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• We say we love our national parks. The evidence suggests otherwise | Kelly O’Shanassy

  17-12-2018 18:00
  Australia leads the world in extinction rates and now our protected habitats are at risk. That’s neglectMy favourite national park: tell us why it’s important to youAustralia has the most extraordinary national parks, home to our unique wildlife, deserts, mountains, forests and sacred icons such as Uluru. We are rightly proud of them.It’s hard to pick a favourite. But I do love Wilsons Promontory, where the wombats reign supreme, and getting one of these inquisitive fellows out
  
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• Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils

  17-12-2018 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The flying reptiles had feathers, and looked like brown bats with fuzzy wings, say scientists.
  
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• Bloodhound supersonic car project saved

  17-12-2018 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The supersonic vehicle could still race at 1,000mph after an entrepreneur bought the business.
  
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• Hastings dinosaur footprints exposed by cliff erosion

  17-12-2018 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from at least seven species have been uncovered.
  
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• Climate change activists vow to step up protests around world

  17-12-2018 15:30
  Campaigners say they will force governments to act after lack of progress at UN summitCivil society groups have pledged growing international protests to drive rapid action on global warming after the UN climate summit in Poland.The summit agreed rules for implementing the 2015 Paris agreement, which aims to keep global warming as close to 1.5C (2.7F) as possible, but it made little progress in increasing governments’ commitments to cut emissions. The world remains on track for 3C of warmi
  
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• Waitrose targets glitter phase-out by 2020

  17-12-2018 14:24
  Waitrose has pledged to phase out glitter from its own-label cards, wrap, crackers, tags, flowers and plants, as part of plans to reduce the impact of plastics on the environment.
  
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• Chickens freezing to death and boiled alive: failings in US slaughterhouses exposed

  17-12-2018 13:00
  An investigation finds hundreds of shocking welfare incidents, fuelling concerns about standards in a post-Brexit trade dealChickens slowly freezing to death, being boiled alive, drowned or suffocating under piles of other birds are among hundreds of shocking welfare incidents recorded at US slaughterhouses, according to previously unpublished reports.Among them are “inexcusable” violations, say campaigners, who ask if the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) current system, w
  
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• Aquila Capital pledges to offset emissions of residential developments

  17-12-2018 12:48
  Alternative asset manager Aquila Capital has committed itself to offset all CO2 emissions related to its residential developments until 2025.
  
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• Back to the land: are young farmers the new starving artists?

  17-12-2018 12:00
  A small but growing movement of millennials are seeking out a more agrarian life but the reality of life on the land is not always as simple as they hopedEight years ago, Liz Whitehurst, then 25, was working in digital communications at a policy organization in Washington DC and dreaming of life outside a cubicle. She started exploring a different kind of existence by volunteering on local farms. When the farmer who provided the locally sourced vegetable box she signed up for invited her to work
  
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• Supermarket shoppers urged to serve 'wonky' Christmas dinner

  17-12-2018 11:59
  Supermarkets have increased their efforts to reduce the national food waste mountain at Christmas by offering shoppers edible produce nearing the end of its shelf life, as well as "wonky" sprouts, carrots and parsnips.
  
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• Landsec leads industry-wide coffee cup recycling scheme

  17-12-2018 11:40
  Property developer Landsec has joined forces with a group of national coffee retailers including Costa Coffee to "dramatically" increase the amount of coffee cups recycled in the UK.
  
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• London's new official plan for cycling is bold but has a major flaw

  17-12-2018 10:51
  With no new infrastructure or funding, questions remain on how to genuinely democratise cycling in a big cityLondon has a new official plan for cycling. It’s full of bold statements of intent and has some interesting ideas. That’s the good news. Here’s the drawback: within the 59 glossy pages I could detect no new plans for cycling infrastructure.This all might seem a bit niche, not to say London-centric. But there is a wider lesson here: if cities are to truly move ahead in ma
  
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• Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about

  17-12-2018 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Cement is the source of about 8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. How can this be changed?
  
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• Plastics action, energy storage and climate warnings: The top sustainability stories of 2018

  17-12-2018 01:01
  As 2018 draws to a close, the edie team reflects on the key stories which defined corporate sustainability and drove new levels of action in 2018.
  
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