Submissions from independent.co.uk

• People who don't have children benefit our environment more than any campaign

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 19th Jun 2019
• Melt ponds open in Arctic as permafrost melts at levels not expected until 2090

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 17th Jun 2019
• Chemical that castrates frogs among new pesticides approved by Bolsonaro in Brazil despite being banned elsewhere: Three weedkillers approved this year contain Atrazine, which chemically castrates frogs

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Jun 2019
• Banned pesticide DDT still damaging ecosystems 50 years after it was sprayed: ‘Yesterday’s environmental crisis in the 1950s through 1970s remains today’s problem’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Jun 2019
• Meat eaters are destroying the planet, says report

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  Published on 11th Jun 2019
• Indian temple helps nurture 'extinct' turtle back to life

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 11th Jun 2019
• Trump administration tries to block youth lawsuit claiming ‘there is no constitutional right to a stable climate system’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 6th Jun 2019
• British billionaire attacks governments for failing to tackle climate change or end poverty

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  Published on 3rd Jun 2019
• Climate 'apocalypse' to leave Scotland in ruins within a decade

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  Published on 30th May 2019
• World Health Organisation’s recognition of traditional Chinese medicine ‘could push species into extinction’ - Failure to condemn use of animal parts in traditional remedies ‘egregiously negligent and irresponsible’, wildlife groups say

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  Published on 29th May 2019
• Trump administration orders government agency to stop predicting long-term climate change impacts

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  Published on 28th May 2019
• Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10 trees if they want to graduate - Legislation formalises existing tradition and could result in 175 million new trees each year if properly adhered to

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  Published on 28th May 2019
• LEGO reaches 100% renewable energy target three years ahead of schedule

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  Published on 22nd May 2019
• Climate crisis: Satellites to monitor air pollution generated by every power station in the world

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  Published on 21st May 2019
• Less usage of pesticides

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  Published on 19th May 2019
• Two-fifths of Americans say climate change will influence their vote in 2020 election, according to poll

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  Published on 17th May 2019
• Global investment in coal tumbles by 75% in three years, as lenders lose appetite for fossil fuel - More coal power stations around the world came offline last year than were approved for perhaps first time since industrial revolution, report says

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  Published on 16th May 2019
• ‘More than 2,000’ mothers and families march through London demanding urgent climate action

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  Published on 13th May 2019
• A majority of British voters would support radical action to slash greenhouse gases to nearly zero by 2050 at a cost of tens of billions of pounds, a new poll has found.

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  Published on 12th May 2019
• Support for fracking falls to lowest ever level, finds official UK government survey - Destruction to natural environment the main reason for opposing fracking

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  Published on 12th May 2019
• Thousands of parents to stage climate change protest as health secretary launches ‘dirty air’ study: Matt Hancock warns of growing national emergency caused by 'deadly poison' of air pollution

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  Published on 12th May 2019
• Climate crisis: Huge VAT rise on solar panels makes installation ‘entirely uneconomic’, say experts - ‘We could not have a clearer sign the government has failed to even begin to grasp the urgency’, says Green Party co-leader

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  Published on 10th May 2019
• US refuses to sign declaration protecting the Arctic because it references climate change

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  Published on 8th May 2019
• Edinburgh city centre goes car-free to combat air pollution: Open air yoga and chess games fill streets for trial initiative

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  Published on 6th May 2019
• Republicans scrap rules put in place after an explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform killed 11 workers & triggered the largest marine oil spill in US history

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  Published on 6th May 2019
• UK government makes history by passing motion to declare ‘environment and climate change emergency’

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  Published on 1st May 2019
• Video shows sea of plastic bottles after London Marathon

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  Published on 28th Apr 2019
• Endangered turtle returns to lay its eggs at beach only to find runway has been built

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  Published on 12th Apr 2019
• Norway refuses to drill for billions of barrels of oil in Arctic, leaving ‘whole industry surprised and disappointed’

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  Published on 10th Apr 2019
• Trump issues new permit for ‘climate-killing’ Keystone XL pipeline in attempt to sidestep court ruling

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  Published on 1st Apr 2019
• Trump administration forced to consider climate change impacts for the first time after court defeat over drilling permits

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  Published on 22nd Mar 2019
• Republicans using ‘socialist’ scheme to save unprofitable coal plants

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  Published on 15th Mar 2019
• Iceland announces plan to kill over 2,000 whales

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  Published on 12th Mar 2019
• India bans imports of plastic waste

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  Published on 10th Mar 2019
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it is 'legitimate' for people to not want children because of climate change

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  Published on 28th Feb 2019
• Botswana to consider lifting hunting ban and let tourists shoot elephants

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  Published on 25th Feb 2019
• Massive restoration of world’s forests would cancel out a decade of CO2 emissions, analysis suggests

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  Published on 17th Feb 2019
• Norway approves copper mine in Arctic described as 'most environmentally damaging project in country's history'

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  Published on 15th Feb 2019
• International outrage over trophy hunter who paid $110,000 to kill rare mountain goat

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  Published on 14th Feb 2019
• Six new species of tentacle-faced fish 'warriors' discovered

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  Published on 10th Feb 2019
• A butterfly sanctuary is about to be demolished to make way for President Trump’s hotly contested border wall between US and Mexico, prompting outrage and protests from Native American and conservationist groups. Trump administration is deferring 28 environmental laws to build wall.

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  Published on 6th Feb 2019
• CO2 levels expected to rise rapidly in 2019, Met Office scientists warn

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  Published on 4th Feb 2019
• Sheep farmer felt so guilty on way to slaughterhouse he drove lambs to sanctuary & became vegetarian - 'I’m not ignorant to how farming works but it always made me stressed. They knew their fate'

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  Published on 1st Feb 2019
• Farmworkers shown jabbing pigs with pitchfork in undercover footage - Warning graphic images

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  Published on 1st Feb 2019
• Each day a cruise ship emits as much pollution as a million cars

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 29th Jan 2019
• World must slash waste and create 'circular economy' to reach climate change targets, report says

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  Published on 24th Jan 2019
• Trump confuses weather with climate change again: 'Wouldn’t be bad to have a little good old fashioned Global Warming right now!'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 20th Jan 2019
• Hundreds more species under threat of extinction than previously thought, scientists say

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  Published on 17th Jan 2019
• Trump administration wants to reclassify leaking nuclear waste to avoid cleaning it up, say officials

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  Published on 11th Jan 2019
• Water-emitting trains fuelled by hydrogen "to be introduced in two years" [UK]

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  Published on 8th Jan 2019
• Rice farming up to twice as bad for climate change as previously thought, study reveals: Levels of overlooked greenhouse gas are up to 45 times higher in fields that are only flooded intermittently

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  Published on 3rd Jan 2019
• Trump to axe Obama law stopping coal plants poisoning air with mercury

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  Published on 30th Dec 2018
• India just cancelled 14 huge coal-fired power stations as solar energy prices hit record low

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  Published on 16th Dec 2018
• Famous Yellowstone park wolf shot dead by trophy hunter

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  Published on 2nd Dec 2018
• The worlds greatest earthmoving endeavour ever. By termites

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  Published on 20th Nov 2018
• Lion has face and paws cut off as 4 other big cats die of poisoning at South African wildlife reserve - Poachers may have mutilated animal for 'trophy hunters or...traditional medicine'

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  Published on 7th Oct 2018
• Wild dolphins learn to 'walk on water' by copying tricks from captive animals, study finds

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  Published on 30th Aug 2018
• Rare jumping spider discovered in UK for first time ever

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  Published on 17th Aug 2018
• Report finds biggest users of GMO feed, meat and dairy corporations, to surpass oil industry as world's biggest polluters

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  Published on 13th Aug 2018
• Killer whale mother finally lets dead newborn calf go, after unprecedented 17 days

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  Published on 13th Aug 2018
• Two-thirds of UK 'want to bin rules preventing new onshore wind farms'

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  Published on 18th Jul 2018
• World’s largest protected rainforest declared in Colombia

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  Published on 5th Jul 2018
• Trump quietly reverses elephant trophy ban

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  Published on 4th Jul 2018
• Catastrophic drought threatens Iraq as major dams in surrounding countries cut off water to its great rivers

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  Published on 3rd Jul 2018
• Costa Rica to ban fossil fuels and become world's first decarbonised society

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 29th May 2018
• Why farmers are trying to turn 'craft beef' into the next craft beer - Favoring small-scale & independent farms, the term "craft beef" captures the move away from factory farming & subsequent rise of sustainable meat production, championing a more environmentally-friendly product.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 24th May 2018
• Pet dog raised by Chinese family for 2 yrs turns out to be a black bear - Owners grew suspicious when animal showed talent for walking on 2 legs

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  Published on 14th May 2018
• The Tories are planning to halt onshore wind farm production, despite most people supporting it

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 30th Apr 2018
• Chlorinated chicken may be the least of UK food worries when it comes to signing a trade deal with Trump: Post-Brexit, chances are you'll be shopping blind, unable to avoid GMO American 'cheddar' even if you wanted to

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 10th Apr 2018
• Scotland produces record amount of energy from renewables as green schemes generate two-thirds of electricity: Nation beats rest of UK with 68.1 per cent of energy needs met without fossil fuels.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 2nd Apr 2018
• Total renewable power produced in 2017 could have supported UK for the whole of 1958

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 22nd Feb 2018
• China reassigns 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in bid to fight pollution

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  Published on 18th Feb 2018
• French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to shut all of his country’s coal-fired power plants by 2021. “We've also decided to make France a model in the fight against climate change”, Mr Macron said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Jan 2018
• Fracking is one of the least sustainable ways to produce electricity, says new study. When comparing environmental, economic and social sustainability, scientists find shale gas extraction ranks 7th out of 9 different energy sources.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Jan 2018
• Nestle has been bottling and selling water it has no right to in drought-stricken California, state says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 31st Dec 2017
• Good News: Snow leopards no longer endangered for first time in 45 years

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Dec 2017
• MPs vote 'that animals cannot feel pain or emotions' into the Brexit bill - 'It’s shocking that MPs have given animal sentience the thumbs down'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 20th Nov 2017
• Photo of baby elephant on fire after being attacked by mob - Elephant & calf seen running close to mob that hurled flaming tar balls & crackers at them to ward them away from human settlements

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 9th Nov 2017