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UK looks to extend ivory ban to hippos and other animals
Mystery 19th Century botanist tracked down following appeal
Ros Atkins on… the North America heat waves
Investor influence on EU carbon market seen outweighing that of industrials
WCI emitters’ allowance length grows by largest amount in two months
US wants giant radar in UK to track space objects
Australia’s ‘sun tax’: solar energy supporters split over how to make electricity grid fairer
Rule changes aimed at making room for more household solar systems and batteries on the grid would be unfair to current owners, some say
Michael Streatfeild was an early solar adopter. About a decade ago he withdrew $15,000 from his mortgage to install a 3.6kW system of panels on a north-east facing section of his roof in western Sydney.
Three years ago, in a bid to wipe out his reliance on coal-fired grid electricity, he added a 4kW system and positioned it to catch sun later in the day, when it comes from the north-west.
Continue reading...Sweden seeks out Article 6 projects in the Dominican Republic
US Carbon Pricing and LCFS Roundup for week ending July 16, 2021
UKA prices slump to surprise discount to EUAs amid “no hurry” to clear demand backlog -experts
Severe flooding causes devastation in Europe – video report
Severe flooding has caused devastation in Germany and Belgium, where the death toll has risen to more than 120 as emergency services continued their search for many hundreds more still missing. No loss of life has been reported in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, but flash floods swept through the Swiss villages of Schleitheim and Beggingen, several towns in the Grand Duchy were evacuated and thousands were told to leave their homes in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht
- More than 100 dead as flood ‘catastrophe’ hits Germany and Belgium
- Climate scientists shocked by scale of floods in Germany
- Flash floods cause havoc across Europe – in pictures
‘Enough with the burning’: EU executive accused of sacrificing forests
Campaigners criticise European Commission strategy that allows continued burning of trees for fuel
The EU executive has been accused of “sacrificing forests” after it published proposals that would allow trees to continue to be burned for fuel.
The charges of “accelerating climate breakdown” through wood-burning were made on Friday as the European Commission unveiled its forest strategy, which includes a goal to plant 3bn trees across the EU by 2030.
Continue reading...A big chance to tackle Britain’s rampant meat consumption has been missed | Rosemary Green
The National Food Strategy has rightly declared war on junk food, but bypasses the crucial issue of how our diet harms the climate
I’ve spent a long time waiting for the UK to produce a proper and detailed plan to reform its dysfunctional relationship with food. The problems are numerous: we don’t properly count the cost of our poor diets, both to our own health and to our environment, and we have dietary guidelines that basically no one follows. Lots of our eating habits – particularly a preference for huge chunks of meat and lots of sugar – were formed in a time when food was less plentiful and more expensive. We now consume these foods on a massive scale while falling short on the fruit and vegetables that would help us avoid diseases in later life.
For the first time, the plan released by the National Food Strategy combines all the sectors involved in our food system – from farming to government procurement, education to industry and trade. No single solution will fix our food system alone, so this kind of comprehensive approach is really welcome. As is the government’s recent announcement of a ban on junk food advertising before 9pm. This new independent report continues the war on junk food by proposing the world’s first tax on sugar and salt for use in processed foods, catering businesses and restaurants. The tax – with some of resulting revenue ringfenced for providing fruit and veg to low-income families – should have big health benefits, building on those of the sugary drinks levy introduced a few years ago.
Continue reading...Six Extinction Rebellion protesters found guilty of blocking news printers
Judge says demonstration was ‘peaceful’ but impacted Murdoch, Mail, Telegraph and Standard titles
Six Extinction Rebellion protesters on trial for blockading the printing press of some of the UK’s major newspapers have been found guilty.
The activists appeared at St Albans magistrates court on Friday accused of obstructing the highway outside Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, on 4 September 2020.
Continue reading...Aftermath of Germany and Belgium floods – in pictures
At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium. Search and rescue operations are continuing with hundreds still unaccounted for
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Climate change: Science failed to predict flood and heat intensity
MSR reform plans separate from rest of EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ legislative process -official
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including endangered vultures, a baby beaver and a spectacular wingnut tree
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