environment
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Government cuts funding for making brownfield sites suitable for new homesDrastic cuts to hit remediation work – the process of detoxifying soil, with plans to phase it out by 2017, MPs on environmental audit committee find -
Sweden should keep coal in the ground, not sell it offMay Boeve: Prime minister Stefan Löfven should keep his election promise of clean energy and not let state-owned Vattenfall sell its coal mines to EPH
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Renewable energy smashes global records in 2015, report showsLast year saw record worldwide investment and implementation of clean energy such as wind, solar and hydropower
energy
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Scottish parliament votes narrowly in favour of ban on frackingVote does not create binding policy but is significant defeat for SNP so soon into new parliamentary term
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Q&A;: Di Natale decries major parties' support for coalmines as 'great tragedy' – videoGreens leader criticises Labor and the Coalition for commitments to new coalmines, accusing them of taking huge donations from the fossil fuel lobby and harming the future of renewables on ABC’s Q&A program on Monday.
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latest news
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Queensland bankrolls council projects that mitigate effects of rising sea levelsThe move comes two years after opposition Liberal National party banned mentions of climate change impacts from planning policy
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Shark trapped and killed in WA after surfer loses leg in attackDrum lines were set in the wake of the attack on Ben Gerring and a 4.2m-long great white was caught shortly afterwards
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featured series
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Sustainable livingSustainable livingThe beauty industry now has its own green 'seal of approval'Environmental Working Group has launched EWG Verified, a label that will help consumers spot products that meet stringent ingredient and transparency requirements
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Circular economyCircular economyFlorida brewery creates edible beer holders to save marine lifeDiscarded plastic six-pack rings trap and kill fish and other sea life. Could holders made from wheat and barley be an animal-friendly alternative?
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesMountain goats, beavers and whooping cranes are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
What has the EU ever done for my … fellow creatures?