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• Michael Gove confirms single-use plastic measures set to feature in imminent Resource & Waste Strategy

  25-11-2018 17:16
  EXCLUSIVE: Michael Gove has revealed that the Government is set to unveil new restrictions on single-use plastics in the next few weeks.
  
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• Michael Gove confirms further single-use plastic measures to feature in Resources & Waste Strategy

  25-11-2018 17:16
  EXCLUSIVE: Environment Secretary Michael Gove has revealed that the Government is set to unveil new restrictions on single-use plastics before the end of the year.
  
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• Tossing dead salmon is good for plants

  25-11-2018 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Tossing the carcasses of dead salmon on to a river bank over two decades has boosted tree growth, a study finds.
  
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• Hundreds of apparently 'flash-frozen' turtles wash ashore in New England

  25-11-2018 15:30
  Conservationists record unusually high number of strandingsMany of turtles are critically endangered Kemp’s ridley speciesAn unusual number of sea turtles have washed ashore in New England in the recent cold snap, many dead and appearing to have been “flash-frozen”. Related: Manatees in peril as toxic red tide tests Florida's resources for rescued animalsContinue reading...
  
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• Bath residents resent £9 congestion charge plan to tackle pollution

  25-11-2018 12:16
  City says government is forcing it to take action to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels The city of Bath may have a reputation for gentility but plans to charge many motorists £9 a day to drive into its Georgian streets are provoking anger and resentment.High levels of pollution, largely caused by topography – the city lies in a giant bowl – are forcing the council to act, but critics say the move will hit people struggling financially and force traffic out into areas just outside
  
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• Taking place on Wednesday: edie's stakeholder engagement masterclass

  25-11-2018 10:30
  Sustainability professionals seeking to develop the skills needed to understand and engage with a range of stakeholders to optimise approaches to sustainability have just a few days left to register for a free, online masterclass taking place on Wednesday 28 November.
  
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• Taking place on Wednesday: edie's 30-minute masterclass on stakeholder engagement

  25-11-2018 10:30
  Sustainability professionals seeking to develop the skills needed to understand and engage with a range of stakeholders to optimise approaches to sustainability have just a few days left to register for a free, online masterclass taking place on Wednesday 28 November.
  
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• H&M's transparency hackathon and FedEx's e-vans: The sustainability success stories of the week

  25-11-2018 09:11
  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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• Homeowners trapped by 25-year solar panel contracts

  25-11-2018 09:00
  Householders who lease their roofs to power firms find it hard or costly to move homeJulie Griffiths* bought her wanted to reduce her carbon footprint by installing solar panels. The cost would have been a prohibitive £12,000, so she signed a deal to lease part of her roof to a solar power company, which would fit the panels for free. It would pocket the newly introduced feed-in tariffs (FITs) – subsidies paid by the government for the electricity generated. She, meanwhile, would hav
  
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• Can the pine marten help forest animals flourish once more?

  25-11-2018 07:59
  Rewilding plan could help other species such as the red squirrel back into the Forest of DeanAndrew Stringer from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust gestures excitedly at a large hollow high up in the gnarled trunk of a 200-year-old oak tree in the Forest of Dean.“Pine martens would definitely den in there because they need nice insulated places, particularly in the spring to raise their young,” he says. Continue reading...
  
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• InSight Diary: The silence of space

  25-11-2018 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa's latest probe is carrying super-sensitive UK seismometers to the Red Planet.
  
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• Nasa Mars InSight lander mission to teach us more about Earth

  25-11-2018 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Nasa's Mars InSight lander is due to arrive on the Red Planet's surface on Monday night. It will study the planet's interior so we can learn more about how it formed.
  
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