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Plastic packaging pictures – send us your best worst examples
Reducing and recycling our plastic waste will help the plastic crisis, but it won’t solve the problem. Corporations must take responsibility for the problems they are creating
Australia’s oceans, beaches and nature reserves are drowning in plastic pollution and excessive packaging is one of the culprits. While reducing our plastic consumption and recycling the waste will help, it won’t solve the problem. Corporations must take responsibility for the problem they are creating.
So this weekend we want to invite readers to snap and send us pictures of excessive plastic packaging. Apples in tubes, bananas in bags, and plastic in plastic in plastic. Send it through and we’ll publish the worst examples next week.
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National Trust buys two wildflower sites to protect wildlife
The £2.15m deal will protect 460 acres of nature-rich farmland in the Peak District
Hundreds of acres of flower-rich farmland have been bought by the National Trust to throw a lifeline to declining wildlife.
The £2.15 million deal to buy 186 hectares (460 acres) of land in the Peak District – an area equivalent to 260 football pitches – is the biggest farmland acquisition by the Trust since it bought Trevose Head in Cornwall in 2016.
Continue reading...'In the days around Ella's death, there were big spikes in air pollution'
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah believes poor air quality in London contributed to her daughter’s death
The evening before she died, Ella Kissi-Debrah picked the outfit she wanted to wear to her primary school disco the following day: new jeans and a checked top. Her mother laid them out next to her school uniform, but a few hours later the nine-year-old suffered an acute asthma attack. She never made it to the party.
“We ended up burying her in the clothes instead,” said her mother, Rosamund. “I didn’t know whether it was the right thing to do, but it felt right at the time.”
Country diary: wiggling wonder of the common woodlouse
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: We relish the new vocabulary that comes with these terrestrial isopods – and how to tell the difference between males and females
It’s not every day a woodlouse expert comes to tea. My children made a mad dash to hunt under logs in the garden to supply Beth, a soil scientist who studied woodlice at university, with specimens so she could show us how to tell males from females.
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Lithium boom for Western Australia
Adani says it could start works at Abbot Point without traditional owners' input
Exclusive: new construction work at coal terminal scheduled to begin as Juru group of traditional owners seeks stop order
Adani says it will proceed with new construction work at its Abbot Point coal terminal with or without the involvement of Juru local traditional owners, amid an escalating dispute about the protection of sacred sites.
On Thursday a group of traditional owners, Juru Enterprises Ltd, lodged an application for a stop order that could force Adani to cease work in the vicinity of Abbot Point and along part of the proposed rail link to the Carmichael mine.
Continue reading...Is it a panther? Is it a puma? No, just a cat and a huge claws of frustration
Rangers are sick of mistaken panther sightings, which detract from the fight against feral cats
A large cat in Western Australia that was mistaken for a panther is the latest in a long line of mythical big cat sightings that wildlife rangers say are unhelpful.
The large black feline – estimated to be 50% larger than a house cat – was spotted in the town of Coorow, 275km north of Perth, in late June, and reported to wildlife authorities as a potential panther or big cat.
Continue reading...Sustainability Analyst/Associate, Cap-Op Energy – Calgary
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Gulls in Devon and Dorset 'showing signs of drunkenness'
RSPCA has collected a large number of gulls exhibiting signs of disorientation, confusion and loss of balance
Gulls in Devon and areas of Dorset have been portraying signs of drunkenness, the RSPCA has said.
The animal welfare charity has collected a large number of gulls exhibiting signs of disorientation, confusion and loss of balance. The first incidents were reported on 21 June.
Continue reading...EU Market: EUAs stay near 1-month high for 5% weekly rise
Andrew Wheeler: a better weapon for Trump against the environment
Scott Pruitt’s replacement is a more dangerous prospect for those aghast at the administration’s attitude to the environment
Scott Pruitt, who on Thursday resigned as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was a firm favourite of Donald Trump. But Pruitt was plagued by scandal and faltered in carrying out the president’s agenda of peeling back clean air and water regulations. His replacement is likely to be far more adept.
Related: Goodbye to the worst EPA administrator of all time | Richard Wolffe
Continue reading...'Drunk' gull stumbles in footage released by RSPCA – video
RSPCA staff have been left scratching their heads after a string of callouts to collect 'drunk' gulls. The animal welfare charity is concerned the birds have been gaining access to waste products from a local brewery or alcohol producer, making them disoriented and confused.
Jo Daniel, an RSPCA officer, said 'the birds absolutely stink of alcohol' when they collect them
Continue reading...Norway’s Equinor buys energy traders Danske Commodities for €400m
Arizona campaigners submit signatures to put RPS increase to public vote
Test tube rhinos, tidal power and a talking crow – green news roundup
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