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• Instead of 'fair dinkum' power, how about some 'fair dinkum' action? | Katharine Murphy

  02-11-2018 23:58
  Labor was lashed for doing something about carbon emissions; the Coalition is being lambasted for doing nothingSeven years ago, Greg Combet, then a Labor minister, implemented a carbon price in a minority parliament, an experience so arduous it helped curtail his political career. Now, safely outside political life, he looks on with bemusement about where the climate and energy debate has washed up.On Tuesday, Combet launched a new report by the Industrial Relations Research Centre at the Univer
  
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• Adani yet to sign royalties deal despite claiming to be close to financing mine

  02-11-2018 20:00
  Exclusive: slimmed-down Carmichael plan calls into question eligibility to delay royalties payment
  The Adani mining company has still not signed a royalties agreement with the Queensland government, despite its claims to be just weeks away from green-lighting the Carmichael mine.This week, Adani’s Australian mining head, Lucas Dow, gave a series of interviews claiming the company was close to financing a slimmed-down, $2bn integrated Carmichael mine, rail and port proposal.Analysts say the
  
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• Climate Change Act: Experts reflect on pioneering legislation 10 years on

  02-11-2018 18:50
  With November marking the 10th anniversary of the UK Climate Change Act (CCA) receiving Royal Assent, a host of leading sustainability experts have provided their insights on the impact of the ground-breaking legislation on Britain's low-carbon economy.
  
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• Antarctic's future in doubt after plan for world's biggest marine reserve is blocked

  02-11-2018 18:16
  Environmental groups say Russia, China and Norway played part in rejecting planA plan to turn a huge tract of pristine Antarctic ocean into the world’s biggest sanctuary has been rejected, throwing the future of one of the Earth’s most important ecosystems into doubt.Environmental groups said Russia, China and Norway had played a part in blocking the proposal, with the other 22 members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, the organisation set u
  
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• InSight: The jeopardy of landing on Mars

  02-11-2018 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa releases a video describing the perilous landing its InSight Mars probe will face later this month.
  
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• Sustainable Future: How Bunzl is using the SDGs to raise its sustainability ambitions

  02-11-2018 17:36
  EXCLUSIVE: Just one year after publishing the inaugural report on its Sustainable Future sustainability strategy, Bunzl Catering Supplies has moved to align itself with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a bid to maximise its positive social and environmental impact.
  
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• Plan to create world's biggest nature reserve in Antarctic rejected

  02-11-2018 15:55
  Environmental groups say Russia, China and Norway played part in blocking planA plan to turn a huge tract of pristine Antarctic ocean into the world’s biggest sanctuary has been rejected, throwing the future of one of the Earth’s most important ecosystems into doubt.Environmental groups said Russia, China and Norway had played a part in blocking the proposal, with the other 22 of the 25 members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, the organisat
  
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• Who knew?

  02-11-2018 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  As Palau bans sunscreen to protect coral reefs, we look at other products causing environmental damage.
  
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• Orion capsule: Europe delivers astronaut spaceship's first 'powerhouse'

  02-11-2018 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  European industry hands over a key piece of hardware for America's next-generation astronaut capsule.
  
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• Government urged to ditch 'bonkers' fracking plan

  02-11-2018 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Plans to speed up the planning process to boost fracking are not going down well with some Tory MPs.
  
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• Why social media is obsessed with this 'rock star' duck

  02-11-2018 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A mandarin duck has become an online and New York celebrity after mysteriously appearing in Manhattan.
  
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• Fish fingers surprisingly sustainable, say conservationists

  02-11-2018 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Research by conservationists find that some of the most sustainable fingers are also the cheapest.
  
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• Colgate to launch recycling scheme for oral health products

  02-11-2018 11:52
  Health and beauty giant Colgate Palmolive has unveiled plans to launch a recycling scheme for empty toothpaste tubes, used toothbrushes and dental floss containers in the US and the UK.
  
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• Asda commits to new zero-deforestation soy policy

  02-11-2018 11:22
  Supermarket giant Asda has this week made a fresh sustainability pledge to ensure that the soy it sources for agricultural raw materials and animal feed is "net-zero deforestation" verified by 2020.
  
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• New £50 note will feature a British scientist

  02-11-2018 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The Bank of England asks the public to nominate worthy candidates to feature on the new banknote.
  
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• GDT European wildlife photographer of the year 2018 – in pictures

  02-11-2018 08:00
  A hunting wolverine, rainbow lake and delicate ice trees are among the winning images selected by the Society of German Nature Photographers. The photographers explain how they captured their prizewinning shots Continue reading...
  
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• Displaced villagers in Myanmar at odds with UK charity over land conservation

  02-11-2018 08:00
  Karen people in Tanintharyi region fear project to protect 800,000-acre area will cut them off from ancestral landsA British conservation charity has become embroiled in a row with villagers displaced by civil war in Myanmar over plans to protect pristine forests housing wild Asian elephants, tigers and sun bears.Fauna and Flora International (FFI) is helping to finance the $21m (£15.8m) ridge to reef project, which is led by the UN’s development programme and aims to protect up to 8
  
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• Weather: UK experiencing hotter days and 'tropical nights' - Met Office

  02-11-2018 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK has experienced hotter days and warmer nights over the last 10 years compared to previous decades.
  
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• Norfolk cattle farmer warns of mass balloon release hazard

  02-11-2018 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A cattle farmer warns people about releasing balloons of remembrance after a calf tried eating one.
  
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• Summers could be entirely powered by clean energy by 2050

  02-11-2018 07:01
  Demand for the rest of the year and lower solar output will still keep energy firms in businessBritish summers could be entirely powered without fossil fuels by the middle of the century without breaking the economics of the energy market, according to a report.But while wind, solar and nuclear power would provide nearly 91% of the country’s electricity by then, up from about 50% today, gas power stations are still expected to be needed during winters. Continue reading...
  
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• Rise in UK weather extremes over the last decade - Met Office

  02-11-2018 02:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK has experienced hotter days and warmer nights over the last 10 years compared to previous decades
  
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• Pacific island to introduce world-first 'reef-toxic' sunscreen ban

  02-11-2018 01:32
  From 2020, lotions containing any of 10 chemicals linked to coral bleaching will be outlawedThe tiny Pacific island nation of Palau will ban “reef-toxic” sunscreens from 2020 in what it claims is a world-first initiative to stop chemical pollution killing its famed corals.Palau, which lies in the north-west Pacific, east of the Philippines and directly north of Australia, is regarded as one of the world’s best diving destinations, but the government is concerned its popularity
  
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• UK heatwaves lasting twice as long as 50 years ago – Met Office

  02-11-2018 01:01
  Tropical nights starting to be recorded and ice days becoming less frequentHeatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years ago, ice days are disappearing and tropical nights are starting to occur as far north as Middlesbrough, according to a Met Office report.The first study of climate extremes in the UK by the government agency shows the longer-term trend behind this summer’s prolonged spell of high temperatures and the weakening of winter frosts. Continue reading...
  
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• Potato-based plastic and easyJet's electric plane: The best green innovations of the week

  02-11-2018 01:01
  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 five of the best.
  
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