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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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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