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• Six in 10 wild coffee species endangered by habitat loss

  16-01-2019 20:00
  Kew scientists’ analysis of 124 wild species shows 60% facing possible extinction, risking viability of commercial stock Wild coffee species are under threat, with 60% of them facing possible extinction, including Arabica, the original of the world’s most popular form of coffee, researchers say.Most coffee species are found in the forests of Africa and Madagascar. They are threatened by climate change and the loss of natural habitat, as well as by the spread of diseases and pests. Co
  
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• M&S removes plastic packaging and 'best-before' dates from produce

  16-01-2019 16:05
  Retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has begun trialling dozens of plastic-free fruit and vegetable lines without 'best-before' date stickers, in a bid to reduce consumer packaging and food waste outputs.
  
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• Giant ice disk appears in Presumpscot River, Westbrook

  16-01-2019 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The approximately 91m (298ft) wide frozen slab formed naturally and has been slowly spinning.
  
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• Giant ice disc appears in Presumpscot River, Westbrook

  16-01-2019 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The approximately 91m (298ft) wide frozen slab formed naturally and has been slowly spinning.
  
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• Paul Polman to deliver opening address at Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019

  16-01-2019 13:51
  edie is delighted to announce that Paul Polman, who recently stepped down after 10 years as chief executive of Unilever, will appear as the official Guest of Honour at the 2019 Sustainability Leaders Awards in London on Wednesday, 6 February.
  
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• Campaigners stop truck of ‘exhausted calves’ amid calls for live export reform

  16-01-2019 13:48
  Charities and government officials intervene at Ramsgate port in Kent to prevent animals’ journey time exceeding legal limitsAnimal welfare charities have backed calls by the RSPCA to substantially reduce journey times for live exports as the government considers a ban on the practice after Brexit.The RSPCA has appealed to the EU Commission after a lorry was stopped at a UK port by the charity along with other campaigners and government officials on 10 January. Continue reading...
  
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• Lord Deben: Corporate action on plastic to 'evolve' beyond packaging

  16-01-2019 13:47
  EXCLUSIVE: After two years of awareness-building and action on packaging sustainability, businesses must now approach the plastic waste crisis as a whole-systems issue, Committee on Climate Change (CCC) chairman Lord Deben has argued.
  
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• edie to host 'Plastics Thinkathon' at Sustainability Leaders Forum

  16-01-2019 13:23
  Sustainability, energy and resource efficiency professionals are being called upon to help businesses collectively solve the problem of plastics pollution by taking part in a unique 'Plastics Thinkathon' on the sidelines of edie's Sustainability Leaders Forum in London next month.
  
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• edie opens applications for 'Plastics Thinkathon' at Sustainability Leaders Forum

  16-01-2019 13:23
  Sustainability, energy and resource efficiency professionals are being called upon to help businesses collectively solve the problem of plastics pollution by taking part in a unique 'Plastics Thinkathon' on the sidelines of edie's Sustainability Leaders Forum in London next month.
  
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• Our oceans broke heat records in 2018 and the consequences are catastrophic

  16-01-2019 12:00
  Rising temperatures can be charted back to the late 1950s, and the last five years were the five hottest on recordLast year was the hottest ever measured, continuing an upward trend that is a direct result of manmade greenhouse gas emissions.The key to the measurements is the oceans. Oceans absorb more than 90% of the heat that results from greenhouse gases, so if you want to measure global warming you really have to measure ocean warming. Continue reading...
  
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• Business giants commit $1bn to launch Alliance to End Plastic Waste

  16-01-2019 11:58
  Major companies from across the plastics value chain, including Procter & Gamble (P&G), Veolia and ExxonMobil, have today (16 January) committed more than $1bn (£777m) as part of a new alliance aimed at eliminating plastic waste in the environment.
  
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• Nestlé set to launch its first plastic-free packaging in 2019

  16-01-2019 11:02
  Food and beverage giant Nestlé has published a sweeping string of new sustainable packaging commitments, including plans for its first plastic-free packaging, and achieving 'plastic-neutrality'.
  
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• UK revealed as EU champion of fossil fuel subsidies

  16-01-2019 10:22
  The UK spends the most of any EU nation on subsidising fossil fuels, according to a new report by the European Commission, which also found that EU-wide payments have failed to decrease despite the bloc's commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
  
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• Global tensions holding back climate change fight, says WEF

  16-01-2019 10:00
  After extreme weather-related events, there is ‘need for international cooperation’Growing tension between the world’s major powers is the most urgent global risk and makes it harder to mobilise collective action to tackle climate change, according to a report prepared for next week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Related: Deadly weather: the human cost of 2018's climate disasters – visual guideContinue reading...
  
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• 'Land sparing' on farms could revitalise UK bird populations, study says

  16-01-2019 08:00
  Claim that more intensive farming would allow rewilding of greater areas of countryside“Land sparing” could lead to dramatic increases in wild bird populations, according to research that bolsters the case for rewilding.Farming intensively to increase yields while turning over much larger areas of farmland to wildlife could – if combined with measures to cut food waste and meat consumption – would meet Britain’s food needs and more than double the populations of bre
  
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• Brexit: Parliament urged by green groups to avoid no-deal after Theresa May suffers historic defeat

  16-01-2019 00:58
  Environmental experts have called on MPs to rule out 'no-deal' after Theresa May faced a crushing defeat on her Brexit deal this evening (15 January).
  
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• Brexit: Green community warns of 'catastrophic' no-deal after Theresa May suffers historic defeat

  16-01-2019 00:58
  Environmental experts have called on MPs to rule out 'no-deal' after Theresa May faced a crushing defeat on her Brexit deal this evening (15 January).
  
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