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• 'Milk' mania: why most alternatives aren't great – but camel milk just might be

  16-09-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  They’re better than dairy, but almond, rice, oat, soy and coconut milks are not as environmentally friendly as they seemDairy milk isn’t great for the environment, right? Between flatulent cows, poor land use and vast water consumption, the industry has a major environmental impact around the world. But choosing a worthy, tasty and maybe even nutritional alternative for your morning coffee or cereal seems to be a tall order.That’s not for the want of options, of course: the mar
  
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• NovaSAR: UK radar satellite launches to track illegal shipping activity

  16-09-2018 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The all-British NovaSAR spacecraft will monitor big stretches of ocean for suspicious shipping activity.
  
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• Car-free day in Paris and Brussels – in pictures

  16-09-2018 18:06 via theguardian.com
  The people of the French and Belgian cities enjoy a rare traffic-free day. Guardian Cities wants to hear your experiences of urban walking – good and bad. Continue reading...
  
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• Seven ways to approach going vegan

  16-09-2018 16:00 via theguardian.com
  If you’re thinking of joining the 3.5m British people who eat only plants, take things slowly at first, brace yourself for judgment and start reading food labels properlyIf you rush into any new diet without preparing, you will probably find it quite hard. So take veganism a step at a time. Many vegans consider dairy the cruellest of food industries, so you could start by cutting out milk and cheese, then eliminate meat, then eggs. Or go vegan just two days a week to begin with. It is bett
  
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• Labour is divided over its proposed fracking ban – Cuadrilla chief

  16-09-2018 15:12 via theguardian.com
  Accusation comes only weeks before the UK’s first fracking in seven yearsThe shale gas explorer Cuadrilla has accused the Labour party of being divided on its proposed fracking ban and of unnecessarily politicising the search for shale gas.Francis Egan, the chief executive of Cuadrilla, which is only weeks away from beginning the UK’s first fracking in seven years, said the prospect of a Labour government coming to power was a risk that he would be “silly to ignore”. Cont
  
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• NovaSAR: UK radar satellite to track illegal shipping activity

  16-09-2018 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The all-British NovaSAR spacecraft will monitor big stretches of ocean for suspicious shipping activity.
  
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• The Cape Cod shark attack is a terrible reminder of our fragility – and that of the sea | Philip Hoare

  16-09-2018 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Great whites follow seals, collisions with swimmers and surfers ensue. I decline to demonize the scything dorsal finThe terrible news of a young man’s death after an attack by a shark off Cape Cod comes wreathed in a kind of narrative that cannot be any consolation to his family, suffering the grief of his violent taking. Related: Cape Cod shark attack: Man dies from injuries suffered in incidentContinue reading...
  
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• What climate change means for the wine industry

  16-09-2018 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The warmer weather may benefit English vineyards, but winemakers from Bordeaux to California are struggling. Here are six wines rising to the challengeOne of the ways the British media covers climate change is to treat it as a bit of banter in silly-season items on English wine. This summer’s heatwave was the pretext for an awful lot of these “and finally” moments, in which the tone is unfailingly flippant: never mind the melting Arctic, the shires will take over from Champagne
  
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• Air pollution particles found in mothers' placentas

  16-09-2018 10:30 via theguardian.com
  New research shows direct evidence that toxic air – already strongly linked to harm in unborn babies – travels through mothers’ bodiesScientists have found the first evidence that particles of air pollution travel through pregnant women’s lungs and lodge in their placentas.Toxic air is already strongly linked to harm in foetuses but how the damage is done is unknown. The new study, involving mothers living in London, UK, revealed sooty particles in the placentas of each o
  
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• About Seascape: the state of our oceans – a Guardian series

  16-09-2018 09:52 via theguardian.com
  This project focuses on the health of the seas, the impact of fishing and pollution on our vast oceans and their connections to climate change, and global efforts to drive forward conservationThis series draws attention to the dramatic changes taking place in our oceans, and the innovations under way to tackle them. It is supported, in part, through a grant to theguardian.org by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the lives of children, enabling the creativ
  
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• Deforestation monitoring and £50m EV investments: The sustainability success stories of the week

  16-09-2018 09:43
  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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• On the ‘Varsity Expressway’ route, fears grow of a tarmac hell

  16-09-2018 06:59 via theguardian.com
  A revolt is brewing over the planned road link between Oxford to Cambridge that will destroy wetlandsIt is a slow meander through the ancient royal hunting forest of Bernwood from tranquil North Buckinghamshire to the water meadows of Oxford. And it is hard to find any local residents in favour of speeding up this journey.In Grendon Underwood, Emma Dearn is pinning up notices for the idyllic village’s first ever “jumble trail”. She is aghast at the government’s announceme
  
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• Adani's rail line cut shows project is on life support but still a threat to climate | John Quiggin

  16-09-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  The catastrophic prospect of 300m tonnes of carbon a year appears to have been averted, but even 25m poses a danger to the climateThe recent announcement by Adani that it will halve the costs of its rail line to the proposed Carmichael coalmine by building a shorter, narrow-gauge line raises an obvious question: if such a massive cost-saving is feasible, why didn’t Adani go that way in the first place?The short answer is this is the latest in a string of changes that have massively downsiz
  
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• Adani is on the back foot. But even a downsized Carmichael mine spells global calamity | John Quiggin

  16-09-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  The catastrophic prospect of 300m tonnes of carbon a year appears to have been averted, but even 25m poses a danger to the climateThe recent announcement by Adani that it will halve the costs of its rail line to the proposed Carmichael coalmine by building a shorter, narrow-gauge line raises an obvious question: if such a massive cost-saving is feasible, why didn’t Adani go that way in the first place?The short answer is this is the latest in a string of changes that have massively downsiz
  
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