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• Five cyclones churn in Atlantic Ocean for only second time in history

  14-09-2020 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Bermuda shutters schools and ports for Hurricane PauletteHurricane Sally moves towards US Gulf coastFor only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in the Atlantic Ocean at the same time. Related: Trump dismisses concerns about coronavirus spread at Nevada rally – liveContinue reading...
  
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• EU commission accused of 'cheating' on net-zero emissions accounting

  14-09-2020 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaked proposal includes carbon sinks provided by trees, soils and oceans in targetThe EU executive has been accused of “cheating” on its 2030 climate plans by proposing to include carbon sinks provided by trees, soils and oceans in its emissions reduction goal.The European commission will this week call for an EU emissions reduction target of “at least 55%” by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, according to a leaked draft seen by the Guardian. The proposal sets the stage for
  
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• Venus: Will private firms win the race to the fiery planet?

  14-09-2020 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With interest in the possibility of life at Venus, there's an imperative to get more spacecraft to the planet.
  
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• Sustainability Leaders Awards open for entries ahead of virtual ceremony

  14-09-2020 17:17
  
  edie is proud to announce that the UK's largest and most prestigious sustainable business awards scheme has opened for entries, offering organisations and individuals the opportunity to be recognised and celebrated for leading on sustainability, energy and climate action.
  
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• Is there life floating in the clouds of Venus?

  14-09-2020 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Telescope observations spy a gas high in the atmosphere of Venus that on Earth is made by microbes.
  
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• BP: The world may have already passed peak oil

  14-09-2020 16:45
  
  BP has become the first oil major to predict that global oil demand may not rebound to pre-Covid-19 levels if national governments collectively align their recovery strategies with net-zero.
  
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• Google offsets lifetime carbon emissions

  14-09-2020 14:00
  
  Google has "eliminated" its entire carbon legacy, offsetting all operational emissions generated before it achieved carbon neutrality in 2007.
  
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• Investors covering $47trn ask world's highest-emitting corporates to prove net-zero alignment

  14-09-2020 13:24
  
  An initiative involving 500+ investors representing $47trn in assets has asked 161 of the world's largest corporate emitters, including fossil fuel and mining giants, requesting that they commit to net-zero targets and prove they are changing their business models and processes accordingly.
  
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• Stranded Mauritian cruise workers finally begin journey home

  14-09-2020 12:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Some of 101 crew left stranded off Brazil amid Covid-19 crisis protested to demand repatriation Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDozens of Mauritian cruise ship workers who were stranded off the coast of Brazil throughout the pandemic have finally started their journey home after desperate appeals to return. A crew member representing the 101 workers, who have been at anchor on three ships off Santos in southern Brazil, said they had not been paid for over six mo
  
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• Google says its carbon footprint is now zero

  14-09-2020 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The technology giant has also pledged to be using only carbon-free energy by 2030.
  
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• Fashion sector failing to act on water pollution

  14-09-2020 11:42
  
  The fashion sector is ignoring the risks and opportunities of acting to improve water security with a new report from CDP finding that disclosure within the sector is poor and that companies, despite businesses reporting more than $180m in business opportunities by reducing water pollution.
  
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• 13 major airlines commit to joint 2050 net-zero vision

  14-09-2020 11:42
  
  British Airways, Qantas and American Airlines are among the 13 major airlines to have signed a new joint commitment to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
  
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• European meat plants posing 'avoidable risk' of disease, inspectors say

  14-09-2020 11:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Food safety officials deny claims that diseased or contaminated meat is being eaten by consumersConsumers are being exposed to an “avoidable risk” of disease after a reduction of official controls in food inspections of pig and poultry carcasses across the EU, European meat inspectors have said.Diseased meat is being eaten by consumers in the UK and EU, including pus from abscesses and tuberculosis lesions from pigs’ heads, said the European Working Community for Food Inspectio
  
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• Long kept secret, Canada's ghostly spirit bears are even rarer than thought

  14-09-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Adept at catching salmon because they blend into the daylight, the white bears are small in number – yet First Nations are stepping in to helpWhen Marven Robinson was a kid, any mention of spirit bears was met with hushed dismissal from the elders in his community, the Gitga’at First Nation of Hartley Bay, British Columbia. Since the 19th century, Indigenous peoples in the area learned to keep the bears with ghostly coats a secret to protect them from fur traders.As the ancient legen
  
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• Brazilian wildlife under pressure - in pictures

  14-09-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Creatures of the Amazon, one of the earth’s most biodiverse habitats, face an ever-growing threat as loggers and farms advance further and further into the rainforest. Photojournalist Ueslei Marcelino has been in Rhondonia and Amazonas states in Brazil has been following the destruction and the mission to save the region’s animals Continue reading...
  
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• If the people of NSW keep electing koala hating monsters they will all be gone by 2050 | First Dog on the Moon

  14-09-2020 09:17 via theguardian.com
  
  All that koala habitat that burned during the bushfires - should we let it grow back? Hell no!Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: there's new life in Miss Willmott’s Ghost

  14-09-2020 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Allendale, Northumberland: A spider has anchored its nest to flowers and stems, linking the sea hollies in fine threadsThe summer boom may be over but there are still insects feeding from the sea hollies in my garden. There’s nectar in their steely grey tops though the lower flowerheads are browning and going to seed. White-tailed bumblebees work fast, probing the tiny clusters of five flowers, interspersed with spiny barbs, that are rhythmically arranged in tall domes. This is Eryngium gi
  
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• Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf

  14-09-2020 03:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A big chunk of ice breaks away from the Arctic's largest remaining ice shelf - 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden.
  
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• 'Lost decade for nature' as UK fails on 17 of 20 UN biodiversity targets

  14-09-2020 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  UK government said it failed on two-thirds of targets, but RSPB analysis is bleaker – and suggests UK is moving backwards in some areasThe UK has failed to reach 17 out of 20 UN biodiversity targets agreed on 10 years ago, according to an analysis from conservation charity RSPB that says the gap between rhetoric and reality has resulted in a “lost decade for nature”.The UK government’s self-assessment said it failed on two-thirds of targets (14 out of 20) agreed at the Co
  
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• Give us green post-Covid recovery, urges CBI boss

  14-09-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of the industry body is urging government to create new green jobs to lift productivity.
  
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