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UK government to scrap European law protecting special habitats
Environment secretary George Eustice wants to amend Habitats Directive, which protects Natura 2000 sites
Environment secretary George Eustice wants to tear up a key piece of European law that environmentalists say protects cherished habitats in the UK.
Eustice told MPs the Habitats Directive was in a list of laws he wanted to amend in the forthcoming Brexit freedoms bill designed to cut red tape, saying it was bureaucratic and fundamentally flawed on multiple levels.
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Managing Consultant, Carbon Credits Consulting, Guidehouse – Toronto
‘Draconian and undemocratic’: why criminalising climate protesters in Australia doesn't actually work
Aboriginal Australian activist calls for end to deep-sea mining at UN meeting in Portugal – video
Indigenous activist Theresa Ardler travelled halfway across the world to tell leaders at the UN ocean conference in Portugal that they are failing to protect her fishing community back home in Australia.
Ardler, 50, fears the humpback whales that travel through the deep blue waters surrounding her Aboriginal village of Wreck Bay, on the south coast of New South Wales, will suffer if authorities do not act fast enough
Continue reading...Japanese firms develop clean ammonia supply chain with UAE
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Coca-Cola among brands greenwashing over packaging, report says
Research ‘exposes litany of misleading claims’ by household names, including Coca-Cola and Unilever
Claims about plastic packaging being eco-friendly made by big brands, including Coca-Cola and Unilever, are misleading greenwashing, according to a report.
The Changing Markets Foundation says claims that companies are intercepting and using “ocean-bound” or “recyclable” plastic to tackle the plastic pollution crisis are some of the most common examples of greenwashing.
Continue reading...Fossil fuel industry faces surge in climate lawsuits
Number of climate-related lawsuits globally has doubled since 2015, with quarter filed in past two years
The world’s most polluting companies are increasingly being targeted by lawsuits challenging their inaction on climate change and attempts to spread misinformation, according to a new report.
Research by the London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment found a surge in legal cases against the fossil fuel industry over the past year – especially outside the US – and growing action in other corporate sectors.
Continue reading...I didn’t think going car-free was possible: but it has changed my life | Funmi Shonibare
I took up a challenge from a climate charity – and suddenly my daughter and I were gliding past canals instead of sitting in traffic
I’ve always been a driver at heart. I passed my test when I was 19, and I’ve been behind the wheel for most journeys since. After becoming a parent eight years ago, I became even more dependent on my car, thinking that it meant security for me and my child, almost like driving was my duty. I couldn’t imagine a world where I didn’t get around on four wheels, but that all changed when I tried going car-free.
Earlier this year, I signed up to a challenge posed by the climate charity Possible to see what it would be like to go without my car for three weeks. Given I’ve been driving for 10 years, it was daunting. On the other hand, being a motorist isn’t always a piece of cake: low traffic neighbourhoods make it a bit harder to travel by car in my community, and there isn’t controlled residential parking where I live. I wanted to see if there was another way of getting around.
Funmi Shonibare a mum of one and works as a Travelex bureau manager. She participated in the climate charity Possible’s call to go car-free
Continue reading...Frontier taps six companies in its first carbon removal round
AGL says Brookfield has quietly upped shareholding, reviving takeover speculation
AGL reveals that Canadian investment giant Brookfield quietly increased its stake in the energy company, reviving takeover speculation.
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Net zero nuance: commentary on decarbonising the grid misses the mark on batteries and nuclear | Temperature Check
One claim from the past week is based on a nuclear plant that hasn’t been built and another confuses the role of battery storage
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Commentary on decarbonising Australia’s electricity network seems to be heading towards net zero nuance, with questionable claims about the costs of batteries and nuclear power in the past week.
One claim relies on an estimate of the cost of a multibillion-dollar nuclear plant that doesn’t exist yet, and another puts a multitrillion-dollar figure against the cost of building batteries.
Continue reading...New map of ancient trees an opportunity for conservation
Australia is becoming a global hotbed for climate change lawsuits
New research shows Australia ranks as one of the most litigious on climate change, as the number of lawsuits launched globally continues to surge.
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