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• Saving the 'king of the birds' with DNA

  31-08-2018 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists believe a genetic code could help protect golden eagles in the wild.
  
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• Truck makers push back against EU's first ever CO2 limits

  31-08-2018 18:08
  The European Commission's proposal to mandate a 15% cut in CO2 emission from trucks by 2025 is overly ambitious, according to industry association ACEA, which said a 7% objective would be more "realistic" given the technologies currently available.
  
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• Golden eagle genome study 'a conservation game changer'

  31-08-2018 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  UK researchers decode the golden eagle genome - the blueprint for the 'king of birds'.
  
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• Week in Wildlife –in pictures

  31-08-2018 16:30 via theguardian.com
  A baby freen sea turtle, a grizzly bear and her cubs, and a grey-headed flying fox are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world Continue reading...
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Europe-wide Halogen bulb ban

  31-08-2018 13:45
  Earlier this month, the European Union (EU) voted to ban the sale of Halogen lightbulbs across the bloc. With the ban set to come into force 1 September, edie rounds up the key ramifications of the phase-out.
  
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• University of Strathclyde widens sustainability behaviour change programme

  31-08-2018 11:59
  The University of Strathclyde is rolling out an organisation-wide behaviour change project to boost sustainable habits among staff, after a five-month pilot saw the institution reduce its carbon emissions by 15,000kg.
  
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• M&S to phase out plastic cutlery in cafés

  31-08-2018 11:31
  Marks and Spencer (M&S) will start phasing out plastic cutlery across its in-store cafés next month in a move it claims will remove 75 million pieces of plastic from its waste stream annually.
  
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• Air pollution killed my daughter – and now I can prove it | Rosamund Kissi-Debrah

  31-08-2018 09:07 via theguardian.com
  If illegal levels of air pollution had a role in Ella’s death, a new inquest could help save other childrenMy beloved nine-year old daughter Ella Roberta was a bubbly, healthy and happy child, yet she died on 15 February 2013. It all started with a chest infection in October 2010, which led to Ella suffering from respiratory issues for the remainder of her short life. She was admitted to hospital 27 times over a three-year period with life-threatening asthma, including three spells in
  
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• Robot drone could protect Great Barrier Reef by killing crown-of-thorns starfish

  31-08-2018 08:27 via theguardian.com
  Researchers say underwater drone can monitor coral bleaching and inject coral-eating starfish with vinegarAn underwater drone that can keep watch over the Great Barrier Reef’s health and kill invading species is ready to be put to the test.Researchers from Queensland University of Technology say their robot reef protector can monitor coral bleaching, water quality, pest species, pollution and sediment buildup. Continue reading...
  
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• How animal waste is helping turn China's lakes green

  31-08-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Animal husbandry is contaminating China’s water and has been linked to turning lakes bright green, a phenomenon known as eutrophicationThe farm, located at the end of a narrow dirt path, announces its presence with a piercing stench. At first, the caretaker of the collective facility in Kunming says the farm recycles all the animal waste into manure fertiliser. But later, he sheepishly points behind the pigsty.There, hordes of flies swarm above a festering field of grey-black dung. A few t
  
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• London's parks accused of 'creeping privatisation' of public spaces

  31-08-2018 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Proliferation of music festivals and other events across capital’s green spaces means disruption and restrictions to access for residentsAccess to parks across London is being increasingly restricted by corporate events such as music festivals, a researcher has found, linking it to “creeping privatisation” of public space.Findings presented at the Royal Geographical Society’s annual conference on Friday show that, more than ever before, London parks are being rented out t
  
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• What has happened to the swallows? - archive, 31 August 1889

  31-08-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  31 August 1889: No satisfactory reason has been given as to why fewer of these graceful and beautiful birds have been sighted this yearEditorial
  As the time approaches when the swallows prepare for their southward migrations attention is again called to the undoubted fact that in Lancashire, as in other parts of the kingdom, these graceful and beautiful birds have been seen this year in fewer numbers than for a long time past. Here and there they have settled, but all over the country the remark
  
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• Low-cost, printable solar panels offer ray of hope amid energy gridlock

  31-08-2018 05:01 via theguardian.com
  Australian physicist says technology could make signing up for energy accounts as easy as a mobile phone subscriptionAn Australian physicist is leading a push to pioneer a new type of low-cost solar energy he believes could make signing up for energy accounts as straightforward as taking up a mobile phone plan.In May last year, the University of Newcastle professor Paul Dastoor used organic printed solar cells to power screens and displays at an exhibition in Melbourne.Continue reading...
  
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• World leaders who deny climate change should go to mental hospital – Samoan PM

  31-08-2018 04:04 via theguardian.com
  Tuilaepa Sailele berates leaders who fail to take issue seriously, singling out Australia, India, China and the USThe prime minister of Samoa has called climate change an “existential threat ... for all our Pacific family” and said that any world leader who denied climate change’s existence should be taken to a mental hospital.In a searing speech delivered on Thursday night during a visit to Sydney, Tuilaepa Sailele berated leaders who fail to take climate change seriously, sin
  
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• Fears over protected wildlife disturbed by drones

  31-08-2018 03:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Police and wildlife experts say some drones are being flown dangerously close to breeding birds and animals.
  
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• 'Sick to my stomach': dolphin and penguins locked in derelict Japan aquarium

  31-08-2018 03:12 via theguardian.com
  Anger after hundreds of fish and reptiles have been left in tiny pools amid crumbling concrete since January Anger is mounting in Japan after a dolphin, 46 penguins and hundreds of fish were found to have been abandoned for months in a derelict aquarium in Japan. Continue reading...
  
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• SDG blueprints, wonky veg boxes and plastics action: Top 10 sustainability stories of August 2018

  31-08-2018 03:01
  As the summer holidays draw to a close, we take a look back at August's biggest sustainability stories in this round-up - covering wonky produce boxes, plastics debates and a solar-powered cheese manufacturing plant.
  
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• Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station

  31-08-2018 02:29 via bbc.co.uk
  A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.
  
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• Vertical farms and 24-hour composting: The best green innovations of the week

  31-08-2018 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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• Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019: TWO WEEKS left to enter

  31-08-2018 02:01
  The deadline for the revamped Sustainability Leaders Awards is set for Friday, 14 September 2018. That means if you want your project, initiative, strategy or team to get the recognition they deserve, you have just two weeks left to submit entries.
  
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• Trade of coastal sand is damaging wildlife of poorer nations, study finds

  31-08-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Wealthy nations’ drastic increase in construction sand consumption contributes to erosion of estuaries The secretive trade of coastal sand to wealthy countries such as China is seriously damaging the wildlife of poorer nations whose resources are being plundered, according to a new study.Sand and gravel are the most extracted groups of materials worldwide after water, with sand used in the concrete and asphalt of global cities. China consumed more sand between 2011 and 2013 than the US did
  
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