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Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey answer 17 questions put by the Guardian

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Transforming the energy efficiency of every home, mass rewilding of the countryside, huge investment in cycling, walking and buses, and a “frequent flyer” tax are among a raft of green policies being put forward by the politicians vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party.

In answers to 17 questions put by the Guardian before the coronavirus outbreak, all three remaining candidates – Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Keir Starmer – set out detailed plans on how they would go about tackling the dual environmental crises of climate breakdown and mass extinction, and shed light on how the party under their leadership would tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the UK, and the world.

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Analysis of underwater photographs has demonstrated what marine biologists have long suspected – seasonal fish migrations

New research has finally demonstrated what many marine biologists suspected but had never before seen: fish migrating through the deep sea.

The study, published this month in the Journal of Animal Ecology, used analysis of deep-sea photographs to show a regular increase in the number of fish in particular months, suggesting seasonal migrations.

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Verdict expected after four years of protracted talks as production of the fossil fuel fell to record lows of 2.9m tonnes

Ministers will decide this month whether to give the green light to plans for the UK’s largest coalmine after years of fierce opposition from environmentalists.

A letter from the government’s lawyers, seen by the Guardian, said the government will draw a line on the protracted battle to develop an opencast mine at Highthorn in Northumberland by giving a verdict on the plans by Tuesday 7 April.

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Microalgae taste like grass and are packed with nutrients. Martina Doblin, Senior Research Fellow, Plant Functional Biology & Climate Change, University of Technology Sydney Donna Sutherland, Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Peter Ralph, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Migration to European breeding grounds from Africa is harder due to evolutionary changes

The nightingale was feted by John Keats as a “light-winged Dryad of the trees”. But the much-celebrated small bird with a beautiful song may be increasingly endangered because its wings are getting shorter.

The nightingale makes an epic journey from sub-Saharan Africa to breed in Europe each summer but there are barely 7,000 nesting pairs left in England.

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Sale of John Laing's Australian renewables assets reportedly put off till second half of 2020, to wait out impact of Covid-19 on an already shaky market.

The post John Laing Australian wind and solar asset sale stuck in slow lane appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Big batteries seen as key to provide smarter and cheaper alternatives to upgrade transmission links between states and fast-track transition to wind and solar.

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Industrial emissions continue to rise as the Morrison government's weak Safeguard Mechanism does little to stem growth.

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Rising temperatures may be having a profound impact on one of the world's favourite songbirds.

Iberdrola announced involvement in two European demonstration projects, one of which will utilise a 10MW turbine and a semi-submersible floating concrete structure.

The post Iberdrola to lead 10MW floating offshore wind project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Macquarie Group subsidiary the Green Investment Group will expand its European clean energy portfolio after securing a deal with Vestas for the supply 80MW of new wind turbines, which are destined to be installed at a project in Norway. The Green Investment Group will receive 19 of Vesta’s 4.2MW wind turbine model, which features the...

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Swedish company SeaTwirl inks deal with Crest Consultants to target the Brazilian offshore wind energy market with its vertical axis floating turbine technology.

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Six-month trial using new two-in-one solar inverter and EV charger shows massive savings of $7,000 to be had from driving on sunshine.

The post Solar inverter and EV charger trial saves thousands driving on sunshine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Massachusetts power plants complied with the state’s annual CO2 limit under the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme, an official confirmed to Carbon Pulse.

A new report by the NGO Tearfund calls out four of the biggest single-use plastic polluters, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Pepsi-Co and Unilever. Photographs from Tanzania show the scale of the problem

Story: Drink firms’ massive footprint

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Chimbu is a baby tree kangaroo, and he is the latest success in a complex web of international conservation. Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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