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Environment

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials
Most fast fashion brands are focusing their environmental efforts on making clothes from single-use plastic bottles instead of virgin polyester, but the researchers dubbed it a “false solution.
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Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials

'£50 million bill' for businesses as government's furlough scheme winds down
Government's furlough scheme coming to an end
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'£50 million bill' for businesses as government's furlough scheme winds down

The black and white issue of climate suffering
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The black and white issue of climate suffering

Climate Change Committee warns of 'gulf' between promises and action
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Climate Change Committee warns of 'gulf' between promises and action

Climate crisis laid bare as new map illustrates threat of rising sea levels
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Climate crisis laid bare as new map illustrates threat of rising sea levels

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it
One campaigner said the Environment Bill is
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Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it

Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring
Around 50 million tonnes of the strong, lightweight plastic used for water bottles is produced around the world each year. plastic pollution
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Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring

‘We don’t know where to start’: Half of UK feels powerless in climate crisis
A fifth of people said feeling unable to make a difference meant they stopped engaging with the climate crisis entirely.
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‘We don’t know where to start’: Half of UK feels powerless in climate crisis

Vegan food, LED lights and staycations: hashtags reveal Brits’ eco habits
Hashtags on millions of Instagram posts showed people were going vegan and upcycling old furniture in lockdown.
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Vegan food, LED lights and staycations: hashtags reveal Brits’ eco habits

COP26 school packs ‘no substitute’ for putting climate change on curriculum
The COP26 school packs will include tips for starting climate conversations among pupils plus planet-themed backgrounds to be used on Zoom.
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COP26 school packs ‘no substitute’ for putting climate change on curriculum

Why banning halogen lightbulbs will help the climate
LED bulbs last nearly twelve times as long as halogen lightbulbs and cost less to run in the long term.
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Why banning halogen lightbulbs will help the climate

World Ocean Day: Five easy ways to protect the oceans around the UK
The ocean produces around half of the oxygen we breathe, but the climate crisis is putting it at risk. world ocean day
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World Ocean Day: Five easy ways to protect the oceans around the UK

What are clean air zones?
Councils are creating clean air zones to cut air pollution, which researchers said was behind 4,000 deaths in London alone in 2019.
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What are clean air zones?

HSBC funds more fossil fuel emissions than the whole of Canada
In 2018 HSBC committed to ending funding for new coal projects outside of Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia, but the policy did not apply to schemes already backed by the bank.
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HSBC funds more fossil fuel emissions than the whole of Canada

Turkey bans plastic waste imports following environmental campaign
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Turkey bans plastic waste imports following environmental campaign

From puffins to sharks, the UK species facing extinction
Endangered Species Day: spider, puffin, basking shark
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From puffins to sharks, the UK species facing extinction

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Climate disasters forced more people from their homes than war in 2020
The climate crisis forced people from their homes more than 30 million times last year
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Climate disasters forced more people from their homes than war in 2020

Environment Bill will ban peat compost and bring back wildcats
Environment Bill: Wildcats were driven to extinction in England more than 200 years ago.
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Environment Bill will ban peat compost and bring back wildcats

UK sends thousands of tonnes of plastic to Turkey to be burned every year
Yenidam, Seyhan, Adana Province, Turkey. Investigation into plastic waste that is dumped and burned in Turkey. The team found plastic packaging from UK, German and global food and drinks brands and supermarkets. Image credit: Greenpeace
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UK sends thousands of tonnes of plastic to Turkey to be burned every year

Boris Johnson urged to ban plastic waste exports as majority of Brits opposed
Wasteminster is the launch film for Greenpeace's 2021 campaign against the UK's waste exports to other countries. Voiced by impressionists Matt Forde and Jon Culshaw, the film features Boris Johnson being engulfed in a wave of plastic while giving a speech in Downing Street. Producers Park Village and Studio Birthplace used a bespoke VFX simulation to create the dynamic flow of 1.8 million kilos of plastic - the amount of waste the UK exports to other countries every day. Image credit: Greenpeace
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Boris Johnson urged to ban plastic waste exports as majority of Brits opposed

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