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• City bees: allotments and gardens can help arrest decline – study

  14-01-2019 17:00
  Research also identifies pollinators’ favourite flowers, including brambles, buttercups, dandelions, lavender and borageAllotments, weedy corners and fancy gardens are all urban havens for bees and other pollinators, a study has found.The widespread decline of bees resulting from the loss of wild areas and pesticide use has caused great concern in recent years, but towns and cities have been suggested as potential sanctuaries. Continue reading...
  
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• Concerns over increase in toxic brine from desalination plants

  14-01-2019 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Operations to extract fresh water from the sea are now producing 50% more of this salty effluent than expected.
  
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• Watch how air pollution moves across Europe

  14-01-2019 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  See an animation showing the concentration and movement of nitrogen dioxide through the atmosphere.
  
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• Pollution watch

  14-01-2019 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  See an animation showing the concentration and movement of nitrogen dioxide through the atmosphere.
  
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• Government rejects calls to bring 2040 petrol and diesel car ban forward

  14-01-2019 12:31
  The UK Government has confirmed that it will not bring the date of its 2040 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars forward, despite pressure from MPs and green campaign groups to set a 2032 deadline.
  
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• Lush to open UK's first plastic-free cosmetics store in Manchester

  14-01-2019 12:04
  Health and beauty brand Lush has unveiled plans to open its first plastic-free shop in the UK this week, following the success of its 'naked' stores in Germany and Italy.
  
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• High-profile businesses ramp up pressure on Scotland to make carbon-neutral pledge

  14-01-2019 11:44
  The likes of Coca-Cola, Tesco and Sky have today (14 January) called on the Scottish Parliament to "seize the chance to renew their position as climate leader" by achieving carbon-neutrality by 2050.
  
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• UK failed to enforce EU air quality standards – what will happen after Brexit?

  14-01-2019 07:00
  Government has astonishing record of fighting demands to meet legal obligationsAir pollution plans improve on EU rules, government claims
  Air pollution was until recently regarded as a problem mainly for those whose health was already compromised or vulnerable in some way: the very old, the very young, and those with existing respiratory problems such as asthma. Thanks to groundbreaking research in the last few years, we now know the problem goes much further, to the root of human health: air po
  
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• New air pollution plans improve on EU rules, government claims

  14-01-2019 07:00
  UK proposals include new regulations on farmers, wood-burning stoves and diesel carsWhat will happen to air quality standards after Brexit?
  The government has set out new plans on air pollution that ministers say go beyond existing EU rules, with a pledge to improve air quality nationwide to the standards the World Health Organization (WH0) recommends.Farmers will be subject to air quality regulations for the first time to cut their growing contribution to pollution, under the government plans s
  
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• Wood burners and open fires face restrictions in new clean air plan

  14-01-2019 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Ministers hail the UK's "world leading" pollution plan, but green groups call it a missed opportunity.
  
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• Government promises 'bold new goal' to tackle dirty air

  14-01-2019 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Ministers hail the UK's "world leading" pollution plan, but green groups call it a missed opportunity.
  
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• Nominations for edie's '30 Under 30' campaign close THIS FRIDAY

  14-01-2019 01:01
  Ambitious young sustainability and energy professionals have until this Friday, 18 January, to apply for 30 Under 30 - an all-new networking programme created by edie for the next generation of business leaders to share ideas and further their careers.
  
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• Last chance: Nominations for edie's '30 Under 30' campaign close THIS FRIDAY

  14-01-2019 01:01
  Ambitious young sustainability business leaders have until Friday, 18 January to join 30 Under 30 - an all-new networking programme for young sustainability and energy professionals to share ideas and further their careers.
  
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