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• Galilee Basin mine plans understated water impact, government report says

  14-12-2018 23:30
  Report finds more than 95% chance of hydrological changes to Belyando River Basin from mines including CarmichaelCoalmines planned in the Galilee Basin – including Adani’s Carmichael mine – understated the likely impacts on surrounding water resources, a federal government scientific report has found.The bioregional assessment report into the cumulative impact of coalmine proposals was published quietly last week. It was compiled by experts from the CSIRO, Geosciences Australia
  
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• Plan for food waste to be separated

  14-12-2018 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Councils will have to offer separate food caddies in a bid to combat methane emissions.
  
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• Cutting emissions proves a sticking point at Poland climate talks

  14-12-2018 19:28
  Slow progress on 2015 Paris agreement comes as scientists warn of need to get on trackNegotiators at the climate conference in Poland have inched closer to an outcome, as the official deadline for finishing a deal ran out.The conference was meant to approve a rulebook which would govern how nations put into action the goals set in the landmark Paris agreement of 2015, when the world resolved to hold global warming to no more than 2C above pre-industrial levels, with an aspiration to limit temper
  
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• A youth activist on the climate crisis: politicians won't save us | Victoria Barrett

  14-12-2018 19:27
  At the COP24 conference, leaders lack the urgency felt by communities on the frontlines of a global threatAs wildfires burn, as temperatures rise, as the last remaining old-growth forests in Poland are logged, world leaders are in Katowice to negotiate the implementation of the Paris climate agreement. To outsiders, UN climate talks may seem like a positive step. Unfortunately, this is COP24.For 24 years, world leaders have annually talked at each other instead of to one another in hopes of reac
  
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• 'Miracle' six-day-old baby survives Ebola

  14-12-2018 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  It took five weeks of round-the-clock treatment to keep Benedicte alive after her mother died.
  
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• Poland's deadly addiction to coal – in pictures

  14-12-2018 14:21
  Coal, known as ‘black gold’ in Poland, has helped the country achieve energy independence. However, the high-polluting fuel has been linked to serious diseases and premature death. With COP24 climate talks under way in Katowice, pressure grows on Poland to reduce its reliance on the fossil fuel. But with 100,000 coal-dependent jobs in the country, switching to alternative sources of energy carries great economic risk. Here, Violeta Santos Moura explores the problem in her essay Dark
  
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• What chance has Nasa of finding life on Mars?

  14-12-2018 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  When the US space agency's next rover gets to Mars in 2021, it will seek evidence of ancient life.
  
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• World’s first lab-grown steak revealed – but the taste needs work

  14-12-2018 13:14
  Nascent industry aims to reduce environmental impact of beef productionThe first steak grown from cells in the lab and not requiring the slaughter of a cow has been produced in Israel.The meat is not the finished article: the prototype costs $50 for a small strip, and the taste needs perfecting, according to its makers. But it is the first meat grown outside an animal that has a muscle-like texture similar to conventional meat. Continue reading...
  
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• Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo: The view from the edge of space

  14-12-2018 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket ship has made a successful test flight, 82.7km above the Earth's surface.
  
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• Stella McCartney: Policy must encourage businesses to make fashion sustainable

  14-12-2018 10:22
  Designer and green activist Stella McCartney has called on policymakers to implement laws which will incentivise big-name fashion brands to shift away from cradle-to-grave models and poor supply chain practices.
  
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• Regulation 'not fit' for emerging decentralised energy model

  14-12-2018 10:17
  The current system of energy regulation is not fit for the more decentralised and digitalised energy that is emerging, Alan Whitehead has said.
  
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• Sustainable Business Covered podcast: Christmas special with Landsec, Olam Cocoa & The Body Shop

  14-12-2018 10:00
  Sustainable business guests of Chrismas past, present and future discuss enchanted forests and South American cocoa fields, while the editorial team takes the 'big fat sustainability quiz of the year' in this festive special edition of the edie podcast.
  
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• The punk turtle: the reptile with a green mohican became a sensation, but still faces an uncertain future

  14-12-2018 07:00
  Australia’s Mary River turtle went viral after it was named on an endangered species list – and Cate Blanchett even voiced a puppet of it. But was that enough to save it?
  It was “the punk turtle” – an eccentric and yet strangely human-looking reptile with a vivid green mohican, fleshy “fingers” under its chin and the ability to breathe through its genitals. The Mary River turtle went viral in April when pictures of the hitherto little-known creature were
  
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• Drive with Nasa's next rover on Mars

  14-12-2018 05:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists have already planned the route Nasa's next robot will drive when it lands on Mars in 2021.
  
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• Antarctic climate change: Scientists visit the world's most remote island

  14-12-2018 01:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Studying ice cores on a small island in the South Atlantic will help us understand why Antarctica's glaciers are melting.
  
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• Climate change: 'Hell to pay' if COP24 talks fail

  14-12-2018 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Weary delegates enter the last official day of UN climate talks with many critical issues undecided.
  
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• Reforesting the world: the Australian farmer with 240m trees to his name

  14-12-2018 00:17
  Tony Rinaudo’s regeneration technique, developed in west Africa 30 years ago, has helped bring back forest over 6m hectaresThrough the cacophony of the UN’s global climate talks, an Australian farmer is quietly spreading his plan to reforest the world.Over more than 30 years in west Africa, Tony Rinaudo has regenerated more than 6m hectares – an area nearly as large as Tasmania. His farmer-managed natural regeneration technique is responsible for 240m trees regrowing across tha
  
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