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• Two polar bears kill Canadian worker in rare attack

  13-08-2024 23:55 via bbc.com
  
  The person who was killed worked at a remote radar site in Canada's Arctic region.
  
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• Urban birds are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

  13-08-2024 17:00
  Exposure to bacteria in landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birdsUrban ducks and crows might offer us a connection to nature, but scientists have found wild birds that live near humans are more likely to harbour bacteria resistant to important antibiotics.Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is largely caused by the overuse of drugs such as antibiotics among humans and livestock. Continue reading...
  
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• Toyota hybrid among cars found to guzzle more petrol than advertised, study finds

  13-08-2024 17:00
  
  Corolla Cross hybrid 2024 used 4.5 litres of fuel per 100km, 7% more than Toyota advertised, while Audi and Subaru models used lessGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are buying cars that consume more petrol than the fuel efficiencies marketed to them, repeated investigations have found, while many vehicles also emit more toxic fumes than manufacturers advertise.The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) on Wednesday released the latest results f
  
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• Electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England to go ahead

  13-08-2024 14:08
  £4.3bn subsea cable will transmit renewable electricity from Scottish windfarms to 2m homes in EnglandBusiness live – latest updatesGreat Britain’s energy regulator has given the green light to a £4.3bn low-carbon electricity “superhighway”, which will carry renewable power for 300 miles from north-east Scotland to the north of England.The first phase of the Eastern Green Link subsea power cable, the longest in Great Briain, will have the capacity to transmit
  
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• ‘I giggle when I pee in the shower’: the joy of harvesting greywater for the garden

  13-08-2024 13:14
  
  Brad Lancaster explains how water conservation methods at his home in Tucson, Arizona, have slashed his municipal water usageAs a kid growing up in the desert, you’re aware how dire the water situation is and how we humans are making it worse. Around my college years my awareness and fear threshold went up even higher because I realised, wow, I’m part of the problem. I’m overconsuming water with everyone else.It was a permaculture class that started to turn things around for me
  
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• Cosy, quiet and efficient: how New York is pioneering eco-friendly apartments

  13-08-2024 12:00
  
  An electric-powered complex debuts with hundreds of ‘passive’ homesIt was the midst of a July heatwave, with humidity sticky in the air. Phoebe Saldana sat in the colorful plaza of her East Harlem housing complex, watching her two young daughters ride scooters and climb on workout equipment.They were getting some playtime outside before returning to the cool respite of their two-bedroom apartment. To Saldana, 37, the air conditioning was a godsend. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump would pull out of Paris climate treaty again – and Harris faces tough choices | Barry Eichengreen

  13-08-2024 07:00
  If elected, the Democrat is likely to face a trade-off over manufacturing jobs and economic independence from ChinaEvery US presidential election is consequential but American voters face an unusually weighty decision in 2024. The outcome will have implications for foreign policy, social policy, and the integrity of the political system. But none of its consequences will be more profound or far-reaching than on global efforts to combat the climate crisis.As president, Donald Trump pulled the US
  
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• Rarely seen Titanic artefacts kept in secret warehouse

  13-08-2024 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  A handbag, perfume and other precious items recovered from the Titanic tell stories of the doomed ship’s passengers.
  
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• A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?

  13-08-2024 07:00
  
  UN troops are shoring up flood defences in the South Sudan town. But with record rains forecast, the lives of tens of thousands of displaced people could be at riskSurrounded by towering mud ramparts, the 300,000 residents of Bentiu in South Sudan will spend today, like tomorrow, anxiously scanning the gathering storm clouds. They live in one of the most vulnerable towns on Earth: a sprawling settlement whose streets lie below the water level of a huge lake that is steadily rising on all sides.W
  
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• Country diary: A small Chinese dragon has rippled into view | Ed Douglas

  13-08-2024 06:30
  
  Abbeydale, Sheffield: Vapourer moths are unusual in many ways, not least their extravagant appearance at the caterpillar stageThe shift in perspective had something to do with it. I’d been crouched low, scratching weeds from some paving, when what appeared to be a small Chinese dragon rippled into view. Startled, I rocked back on my heels. The dragon seemed covered with hairs, which felt alarming. Then I got my bearings and recognised it as the caterpillar of a tussock moth, the vapourer t
  
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• Drunk visitors, rocketing rents and homogenised cafes: living in Europe’s tourist hotspots

  13-08-2024 06:00
  
  Locals say swelling visitor numbers are distorting housing markets and have changed their area’s characterIn July, protesters took to the streets of Palma, the Mallorcan capital, carrying placards with slogans such as “no to mass tourism” and “tourism, but not like this”.Although he did not attend, Jaume Fuster, 27, a local, agreed with the messages. “They should be a wake-up call to our politicians to legislate against the overcrowding and bring in laws that
  
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