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• Shetland space launch plans submitted

  18-01-2021 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The proposals which have gone to the council and could support hundreds of jobs include three launch pads for rockets.
  
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• That’s barking! Why all dog owners need a poo wormery

  18-01-2021 16:26
  
  It’s no longer enough to bag it and bin it – the green approach is to let worms munch through your dog’s waste
  Name: Dog poo wormeries.Age: They’ve been around for a while, but thankfully you didn’t know about them. Until now. Continue reading...
  
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• Still binning your mutt’s mess? Eco-friendly pet owners need a dog poo wormery

  18-01-2021 16:26
  
  It’s no longer enough to bag it and bin it – the green approach is to let worms munch through your dog’s wasteName: Dog poo wormeries.Age: They’ve been around for a while, but thankfully you didn’t know about them. Until now. Continue reading...
  
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• A natural beauty? How to give your bathroom shelves a green makeover

  18-01-2021 16:20
  
  Pretty packaging and exotic ingredients mean many beauty and makeup products come with a high environmental cost. But there are easy ways to make your skincare regime greenerBeneath its shiny layer of glossy, luxurious perfection, the environmental impact of the beauty industry makes grim reading. Companies produce a reported 120bn units of packaging (much of it plastic); products are shipped all over the world; some supply chains are dubious; and we wash harmful chemicals into our waterways eve
  
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• EN+ Group commits to net-zero by 2050

  18-01-2021 16:02
  
  Aluminium and hydropower giant EN+ Group has announced its intention to become a net-zero business by 2050, with a target also in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030.
  
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• edie readers called upon to take 2021 Business Leadership Survey

  18-01-2021 15:02
  
  edie is calling on sustainability, energy and CSR professionals across all industries to take the flagship annual Sustainable Business Leadership survey, which will inform a major new report being published in March.
  
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• Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against Norway windfarm

  18-01-2021 13:34
  
  Indigenous communities say planned Øyfjellet turbines will interfere with migration pathsIndigenous reindeer herders are bringing a legal action against a proposed wind power project that would be one of the largest in Norway.The Sámi herders from Nordland county are accusing the Øyfjellet windfarm constructors of breaking licensing agreements which stipulated that construction would not interfere with reindeer migration paths. Continue reading...
  
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• £2m challenge kick-starts for water-related innovations

  18-01-2021 13:24
  
  Regulator Owfat has this week launched a new £2m challenge, which will award those developing innovative solutions to the UK water sector's biggest environmental challenges such as climate change and pollution.
  
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• IEA: Oil and gas sector must 'lock in' methane emissions reductions seen amid Covid-19 lockdowns

  18-01-2021 13:00
  
  Methane emissions from the global oil and gas industry fell 10% year-on-year in 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed. But the body believes this is mostly because of lockdown restrictions, rather than heightened environmental ambitions.
  
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• Sustainability Skills Seminars: edie introduces educational final day to Sustainability Leaders Forum

  18-01-2021 12:51
  
  edie's award-winning events team has organised dedicated "Skills Seminars" to run on the third and final day of the Sustainability Leaders Forum (2-4 February), educating and empowering sustainability and CSR professionals to lead on climate action in 2021.
  
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• Orchard Street targets net-zero across £4bn portfolio of buildings

  18-01-2021 12:27
  
  Commercial property investment manager Orchard Street, which manages retail units, offices and industrial facilities worth more than £4bn, has outlined plans to reach net-zero ahead of the UK government's 2050 deadline.
  
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• Biden to cancel $9bn Keystone XL pipeline's permit, says source

  18-01-2021 10:48
  
  Rescinding permit is on list of executive actions thought to be scheduled for first day in office
  Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9bn Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts as president, perhaps as soon as his first day in office, according to a source familiar with his thinking.Donald Trump had made building the pipeline a central promise of his presidential campaign. Biden, who will be inaugurated on Wednesday, was vice-president in the Obama administration w
  
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• The weather's dismal but it shouldn’t stop us enjoying our local wildlife this lockdown | Chris Packham

  18-01-2021 10:00
  
  Winter is when you get the very best out of your senses. Bare trees mean that you can hear every sound and watch for birdsDo you remember the first lockdown? We were scared but for most of us it was easier than this gloomy winter shutdown. We hadn’t endured a year of the coronavirus crisis – of fears for vulnerable family members, of economic shock, mental health challenges and ruined livelihoods. It was also the sunniest spring ever. The traffic stopped, the birds sang and so many p
  
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• 'We need answers’: why are people living near Dutch goat farms getting sick?

  18-01-2021 08:15
  
  A decade after an outbreak of Q fever killed 95 people in the Netherlands, scientists fear the emergence of a new diseaseIn early 2008, Jeannette van de Ven began to see a slightly higher rate of miscarriages among the goats on her dairy farm in the south of the Netherlands.
  “We sent the samples to the veterinary authority. Nine out of 10 results showed no explanation. Only maybe toxoplasmosis from cats. We had no cats,” she says.Van de Ven, who keeps a herd of around 1,700 dairy goa
  
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• NGOs demand action not promises as EU accused of ‘failing to protect seas’

  18-01-2021 07:30
  
  Environmental groups propose urgent plan to stop overfishing and safeguard marine life, as existing laws go unenforcedA coalition of NGOs is calling for an urgent ban on destructive bottom trawling in EU marine protected areas, after the failure of member states to defend seas.The ban is part of a 10-point action plan to “raise the bar” to achieve biodiversity targets, which they say will not be met by current promises, such as last year’s high-profile pledge by world leaders a
  
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• Country diary: snowfall creates a mini monochrome world in the woods

  18-01-2021 06:30
  
  The Chevin, Otley, West Yorkshire: The only colour is the dark green ferns in the depths of a ghyllI set out on my usual lockdown run, expecting to tread the same paths. But as soon as I leave the town and climb a little up the Chevin ridge, I find myself in an entirely new landscape.The paths through the wood have become snow tunnels, and the usual ambient noise of cars on the roads in the valley below is suppressed. The result is a muffled, monochrome world that exists in its own fragile reali
  
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