UK start-up Hoopsy has launched a home pregnancy test made from 99 per cent paper. Around 12.5 million home pregnancy tests completed in the UK each year: Hoopsy hopes to cut the plastic waste generated with its test which uses a paper test strip, half of which can be recycled. More here

Since its first satellite was launched 50 years ago, NASA’s Landsat programme has been helping us track changes to our planet, from Amazon deforestation to melting glaciers. The Conversation reports on how the programme’s images have helped communities respond to risks that may not be obvious from the ground. Read it here

“The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change”: the BBC reports on American PR E Bruce Harrison’s work for the Global Climate Coalition which did so much to undermine efforts to address climate change in the 90s and served as a model for fossil fuel lobbyists to this day. Read it here

The BBC article is related to its documentary series Big Oil v the World, which is available to view on the iPlayer. Details here

Design collective Andra Formen has created the E-metabolism collection of lamps, chairs and vases made from electric scooters fished out of the canals of Malmö, Sweden. The project is intended to draw attention to the problem of electric scooters being dumped in the city’s canals. Dezeen has the story here

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