Environment

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Environment Agency chief hits out at greenwashing by businesses
‘Deception’ gives false impression firms are addressing climate crisis, says Emma Howard Boyd

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

04, Jul, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Country diary: It’s a race between the tractors and the threatened rain
Comins Coch, Ceredigion: In the valley, their lights continue long after midnight in a last push to secure the crop

John Gilbey

04, Jul, 2022 @4:30 AM

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Newly identified waterlily species is world’s largest
Leaves of species grown at Kew Gardens can reach up to three metres in the wild

Helena Horton Environment reporter

04, Jul, 2022 @4:00 AM

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Electric cars sold in UK passes half a million despite supply chain issues
A fifth of the electric cars on British roads were made by Tesla, the US electric car pioneer

Jasper Jolly

03, Jul, 2022 @4:38 PM

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‘It’s hot’: UK interest in solar power heats up as energy bills soar
Boom clouded by supply chain disruption, a fragmented industry as well as ethical issues

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

03, Jul, 2022 @12:11 PM

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Labour pledges to create 30,000 jobs at electric car battery gigafactories
Party makes promise amid reports UK is falling behind European rivals in production capacity for EVs

Michael Savage

02, Jul, 2022 @9:30 PM

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Taking the plunge in the Yarra: on your first cold-water swim, it’s OK to swear
In the depths of a Melbourne winter, when it’s 4.6C on the bank and 6C in the river, the true believers gather

Cait Kelly

02, Jul, 2022 @8:00 PM

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‘Kiwi can’t defend themselves’: New Zealand wrestles with how to save an icon
Training programmes for working dogs and pets are aimed at protecting the flightless bird’s dwindling numbers, but they come at a cost

Eva Corlett in Mamaku

02, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM

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‘Perfect storm’ of crises is widening global inequality, says UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says growing north and south divide is ‘morally unacceptable’ and dangerous

Karen McVeigh in Lisbon

02, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM

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Country diary: A crepuscular date with a dancing silhouette
Thursley Common, Surrey: I’ve entered a shadowy half-world in the hope of hearing the strange churr and clap of a nightjar

Lev Parikian

02, Jul, 2022 @4:30 AM

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Australian company secures $700,000 deal for carbon capture and storage machine
AspiraDAC device can remove two tonnes of CO2 a year and store it underground using direct air capture technology

Graham Readfearn

01, Jul, 2022 @8:00 PM

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Just Stop Oil activists glue themselves to Turner painting frame in Manchester
Supporters of group say young people have ‘nothing to lose any more’ as they call for end to new oil and gas projects

Damien Gayle

01, Jul, 2022 @5:08 PM

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