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BRIEFING: EU nations face major ambition hike in non-ETS sectors
Is Pride the right target for Just Stop Oil? Yes, when it’s letting our common enemy off the hook | James Greig
LGBTQ+ rights and the climate crisis are not separate, when the forces working against them are so often one and the same
Queer members of Just Stop Oil issued Pride in London with a set of demands this week, arguing that “the climate crisis is the biggest threat to LGBTQ+ rights, due to social collapse”. This comes after Pride faced accusations of “pinkwashing” over its decision to make United Airlines the headline sponsor of this year’s event.
Just Stop Oil is calling for transparency around which companies Pride in London accepts money from, and how these decisions are made; a statement from the organisers demanding an end to new oil and gas; and a public meeting with its volunteers about joining the fight for climate justice. Failure to meet these demands, Just Stop Oil suggested, “may or may not” result in protest action during Saturday’s event.
James Greig writes about culture and society
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EU ambassadors fail to agree on power market reform, leaders urge speedy industry deal
London Super Sewer gets underground flower garden
Investor shine fades in carbon sector amid general slowdown in climate tech
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The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage | Marina Hyde
The prime minister’s pledges to transform the country look about as rock steady as Thames Water’s balance sheets
Another busy week for Britain’s Ministry of Metaphor, as the country’s largest supplier of that luxury product “water” teeters on the brink of collapse. Thames Water has become the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers. If you thought leveraged debt was bad when the Glazers did it with Manchester United, it’s possible you’ll find it even worse when water firms are holding you to a 40% bill hike if you simply want one of the essential building blocks of human life to come out of your tap. The companies have acted like cowboy builders who fleece unsuspecting customers for catastrophically poor work, and now want you to pay them huge sums again to fix it.
Back to them in a minute. For now, let’s rewind to early January this year, when the prime minister portentously unveiled his government’s five pledges. You may recall quite a lot of political experts explaining loftily that he had chosen these specific targets as they were actually not all that hard to achieve. As Rishi Sunak put it then: “Those are the people’s priorities. We will either have achieved them or not. No tricks, no ambiguity. We’re either delivering for you or we’re not.”
Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...Euro Markets: Midday Update
ANALYSIS: EUA pricing may be shifting back to fundamentals as spec-driven whipsaw seen ending
UK lawmakers publishes report on marine mammal protection
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Humans hundreds of times 'deadlier' than sharks
Blackpool zoo welcomes ‘very special baby’ orangutan
First Bornean orangutan to be born at the zoo in 20 years welcomed, with species facing extinction in the wild
An orangutan has been born at Blackpool zoo as part of efforts to save the dwindling species.
The new arrival is the first Bornean orangutan to be born at the zoo in 20 years, making him a “very special baby”, zookeepers said.
Continue reading...Global biodiversity fund ready for August launch after GEF reaches agreement
New report finds most US kale samples contain ‘disturbing’ levels of ‘forever chemicals’
PFAS was found in seven of eight samples bought at US stores, with organic kale containing higher levels of the toxic compounds
Seven out of eight US kale samples recently tested for toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” contained high levels of the compounds.
The testing looked at conventional and organic kale bought at grocery stores across the country, and comes after Food and Drug Administration analyses conducted between 2019 and 2021 found no PFAS contamination.
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