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• Moonwalkers

  27-05-2018 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Read the experiences of the four surviving astronauts to have set foot on the lunar surface.
  
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• Halogen light bulbs could disappear from Australian stores within two years

  27-05-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Manufacturers will act early on September 2020 ban as LED already the preferred option• Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noonHalogen lights will disappear from Australia within two years, as the industry and federal government pivot towards more efficient and environmentally-friendly LED lighting. A ban on halogen bulbs, which use four times the energy of LED globes, was announced last month at a meeting of state and federal environment ministers.Continue reading
  
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• Government advisers call for emissions fund to end investment in 'junk credits'

  27-05-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Revealed report finds tens of millions going into projects that don’t create new emissions reductions• Sign up to receive the top stories every morningIndependent experts advising the Turnbull government have called for changes to the Coalition’s Direct Action climate policy to prevent tens of millions of dollars of public money going to projects that would have gone ahead anyway. The recommendation is in a review of the $2.55bn emissions reduction fund, the central plank of Dir
  
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• Emissions scheme wastes millions on projects that would have gone ahead anyway

  27-05-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Government advisers call for changes to Direct Action policy to end investment in schemes that do not reduce emissions
  • Sign up to receive the top stories every morningIndependent experts advising the Turnbull government have called for changes to the Coalition’s Direct Action climate policy to prevent tens of millions of dollars of public money going to projects that would have gone ahead anyway.The recommendation is in a review of the $2.55bn emissions reduction fund, the central p
  
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• Wild horses and a hemp parade: Sunday's best photos

  27-05-2018 19:27 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• We need to clean up our act on roadside pollution | Letters

  27-05-2018 18:02 via theguardian.com
  Guardian readers respond to Michael Gove’s defence of what the government is doing to address air pollutionWe must cut through the smog of rhetoric if we are to have clean air. Through deft political sleight of hand, the environment secretary Michael Gove’s defence of what the government is doing to address air pollution (Letters, 24 May) diverts attention from the cause of dirty air in most of our cities: diesel-fuelled vehicles. This risks slowing down the action required to tackle
  
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• England could have new national parks in Gove review

  27-05-2018 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Environment Secretary Michael Gove launches a review of the country's protected landscapes.
  
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• England may get more national parks after protected areas review

  27-05-2018 11:20 via theguardian.com
  Fresh look at system prompted by rising population and decline in certain habitats, says Michael Gove A new wave of national parks could be created after the environment secretary, Michael Gove, announced plans for a review of protected areas.
  The review, which will also consider areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs), will look at how they can boost wildlife, improve visit access and support the people who live and work there. Continue reading...
  
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• Rare birds ‘at risk of poisoning from eating lead shot’

  27-05-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Warning by expert panel says up to 400,000 wildfowl a year may suffer lead poisoningSeveral rare bird species, including a breed of red-headed duck listed as “vulnerable”, are under threat from lead poisoning linked to shooting, a new report says.Numbers of common pochard, a duck species at risk of global extinction, have fallen substantially over the past 30 years, a decline partly attributed to the fact that they eat some of the 5,000 tonnes of lead pellets discarded in the country
  
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• How ships bring agonising death to last Greek whales

  27-05-2018 08:05 via theguardian.com
  Government promises action on collisions to avoid slaughter on busy shipping routesIn an office up a steep hill in a seaside suburb of Athens, a tiny blue light flickers from a computer terminal. Dr Alexandros Frantzis, Greece’s foremost oceanographer, points it out. The light, he says, tracks marine traffic “in real time”.It is key to saving one of the world’s most endangered whale populations. Continue reading...
  
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• How cruise ships bring agonising death to last Greek whales

  27-05-2018 08:05 via theguardian.com
  Government promises action on collisions to avoid slaughter on busy shipping routesIn an office up a steep hill in a seaside suburb of Athens, a tiny blue light flickers from a computer terminal. Dr Alexandros Frantzis, Greece’s foremost oceanographer, points it out. The light, he says, tracks marine traffic “in real time”.It is key to saving one of the world’s most endangered whale populations. Continue reading...
  
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• How her passion for jellyfish led one woman to self-empowerment and a bid to save the planet

  27-05-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  As well as being amazing marvels of nature, the gelatinous sea creatures are harbingers of the most serious issues that face us and this should be a call to armsLooking back, I see that jellyfish came to me when the haze of sleepless nights brought on by kids’ cries and the frenzy of cramming a working day into the scant hours of pre-school began to lift. And, even though I still looked good on Facebook, when I slowed down long enough to think, I felt lost and unfulfilled. That something i
  
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• a passion for jellyfish self-empowerment and a bid to save the planet

  27-05-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  As well as being amazing marvels of nature, the gelatinous sea creatures are harbingers of the most serious issues that face us and this should be a call to armsLooking back, I see that jellyfish came to me when the haze of sleepless nights brought on by kids’ cries and the frenzy of cramming a working day into the scant hours of pre-school began to lift. And, even though I still looked good on Facebook, when I slowed down long enough to think, I felt lost and unfulfilled. That something i
  
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• Gove urged to follow Europe with ban on single-use plastic

  27-05-2018 06:59 via theguardian.com
  Campaigners demand that post-Brexit Britain matches the EU’s plan to tackle wasteThe EU is to ban plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, cotton buds and balloon sticks in a bid to tackle the rising tide of plastic waste, a move that has prompted urgent calls for the environment secretary, Michael Gove, to guarantee that the UK will follow Brussels’ lead after Brexit.The restrictions on “single-use” plastic will be launched on Monday by the European commission as part of its p
  
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• Alan Bean, moon-walking astronaut and artist, dies aged 86

  27-05-2018 06:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The fourth man to walk on the Moon became an accomplished painter, finding inspiration in space.
  
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• Hawaii volcano: How many people do volcanoes kill?

  27-05-2018 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Red-hot rivers of lava and clouds of ash can be deadly - but death by volcano is not inevitable.
  
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• ‘Going to get worse’: red fire ants detected in Queensland's Scenic Rim

  27-05-2018 00:02 via theguardian.com
  Pests could cost the state in billions if the spread continues, Invasive Species Council warns• Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noon One of the world’s worst invasive pests, red fire ants, have been detected outside a containment zone in Queensland’s Scenic Rim.The ants, destroyers of crops and harbingers of doom for many common forms of outdoor recreation, are considered a potential $45b problem should they ever become widely established in Queensla
  
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