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• Report slams 'high flying' UN environment chief

  21-09-2018 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Erik Solheim is criticised for risking the UN's reputation by extensive use of expensive air travel.
  
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• 'Unbelievable': campaigners dispute police verdict 'M25 cat killer' is foxes

  21-09-2018 18:30 via theguardian.com
  There has been outrage online but Croydon locals seem unfazed and experts say real issue is carsOn the streets of Croydon on Friday morning, the only apparent sign of slaughter was a very dead pigeon, so trodden into the road as to be barely recognisable as animal remains. But for nearly three years, Croydon and the surrounding area of south London has been the hunting ground for an alleged mass murderer of cats.At one point as many as 15 Scotland Yard officers, plus Martin Clunes, were on the c
  
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• Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Snap packs, green dry-cleaning and SDG cities

  21-09-2018 18:06
  Episode 49 of the Sustainable Business Covered podcast sees edie discuss plastic-free packaging with Carlsberg, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Canary Wharf Group and features a whistle-stop tour of a new and ultra-green dry-cleaning facility in Watford.
  
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• Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Carlsberg's Snap Packs and SDG cities

  21-09-2018 18:05
  Episode 49 of the Sustainable Business Covered podcast sees edie discuss plastic-free packaging with Carlsberg, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Canary Wharf Group and features a whistle-stop tour of a new and ultra-green dry-cleaning facility in Watford.
  
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• Greed is killing Alaska's salmon habitat – but we can still save it | Kim Heacox

  21-09-2018 16:33 via theguardian.com
  Alaska’s habitat regulations are sorely lacking, and big oil has taken advantage of that but the grassroots campaign Stand for Salmon is ready to face them downWhen John Muir wanted to prove his theory that glaciers had carved his beloved Yosemite Valley, he sailed north to Alaska and found rivers of ice so massive they flowed from tall coastal mountains all the way to the sea.He also found Pacific salmon, a lifeblood, five species of remarkable fish that leave their natal rivers and strea
  
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• Gulper eel caught on camera in Hawaii

  21-09-2018 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A rare gulper eel is caught on camera displaying its huge pouch-like mouth in Hawaii.
  
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• 30-minute masterclass: Seven ways to adopt the circular economy across your business

  21-09-2018 14:19
  During a 30-minute masterclass webinar hosted by edie last week, Cranfield University's senior lecturer in circular innovation Fiona Charnley outlined the essential skills needed to implement circular economy principles. Here, edie rounds up her key takeaways.
  
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• Hayabusa-2: Japan hopes for historic asteroid landing

  21-09-2018 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Officials believe the spaceship Hayabusa-2 has put rovers on an asteroid's surface, making history.
  
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• UN environment chief criticised by UN over frequent flying

  21-09-2018 13:54 via theguardian.com
  Erik Solheim’s huge travel bill is a ‘reputation risk’ and he has ‘no regard’ for rules, says draft internal auditThe globe-trotting travels of the UN’s environment chief have been sharply criticised in a draft internal audit as “contrary to the ethos of carbon emission reduction”.Erik Solheim, executive director of UN Environment, was travelling for 529 out of the 668 days audited, spending $488,518 (£370,380), according to the report. The a
  
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• Lidl to stop using black plastic fruit and vegetable packaging

  21-09-2018 13:53 via theguardian.com
  Black plastic, which cannot be recycled, to be phased out by end of monthLidl UK says it will remove black plastic from its entire fruit and vegetable range by the end of the month.Black plastic packaging is not recyclable in the UK, as it cannot be detected by the sorting systems used for plastic recycling, and the supermarket chain says its move will save an estimated 50 tonnes of black plastic waste a year. Continue reading...
  
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• Sadiq Khan says he's better than Boris on cycling – but do his claims add up?

  21-09-2018 13:24 via theguardian.com
  The mayor of London is proud of his work boosting cycling in the capital, but his critics say too little is being doneOn a blustery September day two years into his mayoralty of London, Sadiq Khan appears atop a Santander cycle to open a stretch of kerb-protected bike lane – the 2.5km extension of cycle superhighway 6, from Farringdon to Kings Cross. It may be the first time he’s appeared officially on a bike since his 2016 election campaign but he seems genuinely passionate about cy
  
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• Responsible Retail: edie launches sector insight report at conference

  21-09-2018 12:52
  edie has this week launched a new report providing an in-depth look at the practical steps that can be taken by sustainability professionals in the retail industry to achieve a sustainable future, today.
  
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• Achieving a sustainable future for retail: edie launches new sector insight report

  21-09-2018 12:52
  edie has this week launched a new report providing an in-depth look at the practical steps that can be taken by sustainability professionals in the retail industry to achieve a sustainable future, today.
  
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• Picnics on the motorway: the first car-free Sundays – in pictures

  21-09-2018 12:07 via theguardian.com
  For three months from November 1973, the Dutch government banned cars on Sundays to curb oil consumption during the Opec energy crisis. City residents enjoyed picnics on empty motorways and got around on foot, by bike ... and on horseback Continue reading...
  
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• Gina Rinehart-backed Lakes Oil loses bid to have Victorian fracking ban overturned

  21-09-2018 10:46 via theguardian.com
  The Victorian company had planned to explore for conventional gas as well as coal seam gasA company part-owned by Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart has failed to have the Victorian government’s fracking ban overturned or to be awarded $2.7bn in damages.Between 2002 and 2013 two subsidiaries of Lakes Oil, of which Rinehart is the second-largest shareholder, obtained four exploration permits and two retention leases under Victoria’s Petroleum Act 1998. A retention lease grants th
  
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• Almost one million garment workers covered by H&M's 'fair living wage' strategy

  21-09-2018 10:32
  H&M has revealed that more than 930,000 garment workers located in its supply chain are now covered by a "fair living wage" approach, with 84% of the company's product volume now produced in factories that are improving wage standards and human rights approaches.
  
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• Primark expands Sustainable Cotton programme to Pakistan

  21-09-2018 10:30
  EXCLUSIVE: Primark has announced it is expanding a sustainable cotton sourcing programme to key suppliers in Pakistan, after more than 4.4 million pairs of pyjamas made with the cotton were sold by the retailer in the UK over the last 12 months.
  
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• A photographic exploration of the cryosphere – in pictures

  21-09-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  When Records Melt is an exhibition by Project Pressure premiering at Unseen Amsterdam of artists’ interpretations of the cryosphere: the part of the planet’s surface where water is frozen into solid form Continue reading...
  
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• A photographic exploration of the cryosphere

  21-09-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  When Records Melt is an exhibition by Project Pressure premiering at Unseen Amsterdam of artists’ interpretations of the cryosphere: the part of the planet’s surface where water is frozen into solid form Continue reading...
  
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• UK pledges £2.1m to save Asian tigers and African chimpanzees

  21-09-2018 07:01 via theguardian.com
  DfID says scheme to protect species in Indonesia and Liberia will create 16,000 jobsThe UK’s international development secretary has announced funding to help protect Sumatran tigers and west African chimpanzees.Only about 30 tigers are left in Indonesia as their forest habitats disappear, while in Liberia the illegal wildlife trade and loss of habitat threatens the survival of the chimpanzee. Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: trails of the unexpected hawthorn moth larvae

  21-09-2018 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Langstone, Hampshire: In Britain these insects usually have one brood a year, but this year saw a second generation of the leaf-mining larvae’s foliage trails. A result of climate change?When webbing first appeared on the cotoneaster that scrambles up the side of my neighbours’ garage wall it was easy to mistake it for the work of spiders, but there were no orb weavers in residence. During the past six weeks, sheets of grey silk have spun out to veil two-thirds of the shrub. The crea
  
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• Australia could launch legal challenge to Japan's 'scientific' whaling hunts

  21-09-2018 05:08 via theguardian.com
  After a ‘win for whales’ at the IWC, government is urged to do more but refuses to send ship to monitor Japan’s actionsThe environment minister, Melissa Price, has not ruled out taking legal action to challenge Japan’s so-called “scientific” whaling hunts.An international law expert says prospects for a legal case against Japan’s whaling program, which is carried out under an International Whaling Commission clause that allows for scientific whaling, hav
  
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• Volvo's electric truck and reusable food wraps: The best green innovations of the week

  21-09-2018 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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• All the plastic you can and cannot recycle

  21-09-2018 01:40 via bbc.co.uk
  England is recycling more plastic than ever - but for this trend to continue, the system needs to change
  
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