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• The Guardian view on acclimatising democracy: deliberation, not confusion | Editorial

  11-09-2020 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Reneging on international deals does not put the UK in a good position to lead global initiatives in the run-up to UN climate talksA decade ago, the writer and scientist James Lovelock despaired that the main obstruction to meaningful action to tackle the climate emergency was democracy itself. “Even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being,” he told this newspaper. “I have a feeling that climate change may be
  
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• Flurry of corporate plastic announcements hints at a new normal for the circular economy

  11-09-2020 13:21
  
  In what has been a bumper week for news stories on single-use plastics, edie explores how corporates are forging ahead with new collection and take-back schemes for recyclable packaging that had been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• EU lawmakers up the ante, vote for 60% climate target for 2030

  11-09-2020 10:19
  
  The European Parliament's environment committee has voted for a new EU-wide target to reduce carbon emissions 60% by 2030, setting the stage for tough negotiations with EU countries and the European Commission, which is expected to propose a 55% goal next week. EURACTIV Germany reports.
  
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• Unilever's Persil switches to bio-based formula and recycled plastic bottles

  11-09-2020 10:04
  
  Unilever-owned cleaning brand Persil has launched a new liquid formulation made from plant-based stain removers and biodegradable ingredients that will be packaged in fully recyclable bottles made from 50% post-consumer recycled plastic.
  
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• Retailers sign up to co-locate on UK's first electric forecourt

  11-09-2020 08:30
  
  A host of retailers including WHSmith, Costa Coffee, Booths and Gourmade have enrolled into a new partnership with the UK's first electric forecourt, which is due to open near Braintree, Essex, this November.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?

  11-09-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Numbers demonstrating on the streets have been smaller but the actions much more targeted A few minutes before Boris Johnson’s convoy swept past on his way to prime minister’s questions this week, around a dozen people stepped off the pavement and into the middle of the busy junction outside parliament.As they hurriedly sat down and tried to glue their hands to the road, they were surrounded by scores of police officers. Within seconds they were lifted – or dragged – back
  
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• Comedy Wildlife Photography awards 2020 finalists – in pictures

  11-09-2020 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Take a look at some of the light-hearted images of wildlife submitted by finalists from this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography awards Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: the swifts are long gone, and the swallows too

  11-09-2020 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Talsarnau, Gwynedd: It seems these summer birds were barely here at all, driven off by gales before they’d even settled on the wiresAcross the sands of Traeth Bach, rearing above the Aber Iâ peninsula, Yr Wyddfa – the topmost peak of Snowdon – donned its habitual cloud cap. Arctic blasts of air wuthered across my evening perch on sea-wall rocks. A neap tide ran fiercely. Waders left off from feeding along its margins and scudded before the flood to roosts among the myriad
  
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• A new squeeze? Snake mystery after lone, elderly python lays clutch of eggs

  11-09-2020 03:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The oldest snake in captivity – known only as 361003 – hasn’t been near a male python for two decadesExperts at a US zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades.Three of the eggs from the snake in St Louis zoo remain in an incubator, two were used for genetic sampling and snakes in the other two eggs did not survive, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The eggs were laid on 23 July and
  
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• Citizen science taps into public's love of trees

  11-09-2020 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Research projects involving the public can raise awareness but are less useful for delivering hard data.
  
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• Pringles tube tries to wake from 'recycling nightmare'

  11-09-2020 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kellogg's redesigns the snackfood container that was dubbed the "number one villain" for recycling.
  
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