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Society is wedded to a belief that it is OK to control animals for profit. We hoped halting the race would make people stop and think

As a country of people who love animals, it shocks and saddens many of us that watching a horse break their neck on national TV is still considered entertainment. That’s why 300 people from Animal Rising went to Aintree on Saturday to stop the Grand National.

We did not fully succeed, and – like last year – more horses died. Hill Sixteen fell at the first fence and was put down due to the horse’s injuries. Hill Sixteen’s death followed those of two others at Aintree last week. We mourn the loss of these animals.

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Just 20 food producers account for almost a fifth of the biodiversity impact from a group of the 250 biggest nature loss contributors in the world, a study has found.

New study adds to growing body of evidence that the economic benefits of climate action outweigh the costs.

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Chris Bowen is expected to introduce an EV and vehicle fuel efficiency standards policy next week

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Australia’s long-awaited national electric vehicle strategy is expected to be released next week, finally detailing the introduction of pollution standards that should accelerate the uptake of electric cars.

Industry sources say the federal climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, will release the strategy ahead of an event in western Sydney on Wednesday.

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Bonds, insurance, fines or mandatory remediation are being considered as part of a plan to restore Great Barrier Reef islands smashed by cyclones and left abandoned

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Across the Great Barrier Reef, cyclones have left tropical island paradises shuttered and abandoned, replete with ruined infrastructure and damaged environments.

Now the state government is considering how to force the owners of these “derelict” island resorts to pay bonds, insurance, fines or otherwise ensure remediation, as conservationists join calls for overseas owners to foot the bill.

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Closures, delayed after Russia reduced Europe’s gas supplies, leave conundrum for energy policymakers

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Germany’s three remaining nuclear power stations will shut down on Saturday, 12 years after the Fukushima disaster in Japan accelerated the country’s exit from atomic energy.

The closures mark the conclusion of a stop-start approach to atomic energy and a victory for the country’s vociferous anti-nuclear movement.

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Readers say they are afraid to let children outside after warnings from authorities and neighbours’ threats

Cars, dog poo and delivery drivers: why children don’t play out anymore

Families are facing threats and police warnings for letting their children play in the street, Guardian readers have reported, leaving parents afraid to let their children spend time outside.

Liz Swift thought a basketball hoop on wheels pushed to the corner of her street on sunny afternoons would be a great way to keep her 13-year-old active. But the local authority did not agree. The family received letters from Waltham Forest council warning them that children playing in the street were “causing a nuisance to neighbours”.

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Canada’s GHG output increased in 2021 with the return of activity following COVID-19 shutdowns through the previous year, driving the country further away from 2030 Paris abatement pledges, according to government data published Friday.

Regulated entities trimmed their net length in California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) while building slightly in RGGI, as speculators did not significantly alter their positions across the two North American cap-and-trade systems, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

A summary of legislative, regulatory, and policy action on carbon, clean fuel standard, and clean energy markets at the US federal and subnational levels this week, including a meeting of the Pennsylvania governor's RGGI working group, a Michigan plan for a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) and clean energy standard, an Oregon commission's GHG reduction recommendations and legislative proposal to study a lower diesel carbon intensity benchmark, and the advancement of offset-related legislation in California.

An activist group for Indigenous peoples has lodged a grievance with a jurisdictional REDD+ standards body over claims that the Guyanese government did not receive consent from communities to distribute tens of millions of avoided deforestation carbon offsets.

A UK-based carbon standard is due to launch next week having built up a portfolio of pilot activity in regenerative agriculture, as corporate interest in existing options for British land-based carbon credits is seen waning.

Exchange operator ICE Futures US announced on Friday the delayed launch date for three Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) futures contracts, four months into commencement of the newest carbon market in North America.

EU member states handed out a total of 75 million more free EUAs to industrial plants over the last four weeks, bringing the total issuance to around 76% of this year's maximum, though five countries are yet to begin issuing permits to installations.

The Scottish government is inviting prospective suppliers to bid on a £66-million peatland restoration contract.

The EU should look closer to home when it comes to diversifying its supply of critical raw materials (CRMs) needed for the energy transition by developing sustainable mining within its borders, according to a leading expert, as rising export restrictions are seen hindering global climate ambition.

Inflation and the climate crisis are hitting developing economies hardest. Trade is the key to helping them

• Mia Mottley is prime minister of Barbados. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is director-general of the World Trade Organization

The Covid-19 pandemic derailed economies everywhere, and in most developing countries incomes remain well below pre-pandemic levels. Inflation, made worse by the war in Ukraine, is particularly painful for low-income and vulnerable countries, where essentials like food and energy dominate household budgets. Higher interest rates are exacerbating debt distress across much of the developing world, squeezing public and private investment and paring back growth. To compound this, the climate crisis is hitting the very countries that contribute least to the problem, and which have the most limited means to cope.

Already, we are seeing the reversal of hard-won development gains. The World Bank estimates that the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have pushed up to 95 million more people into extreme poverty. The World Food Programme projects that almost 350 million people may be food insecure in 2023, more than double the number in 2020. In the wake of the pandemic, unemployment is higher, gender gaps are wider and the share of young people with neither jobs nor sufficient education has risen, according to the International Labour Organization.

Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP is prime minister of Barbados. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is director-general of the World Trade Organization

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Dartmoor National Park Authority is preparing to appeal against court decision to overturn right to wild camp

A wealthy landowner has accused Dartmoor National Park Authority (DPNA) officials of “acting like campaigners” as they prepare to appeal against a court decision to overturn the right to wild camp.

Earlier this year, as a result of a court case brought by a local landowner, backpack camping, also known as wild camping, was made illegal on Dartmoor without landowner permission, overturning what campaigners claim was a long-held right to camping on the moor.

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