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• Artist Gavin Turk arrested in London climate change protest

  18-11-2018 16:56 via theguardian.com
  Turk held for obstructing public highway and has no regrets in taking part in mass civil disobedienceThe British artist Gavin Turk has said every member of the public will feel the impact of the climate emergency sooner rather than later, after he was arrested during mass civil disobedience in central London.Turk, who was among 82 people arrested during a coordinated occupation of five bridges in the capital, said the pressure to force governments to act to reduce climate change was “the n
  
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• Ash dieback: Seed orchards could help species recover sooner

  18-11-2018 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A scientist at the John Innes Centre in Norwich says resistant seeds could help beat the fatal disease.
  
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• ‘Rich soup of life’ in Gwent wetlands at risk from motorway

  18-11-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Campaigners fear the loss of rare biodiversity if a £1bn bypass is approved by the Welsh assemblyThe Gwent Levels is a low-lying patchwork of wetlands, divided by drainage ditches first dug by the Romans, that is so full of life that conservationists compare its diversity to the Amazon rainforest.But this quiet corner of south-east Wales may soon disappear under concrete if the Labour-led Welsh government gives the go-ahead for a new 14-mile stretch of motorway to be carved through the anc
  
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• Science-based targets and 'smart' mobility centres: The sustainability success stories of the week

  18-11-2018 09:35
  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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• NT teenager bitten on leg and arm in second shark attack in Australia over weekend

  18-11-2018 07:29 via theguardian.com
  Boy mauled while spearfishing off Arnhem Land a day after a man was attacked while learning to surf south of WollongongA teenager has been attacked by a shark while spearfishing off the Northern Territory coast.The 17-year-old was bitten on his arm and leg about 30km offshore from Nhulunbuy in Arnhem Land on Sunday morning, NT police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Letters: nuclear energy is key to our future

  18-11-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  With demand for electricity set to rocket, the UK cannot rely on renewables aloneYour business leader misses the bigger picture, as indeed do other supporters of renewable energy, such as Greenpeace (“Moorside’s atomic dream was an illusion. Renewables are the way to a clean future”).The bigger picture is that we can expect to see a substantial and sustained increase in electricity demand over the next 20-30 years due to the electrification of transport and heat. Heat alone, by
  
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• Air pollution levels ‘forcing families to move out of cities’

  18-11-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  As diesel emission fears mount, a growing number of parents now consider clean air the main factor when choosing a schoolAn increasing number of parents are shunning good schools because of the local air quality while some are even looking to move out of cities altogether, as fears over the effects of diesel emissions on health mount.Last week a major study published in the Lancet found that pollution from diesel vehicles was stunting the growth of children’s lungs, leaving them damaged fo
  
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• Man dies after stingray attack while swimming near Hobart

  18-11-2018 02:24 via theguardian.com
  42-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest after apparently being stung on his lower abdomenA 42-year-old man has died of a heart attack after apparently being stung by a stingray while swimming off the Tasmania coast, police said.Attempts to resuscitate the man, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Saturday afternoon in the waters at Lauderdale beach, east of Hobart, were unsuccessful, police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Palm oil: One woman's fight to save 'the last place on Earth'

  18-11-2018 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Farwiza Farhan on efforts to protect the forests where orangutan, rhinos, elephants and tigers co-exist.
  
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