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Are protesters who perform last rites for farm animals doing more harm than good?
As a vocal vegan, I might be expected to support the abattoir protests by the Save movement. But I’m not convinced they benefit the animals
Of all the people you would expect to be waiting outside a slaughterhouse, animal lovers might seem the least likely candidates. Yet outside abattoirs around the world, vegan activists from the Save Movement are doing just that.
Save is a global network that holds vigils outside abattoirs to show love and compassion to the animals as they arrive for slaughter. The protesters stop the trucks for a few minutes, offer soothing words to the animals and take photos and videos to record their conditions. The movement first hit the headlines in 2015 when an activist in Canada was taken to court for giving water to thirsty pigs in a slaughter truck. She was threatened with 10 years in prison; eventually, a judge dismissed the case. Last week, the group made headlines after its Leicestershire chapter struck a deal with Foyle Food Group to allow them to perform last rites ceremonies.
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Nationwide UK student climate strike - in pictures
Pupils from schools, colleges and universities walk out in protest against lack of climate action
Continue reading...Toxic black snow covers Siberian coalmining region
Activists say ‘post-apocalyptic’ scenes in Kuzbass highlight manmade ecological disaster
Residents of a coalmining region in Siberia have been posting videos online showing entire streets and districts covered in toxic black snow that critics say highlight a manmade ecological catastrophe.
In one video, filmed in Kiselyovsk, a town in the Kuzbass region, a woman drives past mounds of coal-coloured snow stretching to the horizon, covering a children’s playground and the courtyards of residential buildings. The scenes in the footage were described as “post-apocalyptic” by Russian media.
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Continue reading...Schoolchildren take to streets in UK-wide climate strike - live
Thousands of children walk out of class in protest at environmental crisis. Follow the latest updates
2.18pm GMT
The former higher education minister Sam Gyimah has joined the surprising number of Conservative MPs who have offered tacit support for pupils joining the school strike today
Best to see this as an applied citizenship lesson on one day of the year. Climate Change is one of the big issues facing mankind, and we all benefit from having informed, active and engaged citizens. https://t.co/tHS50qIBnv
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Amy Walker has been talking to more of the students taking part in the strikes in Brighton:
Joe Paulger, Otis Berey and Alfie Morgan are all 16-year-old Year 11s at Varndean School. They left at breaktime to join the protest - this is the first any of them have ever been to. #strike4climate #Brighton pic.twitter.com/dfo9XlPj75
Hettie Ainsworth, 10, is here with her parents despite not being given an authorised absence from school. She’s here to protest because: “the government isn’t doing enough about it.” She adds: “It’s our future, and if we don’t start paying attention there may not be one.” pic.twitter.com/DhHdh7lywp
Continue reading...Thousands of UK students strike over climate change – video
Thousands of school and university students in the UK have walked out of lessons as part of a global movement calling for action on climate change
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Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall?
People tend to respond to immediate threats and financial consequences – and Florida’s coastal real estate may be on the cusp of delivering that harsh wake-up call
I stood behind a worn shopping center outside of Crystal Springs, Florida, looking for the refuge where a hundred manatees were gathered for winter. I found them clustered in the emerald-colored spring, trying to enjoy a wedge of sunlight and avoid the hordes of people like me, boxing them in on kayaks and tour boats, leering over wooden decks. The nearby canals were lined with expensive homes and docks with jetskis. One manatee breached the water for a breath, and I could see the propeller scar on its back.
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Continue reading...Climate strike: school pupils prepare to walk out of class across UK
Thousands of schoolchildren and young people are to join nationwide call for action
Thousands of schoolchildren and young people are expected to join climate strikes across the UK in a demonstration of growing concern about the escalating environmental crisis.
Organisers said strikes were planned in at least 60 towns and cities from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands in an attempt to force politicians to take urgent action.
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By poplar demand: the 2019 European Tree of the Year contest – in pictures
Voting is open throughout February for the ninth European Tree of the Year contest, organised by the Environmental Partnership Association and featuring entrants from 15 countries
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