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• 'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean

  08-06-2020 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageConservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution – adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life – after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across seabeds.The French non-profit Opération Mer
  
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• 'Covid waste': disposable masks and latex gloves turn up on seabed – video

  08-06-2020 17:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Discarded personal protective equipment (PPE) is increasingly turning up on shorelines and the seabed, presenting a threat to wildlifeSeascape is a series drawing attention to the dramatic changes taking place in our oceans, and the innovations under way to tackle them Continue reading...
  
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• edie's next online masterclass to focus on smart grids for business

  08-06-2020 16:43
  
  edie's next masterclass has been confirmed for Thursday 25 June, and will outline how businesses can decentralise, democratise and decarbonise their energy use through smart grid technology.
  
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• Green party joint leaders to stand again for their roles

  08-06-2020 16:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley herald ‘pivotal moment’ as they say UK is in crisis
  The two joint leaders of the Green party, Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley, are to stand for their job-shared role again, declaring the time is right to seize the moment and become a mass-membership movement.Berry and Bartley have held the leadership since 2018, but the party holds a contest every two years to allow others to challenge for the top job. Continue reading...
  
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• Refinitiv unveils new SDG-aligned sustainability strategy, including 1.5C science-based targets

  08-06-2020 14:44
  
  After meeting its 2020 ambition of becoming carbon-neutral, Refinitiv has launched a new strategy through to 2030, centred around the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and headlined by 1.5C-aligned emissions reduction targets.
  
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• Small boats and female workers hardest hit by Covid-19 fisheries impact

  08-06-2020 13:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Research shows how supply chains around world have been disrupted by pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSmall fishing boats, fish markets and female workers are among the categories worst affected by the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis on the world’s fisheries, research has found.Supply chains around the world have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and artisanal fishing – small boats – has borne the brunt, according to th
  
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• Race to Zero: What's set to be included in the UK's green Covid-19 recovery package?

  08-06-2020 13:13
  
  The UK Government's landmark global campaign for mobilising net-zero support ahead of the postponed COP26 summit - 'Race to Zero' - was launched late last week. But what domestic decarbonisation activities are the likes of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Alok Sharma backing for inclusion in national recovery planning?
  
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• Rolls-Royce commits to net-zero carbon operations by 2030

  08-06-2020 12:15
  
  Manufacturing giant Rolls-Royce has announced an intention to become a net-zero carbon business by 2030, alongside a wider ambition to enable sectors it sells to in becoming net-zero by 2050.
  
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• Only two-thirds of UK bathing waters rated excellent in EU survey

  08-06-2020 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest data puts Britain near bottom of Europe’s league table for bathing water qualitySwimmers itching to take advantage of the easing of lockdown to have their first sea bathes or wild swims of the summer should pick their spot wisely: only two-thirds of the UK’s bathing waters are of excellent quality, according to the latest data, putting Britain near the bottom of Europe’s league table for bathing water quality.Most of the rest of the UK’s beaches were of good or suf
  
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• 'It was hell': Spanish cocaine raid adds to shipboard misery for 4,000 cows

  08-06-2020 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Terrible conditions witnessed onboard livestock ship travelling from Colombia to Egypt suspected of being a cover for traffickingWhen the Neameh sailed out of Colombia on 4 May, it should have been a routine shipment: just over 4,000 cows, on their way to Egypt, an important hub for the global trade in live animal exports.But accusations of cocaine smuggling and a police raid of the ship lengthened the journey. Continue reading...
  
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• What lies beneath: our love affair with living underwater

  08-06-2020 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  How the 1960s craze for oceanic exploration changed our relationship with the planet for everIn November 1966, the Gemini 12 spacecraft, carrying two astronauts, splashed down in the Pacific. The four-day mission was a triumph, proving that humans could work in outer space, and even step into the great unknown, albeit tethered to their spacecraft. It catapulted the US ahead of the USSR in the space race.From then, Nasa’s goal was to beat the Russians to the moon. That meant weeks rather th
  
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• Commonwealth nations to protect coral reefs with satellite technology

  08-06-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Countries to use high-resolution images to monitor health of marine resourcesCommonwealth countries are to gain free access to satellite technology that will help them monitor and protect their endangered coral reefs from threats such as climate breakdown, overfishing and pollution.Commonwealth countries hold nearly half of the world’s remaining tropical coral reefs, with 47 out of the 54 member countries having a coastline. Nearly half of them are islands or groups of islands, which face
  
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