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• Embracing the fierce urgency of NOW: One week left until Sustainability Leaders Forum 2019

  28-01-2019 19:48
  Plastic thinkathons, SDG Leadership Labs, live vodcast discussions and panel debate featuring the likes of Carlsberg, Interface and Unilever complete an all-star line-up for edie's flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum 2019 - taking place next Tuesday and Wednesday (5-6 February) in London.
  
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• From charging innovations to rival collaborations: 7 ways the EV revolution is accelerating in 2019

  28-01-2019 17:32
  Despite the UK Government having recently dismissed calls to bring its 2040 ban on petrol and diesel car sales forward, the electric vehicle (EV) transition shows no signs of abating. Here, edie rounds up seven sustainable transport success stories of the year so far...
  
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• Lakes 'skating on thin ice' as warming limits freeze

  28-01-2019 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands of lakes are set to lose their ice cover within a generation due to rising temperatures.
  
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• Germany agrees to end reliance on coal stations by 2038

  28-01-2019 15:46
  Germany has agreed to end its reliance on polluting coal power stations by 2038, in a long-awaited decision that will have major ramifications for Europe's attempts to meet its Paris climate change targets.
  
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• International treaty needed to stop food sector from driving climate change, scientists warn

  28-01-2019 13:15
  Social issues caused by the framework of the world's existing food systems, including malnutrition and obesity, are set to be exacerbated in the coming years by the industry's climate impacts, new scientific research has concluded.
  
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• MoD backs satellite 'origami radar antennas'

  28-01-2019 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's Ministry of Defence approaches an Oxford start-up to help design a sovereign satellite radar system.
  
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• Samsung to remove all virgin plastic from consumer-facing packaging

  28-01-2019 11:45
  South Korean technology firm Samsung has pledged to phase out all virgin plastic components from its consumer-facing packaging lines within the first half of 2019.
  
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• Lions have adapted to hunt seals and seabirds in Namibia, study finds

  28-01-2019 11:04
  Desert lions learning to hunt marine life to survive Skeleton Coast’s harsh conditionsLions in Namibia have turned to hunting seabirds and seals in the face of scarce food resources in the desert landscape, research has found.The desert lions, which are found exclusively within the country’s Skeleton Coast region, are the only lions known to target marine life. Among the creatures they have been recorded eating are fur seals, flamingos and cormorants. Continue reading...
  
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• Morrisons tests customer appetite for plastic-free shopping in paper bag trial

  28-01-2019 11:03
  Supermarket giant Morrisons has this week launched a trial of US-style paper grocery bags, in a bid to gauge consumer attitudes to plastic-free options at the checkout.
  
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• Looking on the bright side of climate change, think of all the money corporations can make

  28-01-2019 11:00
  A new report reveals how Apple, among others, is already exploring the business possibilities that will come from the environmental crisis. Something to be cheerful about as the ice melts …You know what I love about capitalism? Its optimism. Even in the direst of circumstances, it is always able to find a silver lining.Take climate change, for example. After weird weather and ominous warnings of more to come, many of us are freaking out about an environmental apocalypse. Indeed, a new pol
  
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• Liberia's eco-vigilantes score arresting success in struggle to end illegal fishing

  28-01-2019 06:00
  For years, Liberia fought a losing battle against the foreign vessels plundering its coastline. Then a bold new approach sent fines – and arrests – soaring Petty officer George Kromah, of the Liberian coastguard, slings his AK47 across his back before disappearing over the side of the Sam Simon, joining his colleagues in the rib below. The boat roars off, quickly followed by a second, speeding through the choppy Atlantic swell in pursuit of a suspected illegal fishing vessel that has
  
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• GM chickens lay eggs to help fight cancer

  28-01-2019 01:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs which contain drugs that fight cancer.
  
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• More dead fish surface on the Darling River at Menindee – video

  28-01-2019 01:14
  Footage submitted by Menindee tourism operator Rob Gregory shows thousands of dead fish floating on the surface of the Darling River after the third major fish kill in a matter of weeks. Gregory identifies 'masses and masses' of carp, 'all struggling next to dead bony bream' Continue reading...
  
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• Waitrose to invest £1m in innovative projects tackling plastic waste

  28-01-2019 01:01
  Retailer Waitrose & Partners has today (28 January) launched a new £1m grant scheme which will funnel investment into projects and products aimed at tackling the global plastic pollution problem.
  
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