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• New push to make England's longest cycle tunnel a reality

  01-01-2018 18:34
  Campaigners say they could enhance West Yorkshire’s health and economy by converting an old railway lineA campaign has accelerated to turn a disused railway line in Yorkshire into England’s longest cycle tunnel – instead of using £3m of public money to close it for ever.The 1.4 mile (2.3km) Queensbury line, which runs 377ft (115 metres) below a hill between Halifax and Keighley in West Yorkshire, was closed in 1956 as rail travel declined and private car ownership increas
  
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• Large meteor spotted in skies across UK

  01-01-2018 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  People across Britain reported seeing a large greenish light streak across the sky on Sunday evening.
  
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• On its hundredth birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming | Benjamin Franta

  01-01-2018 12:00
  Somebody cut the cake – new documents reveal that American oil writ large was warned of global warming at its 100th birthday party.
  It was a typical November day in New York City. The year: 1959. Robert Dunlop, 50 years old and photographed later as clean-shaven, hair carefully parted, his earnest face donning horn-rimmed glasses, passed under the Ionian columns of Columbia University’s iconic Low Library. He was a guest of honor for a grand occasion: the centennial of the American o
  
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• On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming

  01-01-2018 12:00
  Somebody cut the cake – new documents reveal that American oil writ large was warned of global warming at its 100th birthday party.
  It was a typical November day in New York City. The year: 1959. Robert Dunlop, 50 years old and photographed later as clean-shaven, hair carefully parted, his earnest face donning horn-rimmed glasses, passed under the Ionian columns of Columbia University’s iconic Low Library. He was a guest of honor for a grand occasion: the centennial of the American o
  
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• London air pollution live data – where will be first to break legal limits in 2018?

  01-01-2018 11:10
  Toxic NO2 pollution affects most of urban areas of the UK, but London is worst hit. View live data from the capital to see which site is the first to break legal limits in 2018In January 2017, Brixton Road in south London broke its annual legal limit for toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in less than a fortnight, according to the final calibrated data. In 2016, Putney High Street was the first, in less than seven days. The rapid breaching of the limits is a dramatic illustration of the illegal air po
  
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• From stools to fuels: the street lamp that runs on dog do

  01-01-2018 11:00
  Turning turds into power is not new but most of this energy still goes to waste. A host of innovative projects aim to maximise poo’s full potentialA long winding road climbs into a gathering dusk, coming to an abrupt dead end in front of a house. Here, a solitary flickering flame casts out a warm glow, illuminating the nearby ridge line of the Malvern Hills.Below the light sits a mysterious green contraption resembling a cross between a giant washing machine and a weather station. This is
  
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• UK 'faces build-up of plastic waste'

  01-01-2018 08:38 via bbc.co.uk
  UK does not have capacity to deal with extra plastic waste after a Chinese import ban, says industry group.
  
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• ‘I feel less stuffed after dinners – and less guilty’: why I stopped eating meat

  01-01-2018 07:00
  My journey towards vegetarianism started 30 years ago for practical reasons, but the more I eschew animal products the better I feel about everythingMy experience of giving up meat has been a gradual process, starting about 30 years ago, when a vegetarian friend and her two little boys came to live with me and my daughter. For practical reasons, we ate less meat. Why bother to cook two dinners when you need only cook one? Anyway, we all loved macaroni cheese and baked potatoes, and the odd tuna
  
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• Country diary: dancing and diving, a dipper braves the ice-cold river

  01-01-2018 06:30
  Black Banks Plantation, Weardale, County Durham Maintenance of insulating plumage is vital for a bird whose survival depends on feeding underwaterIt was a morning of brittle beauty, the best kind of winter day. Last night’s magical transformation remained intact; rusty-brown bracken fronds fringed with frost crystals and ice-encrusted leaves that crunched underfoot. No hint of a thaw yet; the low elevation of the sun had left this side of the riverbank in deep shadow. The cold air stung ou
  
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• Vehicles are now America's biggest CO2 source but EPA is tearing up regulations

  01-01-2018 06:00
  Transport overtook power generation for climate-warming emissions in 2017 but the Trump administration is reversing curbs on auto industry pollutionSome of the most common avatars of climate change – hulking power stations and billowing smokestacks – may need a slight update. For the first time in more than 40 years, the largest source of greenhouse gas pollution in the US isn’t electricity production but transport – cars, trucks, planes, trains and shipping. Related: Fig
  
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• Science stories coming up in 2018

  01-01-2018 03:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's global science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle, reveals what to watch out for in the new year.
  
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• A science news preview of 2018

  01-01-2018 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News looks ahead to some of the biggest science and environment stories coming up in 2018.
  
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