have a look at some of the amazing images shared by readers around the world last month via GuardianWitness here. We regularly print readers’ best images in the Guardi
  
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• Floods in drought season: is this the future for parts of India? | Raghu Karnad

  04-09-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Mumbai, Assam and other regions are used to extreme weather, but the recent flooding was not ‘normal’. The powers that be must adjust, and fastIt is possible to be killed by floods in Mumbai, but not really to be surprised by them. On 29 August, the city was battered by a monsoon storm which left homes, highways and hospital floors submerged, and shut down the commuter railway which has to carry more people every day than live in Denmark. More than 20 people are dead: swept away or c
  
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• Carbon tax could wipe out polluters' profits in pursuit of Paris targets

  04-09-2017 08:01 via theguardian.com
  To achieve climate agreement’s limit of 2C rise, pricing will have to increase to more than $100 a tonne, says SchrodersMore than $1.5tn (£1.2tn) in company profits worldwide could be erased by taxes required to meet the Paris climate agreement, according to analysis by Schroders. In a stark warning to investors to back more sustainable companies, the fund management group said total earnings of 12,500 global companies could fall by 20% were the world to limit itself to the 2C temper
  
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• 'We'd rather die than lose': villagers in Indonesia fight for a land rights revolution

  04-09-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A small community on the island of Sumatra is at the heart of a battle for traditional territories that could finally resolve the muddled and exploitative system of laws governing land ownership in IndonesiaIt is cold and late on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Huddled around a map, a group of elders are planning their battle strategy. In a milestone victory last year, they were promised rights to the land their village has controlled for generations, but today they have had bad news. The loca
  
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• Sparrowhawks play hard to get

  04-09-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Ecclesall Wood, Sheffield A close-up look at these birds – which have evolved to be invisible in domains such as this – was proving elusiveA new noise stopped me dead in my tracks; a sort of pulse-quickening, primitive shriek, more banshee wail than bird call. Through the still-bare March treetops I saw the source of the sound barrel straight overhead – my first thrilling glimpse of sparrowhawk in this neck of Ecclesall Wood, near my home.In the long light of a clear May evenin
  
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