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• 'Surprisingly rapid' rebound in carbon emissions post-lockdown

  11-06-2020 19:30
  
  Busier roads to blame, with fears of worse to come as workers shun public transportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCarbon dioxide emissions have rebounded around the world as lockdown conditions have eased, raising fears that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could surge higher than ever after the coronavirus pandemic unless governments take swift action.Emissions fell by a quarter when the lockdowns were at their peak, and in early April global da
  
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• Carbon emissions in 'surprisingly rapid' surge post-lockdown

  11-06-2020 19:30
  
  Busier roads to blame, with fears of worse to come as workers shun public transportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCarbon dioxide emissions have rebounded around the world as lockdown conditions have eased, raising fears that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could surge higher than ever after the coronavirus pandemic unless governments take swift action.Emissions fell by a quarter when the lockdowns were at their peak, and by early April global d
  
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• Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich'

  11-06-2020 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists are stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles may have moved around on two feet.
  
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• Corporate clean energy sourcing must form part of green Covid-19 recovery, dozens of businesses tell policymakers

  11-06-2020 13:52
  
  Mars, Nestle, and IKEA owner Ingka Group are among a coalition of more than 50 major businesses calling on EU leaders to build the business sourcing of renewables into the bloc's Covid-19 stimulus package, hailed globally as "green".
  
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• Major UK utilities exploring hydrogen fleets

  11-06-2020 12:32
  
  Two of the UK's largest gas distribution networks (GDNs) - Northern Gas Networks and Wales & West Utilities - are exploring the feasibility of using hydrogen to decarbonise a proportion of their road transport fleets, in the same month that Yorkshire Water converted one of its vehicles to hydrogen.
  
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• Tetra Pak targets net-zero value chain by 2050

  11-06-2020 12:07
  
  Packaging firm Tetra Pak has today (11 June) committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations by 2030, with a longer-term target to achieve a net-zero emissions value chain by 2050.
  
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• The UK's barn owls are growing in number – and for once it's thanks to humans

  11-06-2020 12:00
  
  Up to 80% of these distinctive birds now nest in man-made boxes, though encouraging them to set up home takes time, finds one Guardian writer My mum fist-pumped when I told her I had seen a barn owl using a nest box on our farm. She has been trying to coax them in since she moved here 35 years ago. There were signs the owls might be thinking of settling down – we found a pellet (regurgitated fur and bones from rodents) at the base of a nest box in February and splatters of poo below a
  
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• Barn owls are back in the UK – and for once it's thanks to humans

  11-06-2020 12:00
  
  Up to 80% of these distinctive birds now nest in man-made boxes, though encouraging them to set up home takes time, finds one Guardian writer My mum fist-pumped when I told her I had seen a barn owl using a nest box on our farm. She has been trying to coax them in since she moved here 35 years ago. There were signs the owls might be thinking of settling down – we found a pellet (regurgitated fur and bones from rodents) at the base of a nest box in February and splatters of poo below a
  
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• UK 'capable of creating 700,000 new green jobs by 2030'

  11-06-2020 11:22
  
  With the correct support from central government and local authorities, the UK could create almost 700,000 new green jobs within a decade, and a further 488,000 through to 2050, new research has concluded.
  
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• 'I raised hell': how people worldwide answered the call of World Oceans Day

  11-06-2020 09:30
  
  From protecting fishing communities to regrowing coral reefs, Guardian readers and environmentalists share how they’re working to defend the oceanSteve Trott, 58, projects manager at Watamu Marine Association Continue reading...
  
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• Supertrawlers ‘making a mockery’ of UK’s protected seas

  11-06-2020 08:00
  
  Vast vessels spent almost 3,000 hours fishing in officially protected areas in 2019Supertrawlers spent almost 3,000 hours fishing in UK marine protected areas in 2019, making “a mockery of the word ‘protected’,” according to campaigners.Supertrawlers are those over 100 metres in length and can catch hundreds of tonnes of fish every day, using nets up to a mile long. A Greenpeace investigation revealed that the 25 supertrawlers included the four biggest in the world and fi
  
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• Coronavirus: Home insulation 'could create cheap jobs'

  11-06-2020 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Creating a job in insulation costs £59,000 compared to £250,000 for a job in road maintenance, a report suggests.
  
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