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Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists
Rotifers could be accelerating risk by splitting particles into thousands of potentially more dangerous nanoplastics
A type of zooplankton found in marine and fresh water can ingest and break down microplastics, scientists have discovered. But rather than providing a solution to the threat plastics pose to aquatic life, the tiny creatures known as rotifers could be accelerating the risk by splitting the particles into thousands of smaller and potentially more dangerous nanoplastics.
Each rotifer, named from the Latin for “wheel-bearer” owing to the whirling wheel of cilia around their mouths, can create between 348,000 and 366,000 nanoplastics – particles smaller than one micrometre – each day.
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German coalition government agrees relief package for electricity-intensive companies
Brazilian state opens dialogue with private sector to map out carbon offset projects
Japanese carbon developers tap into Indonesia despite concerns over data availability and policy uncertainty
Biodiversity credit blockchain partnership secures Costa Rican project
Japanese energy security body pushes again for ASEAN carbon credit regime for CCS
UN seabed authority reaches no conclusion on deep-sea mining rules despite mounting support for ban
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UN hunger expert: US must recognize ‘right to food’ to fix broken system
Some states have implemented free school meals, and Maine has a constitutional amendment to guarantee the ‘unalienable right to food’
The US must acknowledge the right to food in order to transform its broken food system in the post-pandemic era and make it more resilient in the face of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, according to a United Nations hunger expert.
“Whether we’re talking about right to food, food justice or food sovereignty, there has been growing momentum over the last 10 years to understand that food is not just something we just leave to be determined by what is available or by corporations or the status quo,” said Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food.
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Chinese companies announce country’s first deforestation-free soybean import deal
Nature startup publishes peer-reviewed metric on forest biodiversity
Australia to commit funding to Pacific Resilience Facility, as observers urge it to do more on climate change
Energy efficiency scheme for cold homes going at a glacial pace, says Labour
Government’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures show
Labour has attacked the Conservatives over the speed of government efforts to upgrade Britain’s draughty housing stock, as analysis showed a leading household energy efficiency initiative was proceeding at what the party called a “glacial pace”.
Just 65,000 homes have been upgraded under the government’s Energy Company Obligation (Eco) scheme since it was relaunched in April last year, according to analysis of statistics released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
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Gas peaking plant edges ahead with target of 35% renewable hydrogen mix by 2026
CS Energy locks in key equipment supply deal for "hydrogen ready" gas peaking plant at Kogan Creek, which it plans to transition to 100% renewables.
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“Disingenuous actors:” Joyce, LNP called out for spread of wind and solar myths
Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy and environment NGOs call out federal Coalition bad actors for disinformation and scare tactics on wind and solar projects.
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Coalition’s nuclear SMR poster boy cancels flagship project due to soaring costs
NuScale, the US company pushing nuclear SMRs and championed by the Australian Coalition, has its flagship project cancelled by customers due to soaring costs.
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