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Clearing out the cupboards to start the New Year?

We hear from a UK fire chief about why you really need to recycle those electricals.

#electricals #recycle #reuse #fireaccident

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January clear out: binning unwanted devices risks lives and environment
Three weeks after Christmas and the urge to purge our homes of clutter is real. But throwing the electricals out with the general waste creates a potentially lethal problem.  Neil Griffiths, Lead Offi...
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Following news that 2025 was the third hottest year on record, beaten only by 2023 and 2024, new British research suggests even with more downpours farmland is likely to fail.

#climate #drought #agriculture #farming

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Signs of a sickly planet: Europe’s crop droughts worsen despite rain
Following news that 2025 was the third hottest year on record, beaten only by 2023 and 2024, new British research suggests even with more downpours farmland is likely to fail.  Conducted by scientists...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Clearing out the cupboards to start the New Year?

We hear from a UK fire chief about why you really need to recycle those electricals.

#electricals #recycle #reuse #fireaccident

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January clear out: binning unwanted devices risks lives and environment
Three weeks after Christmas and the urge to purge our homes of clutter is real. But throwing the electricals out with the general waste creates a potentially lethal problem.  Neil Griffiths, Lead Offi...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Question:

Tree bark is everywhere, so can it act as a carbon sink?

Answer:

Yes.

#biodiversity #emissions #carbon #nature

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Tree bark is everywhere, so can it act as a carbon sink?
Scientists now think we may have been overlooking a simple greenhouse gas solution. If stretched out flat, all the tree bark on Earth is estimated to cover around 143 million sq km. That’s almost enou...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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A Greener Future has released its honours list - recognising the most sustainable festivals of 2025.

UK and Europe out in front, including @greenmanfest.bsky.social @gillespeterson.bsky.social's We Out Here and more.

#sustainability #climate #festivals

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These were 2025’s most sustainable festivals
A Greener Future has released its honours list, with the UK and Europe dominating.  With pressure mounting on the cultural sector to clean up its act – from energy use at gigs to audience travel to bi...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Do you want to know how planning professionals should use AI for Environmental Impact Assessments?

We asked Lanpro.

#AI #planning #environment

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A guide to using AI for Environmental Impact Assessments
As UK planning regulations undergo the most sweeping reforms in a generation, automation is invaluable in expediting the process. Tech expert Alistair Walker explains how to responsibly use artificial...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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80% reduction in analytical costs.

80% drop in chemical costs.

25% fall in energy use.

For one Midlands authority, a 28 year wastewater contract has been more than successful.

#Derby #water #pollution #pridepark

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Local authority sees 80% cost savings through wastewater contract
Derby City Council has extended an agreement spanning 28 years, renewing operational responsibilities for its treatment plant at Pride Park. Alpheus has been contracted to handle the facility since 19...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Inspired by Swiss mountains and made using a herb from the Central European state, a new DNA marker, which cannot be removed or altered, could help close the 'credibility gap' in clothing and textile recycling.

#recycling #fashion #switzerland

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Mountain herb based textile ‘DNA verification’ is closing recycling credibility gap
A unique marker applied directly to industrial and consumer waste clothing provides irrefutable proof of material identity.  Developed by Swiss manufacturer Haelixa, using a non-toxic substance produc...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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As the UK’s green regulators work to improve processes and outcomes, the country’s independent public spending watchdog - @nao.org.uk - makes a series of key recommendations.

#environment #climate #policy

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National Audit Office: Defra, Environment Agency, Natural England need strategic reform
As the UK’s green regulators work to improve processes and outcomes, the country’s independent public spending watchdog makes a series of key recommendations.  Organisations including the Department f...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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New strategic policy recommendations turn natural capital into critical infrastructure.

It's time to re-assess what we prioritise in terms of economic value.

#economy #environment #climate #UK @isepglobal.bsky.social

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These strategic policy recommendations turn natural capital into critical infrastructure
A new report based on insights from experts in transport, energy, water, and finance shows how environmental decline leads to economic loss, and shows how we can rethink value.  Natural Capital is Cri...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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2025 was a good year for #EV manufacturers in the UK, which is now Europe's second biggest electric vehicle market.

#travel #automotive #electriccars

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Carmakers meet UK EV sales target for second year running
Sales of new pure electric vehicles surpassed 470,000 in 2025, as low emission cars account for almost half of the total market.  In comparison, the number of internal combustion cars running on petro...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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The office decorations may have come down, but there’s still time to make your festive waste stream circular.

#waste #christmastree #pollution

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Christmas trees should never wind up in landfill
The office decorations may have come down, but there’s still time to make your festive waste stream circular. January isn’t most people’s favourite month. After the highs of Christmas and New Year we’...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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We roundup the UK's very first Green Future Fellows projects - from energy storage in ammonia to computer memory systems that run cold.

@raeng.org.uk #technology #climate #science

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Homegrown heroes: UK’s first Green Future Fellows rewarded for eco efforts
£39 million has been awarded to innovators working on high impact climate solutions. Here’s what you need to know about the projects and pioneers.  The first ever Green Future Fellows were recognised ...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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UK and US #oil firms and investment funds are circling #Venezuela - home to more untapped barrels of crude than anywhere else.

But the technology and processes required to extract this form of black gold pose a grave threat to our #environment.

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Venezuela’s oil rush is a climate catastrophe waiting to happen
The South American country has the largest black gold reserves in the world. Reopening its market to UK and US prospectors raises huge environmental questions. Since US forces captured Venezuelan Pres...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Workers' rights and Scope 3 emissions should be enough to convince leaders to clean up supply chains this year.

#environment #equality #employment #emissions

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Workers’ rights, Scope 3 emissions: cleaning out supply chains for 2026
Just 6% of UK organisations are on track to reduce off-site carbon output. Poor health, safety and staff conditions prevail at third party workplaces. So how about making a New Year’s resolution with ...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Total natural #water storage is declining in many parts of Europe, including groundwater.

Meanwhile, northwestern regions are now worth more than their historic weight in H20.

Confused? We explain a pioneering @ucl.ac.uk study.

#climatechange #climate

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Satellite analysis reveals worrying European groundwater weight loss
More than two decades of data have been used to determine a gradual loss of both surface and subsurface supplies across swathes of the continent.  Scientists at University College London, in collabora...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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22 months on, the #Bradford Clean Air Zone may have saved local services £180 million.

@york.ac.uk

#airpollution #airquality #pollution #publichealth

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City of Bradford Clean Air Zone delivers authority £180m savings
According to one assessment, the emissions-reducing policy has also boosted productivity.  York University’s study of Bradford’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) claims a £180.84million boost to the regional econ...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.

But the worst for chocolate waste.

So what if a form of red algae could eat the leftovers and produce an eco-food colouring?

#christmas #foodwaste #climate

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Can red algae eat our Christmas chocolate waste?
Approved for use in the US, scientists are turning factory offcuts and discarded cocoa shells into a new colourant.  Developed by researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (K...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Can a world drowning in #debt even survive the #climate crisis?

Based on the current #economic direction, maybe not.

@sussex.ac.uk

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A world drowning in debt cannot survive climate decline
Financial and environmental crises are feeding off each other, creating a new global poverty-environment trap, with little hope of disruption under the current system. According to a new paper publish...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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26 years after a total ban, asbestos remains Britain’s leading cause of work-related death. Numbers are expected to rise again.

Removal experts, engineers, and doctors explain the insidious legacy in schools, hospitals and town halls.

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Safe spaces: the insidious legacy of asbestos in UK public buildings
One of the most dangerous forms of air pollution is not being taken seriously despite the huge threat to teachers, students, doctors, nurses and council staff. Policy changes could help, but successiv...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Aberdeen is getting a new EV ultra rapid charging hub.

#ev #electricvehicle #transport

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Aberdeen is getting a new EV ultra rapid charging hub
The new facility in the Blackburn neighbourhood will benefit from four 240kW dual socket charge points, powering up to eight electric vehicles at a time.   Delivered by EV charge point Believ, the new...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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'FastTech' and cheap Christmas lights are a leading cause of bin lorry, recycling plant and landfill fire.

The UK spent £1.7bn on these items during 2024's festivities.

#ewaste #electricalwaste #pollution #recycling
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‘FastTech’ Christmas lights are setting waste streams on fire
183million cheap plug-in and battery products were bought ahead of the holidays last year, sending the risk of blazes at recycling centres rocketing.  According to a new report from Recycle Your Elect...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Imagine if the 40million miles of road in the world were a vast #carbon storage network?

Can Carbon Crusher make it happen?

#emissions #CCS #carbon #travel #potholes

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Mars Rover technology can turn our roads into carbon storage networks
With Britain’s pothole epidemic making headlines again for all the wrong reasons, can a new approach to laying tarmac offer a solution? Carbon Crusher Inc., an American and Norwegian ‘road-tech’ start...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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£7.8m will go to southern and central Scotland #communities hosting #energy transmission infrastructure.

Upskilling and development, social cohesion projects, green improvements and more will be funded through the investment.

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£7.8m for southern and central Scotland communities hosting energy transmission infrastructure
Funding will be delivered through one of the UK’s leading electricity transmission and distribution network management companies.  SP Energy Networks has announced a £7.8million fund aimed at providin...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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What happens when the press misinterprets and miscalculates #science?

We speak to a researcher about the dangers of reporting inaccuracies, and how falsities spread like wildfire across media and social media.

#population #water #environment #climate

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When the media misreported a human population study, and everyone panicked
Headlines grossly misrepresented a groundbreaking paper through misinterpretation, miscalculation, reproduction and automation. The original researcher explains why this is so damaging.  In the grand ...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A school in Canning Town, #EastLondon, has launched a pioneering community #solar project which could save the campus over £6k per year, and deliver cheap #energy to neighbours.

#newham #London #schools

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First-of-its-kind energy project launches at Canning Town school
The scheme aims to prove ‘benefits of local solar generation’, making electricity more affordable for the community with the hope of triggering policy change.   E.ON Next’s pilot has launched in Canni...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM