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Government’s letter to conservation groups has ominous implications | Lenore Taylor
New reporting rules seem to represent a big win for the campaign by the mining sector and conservative politicians to stifle environmental advocacy
The environment department has recently begun sending letters to conservation groups registered as eligible for tax deductible donations, as they do every year. But this year the correspondence is different, in a disturbing way.
In the past the groups, which include all the big names such as the Australian Conservation Society, The Wilderness Society, Lock the Gate, Greenpeace etc, as well as small local conservation organisations, were simply asked to reveal the total expenditure from their public fund. This year they have also been asked to break down their expenditure into the amounts spent on “on ground environmental remediation”, “campaign and advocacy”, “research” and other administration.
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A Big Country July 15, 2017
Guardian readers making Britain beautiful again | Letters
In our village, we have seen both the potential and the limitations of people-led efforts to tackle litter (Letters, 13 July). The parish council and the local transition village group have worked together to both inform people about the wider environmental problems of litter, especially plastic, and to develop a network of individuals who have undertaken to keep specific roads or areas free of litter. Volunteers were provided with good-quality litter pickers (available from the Keep Britain Tidy campaign) and gloves, and a map was put up in the parish office showing the areas covered.
The results have been fantastic: lots of volunteers mean that most of the village is litter-free most of the time. I am sure that Wendy Harvey’s hope that the sight of people picking up litter raises awareness and discourages (but doesn’t stop) others from dropping litter. A campaign at the local secondary school, has undoubtedly contributed as well.
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Electric cars, mass extinction, and a swimming elephant – green news roundup
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Continue reading...Have you spotted a butterfly in the UK? Share your photographs
If you’ve spotted a butterfly in the UK, and have been lucky enough to take a photograph of it, we’d like you to share your experience with us
More than three quarters of the UK’s butterflies have declined in the last 40 years, but some reports say this is an unusually good year for butterflies.
Related: World’s largest butterfly survey aims to assess apparent spike in British numbers
Continue reading...The week in wildlife – in pictures
Eurasian wolf cubs, a wreathed hornbill and an elephant crossing the road are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Continue reading...'Truly unique': lioness adopts and nurses leopard cub
No wild cat has ever been observed nursing a cub from another species – the event may be the result of the Tanzanian lioness having lost her own litter
A lioness has been spotted nursing a tiny leopard cub in Tanzania, the first time a wild cat is known to have adopted a cub from another species.
The five-year old lioness, called Nosikitok is closely monitored by conservationists in the Ngorongoro conservation area and is known to have had a litter of her own in mid to late June.
Continue reading...Exclusiva: investigaciones revelan que, en todo el mundo, están asesinando más que nunca a los defensores del medio ambiente
Cada semana muere por causas violentas una media de cuatro ecologistas, guardas forestales y dirigentes indígenas, y en todo el mundo crece la sensación de que “cualquiera puede matar a los defensores del medio ambiente sin sufrir las consecuencias”
El año pasado fue el más peligroso de la historia para las personas que defienden las tierras de su comunidad, los recursos naturales y la fauna; las últimas investigaciones revelan que cada semana mueren asesinados casi cuatro defensores del medio ambiente en todo el mundo.
En 2016 murieron 200 ecologistas, guardas forestales y dirigentes indígenas que intentaban defender sus tierras, según el grupo de vigilancia Global Witness, más del doble de los asesinados hace cinco años.
Continue reading...Woolworths and Coles scrap single-use plastic bags
World’s largest butterfly survey aims to assess apparent spike in British numbers
Annual Big Butterfly Count urges wildlife lovers to help assess whether the insects are really returning to gardens this summer
Clouds of butterflies have been sighted in southern Britain this summer but wildlife lovers are being urged to help scientifically assess whether our insects are really bouncing back by joining the world’s largest butterfly survey.
Continue reading...COAG splits over clean energy target, but 49 Finkel ideas approved
Public consultation on the Industrial Electricity and Fuel Efficiency review
Public consultation on the Industrial Electricity and Fuel Efficiency review
SolarEdge launches PV inverter-integrated electric vehicle charger
Draft ERF method: Industrial Equipment Upgrades
Draft ERF method: Industrial Equipment Upgrades
Woolworths and Coles to phase out single-use plastic bags
Australia’s two largest supermarket chains say they will stop using lightweight plastic bags and will offer reusable bags instead
Single-use plastic bags will phased out from Woolworths and Coles stores across Australia.
Woolworth Group announced on Friday morning that stores Australia-wide would phased out the use of plastic bags by July 2018.
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