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Germany shuts down seven brown coal power stations at end of winter
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Taiwanese trade group calls for local CBAM
Regenerative agriculture “not a silver bullet”, researchers say
Watching the watchdogs: Voluntary carbon market consortium launches oversight body to police regulators, raters
Three-quarters of children want more time in nature, says National Trust
Charity publishes survey findings as it calls for youngsters to be no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces
More than three-quarters of children want to spend more time in nature, the National Trust has found, as the conservation charity pushes ministers to ensure youngsters are no more than a 15-minute walk from green spaces.
Nearly two-thirds – 63% – of parents are able to take their children to nature spaces only once a week or less, citing accessibility as the main barrier, the survey of 1,000 children aged seven to 14 and 1,000 parents by the trust and the children’s newspaper First News found.
Continue reading...Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway
Nile crocodiles and Burmese python among rare species seized in Spain
Other endangered animals rescued in 2023 included a burrowing parrot, an African spurred tortoise and a blood-eared parakeet
Specialist wildlife police in eastern Spain have rescued an exotic list of endangered animals over the past year, including a pair of Nile crocodiles, an African spurred tortoise weighing 25kg and a two-metre Burmese python.
The Seprona division of the Guardia Civil said in a statement on Sunday that its officers had recovered “numerous examples” of species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora during 2023.
Continue reading...Election of Donald Trump ‘could put world’s climate goals at risk’
Former UN climate chief warns of global impact of a possible regression in US green policies
Victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election this year could put the world’s climate goals at risk, a former UN climate chief has said.
The chances of limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels are already slim, and Trump’s antipathy to climate action would have a major impact on the US, which is the world’s second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and biggest oil and gas exporter, said Patricia Espinosa, who served as the UN’s top official on the climate from 2016 to 2022.
Continue reading...Spinning, whirling fish in south Florida prompt emergency response
Smalltooth sawfish are behaving oddly, eliciting a first-ever plan to rescue and rehabilitate species from wild
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching what the agency described as an emergency response effort in south Florida after emerging reports of smalltooth sawfish spinning, whirling and displaying other abnormal behaviors.
In a statement released last Wednesday, NOAA said that in addition to the abnormal behaviors, there have been reports of fish deaths in the lower Florida Keys, including more than 28 smalltooth sawfish as of 24 March.
Continue reading...Seagulls 'charismatic' not 'criminal', say scientists
Latest talks fail to solve deep sea mining regulation spat
Japan aims at international impact in nature positive strategy
FEATURE: First deliverables from voluntary carbon market standards’ collaboration coming in Q3, but bigger challenges lay ahead
Partnership to launch broad range of carbon projects in Malaysia
IUCN proposes biodiversity article in global plastics treaty
Washington to offer higher current year volume at Q2 auction in June
Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows
Labour party analysis of figures since 2010 shows raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours last year
Waterborne diseases such as dysentery and Weil’s disease have risen by 60% since 2010 in England, new figures reveal.
Analysis of NHS hospital admissions by the Labour party has found that the number of people admitted to hospital with diseases transmitted via waterborne infection has increased from 2,085 in 2010-11 to 3,286 in 2022-23.
Continue reading...US landfill emissions are 40% higher than what’s being reported to regulators, study finds
BRIEFING: Canada set to increase federal carbon tax again, to the dismay of conservative leaders
Digested week: Germany has the right idea on dachshunds. Dogs should be cuddly | Lucy Mangan
Germans want to ban ‘torture breeding’ for extreme characteristics. Plus: don’t even think about swimming in British waters this Easter
I’ll say this for the Germans: when they’re right, they’re so right. Word reaches us that dachshunds are to be banned in Germany.
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