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• Butterflywatch: May sun brings hope for a bumper summer

  29-05-2020 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  There’s a seasonal gap and UK butterflies are yet to emerge. But the sunny spring is promising As our seasons shift forward, the “June gap” now arrives towards the end of May. In June, people often wonder where the butterflies have gone. Don’t panic. They are mostly hiding in caterpillar or chrysalis form.Continue reading...
  
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• The coming recession is the best reason to step up the pace of renewables investment | Frank Jotzo

  29-05-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It will not do to wait until the next power plant announces its closure. Building alternative infrastructure should start now
  The Covid-19 recession will bring fiscal stimulus on a massive scale. There are high hopes that the recovery will be green but it could be an uphill struggle. A big opportunity for Australia’s governments is to keep the renewable energy revolution going.There will be pressure to invest in anything that quickly brings back jobs and prosperity, never mind long term, s
  
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• UK spring the sunniest since records began, says Met Office

  29-05-2020 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Country also set for driest May for 124 years, with farmers warning of serious impactThe UK has recorded the sunniest spring since records began in 1929, the Met Office has said.It is also set to be the driest May for 124 years, with official figures on rainfall to be published on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Electric flights and Barilla's recyclable packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week

  29-05-2020 18:52
  
  As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe.
  
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• Cut air pollution to help avoid second coronavirus peak, MPs urge

  29-05-2020 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Cross-party group highlights new evidence on how dirty air may worsen infections Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Air pollution must be kept at low levels to help avoid a second peak of coronavirus infections, according to a cross-party report from MPs.There is growing evidence from around the world linking exposure to dirty air and increased infections and deaths from Covid-19. Lockdowns cut air pollution levels in many places, but the MPs said measures were ne
  
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• University of Manchester targets net-zero investment portfolio

  29-05-2020 16:18
  
  The University of Manchester has announced a new commitment to end investments into fossil fuel projects and organisations by 2022, in line to creating a net-zero investment portfolio by 2038 at the latest.
  
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• Climate change: 'Stunning' seafloor ridges record Antarctic retreat

  29-05-2020 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists are learning just how fast the ice margin of Antarctica can retreat in a warming world.
  
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• Coffee shops sign up to post-lockdown reusable cup platform

  29-05-2020 13:56
  
  Coffee shops from the likes of Costa and Boston Tea Party that are reopening across the UK are signing up to a new best-practice trial on accepting reusable coffee cups in a safe manner.
  
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• Dow targets industrial-scale mattress recycling initiative

  29-05-2020 12:16
  
  Dow Polyurethanes, a business division of chemical giant Dow has announced plans to create an industrial-scale recycling facility in France to treat discarded mattress foam to be used in a range of applications.
  
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• Energy Institute sets science-based targets to reach net-zero emissions

  29-05-2020 09:20
  
  The Energy Institute (EI) has announced a new ambition to become a net-zero organisation, agreeing to science-based targets to reducing emissions by almost 68% by 2030.
  
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• Energy Institute set science-based targets to reach net-zero emissions

  29-05-2020 09:20
  
  The Energy Institute (EI) has announced a new ambition to become a net-zero organisation, agreeing to science-based targets to reducing emissions by almost 68% by 2030.
  
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• BEIS approves UK's largest solar farm

  29-05-2020 09:15
  
  The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has this week approved what is set to be the UK's largest solar farm, located in Kent.
  
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• Large heath butterflies return to Manchester after 150 years

  29-05-2020 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lancaster Wildlife Trust has brought the species back to peatlands following a local extinction in the 19th century Large heath butterflies are returning to peatlands in greater Manchester 150 years after they went locally extinct.The acidic peat bogs and mosslands around Manchester and Liverpool were home to the country’s biggest colonies of large heath butterflies – known as the “Manchester argus” – but numbers plummeted as land was drained for agricultural land a
  
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• The little lights now packing a deadly punch

  29-05-2020 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LEDs already light our houses but developments are making them even more powerful.
  
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• World's deepest octopus captured on camera

  29-05-2020 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A "Dumbo" octopus is photographed at a depth of 7,000m in the Indian Ocean's Java Trench.
  
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