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• Weatherwatch: Charles Keeling's CO2 curve shows drastic rise in 60 years

  03-09-2018 22:30 via theguardian.com
  Scientist’s measurements begun 60 years ago show relentless rise of CO2 in the atmosphereA remarkable run of observations began 60 years ago at a weather station high on a volcano in Hawaii. Charles Keeling began monitoring carbon dioxide in the clean air at 3,400 metres (11,150ft) on Mauna Loa, far away from vegetation and urban pollution. His first measurements in 1958 showed 315 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere, and what caught him by surprise was that every year after t
  
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• Heatwave: 2018 was the joint hottest summer for UK

  03-09-2018 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  It was also the hottest summer for England since records began in 1910, the Met Office says.
  
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• Moose that swam to Vermont drowns after crowd gathers for photos

  03-09-2018 17:21 via theguardian.com
  Animal crossed Lake Champlain from New York stateWildlife officer says moose was probably spooked by crowdVermont wildlife officials said a moose drowned in Lake Champlain on Saturday, after people crowded around the animal in order to take its picture. The state fish and wildlife officer Robert Currier told the local TV station WCAX the moose swam across the lake from New York state to South Hero, Vermont.Continue reading...
  
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• Heathrow to act as test bed for green corridors and plastic-waste roads

  03-09-2018 16:56
  Heathrow Airport is set to install innovative road surfacing made from recycled plastic waste alongside "green corridors", after announcing the winners of its inaugural Sustainable Innovation Prize.
  
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• Falling yields of key UK crops could raise food prices and leave farmers struggling

  03-09-2018 14:53 via theguardian.com
  Consumers face a double whammy of prices rises brought on by the long hot summer and BrexitYields of key crops have fallen significantly in this year’s harvest as a result of the hot summer and massive swings in weather, leaving farmers counting the cost and consumers facing higher prices for food.After record heatwaves and drought, when rain finally arrived it caused problems in some areas, particularly the north and west, as farmers have struggled to bring in wet crops. Continue reading.
  
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• Dyson's EV hub and Unilever's solar partnership: The sustainability success stories of the week

  03-09-2018 14:26
  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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• Lord Melchett obituary

  03-09-2018 13:11 via theguardian.com
  Environmental campaigner who as executive director of Greenpeace UK headed action against GM crop trialsThe campaigner, environmentalist and politician Peter Melchett, Lord Melchett, who has died aged 70, is probably best remembered for leading a group of protesters who destroyed a trial crop of genetically modified maize in Norfolk in 1999.He was one of 28 Greenpeace activists who were subsequently charged with theft and criminal damage, but were unexpectedly acquitted by a jury at Norwich crow
  
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• The World Bank to launch world's first sustainable water bond

  03-09-2018 13:06
  The World Bank has revealed plans to launch the world's first series of bonds aimed at advancing water and ocean stewardship and has priced the first bond at SEK1bn (£85m).
  
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• Policy to stifle onshore wind sector following record year for installations, report warns

  03-09-2018 13:00
  The UK Government is risking billions of pounds of new investment opportunities by failing to open up new avenues to deployment for the onshore wind sector, according to a new report from industry body RenewableUK.
  
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• Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth – podcast

  03-09-2018 13:00 via theguardian.com
  From vaccines to climate change to genocide, a new age of denialism is upon us. Why have we failed to understand it?• Read the text version hereSubscribe via Audioboom, iTunes, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Acast & Sticher and join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter Continue reading...
  
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• California's response to record wildfires: shift to 100% clean energy | Dana Nuccitelli

  03-09-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  California’s Democratic leaders are determined to fight the climate change that’s ravaging their state
  In America today, it’s rare to see political leaders respond to a threat with an appropriate evidence-based policy solution. At the national level, more often we see actions that aggravate existing problems or create new ones. California – the country’s most populous and economically powerful state – has been a welcome exception.California has been battered b
  
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• Brazil's national museum hit by huge fire

  03-09-2018 10:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The National Museum of Brazil, home to some 20m items spanning centuries, is devastated.
  
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• Brazil's 200-year-old national museum hit by huge fire

  03-09-2018 10:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The National Museum of Brazil, home to some 20m items spanning centuries, is devastated.
  
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• Peruvian villagers face murder and intimidation from land traffickers

  03-09-2018 10:15 via theguardian.com
  Invaders continue to seize land within the Chaparrí ecological reserve, one of Peru’s most biodiverse forestsShortly after sunset, along an isolated stretch of highway leading out of a dusty hamlet in northern Peru, a band of five weary farmers clad in reflective neon vests and armed with traditional whips made of bull penises set out on a solemn march.The Ronderos – self-governing peasant patrols – are resuming their nightly rounds five months after the brutal killing o
  
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• Disempower far-right climate-change deniers. Don’t debate with them | Molly Scott Cato

  03-09-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  A Ukip MEP has written a shamefully ignorant climate change report for the EU – it should never have happenedAfter a long, hot summer beset by record temperatures, drought and deadly fires, imagine my shock, on returning to the European parliament, to be confronted with a report that denies the reality of climate change. Given it could influence the allocation of the next round of environment funding under the EU’s Life programme, it is deeply disturbing to see such a report, based o
  
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• 'It’s not if, it’s when': the deadly pig disease spreading around the world

  03-09-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Swine fever has made its way into China, home to half the world’s pigs. Farmers in Estonia are already counting the costOtt Saareväli, the owner of a pig farm in Lääne county in Estonia, is starting all over again. In September last year, government vets diagnosed an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a section of the farm where pregnant sows are held ahead of farrowing. It made no difference that the outbreak had been limited to one area – all seven thousand of
  
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• 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year highly commended - in pictures

  03-09-2018 07:30 via theguardian.com
  An Asian sheepshead wrasse, wild dogs and a pygmy goby are just a few of animals featured in the photos shortlisted for this year’s competition Continue reading...
  
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• Fracking is back in England – and only the Tories want it | John Ashton

  03-09-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Lancastrians protested against it, the council rejected it, the health impacts are shocking. But this government doesn’t careOne day soon, in a field by the A583 in sight of Blackpool Tower, fracking for shale gas will resume in the UK. The first attempt to kickstart this dangerous and disruptive industry had to be abruptly halted, after fracking at a nearby site in 2011 by the same company, Cuadrilla, set off earth tremors. For nearly two years, local people have maintained a round-the-cl
  
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• 'Beautiful and frightening': Australia's rivers under threat – in pictures

  03-09-2018 01:56 via theguardian.com
  Photographic artist Paul Harmon visits the floodplains of the drought-stricken Murray-Darling basin in north-west New South Wales to showcase the preciousness of water and the attempts to harness it. The catchment, which has supported humans for tens of thousands of years, has made way for agriculture with monumental ramifications, Harmon says. His innovative series ‘documents a severe and majestic beauty created by water and the excessive and ill-conceived demands we are currently making
  
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• Drought-hit farmers call on Gove to honour promise of assistance

  03-09-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  NFU chief says there has been little action from the environment secretaryStruggling farmers have called on Michael Gove to honour his promise of assistance after the summer drought.The first half of this year’s summer was the driest in the UK since 1961, with harvests suffering as a consequence of the hot weather. Continue reading...
  
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