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‘Pay what you feel’: the supermarket giving wasted food new life
The Inconvenience Store in Melbourne is providing fresh produce to people doing it tough
A man places his shopping bag on the counter filled with canned goods, fruit, vegetables and a loaf of bread. He passes it to a woman, who weighs the bag, while her colleague makes a note on a clipboard. Then they wish him luck.
“Come back soon,” 19-year-old Vincent Hui tells him. No money changes hands. Asked why he had come to the shop, the man tells Guardian Australia: “Some days are just tough.”
Continue reading...WeWork says employees can't have any meat at events or on expenses
The workspace company gave environmental reasons for banning meat from all budgets, including their upcoming festival
WeWork, the real estate company that rents out and manages office space, has announced that they will no longer hold any staff events that include meat, and that staff will not be able to expense any meals that include poultry, pork or red meat.
In an email to staff, WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey also said that WeWork’s upcoming Summer Camp event, a music and food festival which is only open to WeWork members, will not serve any meat options. Tickets to the event cost as much as $409 (£309) – a high price based, in part, on the free food available once on site.
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Massachusetts House passes clean energy bill with lower RPS, no carbon pricing
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France, Germany to further joint carbon pricing work this year after advancing energy ties
New Hampshire refuses rehearing on cross-border hydroelectric line, operator to challenge
Heatwave sees record high temperatures around world this week
From Europe to Africa, extreme and widespread heat raises climate concerns in hottest La Niña year to date on record
Record high temperatures have been set across much of the world this week as an unusually prolonged and broad heatwave intensifies concerns about climate change.
The past month has seen power shortages in California as record heat forced a surge of demand for air conditioners. Algeria has experienced the hottest temperature ever reliably registered in Africa. Britain, meanwhile, has experienced its third longest heatwave, melting the roof of a science building in Glasgow and exposing ancient hill forts in Wales.
Continue reading...Ireland divests, record heat, and rhino deaths – green news roundup
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Continue reading...UK schools move to ban the school run to protect pupils from air pollution
Thousands of schools across the country are taking measures such as closing roads and setting up park and stride schemes
Schools across the country are moving to ban the school run amid growing concern about the devastating impact of air pollution on young people’s health.
The Guardian has found that thousands of schools in cities and towns – from Edinburgh to London, Manchester to Ellesmere Port – are taking measures to try to deter parents using their cars. These include closing roads, setting up “park and stride” schemes, walk-to-school initiatives and “playing dead” protests.
Continue reading...Paddleboarders highlight plastic pollution on Mallorca trip
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Pacific walruses, Tapanuli orangutan twins and a moon bear are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Continue reading...UK imports salad from US, Spain and Poland as heatwave hits crops
Wholesale prices soar by more than 30% and farmers have to renegotiate with supermarkets
Lettuce is being imported from the US, Spain and Poland as soaring temperatures increase demand but hit crops in the UK.
The airline IAG Cargo said it had flown 30,000 heads of lettuce from Los Angeles to the UK in the past week alone.
Continue reading...Sunscreen for cows: UK farmers struggle to cope with heatwave
Traditional farming shows its benefits as stone barns and hedgerows provide cattle with relief from the heat
Sunscreen and waiter service for cows, and a renewed appreciation for traditional countryside structures such as stone barns and hedgerows, are some of the modern and ancient ways in which farmers are trying to cope with the heatwave.
Record temperatures and a lack of rainfall have drawn comparisons with 1976, the UK’s biggest drought in living memory. Forecasters say the hot weather is set to continue, probably for weeks.
Continue reading...Australia’s national park authority earns first carbon credits
NZ Market: NZU bull run continues as permits hit NZ$22 for first time
Hong Kong to launch carbon crediting scheme for building sector
'Bad things happen in the woods': the anxiety of hiking while black
Three African American hikers describe fears and stereotypes they have faced – and why they love hitting the trails
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UK passes 1,000 hours without coal as energy shift accelerates
Revival of last eight coal plants when ‘beast from the east’ hit Britain proved to be brief
Britain has been powered for more than a thousand hours without coal this year, in a new milestone underscoring how the polluting fuel’s decline is accelerating.
The UK’s last eight coal power plants staged a brief revival when the “beast from the east” pushed up gas prices earlier this year, causing coal plants to fire up.
Continue reading...New Zealand's zero carbon bill: much ado about methane
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