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• Sadiq Khan announces 100 new drinking fountains for London

  11-10-2018 21:25 via theguardian.com
  Mayor’s plan builds on success of this year’s scheme to build 20 fountains across the capitalLondon could soon be awash with drinking fountains, with 100 new installations in the pipeline across the capital.This year plans for 20 fountains were unveiled in a joint venture between the mayor of London and partners, with recent figures suggesting those installed so far have already dispensed thousands of litres of water to thirsty members of the public. Continue reading...
  
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• Looking forward to palindromic issues | Brief letters

  11-10-2018 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Palindromic issue numbers | Climate change in hair salons | Forgetting names | May might | Adjuvanted flu jabChris Baker’s question about the next palindromic Guardian issue number (Letters, 9 October) was easily answered by this non-emeritus non-professorial though admittedly elderly (75) reader. A few moments writing some computer code confirmed the rather boring and obvious answer 53635, which will be the issue of Monday 4 February 2019 (assuming publication every day from now apart fro
  
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• Invasion of the ladybirds! Why are these STI-infected insects taking over our homes?

  11-10-2018 18:07 via theguardian.com
  If you believe the red-tops, these colourful creatures are heading for our bedrooms. But, can they be all bad? Here’s why we should try and live peacefully with them‘Invasion of cannibal ladybirds carrying STIs wreaks havoc,” screams the Sun. Should we scoff at such sensationalism? Well, the red-tops are mostly correct. Except for the havoc bit.There are plenty of ladybirds about this autumn and many are flying into our homes. Unlike our native letterbox-red ladybirds, these cr
  
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• Nestlé and Unilever spearhead food industry coalition on animal welfare

  11-10-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Seven multinationals unite in drive to improve supply chain standards, though campaigners warn only firm commitments will make an impactPressure from consumers and investors has pushed seven of the largest names in the food industry to join forces in improving animal welfare standards, the first industry-led coalition of its kind.The members of the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW) are Aramark, Compass Group, Elior Group, Ikea Food Services, Nestlé, Sodexo and Unilever, which joi
  
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• ‘Wildlife crime makes us all poorer', says Theresa May

  11-10-2018 17:28 via theguardian.com
  Ongoing animal slaughter must be treated with same severity as drug and people trafficking, say leaders from 80 nations gathered in LondonThe mass trafficking of wildlife impoverishes everyone in the world and must be treated with the same severity as drug and people trafficking, according to leaders from 80 nations gathered at the Illegal Wildlife Trade conference in London on Thursday.“The illegal wildlife crime makes us all poorer, not just those countries robbed of their wildlife, natu
  
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• Hawking's final science study released

  11-10-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen Hawking's final scientific paper has been released, and deals with one of the central topics in the physicist's 56-year-long career.
  
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• Same-sex mice have babies

  11-10-2018 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists break the rules of reproduction, so what does it mean for the future of sex?
  
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• Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket

  11-10-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin landed safely, say space officials.
  
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• Waitrose trials bio-based black plastic alternative as part of packaging overhaul

  11-10-2018 15:46
  Waitrose & Partners is set to trial innovative, fibre-based packaging across its range of Italian ready meals as part of the supermarket group's commitment to eliminate black plastics from its own-brand products by 2019.
  
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• Waitrose trials bio-based alternative to black plastic

  11-10-2018 15:46
  Waitrose & Partners is set to trial innovative, fibre-based packaging across its range of Italian ready meals as part of the supermarket group's commitment to eliminate black plastics from its own-brand products by 2019.
  
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• PepsiCo to launch range of 100% recycled plastic packaging by 2020

  11-10-2018 15:22
  PepsiCo has this week unveiled plans to purchase 100% recycled plastic for some of its packaging lines by 2020, after the company was named by Greenpeace as one of the largest corporate plastic polluters in the world.
  
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• Soyuz crew back to Earth after malfunction

  11-10-2018 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A capsule carrying two crew members on a Russian Soyuz rocket that malfunctioned has landed safely.
  
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• Victims of Hurricane Michael voted for climate deniers | John Abraham

  11-10-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Elections have consequences. Denying science has consequences. And we are reaping what we sow.Floridians are staring down a very powerful Category 4 typhoon that is causing extensive damage.  The high winds, heavy rains, and storm surge will cost billions of dollars.We know that climate change is making these storms stronger.  The storms feed off of warm ocean waters, and those waters are much warmer now because of climate change. I have written about the science in more detail here an
  
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• Victims of Hurricane Michael are represented by climate deniers | John Abraham

  11-10-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Elections have consequences. Denying science has consequences. And we are reaping what we sow.Hurricane Michael – live updatesFloridians are staring down a very powerful Category 4 typhoon that is causing extensive damage. The high winds, heavy rains, and storm surge will cost billions of dollars.We know that climate change is making these storms stronger. The storms feed off of warm ocean waters, and those waters are much warmer now because of climate change. I have written about the scie
  
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• Hovis incorporates first all-electric trucks into delivery fleet

  11-10-2018 11:51
  Bakery giant Hovis has today (11 October) introduced its first all-electric vehicles into its UK delivery fleet in a bid to reduce air pollution in urban areas.
  
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• UK's housing stock 'needs massive retrofit to meet climate targets'

  11-10-2018 08:01 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of millions of pounds must be spent to achieve 80% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, report showsHundreds of millions of pounds must be spent on the UK’s draughty housing stock to meet the government’s climate change targets, with progress so far too slow to make the difference needed.Repairing existing homes to a high standard, with insulation and renewable energy technology, would cut consumer bills and bring health improvements, a new report shows. Continue readin
  
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• BBC helps bust Nepal chimp smuggling

  11-10-2018 07:47 via bbc.co.uk
  A BBC investigation exposing the scale of chimpanzee trafficking last year has helped police in Nepal uncover a smuggling operation.
  
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• People burning wet wood on inefficient stoves 'poisoning themselves'

  11-10-2018 07:14 via theguardian.com
  Study highlights ‘shocking contribution’ of domestic wood and coal fires to air pollution, which causes 40,000 early deaths a year in the UKPeople burning wet wood on inefficient stoves are poisoning themselves and their neighbours, according to a new report from a leading thinktank.The IPPR study highlights the “shocking contribution” domestic wood and coal fires make to the UK’s air pollution crisis, which causes 40,000 early deaths a year and devastating health p
  
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• 'Tipping point': the point of no return for global warming

  11-10-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Climatologists are warning of a series of ‘tipping points’ that could have catastrophic consequences for life on Earth. Their description is more apt than we may realiseScientists this week warned that the latest IPCC report on global warming could be underestimating the impact of “tipping points”, such as the loss of polar ice caps, which might lead to “runaway warming”. A tipping point is the point at which nothing is the same again. The idea became famous w
  
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• Sinking Santa Cruz: climate change threatens famed California beach town

  11-10-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Similar challenges are sprouting up along the coast, and the golden sands and beach properties that define the state at riskOn a recent overcast October afternoon, yet another section of West Cliff Drive, the premier seafront street in Santa Cruz, California, was roped off as workers toiled to prevent it from crumbling into the Pacific Ocean.The erosion gnawing away at this prized road, and the famed surfing beaches it overlooks, is emblematic of the relentless threat that climate change poses t
  
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• Climate change will make the next global crash the worst | Larry Elliott

  11-10-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  The storm clouds are gathering, but the world’s economies now have far fewer shelters from disaster than they did in 1929Late last month Indonesia was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left thousands of people dead and missing. This week the International Monetary Fund arrived in the country to hold its annual meeting on the island of Bali. On the day when the IMF issued a warning about trouble ahead for the global economy, the latest report from the UN’s intergovernme
  
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• Canavan condemns business emissions self-regulation to meet Paris target

  11-10-2018 05:49 via theguardian.com
  Minister says plan to coordinate climate response in absence of government policy interferes with democracy
  Big business has entered discussions about a self-regulated suite of measures to help Australia meet its Paris commitments, weeks after the Morrison government abandoned the national energy guarantee. The resources minister, Matt Canavan, accused Australia’s biggest energy companies of interfering in the democratic process, as climate experts and environmental groups lashed the gover
  
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• The children living on the frontline of climate change

  11-10-2018 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The frightening impact of global warming is seen in drawings by schoolchildren in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
  
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• Children on the frontline of climate change

  11-10-2018 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The frightening impact of global warming is seen in drawings by schoolchildren in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
  
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• Fashion industry 'playing catch-up' with the circular economy, says H&M Foundation

  11-10-2018 02:01
  EXCLUSIVE: With reports continuing to reveal the extent of the environmental and social damage being caused by fast-fashion, not-for-profit sustainable development organisation H&M Foundation believes the industry is now on the cusp of a radical sustainability shift towards the circular economy.
  
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• 'Flexitarian' diets key to feeding people in a warming world

  11-10-2018 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Eating more plant-based foods, ending waste and improving farming are vital for the future, say scientists
  
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