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• Government defends Cumbria coal mine green light

  14-01-2021 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate change: Cumbria coal mine "risks making Britain a laughing stock"
  
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• BBC to outline net-zero target for 2030

  14-01-2021 17:45
  
  The BBC's director-general Tim Davie has outlined ambitions to staff for the broadcaster to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, with further details expected later in the year.
  
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• Climate change: 'Exceptionally hot' 2020 concludes warmest decade

  14-01-2021 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The years between 2011 and 2020 were the hottest on record, and 2020 was among the warmest of all.
  
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• Electric eels work together to zap prey

  14-01-2021 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The electric predators work in groups to herd and "zap" their prey in unison, scientists shocked to discover.
  
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• And then there were two: can northern white rhinos be saved from extinction?

  14-01-2021 15:42
  
  There are only two remaining rhinos of this species, a mother and daughter, but scientists see new hope in stem cell breakthroughs “I watch these beautiful animals walk the path toward extinction every day,” keeper James Mwenda tells me. He’s out in the Kenyan bush, swatting flies. The anti-poaching K-9 dogs bark in the background. “I’ve watched their numbers fall from seven to two ... Working with them and watching what’s happening – it’s an emoti
  
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• NGOs seek to convict French state of failing to tackle climate crisis

  14-01-2021 15:23
  
  Historic court case accuses country of being responsible for ecological damage and its impactsA Paris court has been asked to convict the French state for its alleged failure to act to halt the climate crisis.The historic legal case, being brought by four environmental groups after a petition signed by more than 2 million citizens, seeks to hold the country responsible for ecological damage and its subsequent detrimental health and social effects. Continue reading...
  
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• Honey detective work raises fears for bees

  14-01-2021 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pollinators risk running short of food as wildflowers disappear in a "green desert", experts warn.
  
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• PepsiCo targets net-zero by 2040

  14-01-2021 12:33
  
  PepsiCo has committed to reducing emissions across its value chain by 40% by 2030 before reaching net-zero by 2040, as part of new climate plans it claims are Paris-Agreement-aligned.
  
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• #SustyTalk: Suntory Beverage & Food's Michelle Norman on net-zero, plastics and the green recovery

  14-01-2021 12:24
  
  edie's #SustyTalk interview series continues with Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I's Michelle Norman revisiting the company's key climate and plastics milestones from 2020 and looking ahead to what this year will hold for corporate sustainability.
  
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• #SustyTalk: Lucozade Ribena Suntory's Michelle Norman on net-zero, plastics and the green recovery

  14-01-2021 12:24
  
  edie's #SustyTalk interview series continues with Lucozade Ribena Suntory's (LRS) Michelle Norman revisiting the company's key climate and plastics milestones from 2020 and looking ahead to what this year will hold for corporate sustainability.
  
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• Envision Virgin Racing confirmed as COP26 partner for 'together for our planet' campaign

  14-01-2021 11:55
  
  Motorsport team Envision Virgin Racing has been named as the latest company to be announced as a key partner for the COP26 climate summit, joining the "Together for Our Planet campaign" to encourage global climate action and raise awareness of the electric vehicle (EV) transition.
  
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• Mace achieves net-zero operations and developments

  14-01-2021 11:32
  
  Major construction and consultancy firm Mace has announced that it is now a net-zero business, after investing in measures to reduce emissions and setting up an offsetting scheme.
  
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• Inside the world's first fully commercial carbon capture and utilisation plant

  14-01-2021 11:20
  
  edie has today (14 January) published a new case study, taking readers on an in-depth exploration of the world's first fully commercial carbon capture and utilisation plant in India.
  
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• Past Covid-19 infection may provide 'months of immunity'

  14-01-2021 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But researchers warn there is still a risk of catching and passing the virus on to others again.
  
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• Countries adapting too slowly to climate breakdown, UN warns

  14-01-2021 11:00
  
  Report says not enough funding is being made available to deal with effects of extreme weather
  Millions of people around the world are facing disaster from flood, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather, as governments fail to take the measures needed to adapt to the impacts of climate breakdown, the UN has warned.Nearly three-quarters of countries around the world have recognised the need to plan for the effects of global heating, but few of those plans are adequate to the rising threat,
  
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• Report: Major asset managers still voting against tougher climate measures

  14-01-2021 10:56
  
  In the same week that BlackRock was widely criticised for continuing to hold $85bn in coal, an analysis of the world's 30 largest fund managers has found that the global sector is failing to translate high-level climate commitments into investment decisions and support for shareholder resolutions.
  
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• Indonesia: Archaeologists find world's oldest animal cave painting

  14-01-2021 08:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The life-sized picture of a wild pig found in a remote cave is thought to be 45,000 years old.
  
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• Protect at least a third of British seas to unlock £50bn boost, WWF urges

  14-01-2021 08:31
  
  By aligning with the UN's recommendations and committing to fully protect at least one-third of UK seas, the government could catalyse a £50bn boost for the economy and unlock 100,000 jobs.
  
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• Growing food: Call to give vegetable growers public cash

  14-01-2021 07:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An alliance of food experts want more public funds to go towards Wales-grown produce.
  
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• 'Carbon-neutrality is a fairy tale': how the race for renewables is burning Europe's forests

  14-01-2021 07:00
  
  Wood pellets are sold as a clean alternative to coal. But is the subsidised bioenergy boom accelerating the climate crisis?Kalev Järvik stands on a bald patch of land in the heart of Estonia’s Haanja nature reserve and remembers when he could walk straight from one side of the reserve to the other under a canopy of trees.Järvik has lived in the Haanja uplands in the southern county of Võru for more than 10 years. His closeness to the forest has shaped his life as a carpent
  
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• Country diary: we scatter our dad's ashes on to his most beloved hill

  14-01-2021 06:30
  
  Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: This was the perfect day to return him to the place that gave hope, strength and inspiration“Whoop!” The brassy fart of a horn announces hunting somewhere behind the wood. Thread through the blackthorn into a hollow between scrubby spoil heaps, to gain the confidentiality of snow. At the gate, look west to the white wall of the Berwyn mountains; the sky streaks blue and salmon. The hunters vanish, but a chainsaw labours in the threat they leave behind; its v
  
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• 'Tree of life': aerial photos reveal arboreal patterns at Lake Cakora on NSW mid-north coast

  14-01-2021 06:26
  
  Amateur photographer Derry Moroney lives on the mid-corth coast of New South Wales in the community of Brooms Head. For the past three years he has been photographing landscapes, animals and insects. ‘With our pristine beaches and Yuraygir national park on my doorstep, I really didn’t have to travel very far,’ he says. In July 2020 Moroney followed the water upstream from the estuary at Brooms Head and stumbled on to Lake Cakora. Using his drone he captured stunning images of a
  
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• 'Tree of life': aerial photos reveal arboreal patterns at Lake Cakora in NSW – in pictures

  14-01-2021 06:26
  
  Amateur photographer Derry Moroney lives on the mid-corth coast of New South Wales in the community of Brooms Head. For the past three years he has been photographing landscapes, animals and insects. ‘With our pristine beaches and Yuraygir national park on my doorstep, I really didn’t have to travel very far,’ he says. In July 2020 Moroney followed the water upstream from the estuary at Brooms Head and stumbled on to Lake Cakora. Using his drone he captured stunning images of a
  
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• Australia: Spectacular ‘tree of life’ found in lake

  14-01-2021 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An amateur photographer’s aerial photos are gaining attention for this little known "natural wonder".
  
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• McKinsey: Global fossil fuel demand will peak in 2027

  14-01-2021 01:02
  
  One of the world's largest consultancies has published analysis outlining how global fossil fuel demand could peak by 2027. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic accelerating trends in electrification and energy efficiency.
  
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