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• Australia signs declaration saying climate change 'single greatest threat' to Pacific

  05-09-2018 23:58 via theguardian.com
  Pacific Islands Forum countries issue call for US to return to Paris agreement on climate changeClimate change is the single greatest security threat to the Pacific, and all countries must meet their commitments under the Paris climate agreement, the 18 countries of the Pacific Islands Forum said on Wednesday.The first assertion of the strongly worded Boe Declaration says all Pacific nations, including Australia, “reaffirm that climate change remains the single greatest threat to the livel
  
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• Scottish clean energy projects to get increased investment

  05-09-2018 22:23
  Clean energy has been promised a share of an extra £1.5 billion per annum pledged by Nicola Sturgeon for infrastructure in Scotland.
  
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• Our Green party will be bold and brave in both ideas and actions | Jonathan Bartley and Sîan Berry

  05-09-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Britain is not a broken country, but it needs help from a party with fresh ideas• Jonathan Bartley and Sîan Berry are co-leaders of the Green party
  After a long summer, children are back at school, the festival season is ending and the World Cup is a distant memory. For us, as the newly elected co-leaders of the Green party, we’re about to enter the most exciting period of our political lifetimes.We’re ready to mobilise a fiercer Green resistance than ever before. In counc
  
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• ISS: Spacecraft hole could be 'deliberate'

  05-09-2018 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Russian officials now say a hole in a spacecraft docked at the space station was caused by a drill.
  
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• UKGBC launches sustainable innovation guide for built environment

  05-09-2018 14:23
  The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched an innovation manual to help companies working in the built environment sector put sustainability at the heart of their operations.
  
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• Coventry unveils Go Electric Taxi scheme

  05-09-2018 13:08
  Coventry City Council has launched what it claims is the UK's "most comprehensive" scheme for incentivising taxi drivers to switch to electric vehicles (EVs).
  
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• How to make the perfect German plum cake

  05-09-2018 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Should this traditional dessert have a dough or pastry base - and which variety of fruit works best?For a place with such lovely plums (complaints to the editor, please), we have a serious dearth of recipes for the glorious annual glut. Crumble, jam and pie just about covers it, as far as I can tell (though all corrections welcome), none of which, delicious as they are, come close to the national institution that is the German plum cake, variously known as zwetschgendatschi, zwetschgenkuchen, qu
  
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• Monster iceberg's pivot and turn

  05-09-2018 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  A year after breaking away from Antarctica, the world's biggest iceberg is finally on the move.
  
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• Tell us: are you taking part in a Rise for Climate event?

  05-09-2018 12:45 via theguardian.com
  Wherever in the world you are, we’d like to hear your stories and see your pictures if you are participating this weekend
  Tens of thousands of people around the world will mobilise over the weekend of 8-9 September under the banner of Rise for Climate, a grassroots movement seeking a fossil fuel free world. More than 600 events are planned in at least 80 countries, with one of the key aims to challenge the decision-makers attending the Global Climate Summit in California on 12 September to
  
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• Earth Photo 2018 shortlist – in pictures

  05-09-2018 12:32 via theguardian.com
  The inaugural Earth Photo exhibition presents 50 stunning images and films that document the Earth in all its diversity, from remote tribes to our changing climate Earth Photo is free and runs at the Royal Geographical Society in London until 21 September.Continue reading...
  
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• Scott Morrison contradicts energy advice, saying Paris targets can be met 'at a canter'

  05-09-2018 12:08 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister claims Australia will easily meet its obligations without an emissions reduction policyScott Morrison is continuing to insist that Australia will meet its Paris climate commitments “in a canter” despite the government having no emissions reduction policies to achieve that result.The prime minister used a radio interview on Wednesday afternoon to declare “the business-as-usual model gets us there in a canter” – which contradicts advice from the Energy
  
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• Veolia to trial electric bin lorries powered by energy-from-waste

  05-09-2018 12:06
  Waste management firm Veolia's vehicle fleet is set to include two fully-electric bin lorries, which will be charged with power derived from waste collected by the company.
  
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• Saving Turkey's sea turtles – in pictures

  05-09-2018 09:25 via theguardian.com
  Turkey’s Iztuzu beach is witnessing a major construction boom. It has also been the egg-laying ground for sea turtles which have been coming ashore for centuries. Due to campaigners’ conservation work and the establishment of a rescue centre, the number of nests on the beach has more than doubled Continue reading...
  
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• Australia relationship with Pacific on climate change 'dysfunctional' and 'abusive'

  05-09-2018 08:26 via theguardian.com
  Palau’s climate change coordinator says Australia provides aid to region but on world stage undermines attempts to halt global warmingAustralia’s relationship with the Pacific region on the issue of climate change has been described as “dysfunctional” and “abusive” – providing aid to the region to deal with the effects of global warming but undermining attempts to halt its progress, according to a climate change representative for the Pacific nation of P
  
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• Groundbreaking 'spinning' wind turbine wins UK Dyson award

  05-09-2018 07:30 via theguardian.com
  The O-Wind Turbine captures wind from any direction and, unlike traditional turbines, could be effective in citiesA ‘spinning’ turbine which can capture wind travelling in any direction and could transform how consumers generate electricity has won its two student designers a prestigious James Dyson award.Nicolas Orellana, 36, and Yaseen Noorani, 24, both MSc students at Lancaster University, have created the O-Wind Turbine which – in a technological first – takes advanta
  
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• Ditch the almond milk: why everything you know about sustainable eating is probably wrong

  05-09-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  From cod to clingfilm, the advice we’re given can often be confusing. If you’re serious about eating green, here are some straightforward solutions
  In food and drink, we all want to do the right thing. We want to shop and eat sustainably. But, sometimes, it is easier said than done. Our willingness to jump on the latest eco-trends and unquestioningly accept reassuring labelling can lead to unintended consequences. If we are serious about eating green, we need to read beyond the headl
  
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• Country diary: scrubby hazel suddenly fills with sparrows

  05-09-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd: It shakes them out like pepper, then draws them back in again until they all sit quietlyIt was one of those ordinary moments, like the ones that happen at 20 to or 20 past the hour, when everything goes oddly quiet and things drift into themselves, alone together. A low, scrubby hazel on the marram dunes of Shell Island suddenly fills with sparrows, then shakes them out like pepper, then draws them back in again until they all sit quietly; a one-legged dunlin and five o
  
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• Report: Smart technology could reduce annual cost of decarbonising homes by £6.9bn

  05-09-2018 03:01
  Smart technologies which improve household energy flexibility have the potential to cut the annual cost of decarbonising Britain's housing stock by almost £7bn, according to a new joint report from Imperial College London (ICL) and OVO Energy.
  
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• UK's ethical investment market to reach £48bn by 2027

  05-09-2018 02:13
  An increased focus on sustainability within the UK's investment community will result in the national socially responsible investing (SRI) market growing by 173% by 2027 to reach £48bn.
  
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• One week left to register for edie's 30-minute masterclass on implementing the circular economy

  05-09-2018 02:01
  Sustainability professionals seeking to drive value from the transition to a circular economy have just one week left to register for a free, online masterclass taking place on Wednesday 12 September.
  
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• The tree that bleeds... metal?

  05-09-2018 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Some species of plant have evolved to take up metals like nickel and iron, without being poisoned.
  
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• First known omnivorous shark species identified

  05-09-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  60% of the bonnethead shark’s diet is made up of seagrass, which they happily graze upon as well as eating fish, crabs, snails and shrimpIt is one of the most radical rebrandings in history: contrary to their bloodthirsty image, some sharks are not irrepressible meat eaters, but are happy to munch on vegetation too.According to US researchers, one of the most common sharks in the world, a relative of the hammerhead which patrols the shores of the Americas, is the first variety of shark to
  
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