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Climate NGOs launch campaign to ban fossil fuel adverts in the EU

High Court judge to await findings before judgment on challenge to housing development

By Julia Conley, Staff writer at Common Dreams The climate-focused Clean Creatives campaign released a mocking ad video Tuesday to rebuke the greenwashing of corporate advertising giant WPP, which represents some of the world's biggest polluters. The ...

What is bottom trawling? Bottom trawling is an industrial fishing method where a huge net with heavy weights is dragged along the sea bed, scooping up everything in its path. Huge is something of an understatement. As ‘Seaspiracy’ says, “the largest trawl nets are so big that they can swallow whole cathedrals or up to thirteen jumbo jets.” How does bottom trawling contribute to global warming? This year saw the publishing of the first-ever study to calculate the carbon cost of bottom tr...

EU Parliament backs citizens legal challenges to protect environment FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from the chimneys of Belchatow Power Station, Europes biggest coal-fired power plant, in this May 7, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Peter Andrews/Files/File Photo reuters_tickers This content was published on May 20, 2021 - 16:51 May 20, 2021 - 16:51 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Thursday voted for changes to European Union law that would give the public more scope to challe...

Exclusive: Chartered IIA calls on government to extend mandatory climate reporting to smaller businesses Small and medium-sized companies should be obligated to make climate closures, according to the Chartered IIA. The Chartered IIA is calling on the government to further its demands on climate reporting, including widening out mandatory climate reporting to include small and medium-sized organisations. In March the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEI...

A bipartisan consensus on climate change? The U.K. suggests its not a pipe dream cbc.ca 2 hrs ago Aaron Wherry © Jeremy Selwyn/AP Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson launches the U.K.-hosted COP26 UN Climate Summit in London, England on Feb. 4, 2020. Londons embrace of an ambitious emissions reduction target proves debates over climate policy dont always have to degenerate into partisan brawls. From this side of the Atlantic, the new greenhouse gas emissions target recent...

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Reports suggests energy giant could shelve plans for new gas plant, despite recent court victory

Last modified on Tue 16 Feb 2021 06.57 EST A group of leading environmental organisations are taking part in an employment initiative to make the green movement more diverse. Friends of the Earth, Client Earth, the RSPB and others will take part in a programme that aims to open up the environmental sector to young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Just 3.5% of those who work in the environment sector identify as from a minority, according to research by Policy Exchange. The sector has be...