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Recycling plastic waste

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December 2019: Developments in steam cracking and pressure technology now enable the production of ‘virgin’ quality plastics from recycled plastic waste. This could allow for plastic manufacturing sites to transition to plastic collection and refineries within the framework of their existing infrastructures.

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Ice core inspired art installation opens in London

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Ice core inspired art installation opens in London

A new climate change artwork – Ice Floor, a new Phase 2 by Wayne Binitie, opens this week at Arup’s Fitzroy Street offices in London. The work was developed in …

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Extinction Rebellion holds Cambridge “Foodless Feast” as part of global hunger strike

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Extinction Rebellion holds Cambridge “Foodless Feast” as part of global hunger strike

Cambridge students were among those fasting for seven days to draw attention to the impact of the climate crisis on food supply

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NHS, Brexit and climate change dominate South Cambridgeshire election hustings

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NHS, Brexit and climate change dominate South Cambridgeshire election hustings

The Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates to replace Heidi Allen as MP met on Thursday at Homerton as December’s election approaches

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Greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater lakes could double due to climate change, say University of Cambridge researchers

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The Department for Plant Sciences has been exploring the diversity of organic molecules in lakes.

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Cambridge research group has ties to arms industry

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Cambridge research group has ties to arms industry

The group is also working with Cambridge Zero, the University’s climate change initiative

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Predicting climate change impacts on maritime Antarctic soils: A space-for-time substitution study

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Improving dialogue among researchers, local and indigenous peoples and decision-makers to address issues of climate change in the North

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Switching to dry powder inhalers could reduce carbon emissions and cut costs

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Work by year 6 student Rory Braggins modelling the financial and environmental impacts of switching to more environmentally sustainable inhalers has been just been published in  BMJ Open. Working with Alex Wilkinson, (British Thoracic Society) and James Smith, (Public Health and Primary Care), Rory’s work demonstrated that large scale switching to dry powder inhalers could be done…

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Cambridge Barclays closes for the day during Extinction Rebellion protest

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The group demonstrated outside the bank over its funding of fossil fuels

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