Environment

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Birdwatch: the tiny bird with a beak longer than its body
The Ecuadorian sword-billed hummingbird looks like a medieval lancer preparing for a joust

Stephen Moss

08, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Plastic waste ‘spiralling out of control’ across Africa, analysis shows
Predicted 116m tonnes of waste annually by 2060 is six times higher than in 2019, driven by demand in sub-Saharan Africa

Karen McVeigh

08, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Discovered in the deep: the ancient plankton that fill a major evolutionary gap
First found in rocks on a logging trail in Canada, the 500-million-year-old microfossils are believed to be forerunners of the algae

Helen Scales

08, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Country diary: Waking up to the joys of geese | Kate Bradbury
Southwold, Suffolk: Our persistence (and a very early rise) are rewarded with the sight of multiple skeins of barnacle geese arriving at their winter grounds

Kate Bradbury

08, Nov, 2023 @5:30 AM

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‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report
Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’

Damian Carrington Environment editor

08, Nov, 2023 @5:01 AM

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Gas cookers pump out pollutants linked to childhood asthma, report finds
Scientists find average levels of nitrogen dioxide almost twice as high in homes cooking with gas as in those cooking without

Ajit Niranjan

08, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Letter: Sir Gordon Conway obituary
Benny Dembitzer writes: The growing level of starvation across the world shows that the lesson has not been learned

Benny Dembitzer

07, Nov, 2023 @5:13 PM

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Greener electric car batteries among Prince William’s £1m Earthshot winners
William says ‘hope does remain’ at event rewarding innovative solutions to climate emergency

Matthew Taylor

07, Nov, 2023 @3:14 PM

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Country diary: Leaf colour changes by the week, and by the instant | Derek Niemann
Sandy, Bedfordshire: One moment the lime tree is ablaze in early-morning yellow-gold, and the next, the fire has been put out

Derek Niemann

07, Nov, 2023 @5:30 AM

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EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying
Exclusive: Nitrogen dioxide limits and approval tests practically unchanged from current rules under Euro 7 proposals

Stefano Valentino, James Jackson and Lorenzo Di Stasi

07, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix
NGOs report allegations of abuse and harassment at Kasigau Corridor conservation project in southern Kenya over 12 years

Patrick Greenfield

07, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Drinks firms face EU-wide complaint over plastic bottle recycling claims
Consumer groups issue formal notice to European Commission over ‘greenwashing’ claims that bottles are ‘100% recyclable’ or ‘100% recycled’

Ajit Niranjan

07, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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