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Writing off diesel

Every conversation about reducing urban air pollution revolves around how to cut down traffic, put charges on polluting vehicles to phase them out, introduce a targeted scrappage to help people get out of dirty cars into better alternatives, and put rules in place that will help reduce emissions from other… Read More

Areeba Hamid - 25th November 2016

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A rubbish truck of plastic in the ocean every minute  –  and how you can help

With the ebb and flow of the tides, thousands of miles of coastline around the UK testify to the devastation that plastic pollution is having on the marine environment. The oceans are at their choking point, for every mile of beach surveyed there are 159 plastic bottles found washed… Read More

Fiona Nicholls - 17th November 2016

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A deposit return scheme for Scotland?

A truckload of plastic waste enters our oceans every minute. When I first heard this statistic I couldn’t believe it. But the evidence is all around us – from tiny microbeads in our toothpaste to images of seabirds with stomachs full of plastic. Plastic pollution is out of control. Read More

Alice Hunter - 11th November 2016

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VICTORY! Massive new Ocean Sanctuary established off Antarctica!

Today, the largest marine protected area in the world was created in the Ross Sea, off the coast of Antarctica. This is a HUGE victory for the whales, penguins, and toothfish that live there and for the millions of people standing up to protect our… Read More

Willie Mackenzie - 27th October 2016

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10 big reasons a new runway at Heathrow is bad for the UK

1. A new runway will fuel climate change This month the world ratified the most ambitious climate agreement ever. The Paris agreement couldn’t come soon enough- 2016 was the hottest year on record and the Arctic sea ice reached the second lowest minimum ever. Read More

India Thorogood - 24th October 2016

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