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South Africa’s treasury proposes more than tripling carbon tax rate once climate law is finalised
Removing UK climate protesters’ defence ‘could erode right to trial by jury’
Attorney general’s attempt to end climate protesters’ use of consent defence is slippery slope, says KC
A government attempt to remove one of the last remaining defences for climate protesters would be a slippery slope to the erosion of the constitutional right to trial by jury, the court of appeal was told on Wednesday.
The attorney general, Victoria Prentis KC, is arguing that one of the last available defences being used by environmental protesters should be removed. Prentis is making the appeal in the case of a defendant known as C, after a string of acquittals by juries of defendants for acts of criminal damage involving daubing paint on buildings.
Continue reading...Forget Labour and the Tories: the ‘carbon parties’ will not save us. That’s why Just Stop Oil wants your votes
We are seeing cowardice on a huge scale, so we will ratchet up pressure on MPs. We’ll also seek our own voice in parliament
After two years of civil resistance, Just Stop Oil has made the issue of new oil and gas licences part of the political debate. These consents, which had previously passed almost unnoticed, have now become a major event. The government has responded to the movement by issuing three sets of repressive legislation. That is a response – even if not the one required or demanded. Yet people are still on the streets in defiance.
The Conservative party has spent months raising the profile of Just Stop Oil, and painting the Labour party as its political wing. If only this were true. Still, this means that, ahead of and after the general election, Just Stop Oil is now part of the national political debate.
Sarah Lunnon is a co-founder of Just Stop Oil
Continue reading...Next Commission needs to set up “Juncker plan on steroids” for green investments -top EU climate official
Mystery over persistent mercury levels in tuna
Mystery over persistent mercury levels in tuna
Rare turtle discovered in India by UK scientists
Australian researchers make water battery breakthrough
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RePlanet’s five biodiversity credit projects could generate “$10 mln” each
New Australian environment laws would not stop widespread deforestation, organisations say
Three groups familiar with draft conservation laws say they do not go far enough and may allow political influence on development decisions
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New national environment laws being developed by the Albanese government fail to address systemic flaws in the existing system and would continue to allow widespread deforestation, according to three organisations familiar with the plans.
Officials representing the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, have been sharing sections of draft conservation laws to be introduced this year in consultation meetings with conservation, business and other groups.
Continue reading...Labour tells NFU conference it will end imports that undercut English farmers
Shadow farming minister commits to forging closer relationship with EU as polling shows farmers favour Labour over Tories
Labour has laid out its plans for farming at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, promising to end imports that undercut British farmers and forge a closer trading relationship with the EU.
Making a number of pledges that appearedto commit to properly functioning government rather than radical reform, the shadow farming minister, Daniel Zeichner, promised Labour would make the environmental land management scheme, which pays farmers to green their farms, work properly and take action on flooding.
Continue reading...Microsoft buys voluntary carbon removals from Kenyan agroforestry project
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Bezos Earth Fund allocates $5 mln for conservation efforts in the Congo Basin
Townsville to be home of vanadium flow battery manufacturing
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EU cuts toxic air limits but still falls short of WHO guidelines
Rules hailed as once-in-a-generation chance to improve air quality but loopholes will let member states delay by up to a decade
The European Union has agreed to set stricter limits on the toxic particles and dangerous gas that dirty its air, but will not aim for the levels that doctors and economists recommend.
The new rules slash the yearly limits for fine particulates known as PM2.5 – which wreak havoc on the whole body because they are small enough to slip into the bloodstream – from 25 µg/m³ to 10 µg/m³, and for nitrogen dioxide, a gas that hurts the lungs, from 40 µg/m³ to 20 µg/m³.
Continue reading...Gold Standard expands voluntary soil carbon crediting scope
Taiwanese emitters with SBTi-aligned plans may be levied less for emissions -minister
Butterfly genomes have barely changed for 250m years, study reveals
Analysis gives clues as to why butterflies and moths have been resilient through dramatic changes on Earth – and could help with future conservation
The genomes of butterflies and moths have remained largely unchanged for more than 250m years despite their enormous species diversity, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
In the face of rapid environmental changes in the 21st century, the researchers said the analysis gives clues as to how Lepidoptera – the order of winged insects that contains butterflies and moths – have been so resilient throughout dramatic changes on Earth.
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