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• Can a turtle live without its shell?

  24-08-2018 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have found evidence that confirms turtles once lived without shells.
  
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• Yes, Antarctica has a fire department

  24-08-2018 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Yes, Antarctica has (and needs) a fire department. Megan Branson spent three seasons there as a fire-fighter/paramedic.
  
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• Ice and fire

  24-08-2018 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Yes, Antarctica has (and needs) a fire department. Megan Branson spent three seasons there as a fire-fighter/paramedic.
  
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• Sadiq Khan calls for rethink on solar subsidies closure

  24-08-2018 13:19
  London mayor Sadiq Khan was written to the Government expressing his concerns that a decision to let financial solar incentives expire next year could create a "cliff edge" for the wider solar market.
  
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• Sadiq Khan calls for rethink on Feed-in Tariff closure

  24-08-2018 13:19
  London mayor Sadiq Khan was written to the Government expressing his concerns that a decision to let financial solar incentives expire next year could create a "cliff edge" for the wider solar market.
  
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• Kelp dredging proposal criticised by Scottish conservationists

  24-08-2018 13:05
  Use of mechanical device to pull kelp plants from beds would destroy local ecosystem, say campaignersA proposal to mechanically dredge kelp forests off the coast of Scotland has led to an outcry from conservationists, who say it would destroy local ecosystems. Ayr-based company Marine Biopolymers has approached Marine Scotland to apply for a licence to use a comb-like device that pulls entire kelp plants from the bed. In order to inform the environmental appraisal required by Marine Scotland, Ma
  
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• Eden Project to launch tourist attraction in Morecambe Bay

  24-08-2018 12:57
  Funding sought to ‘reimagine 21st-century seaside resort’ in once-booming Lancashire townThe Eden Project plans to open a version of its Cornish tourist attraction in Morecambe in a move hailed as a “game-changer” for the Lancashire seaside resort.The environmental centre, which attracts more than 1 million visitors a year, said it was looking for funding for the project after carrying out a feasibility study. Continue reading...
  
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• Choose a side: the battle to keep French isle McDonald's-free

  24-08-2018 12:22
  Mayor on Île d’Oléron is leading the fight, saying the island is ‘not about mass consumption’Inside a ramshackle former holiday club on the picturesque Île d’Oléron off France’s Atlantic coast, a group of people were screen-printing old T-shirts with anti-burger slogans inspired by the student protests of May 1968. The artwork implored “comrades” to choose their side in the island’s battle with McDonald’s.“Ol&e
  
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• Norway's $1tn wealth fund urged to keep oil and gas investments

  24-08-2018 12:14
  Government advisers reject central bank’s proposal to sell billions held in oil stocksGovernment advisers have urged Norway not to ditch oil and gas investments from its $1tn sovereign wealth fund, in a setback for those backing the world’s biggest fossil fuel divestment.Norway’s central bank last year recommended the fund sell the billions it holds in oil stocks to avoid the risk of a permanent drop in crude prices.Continue reading...
  
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• Thinking forward: 20 business leaders define the next 20 years of sustainability - Part two

  24-08-2018 11:57
  EXCLUSIVE: In the second half of a two-part feature, edie brings you the voices of 20 sustainability professionals and political activists to discuss what will define the next two decades of corporate sustainability and business leadership.
  
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• London commits to global cities 'net-zero carbon' building pledge

  24-08-2018 10:13
  The leaders of 19 global cities have committed to eliminating carbon emissions from new building portfolios by 2030, in order to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement.
  
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• Turnbull warns against ‘politics of race’ and says climate policy ‘very hard’ for Coalition

  24-08-2018 08:09
  Malcolm Turnbull says ‘bitterly entrenched’ ideological views obstruct agreement on energy and climateClimate change policy is “very hard” for the Liberal-National Coalition because it is treated as an ideological matter with “bitterly entrenched” views, Malcolm Turnbull has said amid his departure from the prime minister’s office.Turnbull made the remarks at his final press conference after standing down as Liberal leader on Friday, claiming the mantle
  
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• Keep calm and wear white – how to avoid wasp stings

  24-08-2018 08:00
  It’s been a bumper summer for the omnivorous pests – wasp expert Ben Aldiss explains how to stop your picnic getting ruinedIt’s proving to be a bumper year for wasps but if it wasn’t for the long, hot summer numbers would have been considerably below average. Hibernating Queen wasps require cold, dry conditions to successfully endure their six-month hibernation, followed by a prolonged spell of warm, dry weather in spring as they construct their nests and rear their first
  
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• Climate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineers

  24-08-2018 07:30
  Permafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to useFor the tourists thronging the streets and pavement cafes of Chamonix, the neck-craning view of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, is as dazzling as ever.But the mountaineers who climb among the snowy peaks know that it is far from business as usual – due to a warming climate, the familiar landscape is rapidly changing.Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: a dozen house martins arrived, whirling among the trees

  24-08-2018 06:30
  Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: This little gang were in constant motion, feasting on a haze of insects, laying down fat, preparing for the long migration southI am not ordinarily a fan of memorial benches plonked in semi-wild habitats, but this one was expertly located and, having come a long way, I was grateful for the seat. Coming across the hill above, the wind had been sharply cold: the leading edge of autumn. Here was shelter and warmth; the steep-sided valleys below lush with trees almost a
  
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• The festivals mixing music and science

  24-08-2018 02:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Why are music festivals increasingly becoming a venue for science as well as bands?
  
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• Lies, damned lies and favourite stats

  24-08-2018 02:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal Statistical Society wants people to send in their favourite stat of 2018 for a competition.
  
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• Greene King phases out plastic straws in favour of compostable alternative

  24-08-2018 02:01
  Pub chain Greene King has announced that it will stock compostable straws across its entire portfolio of 1,750 UK pubs as it strives to meet a commitment of sending zero waste to landfill by 2020.
  
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• Biodegradeable bottles and self-healing smartphones: The best green innovations of the week

  24-08-2018 02:01
  A number of eye-catching and potentially transformational innovations have emerged that could help businesses and nations accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy. Here, edie rounds-up six of the best.
  
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