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• Carnival to resume cruises in August despite infections and deaths on ships

  04-05-2020 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Eight cruise ships to resume operations from 1 August, sailing from Texas and Florida Coronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCarnival Cruise Line has announced plans to resume operations at the beginning of August despite dozens of deaths on cruise ships during the Covid-19 pandemic and investigations into the industry’s possible role in spreading the disease around the planet.In a statement on Monday, the operator said eight cruise ships woul
  
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• 'Murder hornets' land in the US for the first time

  04-05-2020 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "shockingly large" hornets can kill humans with their sting and are known to destroy beehives.
  
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• Legal & General given go-ahead for energy efficient modular homes drive

  04-05-2020 16:07
  
  The modular housing arm of insurance giant Legal & General has been given planning permission to create more than 150 modular homes in Selby, North Yorkshire that will feature the highest EPC ratings for energy efficiency.
  
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• Why science, society and sustainability will matter more for business post-pandemic

  04-05-2020 15:34
  
  Ball Corporation's President for Beverage Packaging Europe, Middle East & Africa, Ron Lewis outlines his thoughts on why sustainability will continue to be an important boardroom topic post-pandemic, and why a focus on society and the environment will be a focus moving forward.
  
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• Local energy trading market launched on Orkney islands

  04-05-2020 15:34
  
  A trial focused on delivering real-time trading between renewable generation and local grid flexibility on the Orkney islands has been successful, with project lead Electron noting that more than 1,300 trades have been completed as part of a demonstration projected.
  
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• 'The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious'

  04-05-2020 14:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigning journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to act“I’m sorry,” says Emily Atkin, not sounding very apologetic, “but if you still refuse to see parallels between climate change and coronavirus then honestly you’re just stupid.”A few weeks ago, the 30-year-old journalist wasn’t feeling so confrontational. Less was known about the global pandemic; the data and scientific research showing
  
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• Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe

  04-05-2020 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say the microbe - found in the wild near Lake Victoria - has enormous potential.
  
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• edie launches Sustainability Reporting and Communications Handbook to drive engagement during lockdown

  04-05-2020 13:22
  
  edie has today (4 May) published a brand-new, free report detailing how sustainability professionals can relay the importance of sustainability to key stakeholders during the coronavirus pandemic; along with fresh insights to create, deliver and share a compelling sustainability report.
  
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• Scientists may never find virus 'missing link' species

  04-05-2020 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The identity of the "intermediate host" animal that first passed the coronavirus to a human may never be found, say scientists.
  
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• Innocent, Toast Ale, World GBC and more featuring in edie's ENGAGE Week (4-8 May)

  04-05-2020 12:10
  
  Sustainability and reporting experts from a host of business and organisations have contributed to edie's ENGAGE Week of online content around communications and reporting, in the form of exclusive interviews, #SustyTalks and a free online event.
  
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• A nuclear waste site where the biggest fear isn’t radiation, but coronavirus

  04-05-2020 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers at ‘most toxic place in America’ are terrified to return to a site where there has been very little protection from the outbreakFor more than a month, coronavirus has brought cleanup of a 586-square-mile decommissioned nuclear production complex in southeastern Washington State to a near standstill.Most of the more than 9,000 employees at the Hanford site were sent home in late March, with only essential workers remaining to make sure the “most toxic place in America&rd
  
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• Innocent, Toast Ale, World GBC and more to feature in edie's ENGAGE Week

  04-05-2020 11:44
  
  Sustainability and reporting experts from a host of business and organisations have contributed to edie's ENGAGE Week of online content around communications and reporting, in the form of exclusive interviews, #SustyTalks and a free online event.
  
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• Climate action under duress: how Dutch were forced into emissions cuts

  04-05-2020 11:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Measures taken in response to court ruling have yet to face much dissent, partly owing to coronavirusLast month the Dutch government announced a bold set of climate policies designed to reduce annual carbon emissions by nearly 10 megatons, comparable to the yearly output of Latvia.Several new coal power plants are to be closed or run at minimum capacity, a €3bn spending package will subsidise renewable energy projects and home refits, and there are a slew of smaller policy tweaks, for examp
  
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• Is air pollution making the coronavirus pandemic even more deadly?

  04-05-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Dirty air is well known to worsen the heart and lung risk factors for Covid-19 - early research is cause for concernIn many respects, it makes perfect sense.Patients with severe Covid-19 are twice as likely to have had pre-existing respiratory diseases and three times as likely to have had cardiovascular problems.Continue reading...
  
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• Westpac to withdraw support for thermal coalmining after 2030

  04-05-2020 07:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Bank says climate change is a financial risk and addressing use of fossil fuels will create opportunitiesWestpac has promised to stop supporting thermal coalmining, joining other major financial institutions in promising it will not back the fossil fuel industry through investments or loans beyond 2030.It leaves ANZ as the only big Australian bank not to have pledged to get out of thermal coal, the dirtiest fuel used in mass electricity generation. Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: darkness gets to be itself here

  04-05-2020 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Palnackie, Dumfries and Galloway: During an evening walk I notice the stars shining unhindered and realise I have never experienced such stillnessApril full moon in lockdown: a supermoon, the nearest of this spring. Having saved my daily walk for a nocturnal escapade, I slip out, torchless, to meet it. I do not know when I have experienced such stillness. There is not a wisp of a breeze, nor a cloud in the sky; not a voice, nor a dog’s bark.Leaving the village’s scattering of electri
  
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