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• Carmichael mine: federal election, rail access and native title stand in the way

  30-11-2018 22:04
  Adani’s plans to get started quickly on a scaled-down version of its Queensland mega-mine still face numerous obstacles The Indian mining giant Adani could be left in limbo until September – well after the federal election – before learning whether its controversial Carmichael coal project will be allowed to access the Queensland freight rail network.Adani announced on Thursday it would self-finance the Carmichael mine and that construction would begin “imminently”.
  
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• Trump administration to allow seismic blasting harmful to marine creatures

  30-11-2018 18:35
  Airgun testing in search for oil and gas could harm hundreds of mammals such as dolphins and whales off the Atlantic coastThe Trump administration is to allow marine creatures such as whales and dolphins to be harmed by companies as they search for potential oil and gas reserves off the Atlantic coast.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) has granted five operators permission to “incidentally but not intentionally harass marine mammals” while conducting surveys f
  
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• Tesco's EV charging network and Sweden's ice hotel: The sustainability success stories of the week

  30-11-2018 18:14
  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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• Time to call the non-EU doctor | Letters

  30-11-2018 17:08
  Alison Garnham is distressed about Brexit and the ‘hostile environment’ policy. Prof Peter Ekkehard Kopp addresses immigration panicStanding on a tube platform, Miriam González Durántez’s article (May has added insult to the injury of Brexit, Journal, 29 November) made me cry. Growing up in the north-east of England during the 1970s, I did not get to meet many foreigners as a child, so any opportunity I had to make contact with someone from somewhere different was
  
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• New Zealand whales: Why are so many getting stranded?

  30-11-2018 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Illness, warmer waters and the fact that pilot whales travel in sociable groups could all play a role.
  
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• New Zealand beached whales: Why are so many getting stranded?

  30-11-2018 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Illness, warmer waters and the fact that pilot whales travel in sociable groups could all play a role.
  
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• Mars seeking 'industry-wide' recycling solution after pet food packaging scheme launch

  30-11-2018 16:13
  EXCLUSIVE: Consumer goods giant Mars is exploring the possibility of developing nationwide packaging takeback schemes for its food and drinks packaging, after successfully developing such a programme for its petfood pouches.
  
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• Berta Cáceres case: a warning for those who would kill activists

  30-11-2018 16:01
  Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunishedThe sentencing on Thursday of seven men accused of murdering the Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres is only partial justice, but it should inspire anyone committed to ending the slaughter of land and nature defenders around the globe.A court in Tegucigalpa handed down guilty verdicts on all but one of the eight accused, including two employees of the hydro-electric dam company that the ind
  
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• Why no US region is safe from climate change

  30-11-2018 15:40
  In the final part of our series looking at the climate report Trump tried to bury over Thanksgiving, we examine how regions will experience climate changePart 1: how air pollution kills
  Part 2: why some pollution action is far better than nonePart 3: why water will be the next battlegroundPart 4: why rising seas will force coastal residents to moveThe Trump administration published a major report on climate change the day after Thanksgiving. We explore the key findings each day this week.Donald
  
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• Windy weather carries Britain to renewable energy record

  30-11-2018 13:15
  Windfarms supplied third of UK’s electricity this week, with output hitting 14.9GW highStorm Diana brought travel chaos to road, rail and airports, but the clouds did have a silver lining: the strong winds helped set a renewable energy record.Windfarms supplied about a third of the UK’s electricity between 6pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday, a time of peak energy demand. Output hit a high of 14.9GW, beating a previous record of 14.5GW. Continue reading...
  
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• Stakeholder engagement: 7 steps to success for sustainability professionals

  30-11-2018 12:49
  During a 30-minute online masterclass hosted by edie earlier this week, Cranfield University's professor of environmental assessment Paul Leinster outlined some of the key ways in which sustainability and CSR professionals can drive engagement with stakeholders. Here, edie rounds up Leinster's key takeaways.
  
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• It is rocket science...

  30-11-2018 12:00
  This week’s Upside digest on images sent back from Mars, and other scientific breakthroughsAs technology advances at a seemingly exponential rate, it can be hard to keep up – and journalists don’t always get it right.A report from 2017 found that over half of newspaper articles surveyed on scientific studies were factually incorrect. This was mainly due to journalists writing on initial findings without checking back for follow-ups or meta-studies, which could put a new spin on
  
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• Coca-Cola European Partners inks deal to purchase 100% recycled PET

  30-11-2018 11:27
  Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has entered a supply agreement with Loop Industries to purchase 100% recycled PET (rPET) plastic to boost the use of recycled materials in its bottles.
  
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• Palm oil bans, sustainable fashion and edie's 30 Under 30: The top sustainability stories of November 2018

  30-11-2018 11:23
  As November comes to a close and we begin to think about putting up our Christmas trees and wrapping our presents, edie rounds up some of the best-read sustainability stories and standout pieces of content from the past 30 days - from Iceland's now-infamous popular palm oil advert to the launch of our exclusive new networking group for young sustainability professionals.
  
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• Climate change strike: thousands of school students protest across Australia

  30-11-2018 08:26
  ‘Strike 4 Climate Action’ brings thousands of students together in defiance of prime minister’s warningThe best banners from the strike dayThousands of schoolchildren across Australia walked out of class on Friday to demand action by the federal government on climate change.The “Strike 4 Climate Action”, inspired by 15-year-old Swedish studentGreta Thunberg, brought together children in capital cities and 20 regional centres such as Ballarat, Newcastle, Townsville a
  
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• The school climate strike was a new generation's activism – and I'm so proud | Naaman Zhou

  30-11-2018 08:18
  I’m six years out of school, nearly graduated from university, and I’ve never seen a protest like thisThe kids couldn’t believe it. The adults couldn’t believe it.
  Martin Place hadn’t seen anything like it for years, and Elly and her sister had never seen anything like it – ever.Elly, 14, and Aidan, 10, had come thinking the strike would be “a small thing”. Elly said she didn’t know many people from her school who were coming. She found a tho
  
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• Who's behind the bid to get London's flagship bike lane ripped up?

  30-11-2018 08:00
  A new group supported by the Canary Wharf Group property company and lorry, coach and taxi drivers is attacking one of the city’s most popular routesEven on a wet, cold November night, London’s flagship cycle superhighway along the Embankment is thronged. Across the whole 24 hours, it is used by 10,329 cyclists, an average of seven a minute. But at this time of day, it is one every three seconds. In the rush hour, the bike track – which takes up one lane of this four-lane road
  
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• Whales stranded in New Zealand: Another 50 pilot whales die

  30-11-2018 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The mass stranding on Chatham Island means more than 200 whales have died off NZ in the past week.
  
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• Whale stranding: Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ

  30-11-2018 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The mass stranding on Chatham Island means more than 200 whales have died off NZ in the past week.
  
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• Australian students in mass climate protest

  30-11-2018 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from Australia's PM.
  
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• Schools climate strike: the best protest banners and posters

  30-11-2018 05:03
  Children may have skipped school to campaign on climate change - but taught a lesson or two on how to write a protest bannerSome were witty, some were rude and some – for older people at least – were incomprehensible.The thousands of children who left class on Friday to protest inaction on climate change brought with them a dazzling array of protest banners and posters. Continue reading...
  
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• Berta Cáceres: Seven convicted of murdering anti-dam activist

  30-11-2018 03:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A Honduran court finds seven men guilty of killing renowned environmental campaigner Berta Cáceres.
  
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• Extinction crisis: Five things you should know

  30-11-2018 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The United Nations biodiversity chief on why extinction is a "silent killer" and deserves more attention.
  
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• Climate change strike: thousands of school students join national protest

  30-11-2018 02:25
  ‘Strike 4 Climate Action’ involves students in capital cities and 20 regional centres such as Ballarat and NewcastleThousands of schoolchildren across the country have walked out of class to demand federal government action on climate change.The “Strike 4 Climate Action”, inspired by 15-year-old Swedish studentGreta Thunberg, is involving children in capital cities and 20 regional centres such as Ballarat and Newcastle. Continue reading...
  
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• Satellites warn African farmers of pest infestations

  30-11-2018 01:36 via bbc.co.uk
  UK researchers develop an early warning system to prevent crops in Africa being devastated.
  
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• 'Miss Environment': The 11-year-old girl 'saving Lagos'

  30-11-2018 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos.
  
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• Potato-based 'wood' and contactless coffee cups: The best green innovations of the week

  30-11-2018 01:02
  A number of eye-catching and potentially transformational innovations have emerged that could help businesses and nations deliver on resource efficiency, low-carbon transitions and combat climate change. Here, edie rounds-up six of the best.
  
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• World's biggest commercial EV project set to launch in London

  30-11-2018 01:01
  Several big-name businesses, including Uber and UK Power Networks, have teamed up to launch a three-year project aimed at determining how the UK's business community should be supported as it undergoes the electric vehicle (EV) transition.
  
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• Martson's to rollout 400 rapid EV chargers across UK estate

  30-11-2018 01:01
  Marston's will become the UK's first pub chain and brewer to rollout rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers, after partnering with Engenie to install 400 chargers across its UK estate.
  
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• Marston's to rollout 400 rapid EV chargers across UK estate

  30-11-2018 01:01
  Marston's will become the UK's first pub chain and brewer to rollout rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers, after partnering with Engenie to install 400 chargers across its UK estate.
  
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