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• Going global

  20-09-2018 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  China's Beidou is being used in everything from ploughing to precision missiles, but can it go global?
  
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• Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2018 winners – in pictures

  20-09-2018 20:56 via theguardian.com
  The Iranian photographer Saeed Mohammadzadeh has been named Ciwem’s environmental photographer of the year. End Floating, his haunting image of a beached boat on the solidified salty remains of Urmia Lake, illustrates how climate change, water mismanagement and drought have decimated the landscape Continue reading...
  
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• Earliest animal fossils are identified

  20-09-2018 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have identified the earliest known animal in the geological record.
  
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• About 1,000 deer to be culled at controversial Dutch rewilding park

  20-09-2018 19:07 via theguardian.com
  More than 3,000 deer, ponies and cattle died last winter at the Oostvaardersplassen reserveA Dutch provincial council has authorised the mass culling of about 1,000 deer on a controversial nature reserve east of Amsterdam where more than 3,000 red deer, ponies and cattle died last winter, almost all of them shot by park rangers because they were starving.A report by a special committee of Flevoland council this year demanded an immediate end to the rewilding principles on which the unique 15,000
  
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• Wildlife needs a new plan for agriculture | Letters

  20-09-2018 18:58 via theguardian.com
  Chris Packham’s manifesto for wildlife won’t work without a radical new plan for agriculture, says Michael BunneyWill the 200 ways to save British wildlife (Chris Packham, 19 September) really make a difference? Having spent my working career in agriculture, as both a field adviser and in Whitehall, and having also chaired one of the Wildlife Trusts, I struggle as to how we can make a significant difference.The systems and technologies that we (society as a whole) have developed
  
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• Air pollution sickens us in a car-addicted society | Letters

  20-09-2018 18:58 via theguardian.com
  Readers join the dots between various recent reports on the effects of air pollution on human health and the part played by cars in turning the atmosphere toxicYour report (School run is the ‘biggest polluter’ of air children breathe, 18 September) highlights the continuing failure of government to recognise the dangers of air pollution, specifically from diesel engines, and to take necessary action to limit the number of premature deaths. But the school run is only part of the probl
  
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• UK Parliament to replace single-use plastic items with compostable alternatives

  20-09-2018 17:01
  The UK Parliament will replace single-use plastic cutlery, coffee cups and lids, drinking straws and containers with compostable alternatives that will be treated at a specialist waste facility.
  
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• The inventor who plans to build a city under the sea

  20-09-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  After spending decades exploring the deep sea, Phil Nuytten plans to build a colony there.
  
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• Giant pandas can tell a mate from their calls

  20-09-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Pandas have to be within 20 metres of each other to identify each other's calls in their bamboo forest home.
  
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• ExxonMobil agrees to join oil and gas climate change alliance

  20-09-2018 15:15 via theguardian.com
  U-turn means company will join BP, Shell and Total in contributing $100m to projectExxonMobil has joined the oil and gas industry’s flagship climate change project, reversing its decision not to join the alliance three years ago.The company was a notable holdout when the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OCGI) was launched before the Paris climate summit, but will now join European peers BP, Shell and Total in contributing $100m (£75m) to curbing the impact of global warming. Continue
  
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• Interface unveils goal of becoming carbon negative by 2040

  20-09-2018 14:37
  Modular flooring firm Interface has set a new target of becoming carbon negative by 2040, building on a 2020 ambition of having "no negative environmental impact".
  
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• Build walls on seafloor to stop glaciers melting, scientists say

  20-09-2018 14:20 via theguardian.com
  Barriers could halt slide of undersea glaciers and hold back sea level rises predicted to result from global warmingBuilding walls on the seafloor may become the next frontier of climate science, as engineers seek novel ways to hold back the sea level rises predicted to result from global warming.By erecting barriers of rock and sand, researchers believe they could halt the slide of undersea glaciers as they disintegrate into the deep. It would be a drastic endeavour but could buy some time if c
  
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• LAST CHANCE to enter the Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019

  20-09-2018 14:16
  Deadline day for the revamped Sustainability Leaders Awards is Friday 21 September, meaning that if you want your green business project, strategy or team to get the recognition it deserves, entries must be submitted by 5pm TOMORROW.
  
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• Hayabusa-2: Japan's rovers ready for touchdown on asteroid

  20-09-2018 14:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Japan's space agency sets dates for its plan to explore the surface of an asteroid with robots.
  
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• Energy-generating building materials backed by £36m Government funding

  20-09-2018 13:47
  The UK Government will spend more than £36m on new technology that will enable building materials to generate, store and release clean energy.
  
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• Why are California wildfires so bad? An interactive look

  20-09-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  With 2018 shaping up to be the most destructive year yet, how did the state get to this point? Continue reading...
  
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• Report: Consumer demand for recycled packaging outpacing corporate action

  20-09-2018 10:23
  More than half (55%) of the UK population believe that all plastic bottles should contain at least 50% recycled content, while the average proportion used by corporates currently stands at just 15%.
  
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• Australian businesses must do more to disclose climate change risks to investors, Asic says

  20-09-2018 09:01 via theguardian.com
  Financial analysts say regulator’s report makes it clear ‘many Australian companies are not meeting their legal requirements’Australian companies should be doing more to disclose risks to their business from climate change, according to a report by the corporate regulator Asic.The review, published on Thursday, examined climate risk disclosures by 60 companies in the ASX 300, in 25 recent initial public offering (IPO) prospectuses, and across 15,000 annual reports. Continue rea
  
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• EU must end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030 to meet climate targets – report

  20-09-2018 08:01 via theguardian.com
  Automotive industry risks blowing its carbon budget within 10 years without drastic change, analysis shows New petrol and diesel car sales in Europe must be phased out before 2030 if the auto sector is to play its part in holding global warming to the Paris agreement’s 1.5C goal, a new analysis has found.Forecourt plug-in hybrids will also have to disappear by 2035 at the latest, according to analysis by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). Continue reading...
  
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• Wooded bliss: the beauty of trees – in pictures

  20-09-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Yoko Ikeda and Toshio Shibata both photograph nature – but from very different viewpoints. Their striking, breathtaking landscapes collide in the new exhibition Treescapes Continue reading...
  
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• Top UK crisp brands failing to ditch plastic packets, research shows

  20-09-2018 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Walkers and KP Snacks are among those failing to address consumer concerns over recyclability, say green campaignersMajor UK crisp brands are failing to address consumer concerns about their unrecyclable plastic packets, new research claims, with many relying on pledges that won’t come into effect for years.The latest findings from campaign group 38 Degrees come after more than 310,000 signed its petition demanding that brand leader, Walkers, take the initiative and ditch plastic packaging
  
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• Cane toad DNA breakthrough 'may help stop' toxic pest

  20-09-2018 05:21 via bbc.co.uk
  It may help stop the animal's rapid and destructive march across Australia, researchers say.
  
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