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Climate will empty islands in just decades, warns reportToday 10:00am - Low-lying atolls around the world will be overtaken by sea-level rises within a few decades, according to a new study. |
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DRASTIC PLASTIC: Kenya grounds the flying toiletToday 10:00am - KENYA'S tough plastics laws appear to be working. Waterways are clearer, the food chain is less contaminated – and there are fewer “flying toilets”. |
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Globalisation might be better for environmentToday 10:00am - The increasing pace of globalization and how it affects the environment has been a major global concern. |
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Hands up those companies making an effortThursday - An analysis of more than 600 top US companies has found that those seeing the effects of global warming first-hand are taking the most concrete actions. |
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EU backs new circular economy measuresThursday - The EU has taken a significant step towards principles which make an asset out of waste. |
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BP chief urges Cambridge not to divestThursday - BP chief executive Bob Dudley has come under fire from campaigners after he urged Cambridge University not to drop its fossil fuel investments. |
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Graphene could be game-changer for concreteThursday - The novel “supermaterial” graphene could hold the key to making concrete greener, new scientific research suggests. |
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Company averts climate chocolate threatThursday - Fears that the supply of cocoa beans would dry up have led a confectionery giant to help farmers to avert a climate chocolate threat. |
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PSSST! Ferrari quietly - very quietly - testing electric carThursday - Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne has admitted the supercar manufacturer has been quietly - very quietly - testing a gasoline-electric hybrid car. |
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Bloomberg vows to pay America's Paris duesTuesday - Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has said he will write a $4.5m cheque to cover this year’s US commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. |
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Blockchains could tackle our waste problemsTuesday - Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin might fill news headlines, but attention has been shifting to the technology that underpins them - blockchains. |
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The trouble with permafrost is its impermanenceTuesday - The world’s permafrost holds vast stores of carbon. What happens when it thaws? |
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California must live with whiplash eventsTuesday - California is likely to swing from drought to extreme rainfall and flooding more often in the future, a new report says. |
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Off the Green and into the BlueTuesday - A staggering number of golf balls wind up in the ocean. What happens to them? |
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What if Tesla's time is running out?Monday - A massive cash burn and multiple factory snafus mean investors in Tesla are losing patience. |
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E-car revolution will bring problems of its ownMonday - Electric cars are praised as the answer to questions of green and clean mobility. But the overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear. |
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HSBC to stop financing most new coal plantsMonday - Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, says it will mostly stop funding new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling. |
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Miami mans the pumps to beat sea levelMonday - Miami Beach's $500 million attempt to elevate and pump itself out of sea level rise's path has drawn criticism, but an expert panel says the city's doing what it needs to survive. |
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