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• A California town ravaged by wildfire – in pictures

  10-08-2018 21:54
  The Carr fire, one of 13 large fires burning in California, was ignited in late July when a trailer tire blew out and created sparks as it ground on the asphalt. It killed seven people and destroyed 1,077 homes in the small city of Redding, in the far north of the state. New photos released by the city show the extent of the damage Continue reading...
  
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• The Meg: the myth, the legend (the science)

  10-08-2018 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  What to we really know about the giant prehistoric shark reincarnated by Hollywood?
  
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• Biggest shark

  10-08-2018 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  What to we really know about the giant prehistoric shark reincarnated by Hollywood?
  
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• Government to consider opening Capacity Market to renewables

  10-08-2018 15:02
  The UK Government will consider opening up the Capacity Market to solar and wind generation under a newly published review into the Market's scope, objectives and the way it is regulated.
  
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• Parker Solar Probe: Nasa's daring mission to unlock Sun's mysteries

  10-08-2018 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The US space agency is all set to launch one of the boldest missions in its history.
  
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• Rise in wolf attacks alarms Dutch sheep farmers

  10-08-2018 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  After one wolf killed 26 sheep Dutch farmers worry about installing costly electric fencing.
  
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• Walmart reduced supply chain emissions by 20 million tonnes last year

  10-08-2018 13:29
  The world's largest retailer has revealed that its suppliers collectively reduced their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 20 million tonnes in 2017, as the company pushes towards a target to cut supply chain emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030.
  
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• Bournemouth University turns to gamification to cut emissions and plastics use

  10-08-2018 12:08
  Bournemouth University has revealed an employee engagement scheme has enabled it to avoid more than 500kg of disposable coffee cup waste and reduce its carbon emissions by more than 400 tonnes over an eight-month period.
  
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• The chips are down in Belgium as heatwave hits supply of frites

  10-08-2018 11:15
  Reduced yields are putting national dish and ‘symbol of Belgium’ under threat Belgium food vendors are praying for rain as the hot weather puts supply of the country’s national dish, frites, under threat.The current Europe-wide heatwave has shrunk the country’s early crop of potatoes by around a third, compared to an average year. Without very significant rainfall over the next few weeks, the key September and October harvests could be smaller still. Continue reading...
  
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• Coral reefs 'weathered dinosaur extinction'

  10-08-2018 08:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers have found that the algae living in coral reefs may have evolved 160 million years ago.
  
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• As panic about climate change sets in, I’m thinking about escape – to Canada | Emma Brockes

  10-08-2018 07:00
  The summer of heatwaves and forest fires leaves my friends feeling helpless and a little hysterical. And who can blame us?The New York Times has devoted an entire edition of its magazine, some 30,000 words, to a terrifying piece about climate change. With 2C warming – an unlikely best-case scenario at this point, scientists were quoted as saying – the planet faces “long-term disaster”. With 3C warming, we are looking at “the loss of most coastal cities”. The p
  
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• Country diary: this spring-fed well may have Roman connections

  10-08-2018 06:30
  Lady’s Well, Holystone, Northumberland: Words on a plinth claim St Paulinus baptised 3,000 people here in AD627As we cross a shallow ford, the water seems more like a southern chalk stream than a Northumberland burn. Pebbles gleam through gin-like clarity. Monkey flowers trace the fast-flowing channel as we walk up through the dry field. Ahead on a slight rise is a copse set within a stone wall topped by a wooden paling fence. There’s a tinkling of massed goldfinches, wingbeats of so
  
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• Biodegradable batteries and ocean-plastic shoes: the best green innovations of the week

  10-08-2018 02:01
  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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• What is the national energy guarantee? – video explainer

  10-08-2018 00:44
  It’s crunch time for the Neg, the Turnbull government’s flagship energy policy. Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy looks at whether the plan is likely to succeed, who wins and who loses under it, and will it be worth the procedural pain • Commonwealth and state governments deadlocked before Coag energy meeting Continue reading...
  
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