Tiny crustaceans described as ‘the bioequivalent of a Dyson vacuum cleaner for wastewater’
Tiny water fleas could play a big role in filtering out drugs, pesticides and industrial chemicals from wastewater to make it safe, according to scientists.
“We’ve developed our bioequivalent of a Dyson vacuum cleaner for wastewater, which is very, very exciting,” said study co-author Karl Dearn, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Birmingham.
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09/26/2023 - 09:51
European Commission president welcomes agreement among EU governments on Euro 7 pollution standards
More from NGO Transport and Environment’s Anna Krajinska, who criticised EU governments’ compromise decision yesterday on pollution standards for cars, vans and trucks.
“The fight to secure an effective Euro 7 is a reminder of the political and economic power of the car industry,” Krajinska told the Guardian in an email this morning.
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09/26/2023 - 09:00
Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water
It’s little known to the throngs of tourists who gawp at the wonder of the Great Lakes but at the meeting point of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, a combined system that forms the largest lake in the world, there is a 70-year-old pipeline, battered and dented by dropped boat anchors.
The pipeline pushes a million gallons of oil each hour through the heart of this vast ecosystem.
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09/26/2023 - 08:35
Thinktank Create Streets calls for people to be allowed to grow plants and trees in barren urban areas
A right to plant and grow trees and other greenery in public spaces should be given to people across Britain, an adviser to Michael Gove has said.
Nicholas Boys Smith, who heads the Office for Place in Gove’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), also chairs the thinktank Create Streets, which has released a report calling for more greening of cities.
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09/26/2023 - 07:35
Country already trails well behind Europe and PM’s backtracking on climate policies could widen the gap
The UK has fallen well behind the rest of Europe in the growth of electric vehicle sales and risks falling further back after Rishi Sunak’s “screeching U-turn” on its climate policies, according to industry analysts.
UK sales of electric vehicles grew by 31% in the 12 months to July, one of the slowest rates of growth in Europe, according to data analysed by Cornwall Insight and the law firm Shoosmiths.
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09/26/2023 - 04:34
Exclusive: Pan-European investigation looked at thousands of transactions since Paris climate agreement in 2016
Banks including some of Europe’s largest lenders have helped fossil fuel companies to raise more than €1tn (£869bn) from the global bond markets since the Paris climate agreement, according to an investigation by the Guardian and its reporting partners.
In the push to zero carbon, Europe’s biggest lenders face growing pressure to limit their financial support for fossil fuel companies through direct loans and other financing facilities.
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09/26/2023 - 02:39
Experts blame rising sea temperatures caused by climate crisis for cub deaths at Unesco heritage site
As many as eight in 10 brown bear cubs born this year in a remote part of northern Japan have died amid a shortage of salmon, with experts blaming rising sea temperatures caused by the climate crisis.
Along with acorns, pink salmon are an important source of food for the estimated 500 brown bears living along Hokkaido’s Shiretoko peninsula, a Unesco world heritage site known for its dramatic coastline and wild animals.
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09/26/2023 - 00:00
IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans
The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said.
Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, and the world’s foremost energy economist, said much more needed to be done but that the rapid uptake of solar power and electric vehicles were encouraging.
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09/25/2023 - 23:00
Robert Habeck said supporters of climate action must have the most compelling arguments
Is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail?
Germany’s vice-chancellor has called on supporters of environmental reforms to shed their reputation for “moral superiority” and focus on having “the better arguments” amid a backlash against climate policies across Europe.
Robert Habeck, the minister for economic affairs and climate action and a leading Green politician, said environmental parties had to push back against their instincts if they wanted their climate agenda to succeed in the long run.
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09/25/2023 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 26 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s44183-023-00022-w
The Marine Spatial Planning Index: a tool to guide and assess marine spatial planning
