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• 'Moth busters' take on unwanted residents of a 17th Century house

  04-02-2019 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Moths with very expensive tastes are getting -36C "chill" time at Newhailes House.
  
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• Climate change: Warming threatens Himalayan glaciers

  04-02-2019 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Rising temperatures pose a growing danger to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountains.
  
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• Tasmania is burning. The climate disaster future has arrived while those in power laugh at us | Richard Flanagan

  04-02-2019 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Scott Morrison is trying to scare people about franking credits but seems blithely unaware people are already scared – about climate changeAs I write this, fire is 500 metres from the largest King Billy pine forest in the world on Mt Bobs, an ancient forest that dates back to the last Ice Age and has trees over 1,000 years old. Fire has broached the boundaries of Mt Field national park with its glorious alpine vegetation, unlike anything on the planet. Fire laps at the edges of Federation
  
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• Europe's most deprived areas 'hit hardest by air pollution'

  04-02-2019 17:05 via theguardian.com
  Exposure to particulate matter and ozone highest in poor eastern European states, says studyEurope’s poorest, least educated and most jobless regions are bearing the brunt of the air pollution crisis, according to the first official stocktake of its kind.Nearly half of London’s most deprived neighbourhoods exceeded EU nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limits in 2017 compared with 2% of its wealthiest areas. Continue reading...
  
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• Larsen ice shelf: Mission to explore uncovered Antarctic ecosystem

  04-02-2019 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists want to reach a section of Antarctic sea-floor exposed by the world's biggest iceberg.
  
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• Carbon Brief: UK's emissions could have doubled since 1990 without renewable energy

  04-02-2019 16:19
  The UK's total carbon footprint has decreased by 38% since 1990 - but could have doubled if the renewable energy revolution had failed to gain traction, new analysis from Carbon Brief has concluded.
  
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• Government's fracking policy will cause energy crisis, says UK's richest man

  04-02-2019 14:13 via theguardian.com
  Ministers are playing politics with the country’s future, says Ineos boss Sir Jim RatcliffeThe UK’s richest person has launched an attack on the government’s fracking rules, accusing ministers of policies that will cause an “energy crisis” and “irreparable damage” to the economy.Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of petrochemicals firm Ineos, pledged four years ago to start a UK fracking revolution but the company has been bogged down in planning battles and is
  
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• Five ways the UK public sector is taking action to create a sustainable future

  04-02-2019 14:13
  As a teaser for edie's latest Mission Possible sector insight report, edie rounds up five key trends within the UK's public sector which prove it is striving to achieve a sustainable future, today.
  
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• Sustainability Leaders Live Blog 2019

  04-02-2019 13:52
  To mark edie's biggest ever event, the Sustainability Leaders Forum, the editorial team will be capturing all the key talking points, quotes and discussions from expert speakers across the two-day event in this Sustainability Leaders Live Blog.
  
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• Live Blog: Sustainability Leaders 2019

  04-02-2019 13:52
  To mark edie's biggest ever event, the Sustainability Leaders Forum, the editorial team will be capturing all the key talking points, quotes and discussions from expert speakers across the two-day event in this Sustainability Leaders Live Blog.
  
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• Climate change: Blue planet will get even bluer as Earth warms

  04-02-2019 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The oceans will become more blue thanks to rising temperatures in coming decades, say scientists.
  
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• Waste management crisis: Officials warn of putrefying piles of rubbish after no-deal Brexit

  04-02-2019 13:34
  Government officials are preparing to deal with "putrefying stockpiles" of rubbish in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to documents leaked to the Guardian.
  
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• A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds 'shocking' report

  04-02-2019 12:45 via theguardian.com
  Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion peopleAt least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark new report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people.Even if carbon emissions are dramatically and rapidly cut and succeed in limiting global warming to 1.5C, 36% of the glaciers along in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya range will have gone by 2100. If em
  
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• A third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report

  04-02-2019 12:45 via theguardian.com
  Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion peopleAt least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmarkreport, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people.Even if carbon emissions are dramatically and rapidly cut and succeed in limiting global warming to 1.5C, 36% of the glaciers along in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya range will have gone by 2100. If emissio
  
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• Ikea to launch furniture rental offering as part of circular economy shift

  04-02-2019 12:02
  The world's largest furniture retailer has unveiled plans to rent its products to consumers for the first time, as it strives to become a 'net-positive' business by 2030.
  
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• The shutdown is over. Can Joshua Tree recover?

  04-02-2019 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Off-road drivers and vandals damaged the fragile ecosystem, prompting fears it could take ‘300 years’ to bounce backAs Ethan Peck’s boots crunch through the desert sands, he stops to point out tracks on the side of the trail: not coyote or other wildlife, but dog prints. “It’s just sad that people would do this,” says Peck, who owns Joshua Tree Adventures and has lived in the area for seven years. “You’re not allowed to hike with your dog in any na
  
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• EV100: Corporate demand for green fleets now outstripping charging infrastructure improvements

  04-02-2019 11:20
  More than 30 big-name companies have pledged to electrify their fleets under the Climate Group's EV100 initiative since 2017, with corporate demand for low-carbon transport beginning to outstrip charging infrastructure provisions, a new report from the non-profit has concluded.
  
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• EV100: Corporate demand for EVs now outstripping charging infrastructure improvements

  04-02-2019 11:20
  More than 30 big-name companies have pledged to electrify their fleets under the Climate Group's EV100 initiative since 2017, with corporate demand for low-carbon transport beginning to outstrip charging infrastructure provisions, a new report from the non-profit has concluded.
  
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• Swansea tidal lagoon plan revived – without government funding

  04-02-2019 11:06 via theguardian.com
  Firm hopes to build scheme within six years after ministers rejected it for being too costlyThe backers of a pioneering project to harness energy from the tides off the Welsh coast have rebooted the scheme and believe they can build it without the help of government.With the recent failure of two major nuclear projects, attention has turned to alternatives to fill the low-carbon power gap, with developers of windfarms and small nuclear plants among those vying for government support. Continue re
  
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• Rising temperatures to make oceans bluer and greener

  04-02-2019 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Scientists say effects of global warming on ‘phytoplankton’ will intensify the colours The blues and greens of the ocean will become even bluer and greener by the end of the century as a result of global warming, scientists have found.Researchers say the colour changes are down to the effect of climate change on populations of tiny water-dwelling organisms, known as phytoplankton, that convert sunlight into chemical energy through photosynthesis, as well as effects on levels of other
  
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• Spotted handfish: Saving Tasmania's unusual 'walking' species

  04-02-2019 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The spotted handfish is critically endangered and found only in a small area of Tasmania.
  
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• England's national parks out of reach for poorer people – study

  04-02-2019 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Protected countryside is more than 15 miles away from almost half of the most deprived areasFrom Exmoor to Northumberland, the country’s poorest people are being denied access to England’s most beautiful countryside and missing out on the mental and physical health benefits that can result, research has found.Almost half of the country’s most socially deprived areas are more than 15 miles by road from 10 national parks and 46 areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), accordin
  
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• Brazil dam collapse: The crucial questions

  04-02-2019 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The full story of the Brumadinho dam disaster could take many months to emerge, the BBC's David Shukman says.
  
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