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In the UK and around the world, those who challenge rich corporations are being hounded and crushed with ever-more inventive penalties

Why are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual terrorists (especially on the far right, and especially in the US) often remain unmolested by the law? Why, in the UK, can you now potentially receive a longer sentence for “public nuisance” – non-violent civil disobedience – than for rape or manslaughter? Why are ordinary criminals being released early to make space in overcrowded prisons, only for the space to be refilled with political prisoners: people trying peacefully to defend the habitable planet?

There’s a simple explanation. It was clearly expressed by a former analyst at the US Department of Homeland Security. “You don’t have a bunch of companies coming forward saying: ‘I wish you’d do something about these rightwing extremists.’” The disproportionate policing of environmental protest, the new offences and extreme sentences, the campaigns of extrajudicial persecution by governments around the world are not, as politicians constantly assure us, designed to protect society. They’re a response to corporate lobbying.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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The rollout of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) could encourage companies to further engage with decarbonising their supply chain through the process of insetting, said a carbon management platform that helps companies measure and report on their emissions.

Carbon credits from the two Kasigau Corridor REDD avoided deforestation projects can again be delivered into CBL’s N-GEO spot contract, the exchange said Friday, following news that Verra has completed its review of the Kenyan projects that were mired by allegations of sexual offences by staff and improper employment practices.

Flowers used in the ‘microbiome garden’ can enhance gut health by being eaten or just walked past

An “edible meadow” designed to improve gut health is to be displayed at the Chelsea flower show this year.

The two gardeners behind the “microbiome garden” say it will be filled with flowers that can enhance gut health by being eaten or just walked past.

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Governments all over the world are propping up overfishing. Now scientists have penned an open letter calling on trade ministers to implement stricter regulations against harmful fisheries subsidies. Vania Andreoli, PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia Dirk Zeller, Professor & Director, Sea Around Us - Indian Ocean, The University of Western Australia Jessica Meeuwig, Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Allowance prices in China’s carbon market hovered just above the 70 yuan ($9.86) level over the past week with an uptick in liquidity, while the national offset market saw a plunge in trading volumes amid sluggish demand.

A coalition of over 100 Brazilian businesses has partnered with impact data and analytics provider GIST Impact to accelerate the adoption of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations.

The Taiwanese government has revamped its domestic carbon offset methodologies in a bid to ensure the quality of carbon credits and to encourage participation in the emerging voluntary market.

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Ecologists condemn watchdog decision, accusing it of making reckless changes to allow easier logging of state forests containing glider habitat

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NSW’s environmental watchdog has put the endangered greater glider on a fast track to extinction by watering down logging protections, experts say.

Ecologists from WWF-Australia and Wilderness Australia have condemned the watchdog, accusing it of making reckless changes so Forestry Corporation can more easily log state forests.

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Scaling funding to tackle biodiversity loss will be one of the top priorities of next week's Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Council meeting, as discussions on the newly established Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) are set to take centre stage.

China's non-ferrous metals sector will see around 80 domestic aluminium producers covered by the national CO2 emissions trading scheme when the carbon market expands its sectoral coverage, an industry group has said.

A Switzerland-based technology initiative has launched what it says is the world’s first blockchain-native carbon credits, where all units are verified and issued directly on blockchain.

At least 80 pairs recorded in 2023 after species began breeding again in 1979, having disappeared from UK in 16th century

Britain’s tallest bird, the spectacular, wetland-loving crane bred in higher numbers last summer than at any point since they disappeared from the UK in the 16th century.

At least 80 pairs of cranes were recorded in 2023, up from the previous high of 72 two years earlier. The birds, which make distinctive bugling calls but are surprisingly elusive in the breeding season, as they hide in reedbeds, successfully fledged at least 36 chicks.

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One of the co-founders of a carbon market investment firm has joined climate advisory firm Pollination as an executive director, the latter announced Friday.

Northern Territory government has launches consultations on new strategy to power scores of remote indigenous communities with an average of 70% by 2030.

The post NT launches plan to power 72 remote indigenous communities with 70 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian government has put the call out for advisors to sit on the board of its independent expert committee for its recently legislated Nature Repair Market (NRM), it announced Friday.

Review delivers nine recommendations to address "material distrust" of renewables and transmission project developers resulting from poor community engagement.

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Indonesian state oil company Pertamina is opening a carbon trading business to offer services to domestic and international clients, with one client in the aviation business already secured, it said.