Environment Journal

Environment Journal reports on best practice and key issues in sustainability, net zero, nature restoration and biodiversity across public and private sectors.

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Flying elephants may seem like a storyline limited to Disney’s Dumbo.

But with modern technologies aiding global #conservation initiatives, it’s becoming increasingly common to translocate major species by such means.

Read @ianMpackham's new piece:

https://t.co/TSR5Fpf55S

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A new analysis has found the Conservative Party’s  claims about the cost of net zero have been wildly inflated due to a spreadsheet error.

#energy #netzero

https://t.co/bbPKQ8Crhz

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The @LondonNPC Festival returns this weekend.

Want to know what it would be like if we treated towns like nature reserves?
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#environment #biodiversity #nature #london #festivals
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https://t.co/nmkIfy8lpT

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The ReVault system by @Arup reuses concrete for structural components in #construction projects — cutting embodied #carbon by 70%.

Just one example of a new remanufacturing system being pioneered in the UK and Europe.

https://t.co/ib3wX5ZIGd

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Nature must be at the heart of proposals to improve England’s waterways, according to a major new assessment that sets out how communities can benefit when wildlife recovery efforts are joined up at scale.

@WildlifeTrusts

https://t.co/zetUJ4d6pg

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A teenage undergraduate in Scotland may have solved the AI energy problem.

Efficient neurocomputing chip design significantly cuts power usage, and the need for large infrastructure connectivity.

#ai #energy #computing

https://t.co/ukJWzzhvk4

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China has published over 70 five year plans for #climate and #energy so far this year.

Claims the country is a net zero saviour miss the big picture.

But anyone arguing decarbonisation is futile because of Chinese emissions isn't looking properly.

https://t.co/AvXkbV5ay9

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Globally, 2.1 billion people cannot drink safely.

Britain is dealing with dangerously low reservoir levels.

2027 is predicted to be even worse.

But the UK still seems unaware the world is running out of #water.

https://t.co/CxiJ7M2L6e

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Bonfire of the... environmental regulation and regulators.

@Conservatives #netzero #environment #Climate #generalelection

https://t.co/LYdlUCTElF

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Some of the planet’s most polluted and economically disenfranchised places are missing out on money to #airpollution.

@CleanAirFund #nepal #pakistan #myanmar #cameroon #congo #pollution #airquality

https://t.co/Chb2UFIXwD

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World leaders must turn years of promises to support vulnerable Pacific nations into concrete action on #climate change.

@amnesty #cop31

https://t.co/0Dv2wu6YXm

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The Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition opens @mallgalleries in London today.

The people behind the brushstrokes share stories of working in the wild, and the nature that inspired them.

@swlanaturaleye #art #nature #environment

https://t.co/syeIKSNAeU

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Contrary to free market-thinkers and trickle-down economists, corporations have shown themselves incapable of managing essential services.

@UKLabour's GB Grid emphasises private sector utilities failure.

Our latest long read.

#EnergyPolicy

https://t.co/u8DV3zTTta

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More bad news for @thameswater, as supply to 15,000 homes fail, alongside schools and businesses, due to a burst mains.

750 litres of #water was being lost per second yesterday. At a time when many areas of the UK remain in drought conditions.

https://t.co/7GMn9dPhID

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Donald Trump has confirmed new rules in the US which will make cars less fuel efficient.

Here's why that matters for everyone on the planet.

#carbon #emissions #automobile

https://t.co/FjdMZPyFdH

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Not all warming is equal.

A new study has mapped where and when climate change sped up.

#environment #climatecrisis

https://t.co/Y7Zb9WN2w0

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Drought-ravaged Britain must decentralise water treatment.

Strong message here in our latest long read... direct from the Arabian Peninsula, one of the world's most water-scarce regions.

#water #drought #climate @KAUST_News

https://t.co/a1TaZ9rxu1

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The Iris Awards recognise extraordinary young people taking a leadership role in climate change mitigation, ecological solutions and more.

#environment #climate #youth

https://t.co/YS9GjGLamR

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The fashion industry is linked to around 1/3 of the world’s farmland, according to a new report focused on how the environmental impact of clothing depends on how materials are produced, not just what they are made from.

#fashion #climate #farming

https://t.co/XlDzCenKp5

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The @EarthshotPrize is here...

#climate #environment #climatechange #climatesolutions

https://t.co/Ld3s8MEhE4