Environment

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Jake Fiennes: ‘I don’t want to be the Gordon Ramsay of conservation’
It’s a tough gig: restore UK wildlife and produce better food. But the expletive-loving conservationist has pulled it off, earning the respect of farmers and ecologists. How’s he done it?

Patrick Barkham

25, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM

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Ready for takeoff: curlews from eggs rescued at airfields set for release
Nearly 100 birds are being ‘headstarted’ to boost numbers as species vanishes from lowland England

Patrick Barkham

25, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM

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Grow your own mussels: the new phenomenon of sea allotments
Instead of a field, hundreds of Danish growers now share patches of the ocean – growing mussels, sea kelp and more. Just don’t tell the greedy eider ducks

Richard Orange in Kerteminde

25, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM

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‘It keeps on going’: driving the world’s first production-ready solar car
Makers of the €250,000 Lightyear 0 hope to convince drivers it can be a viable climate-friendly alternative

Ashifa Kassam in Bardenas Reales de Navarra

25, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Country diary: Avian flu is devastating the seabirds of the Northern Isles
Birsay, Orkney: This catastrophe has global significance – at this time of year, Scotland hosts 46% of the world’s northern gannets

Cal Flyn

25, Jun, 2022 @4:30 AM

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Breeding at age 73: new details of endangered orange roughy’s life cycle prompt calls to limit fishing
Australian fisheries management says there are regional differences and new data only applies to population in New Zealand

Lisa Cox

24, Jun, 2022 @8:00 PM

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US to proceed with production of biofuels despite global food crisis
Campaigners call to prioritise grain for human consumption over its use as a fuel

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

24, Jun, 2022 @5:16 PM

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Energy treaty update fails to address climate crisis, activists say
1994 agreement allows investors to sue governments for changes in energy policy that harm their profits

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

24, Jun, 2022 @4:01 PM

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Weather tracker: Europe’s heatwave sends temperature records tumbling
Countries across the continent have experienced all-time highs, raising fears of wildfires

Alice Fowle (Metdesk)

24, Jun, 2022 @12:54 PM

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UK gave airlines 4.4m free pollution permits in 2021, study finds
Government generosity meant industry could pollute for free, and airlines were left with 900,000 excess permits they could keep or sell

Damien Gayle

24, Jun, 2022 @11:59 AM

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How to rewild a country: the story of Argentina
It began with a philanthropic couple buying a swamp but has become one of the world’s boldest experiments in restoring degraded habitats, bringing wildlife and landscapes back from the brink

Patrick Greenfield

24, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM

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Red kite chicks sent from England to Spain to boost ailing numbers
Conservationists who re-established the raptors in the UK with birds from Spain are now returning the favour

Patrick Barkham

24, Jun, 2022 @5:01 AM

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