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• Galileo: Brexit funds released for sat-nav study

  28-08-2018 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  UK ministers set aside £92m to study the feasibility of a sovereign satellite-navigation system.
  
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• 20,000 bees swarm a New York City hot dog stand – video

  28-08-2018 23:26 via theguardian.com
  A section of a New York city street had to be shut down by police on Tuesday, when about 20,000 bees swarmed the umbrella of a hot dog stand. As tourists watched the drama unfold, a police officer-turned-beekeeper arrived to remove the bees ... with a vacuum cleanerFull story: bees swarm a New York hot dog stand Continue reading...
  
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• Butterflywatch: hot summer brings hope of exciting migrants

  28-08-2018 22:30 via theguardian.com
  An excellent summer for moths so far may also yet bring us the Camberwell beauty from Finland and ScandinaviaA year of extremes has triggered some unexpected variations in butterfly behaviour, distribution and population. But before we look back, I’m still looking forward with hope.The similarly hot summer of 1976 produced the last vintage season for our most exciting migratory butterfly: the Camberwell beauty. This big, powerful and completely gorgeous insect with wings the colour of crus
  
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• Liberals and Labor neck and neck in byelection race for Turnbull's seat – poll

  28-08-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Survey suggests Wentworth voters are watching Morrison’s steps on climate and energyThe major parties are neck and neck in the Sydney seat of Wentworth, and voters in the electorate are concerned that the new prime minister, Scott Morrison, is not as committed to action on climate change as Malcolm Turnbull was, according to a new opinion poll.With Turnbull’s resignation about to trigger a byelection in the Sydney seat the former prime minister holds with a margin of 17.7%, the new R
  
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• The Guardian view on air pollution: it’s time for politicians to clean up | Editorial

  28-08-2018 19:40 via theguardian.com
  The current stand-off is dangerous, so put the public’s health firstTwo years after the World Health Organization labelled air pollution a global “public health emergency”, and the House of Commons environment committee used the same phrase to describe the situation in the UK, new evidence shows that breathing unsafe air causes a loss of intelligence, particularly in the over-64s. The research, carried out in China, showed that test scores declined when people breathed tox
  
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• 'In action': edie launches new case study series to highlight best-practice sustainability projects

  28-08-2018 16:04
  edie has launched a new case study series focusing on successful projects that have helped end-user companies reduce key environmental footprints.
  
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• Equinor considering offshore floating wind farm to power oil and gas platforms

  28-08-2018 15:35
  Norwegian energy company Equinor has today (28 August) revealed that it is investigating the possibility of building a floating offshore wind farm to power two of its oilfields in the North Sea, in a move it claims would be the first of its kind in the oil and gas industry.
  
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• Celtic rainforest in Wales to be restored with help from EU

  28-08-2018 14:49 via theguardian.com
  Almost £9m to be spent to protect wet and temperate forests from invasive speciesA project to restore an endangered section of the British countryside – the Celtic rainforest in rural Wales – has been launched with funding from the Welsh government and the EU.Almost £9m is to be spent trying to protect and improve the wet and temperate forests typically dominated by sessile oak, downy birch, ash and hazel, in an areacriss-crossed by tumbling streams and waterfalls. Contin
  
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• UK mayors call for Theresa May to deliver 'tough and urgent' action on air pollution

  28-08-2018 14:36
  The leaders of 17 UK cities including London, Greater Manchester and Liverpool have made a joint call for Prime Minister Theresa May to take "tough and urgent action" to reduce the nation's air pollution levels.
  
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• Sustainable business futures: edie launches new series of sector insight reports

  28-08-2018 14:09
  edie has this week launched a brand-new series of industry-focused reports which map out the pathways for businesses to achieve a sustainable future - with the first report exploring what that future looks like in manufacturing.
  
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• Interactive map reveals Scotland’s coastal litter hotspots

  28-08-2018 13:53 via theguardian.com
  Map produced by aerial survey of Scotland’s 10,000-mile coastline reveals rubbish ‘at industrial levels’ in some areasAn aerial survey of Scotland’s long and rocky coastline has revealed large caches of industrial rubbish that have been washed up on to the shore.The litter, made up of discarded plastic barrels, fishing nets, timbers, crates and industrial equipment, has collected across large areas of shoreline and rocky coves, often blown and washed into highly inaccessi
  
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• Volkswagen to launch electric car sharing initiative in Berlin

  28-08-2018 13:31
  Volkswagen has announced that it will launch a car-sharing pool of 2,000 fully electric vehicles in Berlin, in the same week that new research revealed that Europe-wide sales of new electric vehicles (EVs) grew by more than 40% in the first half of 2018.
  
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• London Mayor unveils 20 new water fountains in bid to reduce single-use plastic

  28-08-2018 12:31
  The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has confirmed that 20 new water fountains will be installed across the capital as part of a scheme to slash the amount of single-use plastic bottles that are purchased.
  
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• Too dirty to breathe: can London clean up its toxic air?

  28-08-2018 10:32 via theguardian.com
  Air pollution leaves many Londoners like Catherine Bazell housebound, and as the severe impacts on health become clearer the call for greater action is rising Catherine Bazell looks out from her first floor flat towards the familiar landmarks of central London as a steady stream of cars and vans trundle by on the road below.“Me and my mum and dad used to love taking bus trips for the day when I was a girl,” says the 73-year-old. “We would get a bus and just go off exploring dif
  
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• French environment minister quits live on radio with anti-Macron broadside

  28-08-2018 10:23 via theguardian.com
  Nicolas Hulot says he is leaving government because president is not doing enough on climate and other environmental goalsEmmanuel Macron’s climate commitment to “make this planet great again” has come under attack after his environment minister dramatically quit, saying the French president was not doing enough on climate and other environmental goals.Nicolas Hulot, an environmentalist and former TV personality, announced on a radio breakfast show that he was leaving the gover
  
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• London's new drinking fountains a splash hit

  28-08-2018 07:15 via theguardian.com
  The first four of London’s new water fountains have been used tens of thousands of times since they were installedLondon’s new wave of drinking fountains have proved popular, with figures suggesting that thirsty members of the public have drunk thousands of litres of water from them since the first four were installed in the capital earlier this year.According to the team behind the installations, more than 8,000 litres of water have been dispensed in under a month from two drinking
  
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• Country diary: more slithering predators, please

  28-08-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Ferry Meadows, Peterborough: There’s nothing I want more than grass snakes in my gardenOne of my major wildlife relationship ambitions involves snakes, specifically grass snakes. I desire green serpents in my garden. Many of you will find this unfathomable, but some of you will absolutely get it. Snakes fill a unique place in the human perception of the natural world, sometimes representing good, often embodying evil, usually beneficial, sometimes loved pets, but all too often persecuted a
  
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• 'Apocalyptic threat': dire climate report raises fears for California's future

  28-08-2018 03:49 via theguardian.com
  Statewide assessment, which comes amid summer of extreme wildfires, warns of deadly cost if climate change is not stoppedCalifornia’s summer of deadly wildfires and dangerous heatwaves will soon be the new normal if nothing is done to stop climate change, a report released on Monday warns. City heatwaves could lead to two to three times as many deaths by 2050, the report says. By 2100, without a reduction in emissions, the state could see a 77% increase in the average area burned by wildfi
  
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