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• Victoria pledges to remove 1,200 brumbies to protect alps and calls on NSW to act

  01-06-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Environment minister says up to 2,500 wild horses are causing ‘significant damage’ to plant and animal speciesThe Victorian government has signed off on a plan to remove more than 1,200 feral horses from the Alpine national park, saying the impact of the animals on sensitive ecosystems has reached critical levels.Two weeks ago the New South Wales government announced a proposal to protect Kosciuszko national park brumbies, which conservation advocates have labelled a “disaster&
  
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• Cuadrilla secures new injunction against fracking protesters

  01-06-2018 19:12 via theguardian.com
  Energy firm obtains expanded injunction ahead of plans to begin large-scale fracking at Preston New Road siteA major energy firm has secured an expanded injunction against protesters after it took a big step towards starting fracking on a substantial scale.Cuadrilla Resources went to court to obtain the injunction against all campaigners who opposed its drilling operations at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire. The injunction was granted on Friday on a temporary basis amid growing criticism
  
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• Businesses will act on climate despite Trump, says ex-UN climate chief

  01-06-2018 18:09 via theguardian.com
  Christiana Figueres was also scathing of those who say it is inevitable that the global warming limit set out in the Paris agreement will be brokenBusinesses are moving forward faster than ever on climate change despite the intransigence of US president Donald Trump, the former climate chief of the UN has said.“There is a big difference between the economics of climate change and the politics of climate change,” said Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the UN Frame
  
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• Vodafone to source 100% renewable electricity by 2025

  01-06-2018 16:49
  Vodafone has become the latest corporate to join The Climate Group's RE100 initiative, pledging to source 100% renewable electricity for its operations by 2025.
  
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• Why you’re probably a ‘reducetarian’ – and you may not even know it

  01-06-2018 16:45 via theguardian.com
  Messages about healthy eating have prompted 40% of us to cut down on the amount of meat and dairy we consume – often without realising we’re doing it Name: Reducetarians.Age: The Reducetarian Foundation was formed in 2015. Continue reading...
  
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• Greenpeace activists abseil into Total's AGM – video

  01-06-2018 14:55 via theguardian.com
  Four Greenpeace activists climb down into Total's AGM to protest against the oil company’s plans to drill in the mouth of the Amazon and French Guiana. The abseilers descended as the Total chief executive, Patrick Pouyanné, began his presentation, while many people protested outside the venueGreenpeace protesters abseil into oil firm Total's AGM Continue reading...
  
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• Greenpeace protesters abseil into oil firm Total's AGM

  01-06-2018 14:26 via theguardian.com
  Stage invaders join about 250 activists who oppose drilling in Amazon and French GuianaMore than 250 Greenpeace activists hijacked Total’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Paris to protest at the oil company’s plans to drill in the mouth of the Amazon and French Guiana.Four activists descended by ropes from the ceiling above the stage, as the Total chief executive, Patrick Pouyanné, began his presentation, with at least 20 more gaining access to the Palais des Congr&egrav
  
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• Seal injured by plastic and rope off Norfolk coast

  01-06-2018 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The RSPCA says the grey seal nearly died after being found with rope and plastic around its neck.
  
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• Making Sustainability Real: Inside Canary Wharf Group's bold net positive strategy

  01-06-2018 13:32
  EXCLUSIVE: British property giant Canary Wharf Group (CWG) has this week unveiled a sweeping new 2030 sustainability strategy, including goals of becoming a circular economy leader, transforming its estate into the world's first 'SDG-compliant micro-city' and becoming net positive.
  
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• On the Mission Possible sofa with E.ON's chief executive Michael Lewis

  01-06-2018 13:11
  The third episode of our new sustainable business chat show sees E.ON's chief executive Michael Lewis discuss what energy innovation can do to unlock future sustainability opportunities.
  
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• Google's Project Sunroof arrives in UK

  01-06-2018 12:06
  Google has launched an online tool in the UK that informs households how well a rooftop solar array would perform and how much money could be saved on electricity bills as a result.
  
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• Antibiotic apocalypse: EU scraps plans to tackle drug pollution, despite fears of rising resistance

  01-06-2018 11:40 via theguardian.com
  Leaked documents reveal discarded proposals to ward off antibiotic resistance through closer scrutiny of drug firmsThe EU has scrapped plans for a clampdown on pharmaceutical pollution that contributes to the spread of deadly superbugs.
  Plans to monitor farm and pharmaceutical companies, to add environmental standards to EU medical product rules and to oblige environmental risk assessments for drugs used by humans have all been discarded, leaked documents seen by the Guardian reveal. Continue re
  
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• Trump election shortens US Thanksgiving family dinners

  01-06-2018 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Family Thanksgiving visits in 2016 were much shorter due to increased political divisions say researchers.
  
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• Learning from the leaders in onsite generation: edie's webinar available on demand

  01-06-2018 11:16
  The hour-long webinar that explores how the National Trust and Carlsberg are using onsite technology to drive renewables use and lower energy consumption is now available to watch on demand.
  
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• Top pension funds and insurers failing to engage with climate risks

  01-06-2018 10:55
  Some of the UK's biggest pension funds are failing to address climate-related impacts, while 25 of the world's largest insurance brokers continue to invest in coal or tar sands projects, two damning reports have claimed this week.
  
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• AT&T sets zero-waste goal for 100 sites

  01-06-2018 10:27
  The world's largest telecoms company AT&T has pledged to achieve zero-waste-to-landfill status across 100 of its facilities by 2020, including at its global headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
  
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• Save the kiwi: New Zealand rallies to protect its iconic bird

  01-06-2018 10:17 via theguardian.com
  Experts are battling to save the remaining 68,000 kiwis in a country once home to millionsBelow a mottled sky, a lone sea craft cuts across the water towards Kapiti Island. It’s been forsaken by people and gifted to the rare and vulnerable birds of New Zealand to forage undisturbed. Kiwi stepping carefully up the beach at midnight. Kokako waking no one with their shrill calls. And hihi flitting freely through the dense native bush. With no predators allowed, the birds are confident and thr
  
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• Brenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin is back. The Great Barrier Reef isn't | First Dog on the Moon

  01-06-2018 09:24 via theguardian.com
  The Turnbull government’s plan to save the reef is so crazy, it might just work! (It will not)Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
  
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• The New York pigeon – in pictures

  01-06-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Andrew Garn is a native New Yorker who grew up surrounded by the city’s ubiquitous pigeons. For over a decade he has photographed, rehabilitated and observed the birds, documenting the entire spectrum of their development from newborn “squeakers” to fully fledged adults. The New York Pigeon: Behind the Feathers by Andrew Garn, with text by Emily S Rueb and Rita McMahon, is published by powerHouse Books Continue reading...
  
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• The festival putting Edinburgh on the international cycling map | Kim Harding

  01-06-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s not perfect, but the city has ambitious plans for cycling, and the Festival of Cycling offers a chance to celebrate progressIn theory, Edinburgh might not look like the perfect city for cycling. Apart from the weather there are the (in)famous hills, then there’s the … (add your own excuses here.) But things are changing.Currently the city council is committing 10% of its transport budget to cycling, a first for a UK city, as well as introducing 20mph speed limits across a
  
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• Country diary: the hollow hills of legend

  01-06-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Bronkham Hill, Dorset: The wind pours larksong over the humps and bumps of a bronze age barrow cemeteryThe sound of chiffchaffs shouting in the woods falls away as I follow the South Dorset Ridgeway upwards to the high chalk. The way is starred with white stitchwort running through clumps of shocking-pink campion and the last of the bluebells.Continue reading...
  
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• Paris deal: a year after Trump announced US exit, a coalition fights to fill the gap

  01-06-2018 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Cities, states and companies are taking their own steps on behalf of the planet. But their power to minimize Trump’s damage is limited Donald Trump barely had time to leave a sun-drenched Rose Garden after announcing the US exit from the historic Paris climate change agreement before the backlash began. Continue reading...
  
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• Dutch fishermen to sail fleet into Amsterdam in wind turbine protest

  01-06-2018 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Workers say they are taking action in response to vast amount of windfarms being constructed in their waters The Netherlands may be the land of the windmill, but fishermen are planning a major protest on Saturday against the Dutch government’s latest wind turbine construction in the North Sea, with an armada of fishing boats sailing into Amsterdam.After alighting from at least 15 boats at the back of Amsterdam’s central station, it is understood that hundreds of fishermen will march
  
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• Hydrogen dustcarts and light-up trees: The best green innovations of the week

  01-06-2018 02:20
  A number of eye-catching and potentially transformational innovations have emerged that could help businesses and nations deliver on resource efficiency, low-carbon transitions and combat climate change. Here, edie rounds-up six of the best.
  
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• Plastic innovation, storage networks and EV integration: Top 10 sustainability stories of May 2018

  01-06-2018 02:01
  It was a month of long-term renewables targets, plastics innovation investment and fleet electrification exploration. Take a look back at May's biggest sustainability stories in this round-up.
  
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• Restoring life to the Aral Sea's dead zone

  01-06-2018 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Uzbekistan has an ambitious plan to stop widespread health problems that developed when the Aral Sea disappeared.
  
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