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• Leadbeater's possum: conservations say draft report proves endangered status

  08-07-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Forestry industry and Barnaby Joyce have been pushing to downgrade species’ statusConservation groups say the Leadbeater’s possum should retain its conservation status as a critically endangered Australian species, based on new advice from the government’s scientific advisory body.In a draft consultation document, the threatened species scientific committee says the Victorian possum meets at least one of the criteria to make it eligible for listing as critically endangered.Cont
  
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• Leadbeater's possum: conservationists say draft report proves endangered status

  08-07-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Forestry industry and Barnaby Joyce have been pushing to downgrade species’ statusConservation groups say the Leadbeater’s possum should retain its conservation status as a critically endangered Australian species, based on new advice from the government’s scientific advisory body.In a draft consultation document, the threatened species scientific committee says the Victorian possum meets at least one of the criteria to make it eligible for listing as critically endangered.Cont
  
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• China looking to buy stake in UK nuclear plants, say reports

  08-07-2018 18:26 via theguardian.com
  Chinese state-run firm eyeing up multibillion-pound deal for majority share in eight sitesThe Chinese government has emerged as a potential buyer of a multibillion-pound stake in Britain’s nuclear power plants.The talks will reignite debate about China’s involvement in the UK nuclear power industry. Two years ago, the government paused approval for the £18bn Hinkley Point C project because of security concerns over China’s stake.Continue reading...
  
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• The case for and against Natural England | Letters

  08-07-2018 18:08 via theguardian.com
  Chief executive James Cross defends the organisation and Norwich Green councillor Denise Carlo takes it to taskGeorge Monbiot (4 July) should be assured that Natural England retains its strong voice for nature, along with its statutory role and driving mission to protect and enhance the country’s wildlife, geology, habitats and landscapes. Our independence from government is firmly set out in the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, which gives Natural England the powers to
  
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• Plastic-free supermarkets and lessons in leadership: This week's top 5 sustainability success stories

  08-07-2018 10:14
  As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe.
  
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• High streets will go on suffering until the digital economy pays more tax

  08-07-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Shopkeepers are essentially correct: business rates are pre-internet and have become archaicHouse of Fraser, Mothercare, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams. The list of major retailing names that have announced plans to close stores this year is long, and will undoubtedly lengthen. That is before you count the chains that have gone the way of Woolworths and packed up altogether – the likes of Toys R Us and Maplin. And nobody has a reliable tally of the independent shops that have disappeared.N
  
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• Meet the creatures that thrive in the dark

  08-07-2018 06:59 via theguardian.com
  An exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum looks at how animals move, hunt and feed in places where no light ever shinesThe pale-throated sloth, from the northern Amazon forests, has evolved in an unusual way to survive the dangers of swinging through trees in total darkness. The nocturnal bear-like creature has developed a sense of smell so sensitive it can tell whether branches nearby are emitting whiffs of sap or not.“That allows them to swing only on to branches that are he
  
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• Waste crisis: spot the excessive plastic packaging – in pictures

  08-07-2018 02:11 via theguardian.com
  Australia is drowning in a tsunami of plastic pollution and excessive packaging is one of the culprits. Boomerang Alliance asked supporters to send in pictures of the worst examples Send us your best worst examplesContinue reading...
  
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• Plastic packaging pictures – send us your best worst examples

  08-07-2018 02:08 via theguardian.com
  Reducing and recycling our plastic waste will help the plastic crisis, but it won’t solve the problem. Corporations must take responsibility for the problems they are creating Australia’s oceans, beaches and nature reserves are drowning in plastic pollution and excessive packaging is one of the culprits. While reducing our plastic consumption and recycling the waste will help, it won’t solve the problem. Corporations must take responsibility for the problem they are creating. S
  
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• Exoskeleton that allows humans to work and play for longer

  08-07-2018 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The technology to give people superhuman powers is being developed, but is it the right thing to do?
  
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