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Protests by fruit pickers and farmers put spotlight on price of cheap food in UK
In two actions, migrant workers claim exploitation while farmers demonstrate against inheritance tax plan
This is a tale of two countrysides. One was featured prominently on Saturday by broadcasters as farmers held demonstrations throughout the UK against inheritance tax plans they believe will cripple family farms.
A smaller protest staged a day earlier outside the Home Office received almost no attention. A small band of fruit and vegetable pickers, mainly from Latin America, were highlighting their battle against what they call the exploitation of migrant workers.
Continue reading...Launch natural history GCSE in England now, campaigners urge Labour
Environmentalists say new course could be delayed until 2030 because it is viewed as Conservative party initiative
Leading environmentalists have called on the government to introduce a natural history GCSE immediately, amid fears it could be postponed until 2030.
The previous Conservative administration had supported creating the GCSE, which would teach pupils how to observe, identify and classify plants and animals.
Continue reading...Labour risks ‘powder keg’ clash with environmentalists as it puts growth before going green
As chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to expand London airports gains traction, the party is accused of back-pedalling on its green commitments
Labour is being warned it is hurtling towards a “powder keg” confrontation with environmentalists, green groups and a swathe of its own supporters in the next few weeks, amid its claims that “blockers” are standing in the way of economic growth.
A flurry of pro-growth measures have been announced by ministers in recent days as part of a government fightback against claims that the economy is stalling.
Continue reading...Indian govt releases draft methodologies for voluntary carbon market, seeks feedback
Rachel Reeves has to realise she can’t plough on with the farm tax | Phillip Inman
The chancellor’s attempt to get rich landowners to pay their fair share was correct in principle. But this measure has missed the mark
Rachel Reeves needs to rid herself of troublesome farmers. It’s become obvious, if it wasn’t at the time of the budget, that they are not going to go away.
Their shouts of protest are getting louder and the petition against proposals to tax inherited farms is growing longer.
Continue reading...‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out
University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity
Botanic gardens around the world are failing to conserve the rarest and most threatened species growing in their living collections because they are running out of space, according to research from the University of Cambridge.
Researchers analysed a century’s worth of records from 50 botanic gardens and arboreta, collectively growing half-a-million plants, to see how the world’s living plant collections have changed since 1921.
Continue reading...UK Climate and Nature Bill stalls as Labour government blocks progress on binding targets
California diesel sales decrease in October, while gasoline consumption rises
Canada’s CFR alternate compliance credit prices for 2024 face as much as 2.2% inflation
CFTC: Investors reroute to V26 CCAs on ARB rulemaking hiccups, derisk across US carbon markets
US DOE-funded projects should adopt legally binding community agreements -report
CO2 pipeline developer demands recusal of South Dakota commissioner from permit review
Global energy investment firm scoops US power plant
UK to dispose of radioactive plutonium stockpile
Article 6 body should establish ownership rights to attract financial sector -industry group
US airlines to carry big demand for Phase 1 CORSIA credits, but participation up in the air
Zambia publishes carbon market framework in step towards Article 6 trade
Net zero asset owners initiative opens call for carbon removal expertise
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UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers
Ministers avoid internal party row by promising potential rebels they will have input into environmental legislation
Ministers have seen off a bill that would have made the UK’s climate and environment targets legally binding, after promising Labour backbenchers that they would have input into environmental legislation.
The deal avoids an internal row over the bill, which was introduced by the Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage but had support from dozens of Labour MPs.
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