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• Venus and Jupiter conjunction: Sky-watchers await dawn display

  11-11-2017 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The planets will appear together close to the horizon just before sunrise on Monday.
  
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• Alternative US group honouring Paris climate accord demands 'seat at the table'

  11-11-2017 16:55 via theguardian.com
  The America’s Pledge group claims to represent US majority opinion on carbon emissions, despite Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreementThe United Nations should give a “seat at the table” to a powerful group of US states, cities, tribes and businesses that are committed to taking action on climate change, the billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg has urged.In an apparent bid to circumvent US president Donald Trump’s moves to withdraw from the Paris accord
  
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• 'Safety was paramount': council defends decision to shoot Lillith the lynx

  11-11-2017 16:02 via theguardian.com
  Eurasian lynx on the run from Welsh animal park for nearly two weeks is shot and killed in caravan park in AberystwythOne of the team of marksmen contracted by a council to kill Lillith the lynx has defended shooting the escaped animal, saying “action had to be taken”.The Eurasian lynx was shot after straying into a caravan park near Aberystwyth town centre almost two weeks after its escape from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Action had to be taken,' marksman who shot Lillith the lynx says

  11-11-2017 16:02 via theguardian.com
  Eurasian lynx on the run from Welsh animal park for nearly two weeks is shot and killed in caravan park in AberystwythThe marksman contracted by a council to kill Lillith the lynx has defended shooting the escaped animal, saying “action had to be taken”.The Eurasian lynx was shot after straying into a caravan park near Aberystwyth town centre almost two weeks after its escape from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Continue reading...
  
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• Turning Kenya's plastic bottle waste into boats

  11-11-2017 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  These men in Kenya have decided to do something about the amount of plastic bottles that clog an island's beaches.
  
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• Kenya's plastic waste to a boat

  11-11-2017 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  These men in Kenya have decided to do something about the amount of waste on Kenya's Lamu island.
  
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• US groups honouring Paris climate pledges despite Trump

  11-11-2017 11:30 via theguardian.com
  US states, cities and businesses signed up to ‘America’s pledge’ to combat global warning have a combined economic power equal to the world’s third-biggest economyThe US states, cities and businesses that have signed up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite president Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw from the Paris agreement would, if put together, have the clout of the world’s third biggest economy, after the US and China.To date, 20 US states and more
  
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• Welsh zoo outraged after escaped Lynx is killed over public safety fears

  11-11-2017 09:41 via theguardian.com
  Eurasian lynx named Lillith, which went missing on 29 October, is destroyed after straying near Aberystwyth town centreThe Welsh zoo that owned Lillith says it is devastated and outraged at the killing of the escaped lynx which had been on the run for almost a fortnight.The Eurasian lynx was destroyed after straying near Aberystwyth town centre following its escape from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Continue reading...
  
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• Escaped Lynx is killed over growing public safety fears

  11-11-2017 09:41 via theguardian.com
  Eurasian lynx named Lillith, which went missing from Welsh zoo on 29 October, is destroyed after straying into populated areaLillith is no more. After being on the run for nearly two weeks after escaping from a zoo in Wales, the Eurasian lynx has been destroyed after straying into a populated area.The female, which was about twice the size of a domestic cat, had been missing from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Ceredigion since 29 October. Continue reading...
  
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• Tim Dowling: Can that really be a dolphin on the horizon?

  11-11-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  I look upriver, across the expanse of swirling grey water, past a lone canoeist. Suddenly a dark fin rises out of the currentI am on my hands and knees pulling everything out of the cupboard under the stairs. I’ve spread all the stuff – a tent, three sleeping bags, a skateboard, a bag of dusty computer cables, a single boxing glove – across the hall so that no one can pass without experiencing my frustration.“What are you doing?” my wife says. “
  
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• The eco guide to using your money

  11-11-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Switch to an ethical bank account and invest in renewable energy, not fossil fuelsGiving to charity, while highly recommended, does not make you an activist. It makes you a charity donor. Great in its own right, but move your bank account and then you’re edging into activist territory. As motivation, read a new report from Christian Aid that unpicks the global banking industry, zeroing in on the Big Four, which hold almost all of our money. What emerges is a picture of a system rife with d
  
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• It’s true, wind turbines are monstrous. But I have learned to love them | Alice O’Keeffe

  11-11-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  At first I resented the way they blocked the view. But now the towers look like part of a brighter futureOver the last few months I have been watching with mixed feelings as the Rampion wind farm emerges like a great monster from the sea off Brighton beach. It has happened so quickly: one morning in the early summer a few small grey stumps appeared on the previously flat horizon. Only weeks later, the first turbines were up, instantly giving the familiar sea view a new, industrial edge. Since th
  
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