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Country diary: Bird cherries, caterpillar silk and a beautiful dead hedge | Susie White

silverguide.site – Allendale, Northumberland: How better to use a reluctantly felled tree than to turn it into a wind-filtering wildlife habitat, practical barrier and cost-free fence?…
Country diary: Bird cherries, caterpillar silk and a beautiful dead hedge | Susie White
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Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition

silverguide.site – They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers, and unless they are given a voice, problems will continue to mount up…
Young people in England’s coastal towns three times more likely to have a mental health condition
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South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches

silverguide.site – State’s environment minister warns bloom unlikely to disappear any time soon as testing for toxic algae continues at 14 Adelaide sites…
South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches
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Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save money…
Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics
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Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows

silverguide.site – Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it…
Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows
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How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster

silverguide.site – A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?…
How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster
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Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Mark Cocker

silverguide.site – Combs Moss, Derbyshire: For 50 years, I have been coming here to see breeding waders, now gone or much diminished. We must find a way to arrest this decline…
Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Mark Cocker
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Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists

silverguide.site – The campaign to ban kangaroo products is ‘muddled’ and not based on knowledge, wildlife experts say…
Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists
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Carbon-capture plan may be self-defeating | Letter

silverguide.site – Letters: A tech startup that uses lime pellets to filter ships’ exhaust fumes will gain nothing if emissions from its production process are not reduced, writes Dr Richard Richards…
Carbon-capture plan may be self-defeating | Letter
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Public parks offer value that privately developed spaces can’t match | Letter

silverguide.site – Letter: Council budgets for parks have fallen and there is no national strategy for green spaces despite their huge value, writes Ed Stannard…
Public parks offer value that privately developed spaces can’t match | Letter
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Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project

silverguide.site – Ecologists say 283 purple emperor recordings on one day at Knepp signal higher numbers nationwide…
Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project
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‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action

silverguide.site – Voters may feel hotter summers are ‘too much’ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating…
‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action
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These women are raising endangered butterfly larvae from prison: ‘They reconnect with their own brilliance’

silverguide.site – The women are raising larvae of the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot for release into the wild…
These women are raising endangered butterfly larvae from prison: ‘They reconnect with their own brilliance’
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‘Balcony solar’ may at last become a reality for flat residents in Britain

silverguide.site – UK to launch safety study into DIY ‘plug-in’ systems such as Germany’s Balkonkraftwerk as part of plan to triple solar capacity by 2030…
‘Balcony solar’ may at last become a reality for flat residents in Britain
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Canada races to build icebreakers amid melting ice and geopolitical tensions

silverguide.site – In an Arctic reshaped by the climate crisis, less ice really means more as countries face risks in push for more ships…
Canada races to build icebreakers amid melting ice and geopolitical tensions
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Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts

silverguide.site – Rise in sightings prompts call for ban on soil imports, to prevent entry of more species that eat earthworms and degrade soil…
Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts
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Weather tracker: Hurricane Flossie floods Mexico while Europe swelters

silverguide.site – A tropical storm sent heavy rainfall over the west coast of Mexico as parts of Europe experienced record temperatures…
Weather tracker: Hurricane Flossie floods Mexico while Europe swelters
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‘Slapp addict’ Italian oil firm accused of trying to silence green activists

silverguide.site – Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign…
‘Slapp addict’ Italian oil firm accused of trying to silence green activists
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Country diary: An extension to the house? Or the garden? | John Gilbey

silverguide.site – Comins Coch, Ceredigion: Our handy little room out the back is shared with a wood mouse and a wall of tomato plants – as well as something rather more unexpected…
Country diary: An extension to the house? Or the garden? | John Gilbey
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‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists

silverguide.site – After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp law…
‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists
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