Here are the latest science and environmental news stories from the BBC in London. Views express in Hawaii Science Digest are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content provided by the BBC. Accessed on 05 June 2019, 0305 UTC.
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Energy bills used to subsidise nuclear subs
UK bills are inflated partly because households are subsidising nuclear submarines, MPs are told.
Push on to take Cornwall into orbit
Significant backing is offered to Virgin Orbit and Spaceport Cornwall to make Newquay launches happen.
‘Fear’ of killer shrimp may threaten rivers
An invasive “killer shrimp” that has reached UK rivers could be altering the behaviour of other species.
Baby gene experiment ‘foolish and dangerous’
Twin girls had their DNA altered to protect against HIV – but their mutation may increase the risk of an early death.
Britain’s top secret laboratory
PM to challenge Trump on climate
Robot duo wins ocean-mapping XPRIZE
Features
‘Time machines’ to Antarctica’s past
Ugly, angry, with four legs and wrapped in gold
Four reasons why this Everest season went wrong
The man who made Einstein world-famous
Answering the biggest question on Mars
Watch/Listen
How to make biodegradable ‘plastic’ from cactus juice
Dust, noise and coughs: life by the M4
Rotting waste sent back to Canada
Malaysia to send back imported waste
Is your phone voice assistant sexist?
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Kevin Keane
BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent
Holyrood’s environment committee says there still needs to be raised ambition from government and other sectors.
Campaigners want to block construction of a coal plant that would raise greenhouse gas emissions by 700%.
Each year 14 million plastic items end up in canals and rivers in England and Wales, report says.
Alastair Leithead
BBC News, Nairobi
Campaigners want to stop the construction of a power station that would raise greenhouse gas emissions by 700%.
China, Indonesia and Vietnam are among the worst polluters for plastic waste being dumped in the ocean. Meet the women in those countries trying to change that.
Douglas Fraser
Business/economy editor, Scotland
Consumer and government pressure is growing on oil and gas producers. How much can they absorb the pressure by shaping the energy transition? Or will change be done to them?
Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
Significant backing is offered to Virgin Orbit and Spaceport Cornwall to make Newquay launches happen.
News from Elsewhere…
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The bridge in the remote Arctic is thought to have been dismantled for scrap metal.
How are Waitrose’s customers taking to filling their own containers and bottles in Oxford?
Council on verge of ‘climate emergency’
Karen Dunn
Local Democracy Reporter
A coastal county in West Sussex is on the verge of declaring a climate emergency after considering a report which predicted a one metre rise in sea levels.
The cabinet of Arun District Council met on Monday to discuss the report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
The independent body set up to advise the government has warned of a possible rise in sea levels which would put more than 500,000 properties at risk of flooding nationwide.
The report also said the public did not have “clear and accurate information” about coastal erosion.
Council leader James Walsh warned: “We are in the front line as a coastal authority… we need to up our game.”
Martin Lury, cabinet member for planning, agreed, saying: “I’m thinking of declaring a climate change emergency.”
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