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• Climate crisis: Area of forest twice the size of UK cut down in just over a decade, WWF report reveals

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 14th Jan 2021
• Gene-editing plan 'dark day' for animal welfare and environment, say farming experts: Technique 'would cause animals real suffering and fails to tackle greenhouse food waste gas emissions'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 14th Jan 2021
• We have no choice – this has to be the year we reverse the decline of nature. The UK can emerge as a global leader in conserving and improving the natural world, but only if we deliver on all the promises we have made

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd Jan 2021
• Largest ever fine for wildlife crime handed down by court after bat roost destroyed

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Dec 2020
• Boris Johnson: Climate crisis ‘far more destructive than coronavirus’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Dec 2020
• November 2020 was world’s warmest on record

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 7th Dec 2020
• Coca-Cola branded world’s worst plastic polluter for third straight year

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 7th Dec 2020
• Climate crisis to boost weather event linked to locust swarms and bushfires

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  Published 2nd Dec 2020
• ‘Humans are so dominant they disrupt the forces of nature’: David Attenborough says we must act now to save our ‘perfect’ planet

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 29th Nov 2020
• Greta Thunberg launches veiled attack on Trump for not conceding election to Joe Biden. ‘It becomes clearer and clearer that it doesn’t seem to end with giving up on empathy, equality, facts and science,’ says Ms. Thunberg

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Nov 2020
• World leaders use their first messages to Biden to draw attention to climate crisis

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 9th Nov 2020
• Two new species of marsupial found in Australia

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 9th Nov 2020
• Climate crisis: ‘Biggest ever’ initiative to restore natural world launched amid warning it needs more cash

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 8th Nov 2020
• Climate activists, aged nine and 12, detained by police in India for protesting over air pollution | Licypriya Kangujam and Aarav Seth put in back of police van after demonstrating in New Delhi, which is often blanketed in thick smog

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 21st Oct 2020
• How the climate crisis is affecting wildfires around the world

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 21st Oct 2020
• Up to one million tonnes of ‘deadly’ fishing gear left in ocean each year, WWF warns

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Oct 2020
• More than a dozen whales found dead on New Zealand beach

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  Published 19th Oct 2020
• ‘Nature is in crisis right now’: UK’s biodiversity loss highlighted in ‘damning’ government report. ‘It would be great to believe things are getting better, but they aren’t,’ wildlife expert says

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  Published 19th Oct 2020
• Greens call for advertising ban on polluting cars and flights

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  Published 12th Oct 2020
• Coronavirus: World leaders must urgently phase out factory farming to cut future pandemics risk, says report

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  Published 8th Oct 2020
• 2020 saw hottest September on record as Arctic sea ice retreats to second lowest amount ever

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  Published 7th Oct 2020
• World leaders urged to ban all trade in wild animals and birds for eating to prevent pandemics: Future outbreaks ‘inevitable as contact between wildlife and humans increases, primarily due to deforestation and agricultural expansion’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 29th Sep 2020
• Leaders to UN: If virus doesn't kill us, climate change will

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  Published 27th Sep 2020
• Sir David Attenborough joins Instagram because 'saving our planet is now a communications challenge'

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  Published 24th Sep 2020
• Federal report reveals Northern Hemisphere had its hottest ever summer - on day Trump claims it will 'start getting cooler'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 16th Sep 2020
• Oregon state senator who stopped climate change vote loses home to wildfire.

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  Published 16th Sep 2020
• ‘It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch”': Trump states categorical denial of climate crisis during California wildfire visit

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 15th Sep 2020
• Trump repeats California 'forest management' is to blame for wildfires despite it being dismissed as 'devastating lie'

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  Published 14th Sep 2020
• Natural world being destroyed at rate ‘never seen before’, WWF warns as report reveals catastrophic decline of global wildlife

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Sep 2020
• Trump administration trying to fast track fossil fuel projects during pandemic, documents reveal

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 4th Sep 2020
• Huge explosion leaves crater 165ft deep in Arctic tundra

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 31st Aug 2020
• 'We cannot withstand another four years of direct assault’: What would Trump's re-election mean for the climate crisis? How Americans cast their ballots in November will, arguably, have wider and more lasting repercussions on this issue than any other.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Aug 2020
• Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet, Sir David Attenborough urges

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  Published 27th Aug 2020
• Plan to fell indigenous forest for eucalyptus plantation sparks outrage in Kenya

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  Published 25th Aug 2020
• Double hurricane threat as two tropical storms advance towards US

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  Published 23rd Aug 2020
• Bibles, bar stools and cowboy boots: How the US market in giraffe products is driving their ‘silent extinction’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Aug 2020
• Microplastics now being found in human organs

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 18th Aug 2020
• Bees slower, sicker and living shorter lives because of air pollution, study suggests

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th Aug 2020
• Killed for defending the planet: Murder of environmental activists reaches record high

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 6th Aug 2020
• Man catches monster tuna worth almost €3 million and throws it back into sea

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  Published 6th Aug 2020
• Quarter of UK’s mammals at risk of extinction

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Jul 2020
• Climate deniers get twice the news coverage of pro-climate messages. Researchers looked at more than 1,700 climate-related press releases over a 30-year period, and news articles including the information which were published in the US's largest-circulation newspapers.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th Jul 2020
• Searching for the world's most famous polar bear

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 23rd Jul 2020
• Solar energy breakthrough creates electricity from invisible light

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Jul 2020
• Rewilding: Farmers plan to turn East Anglia into one of the world’s largest restored nature reserves

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jul 2020
• Amazon photos show ‘illegal’ burning of rainforest amid record deforestation levels

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Jul 2020
• UN warns of ‘steady stream’ of infectious diseases unless world tackles wildlife exploitation

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Jul 2020
• Yes!

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 12th Jul 2020
• Higher temperatures may drive mosquito-borne Zika virus into Europe

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 9th Jul 2020
• Half the world lacks access to air pollution data to tackle public health threat

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 9th Jul 2020
• Beavers born in Essex for 'first time since Middle Ages'

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  Published 3rd Jul 2020
• Anger as Boris Johnson's £5bn infrastructure spending boost lacks vital environmental measures

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 30th Jun 2020
• Earth is accelerating towards sixth mass extinction event that could see the ‘disintegration of civilisation’, with ‘more than 500 species on course to go extinct in next two decades,’ scientists warn

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd Jun 2020
• New nuclear power plant planned for Suffolk coast ‘would be devastating’ for wildlife

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 28th May 2020
• Climate crisis: Two years of vegan living cancelled out by one long-haul flight, study suggests

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 26th May 2020
• Stop the Wildlife Trade: Wuhan officially bans eating wild animals. Along with the consumption ban, the Chinese city is to become a 'wildlife sanctuary' where virtually all hunting of wild animals is banned.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 21st May 2020
• World Bee Day: are we ignoring biodiversity risks in the same way we ignored the pandemic?

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th May 2020
• South Africa traffics thousands of endangered wild animals to China in ‘corrupt and growing’ trade, investigation finds

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 18th May 2020
• Discarded face masks and gloves rising threat to ocean life, conservationists warn

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 18th May 2020
• Nine of the most breathtaking mountain hikes in the UK

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 11th May 2020
• Brazilian deforestation could trigger new pandemics, experts warn

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd May 2020
• Remote cameras are revealing the human impact on rainforest species in Africa

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd May 2020
• In recent weeks, rare leatherback turtles have been found nesting in numbers not seen for decades on beaches in Florida and Thailand. And experts say the resurgence of the vulnerable leatherback is likely closely linked to the desertion of beaches across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 21st Apr 2020
• ‘Human beings have overrun the world’: David Attenborough calls for an end to waste in impassioned plea to address climate change. ‘The world is not a bowl of fruit from which we can just take what we wish’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Apr 2020
• Britons enjoying cleaner air, better food and stronger social bonds say they don't want to return to pre-lockdown 'normal' - Poll suggests only nine per cent of public want full return to pre-lockdown life

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  Published 17th Apr 2020
• Environmentalists slam Trump’s plan to open 2.3m acres of wildlife refuges for hunting

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  Published 12th Apr 2020
• Coronavirus: Hundreds of conservation experts join forces to pressure WHO to force live animal markets to close

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 7th Apr 2020
• The ozone layer is healing, new study finds.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 29th Mar 2020
• McDonald’s to remove plastic toys from Happy Meals

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Mar 2020
• Five tough questions to ask about reaching net zero climate targets

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 16th Mar 2020
• Cattle emissions make butter production three-and-a-half times more damaging to environment than plant-based spreads, study finds

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 11th Mar 2020
• Greta Thunberg condemns EU climate change plan as 'surrender'

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  Published 4th Mar 2020
• Greta Thunberg tells young activists to 'be the adults' as 30,000 climate protesters descend on Bristol

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 1st Mar 2020
• ‘Lives at risk’ as River Severn set to rise to highest level in 20 years

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 25th Feb 2020
• Anti-Greta: Far-right groups trying to turn teenager into climate change-denying version of Greta Thunberg

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 25th Feb 2020
• Climate crisis could cause economic recession ‘like we’ve never seen before’, study warns

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 18th Feb 2020
• Beavers cut flood risks, clean rivers and boost wildlife, major study of wild population in UK reveals

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Feb 2020
• Wild beavers reduce flood risk and boost wildlife, study finds

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Feb 2020
• Steve Coogan says super-rich 'spin environmental issues' to look good

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 17th Feb 2020
• Fury as Botswana sells 60 elephant shoot permits to trophy-hunters

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Feb 2020
• Endangered wolf walks nearly 9,000 miles to find mate but dies alone - Canine was ‘beacon of hope’ whose death is setback for ‘wolf recovery’ in US

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Feb 2020
• H&M accused of ‘greenwashing’ over plans to make clothes from sustainable fabric

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd Feb 2020
• Prince Charles criticised for flying 125 miles to give speech on reducing aircraft emissions

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd Feb 2020
• Environmental groups sue to halt Alaska oil drilling after Beluga whale numbers plummet from 1,300 to 279

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 3rd Feb 2020
• Doomsday clock: Humanity closer to annihilation than ever before, scientists say Clock is now set to 100 seconds to midnight, experts announce

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 23rd Jan 2020
• Trump targets Greta Thunberg in barely coherent tirade: "She beat me out on Time Magazine"

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 22nd Jan 2020
• Boris Johnson accused of making impossible pledge for climate crisis summit

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 20th Jan 2020
• Trump tells Americans threatened by rising oceans to use ‘mops and buckets’ instead of building barriers

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jan 2020
• New sleeper train from Sweden will get passengers to London by morning - Sweden's government wants to provide viable alternatives to short-haul flights

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 19th Jan 2020
• TIL Germany is turning 62 military bases into wildlife sanctuaries

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Jan 2020
• Poison and explosives used to kill elephants as record numbers die in Sri Lanka

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 13th Jan 2020
• Grass found growing around Mount Everest as warming climate melts ice, reports a new study using satellite data. Increase in vegetation could play role in region’s water supply, which reaches 1.4 billion people.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Jan 2020
• Australia: More than 10,000 camels to be shot because they drink too much water - Govt. says animals wreaking havoc in drought-afflicted areas, causing damage to infrastructure

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 8th Jan 2020
• Long distance train tickets in Germany slashed by 10% to tackle climate crisis

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Jan 2020
• Trump to remove climate change factors from environmental laws around major infrastructure projects - Revised law allows federal agencies to overlook environmental impact

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Jan 2020
• Rewilding the UK: movement aims to tackle climate change – by reintroducing bears, wolves and eagles into Britain - Restoring vast tracts of land to nature would help reduce carbon emissions and allow long-gone species to return – but not everyone supports ambitious proposals

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Jan 2020
• England’s first wild beaver colony in centuries is ‘helping communities and climate’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 5th Jan 2020
• Mexico rivers turning into ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ while government stands idle

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 31st Dec 2019
• Boris Johnson takes private jet to fly 25 minutes, despite train taking just 53 minutes

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Dec 2019
• The world’s most polluting companies could be sued for their contributions to global warming, a major human rights inquiry has found in what has been described as a “landmark victory for climate justice”.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 10th Dec 2019
• 2019 Nobel Prize winner warns there is no 'Planet B'. Fix Earth's climate crisis instead of dreaming of other planets, urges Nobel prize-winning astronomer

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published 9th Dec 2019