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• I was arrested for protesting Canada's pipeline – and the battle is far from over | Elizabeth May

  30-05-2018 19:23
  There is nothing logical about the Kinder Morgan pipeline – especially not the decision to gut environmental laws for itThe twists and turns in the saga of the Kinder Morgan pipeline just took a turn for the seriously weird today, but the path has never been clear.
  The Alberta oil sands lie under thousands of square kilometers of boreal forest, wetland and muskeg. Bitumen is a viscous substance found in small concentrations amid the rock and soil. It is either mined out from huge open pits
  
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• I was arrested for protesting against Canada's pipeline – and the battle is far from over | Elizabeth May

  30-05-2018 19:23
  There is nothing logical about the Kinder Morgan pipeline – especially not the decision to gut environmental laws for itThe twists and turns in the saga of the Kinder Morgan pipeline just took a turn for the seriously weird today, but the path has never been clear.
  The Alberta oil sands lie under thousands of square kilometers of boreal forest, wetland and muskeg. Bitumen is a viscous substance found in small concentrations amid the rock and soil. It is either mined out from huge open pits
  
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• Uncomfortable truths about the control of predators | Letters

  30-05-2018 19:07
  Benjamin Mancroft says Labour allowed its prejudice that all hunting people were toffs to blind it to the realities of managing foxes. Plus letters from Andrew Barker, Karen Lloyd, Ian Coghill and Philip MerricksThere is growing anecdotal evidence that the fox population in lowland rural Britain is in sharp decline (Is Britain’s fox population in decline?, Shortcuts, G2, 23 May). This is not because they are short of food, and thus in need of feeding on roadkill by Chris Packham or anybody
  
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• Closure of Vedanta copper plant in India must be followed by a cleanup | Letters

  30-05-2018 19:07
  Your report mentions high levels of pollution in groundwater but says nothing about cleansing the site, so local people’s health will still suffer, say Annie Murray and Martin LloydThe achievement of the people of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, southern India, in securing the closure of the dangerous Vedanta copper smelting plant deserves congratulation, although it is sad that it was achieved at the cost of 13 lives through police action (Report, 29 May).But it is too soon to claim success,
  
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• Two different forms of water isolated for first time

  30-05-2018 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have isolated the two different forms of water molecule for the first time.
  
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• Japanese whale hunters kill 122 pregnant minke

  30-05-2018 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The team caught 333 minkes, many of which were pregnant females, in its Antarctic "field survey".
  
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• Today at 11am: edie's webinar on the leaders in onsite generation

  30-05-2018 16:36
  Taking place on Thursday 31 May at 11am (BST), the hour-long webinar will explore how the National Trust and Carlsberg are using onsite technology to drive renewables use and lower energy consumption.
  
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• How to rewild your garden: ditch chemicals and decorate the concrete

  30-05-2018 14:44
  There are several ways to embrace nature – no matter the size of your plotRewilding excites people with its images of wolves and ambition to return entire landscapes to nature as humans withdraw after centuries of domination. But the grandeur of rewilding can also make the concept seem remote or irrelevant to people living ever more urban lives.To declare we are rewilding our garden, or window box, is probably a contradiction in terms and risks cheapening this important conservation concep
  
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• Paris, presidents and pandas: Wednesday's best photos

  30-05-2018 14:33
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Pompeii victim crushed by boulder while fleeing eruption

  30-05-2018 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Archaeologists find a man who, fleeing the initial Vesuvius eruption, was hit by a giant boulder.
  
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• Karachi residents cool off in Pakistan heatwave – in pictures

  30-05-2018 13:06
  Pakistan’s most populous city is in the grips of a heatwave as temperatures soar to 45C. The sweltering conditions have come during Ramadan, the holy month in which millions of Muslims refrain from food and drink from dawn until dusk. Sixty-five people have been killed in Karachi by the recent spell of hot weather, with the country expected to sizzle into June Continue reading...
  
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• Scottish Parliament bans single-use coffee cups

  30-05-2018 12:29
  Disposable coffee cups are set to be banned from the Scottish Parliament's main buildings next week in a bid to reduce the amount of single-use plastic waste from its operations.
  
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• Ben & Jerry's trials blockchain platform to offset consumer carbon footprints

  30-05-2018 12:03
  Unilever-owned ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's is piloting a carbon offsetting scheme using blockchain technology that enables customers to purchase carbon credits that help with global anti-deforestation initiatives.
  
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• Are avocados toast? California farmers bet on what we'll be eating in 2050

  30-05-2018 12:00
  For farmers planting crops they hope will bear fruit in 25 years – including avocado trees – climate change must be reckoned with nowChris Sayer pushed his way through avocado branches and grasped a denuded limb. It was stained black, as if someone had ladled tar over its bark. In February, the temperature had dropped below freezing for three hours, killing the limb. The thick leaves had shriveled and fallen away, exposing the green avocados, which then burned in the sun. Sayer estim
  
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• 'High risk' meat and fish sector failing to combat climate-related business risks

  30-05-2018 10:55
  More than half of global meat and fish suppliers have been labelled as "high risk", with new research warning that the sector is failing to manage sustainability issues such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics stewardship.
  
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• Corporate giants team up to champion UK water stewardship

  30-05-2018 09:41
  Marks & Spencer (M&S), Asda and Coca-Cola are among the 60 businesses and NGOs that have committed to a new initiative which aims to tackle water scarcity and stress in the UK through collaborative catchment management.
  
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• BEIS calls for evidence on using CCS to hit 2050 emissions targets

  30-05-2018 09:41
  The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has launched an inquiry into the role carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play in helping the UK meet its 2050 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80%, against a 1990 baseline.
  
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• 'Sea, ice, snow, it’s all changing': Inuit culture struggles with warming world

  30-05-2018 09:00
  Every aspect of the indigenous Inuit culture grows from the land – but the unpredictable seasons are forcing the community to adjust their traditionsMartin Shiwak is navigating his snowmobile along the frozen shoreline when his eight-year-old son Dane, who is riding on the back, points at a wall of stunted spruce trees. Related: Climate change study in Canada's Hudson Bay thwarted by climate changeContinue reading...
  
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• Can the world's most ambitious rewilding project restore Patagonia's beauty?

  30-05-2018 09:00
  Purchasing huge tracts of land in Chile and Argentina, former clothing tycoons Doug and Kristine Tompkins have led a quarter century-long effort to reintroduce threatened and locally extinct species to the wilds of South AmericaDuring an elegant dinner in the wilds of Patagonia, Kris Tompkins suddenly remembered the fresh guanaco carcass down the road. She rose from the table and drove us to the nearby grasslands of Patagonia national park, gushing about the possibility of staying up all night w
  
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• Can the world's largest rewilding project restore Patagonia's beauty?

  30-05-2018 09:00
  Purchasing huge tracts of land in Chile and Argentina, former clothing tycoons Doug and Kristine Tompkins have led a quarter century-long effort to reintroduce threatened and locally extinct species to the wilds of South AmericaClick here to watch Wilderness, our 360° film of PatagoniaDuring an elegant dinner in the wilds of Patagonia, Kris Tompkins suddenly remembered the fresh guanaco carcass down the road. She rose from the table and drove us to the nearby grasslands of Patagonia national
  
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• Say hello to Justin Trudeau, the world's newest oil executive | Bill McKibben

  30-05-2018 08:00
  The Canadian prime minister presents himself as a climate hero. By promising to nationalise the Kinder Morgan pipeline, he reveals his true self
  In case anyone wondered, this is how the world ends: with the cutest, progressivest, boybandiest leader in the world going fully in the tank for the oil industry.Justin Trudeau’s government announced on Tuesday that it would nationalize the Kinder Morgan pipeline running from the tar sands of Alberta to the tidewater of British Columbia. It will f
  
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• Meat and fish multinationals 'jeopardising Paris climate goals'

  30-05-2018 08:00
  New index finds many of the world’s largest protein producers failing to measure or report emissions, despite accounting for 14.5% of greenhouse gases Meat and fish companies may be “putting the implementation of the Paris agreement in jeopardy” by failing to properly report their climate emissions, according to a groundbreaking index launched today. Three out of four (72%) of the world’s biggest meat and fish companies provided little or no evidence to show that they wer
  
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• Japanese hunters kill 120 pregnant minke whales during summer months – report

  30-05-2018 07:24
  Conservationists call for end of ‘abhorrent’ whaling programme, which Japan argues is conducted for scientific purposesMore than 120 pregnant whales were killed during Japan’s annual “research” hunt in the Southern Ocean last summer, a new report has revealed.
  Of the 333 minke whales caught during the controversial 12-week expedition, 181 were female – including 53 immature ones. Figures show that of the 128 mature female whales caught in the hunt, 122 were pr
  
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• Nasa full of 'fear and anxiety' since Trump took office, ex-employee says

  30-05-2018 07:00
  Those still at the agency fear climate science funding will be cut since it is now considered a ‘sensitive subject’
  Nasa’s output of climate change information aimed at the public has dwindled under the Trump administration, with a former employee claiming “fear and anxiety” within the agency has led to an online retreat from the issue.Laura Tenenbaum, a former science communicator for Nasa, said she was warned off using the term “global warming” on soci
  
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• New motor neurone brace makes 'substantial difference'

  30-05-2018 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  One patient had "no doubt" that the Sheffield-designed collar had improved his quality of life.
  
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• Why I’m not going to stand again to be Green party leader | Caroline Lucas

  30-05-2018 01:01
  The party has made huge strides and offers the bold alternative UK voters so desperately need. But now it’s someone else’s turnIn May 2016, less than a month before the European Union referendum, I announced that I would be standing for the Green party leadership with Jonathan Bartley. By any political standard, it’s been a tumultuous time since, but two things that have remained constant are my faith in our party and a commitment to doing what’s best for it. That’s
  
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• We need to talk about...Veganism

  30-05-2018 01:00
  In this monthly podcast, Guardian supporters share their experiences and put questions to a panel of Guardian journalists and industry experts. This episode focuses on veganism’s surge into the mainstream. What does it mean to become a vegan and what impact could veganism have on climate change, animal cruelty and personal health? What is the relationship between a meat-based agrilcultural economy and climate change? Why do we allow such a disconnect between the food we eat and where it co
  
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