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Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

silverguide.site – Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto…
Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge
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‘Six lanes of tarmac and vehicles doing 70mph’: can ‘green bridges’ help animals cross the UK’s motorways in safety?

silverguide.site – Cockrow Bridge in Surrey will open in the coming weeks to provide wildlife, including lizards and insects, with the ability to move between fragmented habitats…
‘Six lanes of tarmac and vehicles doing 70mph’: can ‘green bridges’ help animals cross the UK’s motorways in safety?
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Datacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, agree all states except Queensland

silverguide.site – State and federal energy ministers said investments in new renewable generation and energy storage should “fully offset” new data centres’ energy needs …
Datacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, agree all states except Queensland
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Country diary: No Mow May is back on track – and the results are wonderful | Jennifer Jones

silverguide.site – Hunt’s Cross, Liverpool: A survey of the roadside verge turns up 21 species including cuckoo flower and yarrow. But not everyone likes it…
Country diary: No Mow May is back on track – and the results are wonderful | Jennifer Jones
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Norway puts UN project funding on hold raising fears for plastics treaty talks

silverguide.site – Move by largest donor to environment programme poses further uncertainty for already troubled negotiations…
Norway puts UN project funding on hold raising fears for plastics treaty talks
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Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa

silverguide.site – Temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern Cape…
Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa
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Country diary: Nesting mallard, owl and woodcock – this is the ‘human shield’ effect | Susie White

silverguide.site – Allendale, Northumberland: Once again, wildlife has made a home in our garden, in part because they feel safe here…
Country diary: Nesting mallard, owl and woodcock – this is the ‘human shield’ effect | Susie White
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Fish farms and pollution in Scotland | Letter

silverguide.site – Letter: Permissions continue to be granted for ever-larger salmon farms, many without environmental impact assessments, writes Dr Mark Borthwick…
Fish farms and pollution in Scotland | Letter
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‘A long road ahead’: could community car-sharing help UK hit climate targets?

silverguide.site – East Midlands electric car club helps residents and cuts emissions – but the need for a volunteer-led scheme reflects a much wider problem…
‘A long road ahead’: could community car-sharing help UK hit climate targets?
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Oil-based products are everywhere, from fertiliser to fashion. What are the alternatives?

silverguide.site – Substituting the petrochemicals that underpin everyday life is challenging, but there are ways to produce what we need without fossil fuels…
Oil-based products are everywhere, from fertiliser to fashion. What are the alternatives?
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The global energy shock is driving people to EVs, solar and batteries. What renewables subsidies are available in Australia?

silverguide.site – Electric upgrades can mean long-term savings. We look at ways the government can help reduce their upfront cost…
The global energy shock is driving people to EVs, solar and batteries. What renewables subsidies are available in Australia?
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Country diary: A terrible time for a tractor breakdown | Colin Chappell

silverguide.site – Brigg, Lincolnshire: We work these vehicles hard and they will have problems, but today was really not the day for a steaming bonnet…
Country diary: A terrible time for a tractor breakdown | Colin Chappell
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‘Everything went black. Then fire poured down’: one man’s terror onboard a ship hit in the Iran war

silverguide.site – In an exclusive interview, a seafarer describes the strike on the MKD Vyom in the Gulf of Oman that killed his friend and crewmate, Dixit Solanki…
‘Everything went black. Then fire poured down’: one man’s terror onboard a ship hit in the Iran war
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Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise

silverguide.site – Promises to cut emissions and use more fuel-efficient planes fail to stop rise, with Ryanair’s carbon footprint 50% up on 2019…
Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise
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Our cities are choked by cars – here’s how experts would fix them

silverguide.site – Turning parking bays into green spaces and prioritising cyclists may be the fastest routes to improving urban life…
Our cities are choked by cars – here’s how experts would fix them
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Inequality causing 100,000 extra deaths a year from heat and cold in Europe

silverguide.site – Findings come after third-hottest April on record globally and amid fears of more brutal European summer weather…
Inequality causing 100,000 extra deaths a year from heat and cold in Europe
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Weather tracker: Colorado experiences rare spring snowstorm

silverguide.site – State experiences largest May snowstorm in 23 years, and extreme rainfall hits Eastern Cape of South Africa…
Weather tracker: Colorado experiences rare spring snowstorm
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How one man’s mission to clear dumped boats inspired Guardian readers

silverguide.site – In this week’s newsletter: Readers have flooded the crowdfunder of Steve Green after his inspirational story of DIY environmental activism was told…
How one man’s mission to clear dumped boats inspired Guardian readers
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Country diary: A lesson in camouflage from a cucumber spider | Claire Stares

silverguide.site – Staunton Country Park, Havant: Against my black fleece, this arachnid is startlingly vivid. In the fresh green of the beech canopy, it disappears…
Country diary: A lesson in camouflage from a cucumber spider | Claire Stares
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Country diary: Remembering a woman who gave so much to this village | Nicola Chester

silverguide.site – Inkpen, Berkshire: There is far less birdsong now than in Lillian Watts’s day, but it is down to her that there is any at all…
Country diary: Remembering a woman who gave so much to this village | Nicola Chester
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