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• EPA chief Scott Pruitt 'may be on way out' over condo deal, senator says

  01-04-2018 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Doug Jones, Bernie Sanders and Chris Christie add to pressure over $50-a-night deal linked to chief executive of energy lobbying firmEnvironmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt is under increasing pressure over a rental arrangement he had with a leading energy sector lobbyist.Leading opposition figures went on the offensive on Sunday, the Democratic Alabama senator Doug Jones saying Pruitt was in “real trouble” and “may be on his way out” over the deal, whi
  
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• Chances for progress towards a nuclear-free world | Letters

  01-04-2018 19:17 via theguardian.com
  Bruce Kent of CND and Linda Rogers respond to Owen Jones’ article on Jeremy Corbyn and the UK’s nuclear weapons. Plus letters from Mike Clancy of Prospect, Frank Jackson and David LowryCan Owen Jones (Corbyn has to lead on nuclear weapons, 29 March) really mean that Labour party policy can’t be changed? The only argument for Trident, and any successor, is a false sense of national prestige. Can’t some major trade unions think of anything else to make than weapons of mass
  
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• The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstream

  01-04-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Health, climate change, animal welfare... what’s driving more people and brands to embrace a plant-based lifestyle? We investigate, and, below, four vegans explain their choiceLate on a Thursday afternoon in early March, just off Brick Lane in the heart of London’s nightlife hotspot Shoreditch, 23-year-old Louisa Davidson is taking calls and co-ordinating cables and scaffolds, as shocking pink Vegan Nights banners are hung around the expansive courtyards of the Truman Brewery. There
  
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• When nature says 'Enough!': the river that appeared overnight in Argentina

  01-04-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A new watercourse is playing havoc with farmland and roads and even threatening a city – but also highlights the potential cost of the country’s dependence on soya beans Continue reading...
  
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• The weakness of price caps is clear. Energy markets need bolder action

  01-04-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The big firms have raised tariffs to within a pound of the prepayment-meter maximum. What price government promises of savings now?Many of the 5 million vulnerable households who already have their energy bills capped will be hit by an average price hike of £57 a year from Sunday.Five of the big six energy firms are raising their tariffs for prepayment meters – mostly used by renters and people who have fallen behind on payments – to within £1 of the new £1,089 cap.
  
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• The Argentinian river that appeared suddenly in 2015 – aerial video

  01-04-2018 07:59 via theguardian.com
  The Río Nuevo, which now stretches across 16 miles of San Luis province, is believed to be the product of deforestation, changes in farming practices and climate change. Now as its changing course threatens farmland, roads and even a city, the government is struggling to contain it Continue reading...
  
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• RAF looks to space for the future

  01-04-2018 02:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal Air Force is pushing boundaries, 100 years since it began. Three women serving with the RAF explain.
  
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