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Uniti two-seater electric car on offer to early adopters
Swedish EV maker opens website to applications for its first run of “Founders Series” Uniti One electric cars, before they go on sale to the general public.
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'Rewiring nerves' reverses hand and arm paralysis
Lab-bred, heat-tolerant corals may provide hope for the Great Barrier Reef
Pollutionwatch: diesel restrictions will not hit poorest most
Less well-off areas have least to lose and most to gain from clean-air zones, study finds
Those who object to low emission or clean-air zones often say restricting old vehicles and diesel cars in city centres will hit the poorest most. A study challenges this.
Researchers from the University of the West of England combined UK census and air pollution data with information from annual vehicle safety (MOT) inspections.
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Climate change: Trees 'most effective solution' for warming
Sargassum: The biggest seaweed bloom in the world
Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide
Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists, who have made the first calculation of how many more trees could be planted without encroaching on crop land or urban areas.
As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating. New research estimates that a worldwide planting programme could remove two-thirds of all the emissions that have been pumped into the atmosphere by human activities, a figure the scientists describe as “mind-blowing”.
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Wide Sargasso seaweed: 5,500-mile algae belt keeps on growing
‘Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt’ now appears almost every year, forming largest record bloom
It weighs 20m tonnes, stretches from west Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, and washes up on beaches creating a malodorous stench. Now scientists say a vast swathe of brown seaweed could be becoming an annual occurrence.
Researchers say the explosion in sargassum seaweed first materialised in 2011. But new research shows it has appeared almost every year since then, forming the largest bloom of macroalgae ever recorded. What’s more, the seaweed band – dubbed the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt – seems to be getting bigger.
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Ten Arctic fox cubs born at Highland Wildlife Park
Hang Seng Electronics wins contract to build China carbon trading system
EU low-cost airline emissions climb in June, teeing up big ETS bills for 2019
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British conservation charity Plantlife’s campaign to encourage the growth and planting of flowers on UK roadside verges has seen some councils take the message seriously.
Posting on Twitter, Bex Langley wrote about the eight miles of flowers planted along a major road in Rotherham thanks to the local council.
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NZ farmers push back against zero carbon bill
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Victoria rooftop solar rebate in hot demand, with July quota filled in just days
Victorian households waiting to install half-price solar might have to wait another few weeks, after the July quota of the state government’s rooftop rebate was filled within days.
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Governments and firms in 28 countries sued over climate crisis – report
More than 1,300 legal actions over global heating brought since 1990, say researchers
Climate action lawsuits against governments and corporations have spread across 28 countries, according to a new analysis.
The study reveals that more than 1,300 legal actions concerning climate change have been brought since 1990.
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