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Eco Environment News feeds
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How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster
A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?
Lorries thunder over the A14 bridge north of Cambridge, above steep roadside embankments covered in plastic shrouds containing the desiccated remains of trees.
Occasionally the barren landscape is punctuated by a flash of green where a young hawthorn or a fledgling honeysuckle has emerged apparently against the odds, but their shock of life is an exception in the treeless landscape.
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Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows
Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it
The herbicide ingredient used to replace glyphosate in Roundup and other weedkiller products can kill gut bacteria and damage organs in multiple ways, new research shows.
The ingredient, diquat, is widely employed in the US as a weedkiller in vineyards and orchards, and is increasingly sprayed elsewhere as the use of controversial herbicide substances such as glyphosate and paraquat drops in the US.
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Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics
Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save money
Ministers are facing fresh calls to scrap VAT on all repaired and refurbished electronics, with businesses, charities and community groups arguing the move would help households cut costs and stop electrical goods being binned prematurely.
In a letter to the environment secretary, Steve Reed, the signatories say that removing VAT on repaired electronics should be part of a wider push to cut waste, extend the life of products and develop a “truly circular economy”.
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Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Mark Cocker
Combs Moss, Derbyshire: For 50 years, I have been coming here to see breeding waders, now gone or much diminished. We must find a way to arrest this decline
It’s one of my midsummer rituals, if the forecast is right, to climb on to the moorland tops and await sunset. I build in several secondary goals: check if there are lapwings still on eggs in the sheep pasture below the summit (just two); see if there are curlew pairs breeding in the heather (only three).
These exercises add to a personal dataset that is 50 years old. While I can confirm that, in all that time, snipes, curlews, lapwings and golden plovers have bred annually, both redshanks and dunlins have long gone and the other quartet is much diminished. As a result, Combs Moss is steeped in melancholy for me.
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These women are raising endangered butterfly larvae from prison: ‘They reconnect with their own brilliance’
The women are raising larvae of the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot for release into the wild
Trista Egli was standing in a greenhouse, tearing up strips of plantain and preparing to feed them to butterfly larvae.
Of the many things the team here has tried to tempt larvae of the Taylor’s checkerspot – a native of the Pacific north-west – with, it is the invasive English plantain they seem to love the most.
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‘Balcony solar’ may at last become a reality for flat residents in Britain
UK to launch safety study into DIY ‘plug-in’ systems such as Germany’s Balkonkraftwerk as part of plan to triple solar capacity by 2030
From herb boxes and flower pots to washing lines and hanging baskets, residents of Madrid, Berlin and other European cities are well versed at making the most of their compact balconies – even generating power for wifi, the kettle and the TV.
“Balcony solar” allows urbanites to install a small number of panels in the tight space outside apartments, which generate electricity that can be used for the household. Soon flat owners and renters in the UK could be able to use the same “plug-in” technology, which is currently prohibited.
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Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts
Rise in sightings prompts call for ban on soil imports, to prevent entry of more species that eat earthworms and degrade soil
They have been invading the UK for years; small mucus-covered animals which hunt in gardens, allotments and greenhouses.
The number of sightings of non-native flatworms has risen sharply over the past few years, and experts have warned they can decimate earthworm populations and degrade soil quality.
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Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?
Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, too
Money can buy comfort, but energy makes comfort possible in the first place. Energy is the great enabler of the modern world. It connects the globe by moving people and hauling goods. It loosens the grip of the weather by warming our homes in winter and cooling them in summer. It forges the steel that raises our cities and synthesises the fertilisers that keep half the world’s population from starvation. It increasingly empowers us by electrifying the technologies we rely on daily.
It is also the great enabler of socioeconomic development. Monetary wealth and energy abundance move in lockstep: plot a graph of GDP per capita against energy consumption per capita, and you’ll draw a straight line. Low-energy, high-income nations do not exist. Prosperity and energy are inseparable; you cannot have one without the other.
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‘We’ve made progress’: environment secretary is upbeat despite Labour’s struggles
Steve Reed says changes to living standards are happening and will make a big difference to trust in government
It was probably easier for Steve Reed to feel more cheerful about Labour’s most torrid week in government while sitting on bales of hay in the blazing sunshine about 40 miles from Westminster.
The environment secretary might have sympathised with Rachel Reeves and Liz Kendall – he has experience of bearing the flak for some of the government’s most controversial decisions on family farm taxes – but at Hertfordshire’s Groundswell festival, named the Glastonbury for farms, he may simply have been happy not to be pelted with manure by unhappy farmers.
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‘This bill protects our precious waters’: how a Florida environmental group scored a win against big oil
Following the destruction from 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, an anti-drilling coalition took action with HB 1143 – and got it signed by DeSantis
The giant and catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also known as the BP oil spill, didn’t reach Apalachicola Bay in 2010, but the threat of oil reaching this beautiful and environmentally valuable stretch of northern Florida’s Gulf coast was still enough to devastate the region’s economy.
The Florida state congressman Jason Shoaf remembers how the threat affected the bay.
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Eco Health News feeds
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Ketamine helped me escape my negative thoughts - then it nearly killed me
Young people are taking dangerous amounts of ket because it's cheap, easily available and helps them "disconnect", experts say.
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The sale of illegal cigarettes signals a deeper problem with UK high streets
Some black market cigarettes have been found to contain dead flies and asbestos. But the trade nods to a wider issue, a BBC investigation has found.
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Seven ways Starmer's plan could change the NHS
The BBC looks at what the government's 10-year NHS plan could mean in practice.
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Women poisoned by fake Botox get apology from beautician
As the BBC names a beautician who gave illegal jabs, two victims share their story.
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Digital imaging cuts waiting times for skin cancer
A digital imaging service has reduced waiting times for patients with suspected skin cancers.
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New plan will fundamentally rewire NHS, says PM
But nurses, doctors and health experts say that more funding and extra staff are needed to make it a reality.
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Covid care home policy was 'least worst decision' - Hancock
Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in early 2020 was empty rhetoric.
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What does hot weather do to the body?
Hot weather during the summer can affect anyone, but some people run a greater risk of serious harm.
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Why are pollen levels making hay fever so bad this year?
As pollen levels rise, what are the best ways to treat hay fever symptoms, and other useful advice.
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What to do if you think someone has heat exhaustion or heatstroke
Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather.
Eco Nature News feeds
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A climate ally needs support — but at what cost?
A Conservation International study finds key detail on restoring the world’s mangroves: a price tag.
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Can a new paper defuse climate infighting?
To fix climate, all the tools need to be on the table, experts say.
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Can Mongolia’s oldest traditions survive a changing climate?
For thousands of years, Mongolian nomads have herded across the country’s vast steppe grassland. But as Mongolia warms more than three times faster than the global average, their future is in question.
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New protected area a win for Amazonian wildlife, people
After more than a decade of work led by Indigenous communities, one of the most unique corners of Amazonia has been officially protected by the Peruvian government.
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To save a dying forest, this town dug in
Years ago, construction of a road cut off the flow of water to a mangrove forest in Mexico, depriving these coast-hugging trees of what they need to thrive and proving deadly for wildlife. But look closely today, and signs of life are beginning to reappear.
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Indonesia halts mining in treasured islands
A jewel of the “Coral Triangle” just got a reprieve as Indonesia announced it revoked the mining permits of four companies operating in one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth.
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High seas treaty ‘a long time coming’
UN gathering boosts hopes for sealing deal to protect open ocean, Conservation International expert says.
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Hawai‘i passes landmark tourist fee to fight climate change
Hawai‘i lawmakers passed a groundbreaking bill that will impose a small tax on visitors in an effort to protect the islands from the growing risks of a warming planet.
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News spotlight: Can atolls survive sea-level rise?
Across the Indian and Pacific oceans, tiny atolls are facing an existential crisis. But not all islands are equally vulnerable — it comes down to ecosystem health.
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In age of extinction, ‘we need your creativity’
“We need your creativity, we need your skills, we need your decency, we need your commitment to healing our planet,” said CEO M. Sanjayan during the commencement address at William & Mary.