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BBC News - Science & Environment

1. Analysis: Large-scale tree planting 'no easy task'
   Trees are the latest green battleground in the election campaign, writes BBC Science editor David Shukman.
2. Bloodhound land speed racer blasts to 628mph
   The British jet-powered car goes faster still during trials on a dried-out lakebed in South Africa.
3. General election 2019: Lib Dems pledge £100bn climate fund over five years
   Plan to "decarbonise capitalism" would be funded by extra borrowing and tax changes, party says.
4. Sentinel for sea-level rise enters testing
   The satellite that will maintain the "gold standard" measurement of ocean height is nearly complete.
5. 'Alarm' over winter flood prospects in England
   The Environment Agency is worried about further flooding this winter after near-record rainfall.