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Country diary: a dipper in the shadows of the Devon Expressway
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UK urged to create green apprenticeships to help Covid recovery
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Take a deep breath: how ‘Cornish’ air sells for GBP60 a...
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As many corals growing in the Pacific as trees in the...
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‘A duty of care’: Australian teenagers take their climate crisis plea...
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Budget is vital test of UK government’s green credentials
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A third of top UK firms’ CO2 emissions not in line...
Three out of 10 of the UK's biggest public companies emit carbon dioxide at a rate that would contribute significantly to the climate crisis,...
Cattle stranded on ship to be destroyed in port as second...
Spanish authorities are about to begin slaughtering hundreds of calves that have spent months crisscrossing the Mediterranean, said a lawyer for the cattle shippers....
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