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Japan’s plan to resume commercial whaling could actually help whales
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Why the UK using less electricity is weirdly bad news for the climate
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Our addiction to flying is ruining the climate, but it doesn’t have to
From simply flying planes in straighter lines to sucking fuel from thin air, a raft of…