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Environment

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

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

Water companies are ‘main cause of microplastic pollution’ in UK rivers
An assemblage of microplastic particles from a contaminated river bed. The large microbead at lower left is about 200 microns in diameter. Image credit: Jiawei Li
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Water companies are ‘main cause of microplastic pollution’ in UK rivers

Barclays shareholders refuse to phase out fossil fuels
Demonstrators protesting Barclays' fossil fuels investment in 2017
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Barclays shareholders refuse to phase out fossil fuels

This book will transform the way you see the world
99 Maps to Save the Planet is out now (The Bodley Head, £16.99)
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This book will transform the way you see the world

London's hidden wonder: An ode to the capital's trees
Chinese tree privet. Photo: Des McKenzie
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London's hidden wonder: An ode to the capital's trees

How do Labour's plans for green jobs stack up?
Experts have weighted in on how Keir Starmer’s plans for green jobs stack up. Image credit: Piqsels / Chris McAndrew
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How do Labour's plans for green jobs stack up?

Climate crisis: Human behaviour has shifted the Earth’s axis, scientists say
Melting glaciers caused by the climate crisis are leading to shifts in the Earth’s axis. Image credit: Piqsels
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Climate crisis: Human behaviour has shifted the Earth’s axis, scientists say

Choose Earth to give indigenous communities power to save Amazon and planet
Choose Earth
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Choose Earth to give indigenous communities power to save Amazon and planet

I've been photographing urban foxes for years. Here's what you didn't know
Photo: matthewmaran.com / @mattmaranphoto
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I've been photographing urban foxes for years. Here's what you didn't know

11 practical steps you can take to help the natural world
10 tips you can use this Earth day. mage credit: Piqsels
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11 practical steps you can take to help the natural world

Going vegan will help UK reach climate targets, says minister
Kwasi Kwarteng official portrait. Image credit: Chris McAndrew
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Going vegan will help UK reach climate targets, says minister

COP26: A pivotal moment in the climate crisis or a load of hot air?
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COP26: A pivotal moment in the climate crisis or a load of hot air?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Professor Brian Cox and Chris Packham: 'We have to hurt before we fix things'
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Professor Brian Cox and Chris Packham: 'We have to hurt before we fix things'

Brits are becoming more eco-friendly and turning to vegan diets
Brits are becoming more eco-friendly and turning to plant-based diets. Image credit: Piqsels
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Brits are becoming more eco-friendly and turning to vegan diets

Change air pollution law to save lives, says Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah coroner
A school photo of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. She was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
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Change air pollution law to save lives, says Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah coroner

Professor Brian Cox: We need a 'CERN-type model for the environment'
Professor Brian Cox at the Science Foo Camp in 2008
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Professor Brian Cox: We need a 'CERN-type model for the environment'

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