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We want to repair our electronic equipment so why is it so hard to do?

This post is by Janet Gunter and Ugo Vallauri, co-founders of the Restart Project. A new poll by YouGov shows that more people in Britain would like to repair their
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“The view of our company is clear: the time to act is now”

This post is by Peter Simpson, CEO of Anglian Water. Tackling coronavirus is rightly the current priority of governments, healthcare institutions, individuals and business. Key workers, like the team here
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Younger leave voters from left and right want strong environmental protections

This post is by Emma Rose, director of Unchecked UK. Over the past eight weeks we have learnt a lot about what British people think is important. We have learnt
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The construction industry really can ‘build back better’

When production at Dewar’s Lane Granary in Berwick-upon-Tweed came to an end in 1985, the historic building was left empty and abandoned, and earmarked for demolition.
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Why nature should be high on the government’s recovery to do list

Earlier this month, three sector leaders talked about their hopes and aspirations for nature’s recovery and how coronavirus has affected them and their constituencies. Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National
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The gap between promise and proof on standards is widening in the agriculture debate

In the House of Commons last Wednesday, Conservative MP Simon Hoare stood up and proudly described the Woodland Trust as a group of Leninists. While such an ascription is unlikely
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Is a UK carbon tax the catalyst we need to stimulate a green recovery?

This post is by Hannah Dillon, head of the Zero Carbon Campaign What should a post Covid-19 society look like? I hope we can all agree that a world in
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How fish are derailing the EU negotiations and why we should care

Last month saw the ‘future relationship’ talks between the UK and the EU resume after a pandemic hiatus. Fisheries management was cited by both Michael Gove and Michel Barnier as
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Net zero is nowhere in sight for UK clean heat policy

This post is by Jan Rosenow and Samuel Thomas of the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP). It was first published in Utility Week. For months, we have been waiting for the
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UK-EU trade negotiations: the level playing field is at risk of ‘regression by default’

This post is by Andy Jordan and Brendan Moore, who are respectively co-chair and research associate at Brexit&Environment. The fate of the trade negotiations between the EU and the UK
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