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Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry | Bill McKibben
The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?
Ten days ago Joe Biden did something remarkable, and almost without precedent – he actually said no to big oil.
His administration halted the granting of new permits for building liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, something Washington had been handing out like M&Ms on Halloween for nearly a decade. It’s a provisional “no” – Department of Energy experts will spend the coming months figuring out a new formula for granting the licenses that takes the latest science and economics into account – but you can tell what a big deal it is because of the howls of rage coming from the petroleum industry and its gaggle of politicians.
Bill McKibben is the founder of Third Act, which organizes Americans over 60 for progressive action and which worked this fall to persuade the administration to stop granting the LNG permits
Continue reading...Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court to hear
Campaigners argue in legal challenge that loophole has allowed poultry farmers to pollute river
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The Environment Agency and the UK government failed to protect the River Wye from catastrophic decline by allowing pollution from industrial chicken farming to saturate the land and devastate the protected river, a legal challenge is to argue.
Continue reading...Flights of fancy: starling murmurations – in pictures
The Danish photographer Soren Solkær first saw starling murmurations as a child near Wadden Sea in the south of the country. After photographing the phenomenon for three years in the marshlands of Denmark, Solkær’s new work, Starling, published by Edition Circle, expands his scope to trace the birds along their migration routes to the Netherlands and Italy
Continue reading...Australia’s biggest mining region needs 10x the renewable commitment made at COP28 to decarbonise
Starry skies over South Downs national park: astrophotography competition – in pictures
This year, photographers had the chance to win up to £100 for capturing a striking image of the night sky over South Downs national park, England, in one of three categories: Starry skyscapes, Nature at night and Magnificent moon
Continue reading...Environment charities lag behind other UK sectors in racial diversity, study finds
‘Huge disconnect’ between employers’ public ambitions on diversity and their actions, say workers
Workers at environmental charities have said bold words on inclusion are not being matched with action, as research shows the sector still lags far behind others in racial diversity.
Only about one in 20 workers in the environmental charity sector identified as an ethnic minority last year, according to a survey of organisations, compared with one in eight in the wider UK workforce.
Continue reading...Oil spills and fading glaciers: a beautiful world in peril – in pictures
A huge retrospective of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s work showcases the terrifying, but oddly beautiful marks we can leave on the planet
Continue reading...Cambodia to study carbon credit tokenisation, eyes exchange
UK minister for building pylons loses role after campaigning against them
Andrew Bowie wrote last year that concerns among his constituents about new pylons were ‘a priority’
The UK minister responsible for the building of new pylons has been quietly reshuffled after it emerged he had campaigned against the structures in his own constituency.
The energy minister Andrew Bowie had been in charge of energy networks, including building pylons, since he took up his post in February 2023.
Continue reading...EU backs local net-zero technology with Net-Zero Industry Act
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European Commission proposes 90 pct cut to emissions by 2040
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Diesel plants to close as big batteries take centre stage
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New Zealand court waves through legal action against emitters
Energy Insiders Podcast: Renewable energy barriers and curtailment
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Government in court over chicken poo in River Wye
If plants can pick fungi to help fight pests and diseases, it opens a door to greener farming and ecosystem recovery
Redflow tapped as preferred battery provider for a fourth major California project
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'Godfathers of wind' share engineering's QEPrize
Used solar panels could supply Australia’s next resource boom: study
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Queensland solar farm locks in global tech giant Amazon as energy off-taker
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