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British Steel, other UK firms face hefty ETS compliance bills linked to Brexit ‘shield’
Victoria's recycling crisis just the tip of Australia's waste iceberg
Grouse estates investigated over heather burning
Evidence collected by Friends of the Earth allege estates have continued practice despite voluntary commitments to stop
An official watchdog is investigating five grouse-shooting estates for allegedly damaging the environment in a practice that they had pledged to stop.
Natural England is looking into allegations that the estates have repeatedly burned heather on their land to maximise the number of grouse for shooting. The watchdog launched its investigation after being passed evidence in the form of eyewitness accounts that the environmental group Friends of the Earth had collected.
Continue reading...Ban Ki-moon tells Britain: stop investing in fossil fuels overseas
Former UN secretary-general says country must live up to Theresa May’s commitment
Ban Ki-moon has urged Britain to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas, in what he said would mark a test of Theresa May’s commitment to act on climate change.
The former UN secretary general said he was deeply concerned that the UK’s export credit agency had provided billions of pounds in recent years to support businesses involved in oil and gas schemes around the world.
Continue reading...Badgers, stoats and otters stage ‘incredible’ revival
They must survive government culls, gamekeepers, poisoning, persecution and increasingly busy roads but, in modern times at least, Britain’s carnivores have never had it so good: badger, otter, pine marten, polecat, stoat and weasel populations have “markedly improved” since the 1960s, according to a new study.
The otter, polecat and pine marten have bounced back from the brink of extinction, and the country’s only carnivorous mammal now in danger of being wiped out is the wildcat, with the dwindling Scottish populations hit by hybridisation with domestic and feral cats.
Continue reading...Kew’s tree library leads hi-tech war on illegal logging
New techniques will help customs officers identify and seize wood that came from endangered species
The wooden blinds that lie crumpled in Peter Gasson’s laboratory in Kew Gardens are chipped and forlorn-looking. Their manufacturers had claimed they were made of pine but customs officers were wary. And their suspicions were well-founded. Gasson, Kew’s research leader on wood and timber, found the blinds were not made of pine but ramin.
“All ramin trees, which grow in south-east Asia, are endangered and trade in their wood is illegal,” said Gasson. “On this occasion, we got lucky and stopped people profiting from this trade.”
Continue reading...Labor won't prejudge Adani as it could harm future decisions, Tony Burke says
Shadow environment minister sceptical whether law followed on approvals for coal project
Tony Burke says he has always been sceptical about whether the law has been followed in relation to previous environmental approvals for the controversial Adani coal project in Queensland.
But the shadow environment minister argues that he can’t telegraph a firm disposition about what he might do about the approvals in the future without making a prejudgment that could render any subsequent decision unlawful.
Continue reading...All at sea - mapping, mining and Arctic shipping
Warrigal greens are tasty, salty, and covered in tiny balloon-like hairs
The 12 key shows from Milan fashion week – in pictures
From Gucci’s power suiting to a gameshow that inspired Jeremy Scott for this season’s runway for Moschino, Jo Jones picks her 10 highlights from the autumn/winter 2019 shows
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday February 22, 2019
Climate politics – it’s short-term gain for some versus long-term well-being for all
Pesticides and the future of food
California launches process to cut GHGs from ride-sharing services, floats credit trading
Washington state CO2 price back in play as lawmaker proposes $15 tax
EU Market: EUAs fall to new 2.5-mth low as bears take over in 7% weekly loss
The Chase 3 — Tracks across time
Fossil fuel aid drastically skews carbon pricing impact, study finds from UK example
Great Barrier Reef: One million tonnes of sludge to be dumped
Boy, 12, said to have created nuclear reaction in playroom lab
Hobbyists say Jackson Oswalt of Tennessee is youngest person to achieve fusion
An American 14-year-old has reportedly become the youngest known person in the world to create a successful nuclear reaction.
The Open Source Fusor Research Consortium, a hobbyist group, has recognised the achievement by Jackson Oswalt, from Memphis, Tennessee, when he was aged 12 in January 2018.
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