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Latest legal challenge to Tory air pollution plans fails
High court instructs ministers to publish full proposals by the end of July The government has won the latest court challenge over the UK’s air pollution crisis. Environmental lawyers ClientEarth had argued that ministers’ draft proposals to improve air quality – which contributes to tens of thousands of deaths each year – were unlawful. Continue […]
Volunteers will need to help preserve London's parks as funding is withdrawn – report
Volunteer army should act as caretakers and local authorities should consider crowdsourcing and philanthropy as alternative means of funding the capital’s green spaces, report says An army of green volunteers should be recruited across London to protect and preserve parks as some local authorities plan to withdraw all funding by 2020. Parks and green spaces […]
All Volvo cars to be electric or hybrid from 2019
Landmark move as first big manufacturer says it will stop making vehicles solely powered by internal combustion engine All new cars launched by Volvo from 2019 onwards will be partially or completely battery-powered, in what the company called a “historic end” to building models that only have an internal combustion engine. Between 2019 and 2021, […]
Only the Tories can save our bees – by banning pesticides now | Hannah Lownsborough
Research has proved insecticides are a key culprit behind the decline of bees. People power, with this new evidence, can take on the agribusiness giants • Hannah Lownsbrough is executive director of SumOfUs It’s not often that a story starting with two global pesticides giants funding a huge research study ends with the same study […]
New Zealand's possum war: 'barbaric' drowning of babies at school fair sparks outcry
Rights group says widespread practice to kill pest species is desensitising children to acts of violence An animal rights group is calling for an end to New Zealand’s “barbaric” war on possums after joeys were drowned in a bucket of water at a school fundraiser. It said children were becoming desensitised to violence as a […]
Climate Change Authority loses last climate scientist | Planet Oz
David Karoly says without an expert to replace him, the CCA will struggle to fulfil its legal mandate Imagine, if you will, a government board to champion Australian arts without any artists on it, or an agency to advise on medical research without any medical researchers. Or perhaps even, imagine a government authority set up […]
How Australia bungled climate policy to create a decade of disappointment | Mark Butler
Unlike the UK, Australia has never had climate consensus – and it’s been costly, argues Labor frontbencher Mark Butler in an extract from his book, Climate Wars In the lead-up to the 2015 general election in the United Kingdom, the leaders of the three major parties sat down together and signed a statement on climate […]
Misunderstood molluscs: five reasons to love slugs
The slug has an impressive physiology, engages in acrobatic sex and is a handy scavenger of waste – TV naturalist Chris Packham is right to stick up for them Slugs are much maligned. Having the temerity to wear their slime on the outside of their bodies, they are about as far removed from our notion […]
中国禁售令造成亚洲市场象牙价格暴跌
最新调查显示，中国的象牙交易禁令的效果初步显现：越南象牙价格暴跌，而一些象牙贸易商也被迫退出。(翻译：子明/chinadialogue) China’s ivory ban sparks dramatic drop in prices across Asia 《卫报》拿到的一份最新研究显示，自从中国政府宣布计划取缔国内象牙交易之后，亚洲的象牙原料价格大幅走低。但是，偷猎现象目前并未因此减少。 过去三年，野生动植物正义委员会（WJC）的卧底调查员一直在走访河内的象牙贩子。2015年，他们了解到的象牙原料平均价格是每公斤1322美元，2016年10月降到了750美元，而到今年2月份价格再次下跌到660美元，比两年前降了一半。 Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change