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Anthony Browne MP: Police should have upheld law over Extinction Rebellion

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The South Cambridgeshire Conservative MP writes for the Cambridge Independent.

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Cambridge Societies endorse candidates ahead of SU election

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Cambridge Societies endorse candidates ahead of SU election

CULC, CULA and Cambridge Zero Carbon have announced their endorsements

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New tools show a way forward for large-scale storage of renewable energy

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New tools show a way forward for large-scale storage of renewable energy

Photo of solar panels by Mariana Proença on Unsplash Monday, March 2, 2020 A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe both how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, aiding the development of strategies to extend battery lifetimes. Being able to extend…

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Questions over city council’s response to climate change as annual budget set

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The Labour ruling group on the council says it is moving towards carbon neutral

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University ‘unreservedly apologises’ after bird netting controversy

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University ‘unreservedly apologises’ after bird netting controversy

Extinction Rebellion cut and removed nets from trees in West Cambridge, citing the threat habitat destruction poses to British birds

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Cambridge University ‘unreservedly apologises’ for putting nets on trees to stop birds nesting day after Extinction Rebellion rips them down

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Extinction Rebellion ripped the nets down in the middle of the night, calling Cambridge University "an enemy of nature"

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Councillors slammed for closing meeting before climate emergency vote

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Councillors have been blasted for a “concerted effort to delay” holding a vote on whether to declare a climate emergency.

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Chris Packham condemns bird netting installed on trees for University of Cambridge as ‘absolutely outrageous’

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Extinction Rebellion has removed some of it under cover of darkness.

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“How can you possibly prioritise an essay?”: student voices from XR’s week-long shutdown

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“How can you possibly prioritise an essay?”: student voices from XR’s week-long shutdown

Although Extinction Rebellion’s actions last week saw relatively little student participation, Varsity has spoken to students involved in the protests

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Prof Tony Booth’s XR fire alarm at Intercontinental Hotel: Case dismissed

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Extinction Rebellion academic sounded alarm during ‘Oil and Money’ conference in October

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