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• Mountain lion kittens found living in US cave

  19-06-2018 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Meet the new residents of a cave in California.
  
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• Fracking: Labor pledges to tighten regulations to protect water resources

  19-06-2018 20:00
  Shale gas not covered in by existing water regulations in ‘glaring omission’, Labor’s environment spokesman says Regulations on unconventional gas development across Australia would be tightened up if Labor wins the next election.Labor’s minister for the environment Tony Burke says the party, if elected, will keep the commitment it took to the 2016 election to broaden the “water trigger” to include other forms of unconventional gas extraction. The current wate
  
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• Rogue beekeepers and dirty tricks blamed for rise in Belgian hive heists

  19-06-2018 18:26
  150,000 bees stolen near Tessenderlo in latest incident, as interest in hobby growsDirty tricks by rival beekeepers have been blamed for a rise in hive thefts in Belgium after huge growth in interest in the hobby.
  Following the disappearance of 150,000 bees from hives near the Flemish town of Tessenderlo, keepers have been advised to keep a keen eye on their insects and alert the police to suspicious activity. Continue reading...
  
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• Tax breaks on recycled content set for inclusion in UK's Resources and Waste Strategy

  19-06-2018 18:11
  Increased rates of tax on virgin materials, coupled with tax breaks for manufacturers using recycled content in their products, are set to be included in the Government's new Resources and Waste Strategy (RWS), a Defra official has revealed.
  
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• The North Face Renewed: VF Corporation takes next step into 'new world' of servitisation

  19-06-2018 17:31
  EXCLUSIVE: The North Face's recent launch of a refurbished garments service is acknowledgement of a "new world" of corporate business models that will see the brand's owner, VF Corporation, trial a number of closed-loop, service-based models.
  
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• Rover test: What's it like to ride a rocket to Mars?

  19-06-2018 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  European engineers shake their Mars rover to see that it can survive the violence of a rocket launch.
  
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• How much does big pharma make from animal antibiotics?

  19-06-2018 16:07
  Animal antibiotics are far cheaper than the human equivalent but fears are growing over their real cost Calm down about your chicken, say the pharmaceutical companies
  Can China’s farmers kick their antibiotic habit?How much money do pharmaceutical companies earn from animal antibiotics? Pharmaceutical companies are earning about $5bn (£3.77bn) a year from producing antibiotics for farm animals, according to calculations by Animal Pharm, the agricultural business analysts. The Europea
  
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• Diversion tactics: how big pharma is muddying the waters on animal antibiotics

  19-06-2018 16:07
  Antibiotic use on farms is a major cause of human drug resistance. Yet slick social media campaigns – funded by the multi-billion-dollar industry – are confusing and complicating the issueHow much does big pharma make from animal antibiotics?
  Can China’s farmers kick their antibiotic habit?
  Slick industry PR campaigns about antibiotics in food are muddying the water around a serious public health risk, say critics.Pharmaceutical and meat companies are using similar tactics to t
  
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• Can China kick its animal antibiotic habit?

  19-06-2018 16:07
  It could be a struggle, but the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics is trying to convince its farmers to change their waysHow much do pharmaceutical companies make from animal antibiotics?
  High in the hills of Fuzhou, surrounded by acres of rustling bamboo, is a small farm that is pioneering something genuinely unusual in China. Here in the Fujian province, they have turned their backs on industrial farming in favour of natural methods.After years of working in the industrial farming s
  
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• Animal antibiotics: Calm down about your chicken, says big pharma

  19-06-2018 16:07
  Antibiotic use on farms is a major cause of human drug resistance. Yet slick social media campaigns – funded by the multi-billion-dollar industry – aim to muddy the watersHow much does big pharma make from animal antibiotics?
  Can China’s farmers kick their antibiotic habit?
  A Facebook ad entitled “How to survive as a working mom” depicts a stressed woman with a baby on her lap and a phone under one ear. “Breathe,” the advert says. “Pour a glass of
  
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• C&A pledges more than £1m for circular fashion initiatives

  19-06-2018 15:55
  Fashion retailer Crate and Apparel (C&A) will invest more than £1m (€1.29m) in a string of initiatives aimed at driving circularity in the clothing industry.
  
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• C&A Foundation commits more than £1m to circular fashion innovations

  19-06-2018 15:55
  C&A Foundation, the corporate foundation affiliated with global fashion retailer C&A, will invest more than £1m (€1.29m) in a string of initiatives aimed at accelerating the industry's transition to a circular economy.
  
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• Rival beekeepers blamed over rise in hive heists in Belgium

  19-06-2018 14:31
  150,000 bees stolen near Tessenderlo in latest incident, as interest in hobby growsDirty tricks by rival beekeepers have been blamed for a rise in hive thefts in Belgium after huge growth in interest in the hobby.
  Following the disappearance of 150,000 bees from hives near the Flemish town of Tessenderlo, keepers have been advised to keep a keen eye on their insects and alert the police to suspicious activity. Continue reading...
  
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• UK solar power growth halves for second year running

  19-06-2018 13:47
  Labour says figures show government’s commitment to green energy is ‘nothing but an empty PR move’New solar power installations halved in the UK last year for the second year in a row, as the fallout of government subsidy cuts continued to shake the sector. Labour said the figures showed the government’s commitment to green energy was “nothing but an empty PR move”. Continue reading...
  
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• The Squamish people are furious about the pipeline – and we aren't alone | Khelsilem

  19-06-2018 12:00
  One oil spill would destroy our territory. So much for the promise to respect indigenous rightsThe Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is no ordinary pipeline. This project, which the government of Canada has just decided to nationalise, will travel more than 1,000km from northern Alberta through unspoiled wilderness to end at the port of Vancouver. The port is on the Salish Sea, part of the hereditary territory of the Squamish People. The Salish Sea is home to some of the world’s la
  
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• Justin Trudeau promised to protect indigenous rights. He lied, again | Khelsilem

  19-06-2018 12:00
  One oil spill from the Trans Mountain pipeline would destroy Squamish territory. So much for Trudeau’s promiseOil pipelines can be positive for indigenous people. Here’s howThe Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is no ordinary pipeline. This project, which the government of Canada has just decided to nationalise, will travel more than 1,000km from northern Alberta through unspoiled wilderness to end at the port of Vancouver. The port is on the Salish Sea, part of the hereditar
  
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• Cross-party report urges Government to champion water efficiency in built environment

  19-06-2018 11:12
  A coalition of corporations, politicians, academics and public-sector bodies has called on the UK Government to include flooding and drought risks in its housing agenda, after finding that 129% more UK homes will be at risk of flooding by 2050.
  
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• PepsiCo expands stewardship efforts across water-stressed regions

  19-06-2018 10:15
  Food and drink manufacturing giant PepsiCo has announced that its campaign to expand access to safe water in its areas of operation has provided 16 million people with clean water, putting it on track to reach 25 million by 2025.
  
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• Tony Abbott tells party he was misled by advisers over Paris climate deal

  19-06-2018 09:24
  When the former PM signed in 2015, he said Australia made a ‘definite commitment’Tony Abbott has claimed he was misled by bureaucrats before he signed Australia up to the Paris international climate agreement in 2015 during another sortie by government conservatives against the national energy guarantee.Opponents of the government’s energy policy used the opportunity of the regular Coalition party room to resume their attacks on the policy that goes to a critical meeting of sta
  
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• 'Bold action' required: UK mayors unite in calls for 2030 diesel and petrol phase-out

  19-06-2018 09:20
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan has teamed up with the mayors of Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands to urge ministers to bring forward their 2040 ban on new diesel and petrol car sales by a decade.
  
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• Elephant calf born at Western Plains zoo – video

  19-06-2018 08:24
  Taronga Western Plains zoo has welcomed a new member into its fold –a female Asian elephant.  The calf was born of Friday 14 June and is now bonding with her mother, Porntip Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Huge mistake’: Britain throwing away lead in tidal energy, say developers

  19-06-2018 08:00
  Nation is a leader in capturing tidal and wave energy, but companies are starting to leave due to lack of government supportBritain is throwing away its opportunity to rule the global wave and tidal energy sector due to lack of government support, a series of leading developers have told the Guardian.
  The nation is currently seen as a world leader in capturing renewable energy from the oceans but some companies are already heading for new shores. This is putting other countries, such as France a
  
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• Puan, oldest known Sumatran orangutan, dies in Australia

  19-06-2018 07:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Puan left an "incredible legacy" of descendants for the critically endangered species, keepers say.
  
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• Is it a bird? Yes – 1,500 of them!

  19-06-2018 07:00
  They swoop, they soar, they light up the sky … meet the pigeon-fancier who has trained his flock to wear LEDs and perform a hypnotic night dance
  You can see them in the sky long before you get close, circling high above, wheeling and diving between each other, their wings flashing in the sunshine and making a faintly mechanical whirr each time they pass overhead. This vast flock of pigeons, flying over a disused golf course next to a sewage works on the eastern edge of London, has been as
  
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• Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably’ to address climate change

  19-06-2018 07:00
  James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take actionThirty years after a former Nasa scientist sounded the alarm for the general public about climate change and human activity, the expert issued a fresh warning that the world is failing “miserably” to deal with the worsening dangers.While Donald Trump and many conservatives like to argue that climate change is a hoax, James Hansen, the 77-year-old former Nasa climate
  
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• Country diary: following the sun and an awkward ballet of bumblebees

  19-06-2018 06:30
  Claxton, Norfolk: Two plants make completely separate responses to the sun and draw an array of flying insects At this time of year I love to watch the sun-oriented movement of my garden. By this I mean the way in which our oxeye daisies and cat’s-ear flowers turn in relation to the same source.In what you might call their dormant state, at about 8am – when the day is bright but temperature neutral – the flowers of both, as well as most of my yellow rattle blooms, are all prett
  
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• Will Norway's electric transport take off?

  19-06-2018 05:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A battery-powered plane is Norway's latest part of the country’s plan to combat climate change.
  
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• Will Norway's electric plane take off?

  19-06-2018 05:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A battery-powered plane that could mean guilt-free travel is part of a plan to tackle climate change.
  
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• Hot air

  19-06-2018 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  As demand for air conditioning goes through the roof, what are the implications for our planet?
  
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• Foreign donations prop up Australia's endangered parrot response

  19-06-2018 00:19
  Western ground parrot needs millions spent on it, but volunteers say Coalition is trying to shift costs to not-for-profitsThe Turnbull government helped broker a $200,000 agreement for a German not-for-profit to fund conservation work for a critically endangered Australian parrot, bolstering criticism it is shifting the cost of protecting threatened species to community and philanthropic organisations.The western ground parrot is one of only three ground nesting parrots found in Australia and is
  
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