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• South Africa sniffer dog intercepts 116kg of rhino horn

  10-01-2019 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The haul, worth more than $1.3m (£1m), is one of the largest seized in South Africa in recent years.
  
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• Signals from space: Five theories on what they are

  10-01-2019 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Mysterious cosmic signals have been picked up. What are they and where do they come from?
  
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• Closing TODAY: edie readers urged to take annual survey on sustainability leadership

  10-01-2019 16:44
  CSR, resource and energy professionals are invited to take a new annual survey developed by edie, which will help inform a major new report investigating the state of business leadership in 2019.
  
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• Quantum: Handover for fully flexible satellite

  10-01-2019 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  UK engineers complete the build of a novel software-defined telecoms satellite called Quantum.
  
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• Anak Krakatau: Finnish radar satellite eyes tsunami volcano

  10-01-2019 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The innovative ICEYE radar spacecraft views the changing shape of the collapsed volcano.
  
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• Recycling problems? Tell us the situation in your area of the UK

  10-01-2019 13:42
  We would like your help exploring how different local authorities and contractors deal with domestic recycling collections
  A row over recycling in Green MP Caroline Lucas’s constituency of Brighton Pavilion has highlighted issues authorities face carrying out and communicating environmental policies. Related: Plastic bottle deposit scheme in UK proving hit with shoppersContinue reading...
  
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• In numbers: The UK public's attitudes to supply chain practices in the fashion industry

  10-01-2019 13:36
  A new survey which examines the UK public's attitudes towards supply chain responsibility within the fashion industry has today (10 January) been published. Here, edie rounds up the key facts and figures.
  
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• EU under fire after lifting threat to ban Thai seafood imports over illegal fishing

  10-01-2019 12:43
  Reversal of disciplinary process condemned as campaigners claim Thailand has failed to address labour abusesThe EU has been accused of sending out the wrong message after removing Thailand from a list of countries failing to tackle illegal fishing.Campaigners claim that the European commission’s decision this week to lift Thailand’s “yellow card”, in place since April 2015, gives consumers an “illusion that violations of fishers’ rights are not still occurring
  
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• Canary Wharf Group launches AI-based app to help spur plastics action

  10-01-2019 12:12
  London-based property giant Canary Wharf Group (CWG) has launched a smartphone app which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to encourage visitors to its estate to minimise their plastic waste footprint.
  
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• MPs call for a new Minister for Hunger to tackle food insecurity 'scandal'

  10-01-2019 11:48
  The UK Government has been urged to appoint a Minister for Hunger after MPs warned of a failure to deal with issues such as malnutrition and obesity in the UK.
  
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• Kahlua pledges to source 100% of its coffee from sustainable communities

  10-01-2019 09:00
  Liqueur brand Kahlua has committed to source all of its coffee from communities it certifies as sustainable by 2022, in a bid to have a net-positive environmental and social impact across its supply chains.
  
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• Stena Line installs onshore power supply connection to support electric ferry fleet

  10-01-2019 08:31
  Ferry giant Stena Line has installed what it claims is Oslo's first onshore power supply connection for ferries, in a move that will enable it to recharge its hybrid-electric boats in port for the first time.
  
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• 'Take heed of science': minister urged to drop new coal-mining plans

  10-01-2019 07:30
  Druridge Bay project makes mockery of UK’s goal to phase out coal by 2025, say criticsA wild stretch of Northumberland beach has become the ultimate testing ground of the government’s much-vaunted commitment to phase out coal by 2025, according to campaigners.On Friday, James Brokenshire, the minister for communities and local government, will start examining whether to allow a local coal mining company, Banks Group, to extract three million tonnes of coal from 250 hectares of land b
  
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• Minister urged to drop new coal-mining plans in Northumberland

  10-01-2019 07:30
  Druridge Bay project makes mockery of UK’s goal to phase out coal by 2025, say criticsA wild stretch of Northumberland beach has become the ultimate testing ground of the government’s much-vaunted commitment to phase out coal by 2025, according to campaigners.On Friday, James Brokenshire, the minister for communities and local government, will start examining whether to allow a local coal mining company, Banks Group, to extract three million tonnes of coal from 250 hectares of land b
  
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• Dog food made from insects to go on sale in UK for first time

  10-01-2019 07:01
  Globally pets consume 20% of meat and fish, a figure insect pet food could help to reduceThe UK’s first dog food made from insects goes on sale this week, which its manufacturers say could help reduce the environmental damage caused by the massive volumes of meat routinely fed to dogs and cats.Globally, pets consume about 20% of the world’s meat and fish, a number set to rise with the trend for consumers to feed them human-grade meat. Pet food is also estimated to be responsible for
  
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• Joshua Tree national park announces closure after trees destroyed amid shutdown

  10-01-2019 02:48
  Maintenance and sanitation problems also reported 18 days after government shutdown furloughed the vast majority of park staffA day after this story was published, the National Park Service announced that it had averted the closure by tapping revenues from recreation fees, and that campgrounds and entrance stations would be reopened on Thursday. In a press release, the NPS expressed thanks to volunteers “who provided basic sanitation at campgrounds and other closed areas during the lapse i
  
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• Climate change: Will insect-eating dogs help?

  10-01-2019 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A pet food manufacturer says switching to a dog food made of soldier flies will protect the environment.
  
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