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• Risks of 'domino effect' of tipping points greater than thought, study says

  20-12-2018 20:00
  Scientists warn policymakers not to ignore links, and stress that ‘every action counts’Policymakers have severely underestimated the risks of ecological tipping points, according to a study that shows 45% of all potential environmental collapses are interrelated and could amplify one another.The authors said their paper, published in the journal Science, highlights how overstressed and overlapping natural systems are combining to throw up a growing number of unwelcome surprises. Cont
  
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• Marine life worse off inside 'protected' areas, analysis reveals

  20-12-2018 20:00
  Findings expose ‘big lie’ behind European marine conservation, scientists sayDestructive trawling is more intense inside official marine sanctuaries, while endangered fish are more common outside them, a startling analysis of Europe’s seas has revealed.It shows that far from conserving sealife, many legal marine protected areas (MPAs) are being damaged by industrial fishing. The work has exposed “the big lie” behind European marine conservation, experts say, with mo
  
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• The best green innovations of 2018: VOTE for your favourite

  20-12-2018 16:01
  From flying taxis and hydrogen-powered HGVs, to seaweed sachets and plastic-eating enzymes, edie rounds up 10 of 2018's biggest green innovations - but which was your favourite?
  
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• Plastic pollution discovered at deepest point of ocean

  20-12-2018 16:01
  High levels of contamination in Mariana Trench show how pervasively planet has been contaminatedThe deepest point on Earth is heavily polluted with plastic, scientists have discovered, showing how pervasively the world has been contaminated.The researchers plumbed the depths of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, near Challenger Deep, the lowest place on the face of the planet. They found the highest levels of microplastics yet found in the open ocean, compared with surveys from els
  
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• The big fat sustainabiliy quiz of the year: 2018 edition

  20-12-2018 13:41
  Take edie's 2018 sustainability quiz of the year to test your knowledge on some of the biggest moments in the global sustainability agenda over the past 12 months.
  
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• Nasa's InSight deploys 'Marsquake' instrument

  20-12-2018 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The InSight mission begins to lay out the sensors that will listen to the Red Planet's "heartbeat".
  
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• Six ways businesses are championing CSR this Christmas

  20-12-2018 12:39
  With less than a week until Christmas, chances are that many of us will be doing some last-minute gift shopping - and some retailers are using the occasion to make a positive social or environmental impact. Here, edie outlines how six companies are championing CSR for Christmas 2018.
  
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• Seven ways businesses are championing CSR this Christmas

  20-12-2018 12:39
  With less than a week until Christmas, chances are that many of us will be doing some last-minute gift shopping - and some retailers are using the occasion to make a positive social or environmental impact. Here, edie outlines how seven companies are championing CSR for Christmas 2018.
  
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• Great Pacific garbage patch $20m cleanup fails to collect plastic

  20-12-2018 12:08
  Engineers at the Ocean Cleanup project are working on a fix to stop collected debris leaking back out from the 600m barrierA giant floating barrier launched off the coast of San Francisco as part of a $20m project to cleanup a swirling island of rubbish between California and Hawaii, is failing to collect plastic.The mastermind behind the Ocean Cleanup, an ambitious plan to clear a swathe of the Pacific twice the size of Texas of floating debris, reported four weeks into testing that while the U
  
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• Last day in Paradise: the untold story of how a fire swallowed a town

  20-12-2018 12:00
  A bucolic community was reduced to ash by a new kind of wildfire – the deadliest in California’s history. Survivors recall that horrible day
  William Goggia awoke to a poisonous orange atmosphere so thick with smoke he couldn’t see the sun.It was 8am on Thursday 8 November. He heard the piercing metallic clang of propane tanks exploding in the distance. His sister, who lived nearby, called to ask him to help a relative in the area, but Goggia told her that he couldn’t: chu
  
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• Draft environment bill outlines vision for UK's post-Brexit green watchdog

  20-12-2018 11:13
  The UK Government has published a partial draft for its anticipated Environment Bill, outlining the powers and limitations of the nation's new post-Brexit watchdog for green standards.
  
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• Land-clearing figures show 314,000 hectares felled in Great Barrier Reef catchment

  20-12-2018 09:16
  More than 700,000 hectares cleared over two years, 40% of it in reef catchment, before stricter laws were passedMore than 700,000 hectares of forest and bushland were destroyed in Queensland in the past two years and 40% of it occurred in Great Barrier Reef catchments.Environment groups have described the level of deforestation as an “environmental disaster” and called for federal intervention to end land-clearing in reef catchments and other nationally significant areas. Continue re
  
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• AB InBev signs deal to source 100% renewable electricity in UK

  20-12-2018 08:31
  The owner of Budweiser and Corona has secured a deal to purchase 100% renewable electricity for its UK operations.
  
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• Adani ordered to pay almost $12m for work on scrapped Carmichael rail line

  20-12-2018 07:30
  Judgment details how ‘payment difficulties’ emerged in contract between AECOM and Adani subsidiaryAdani has been ordered to pay almost $12m owed to engineering firm AECOM for work on a scrapped rail line to the Carmichael coalmine.A judgment in the Queensland Building and Construction commission details how “payment difficulties” emerged in a contract between AECOM and an Adani subsidiary company. The 1,862-point commission adjudication says Adani had “anticipated&r
  
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• Japan to resume commercial whaling after leaving IWC – report

  20-12-2018 04:27
  Tokyo denies report by Kyodo news agency that government will reveal its decision by the end of the yearJapan is to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and resume commercial whaling next year, a report claimed on Thursday, in a move that drew condemnation from Australia, with other anti-whaling nations expected to follow suit.Japan will inform the IWC of its decision by the end of the year, Kyodo news agency said, months after the body rejected its latest bid to resume comme
  
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• Warning against 'volcano tourism' risks

  20-12-2018 01:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Thrill-seeking tourists are putting themselves in danger getting too close to volcanoes.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: The story behind the activist group

  20-12-2018 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  They've blocked bridges, held die-ins and closed roads - all in the name of stopping climate change.
  
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