Garden waste bin charges to be tested in Leicestershire district
Mini-recycling sites are also set to close
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Public urged to tell police which nail bars and salons are breaching lockdown
Officers say only a minority of businesses are flouting the regulations
Some salons are operating illicitly, police believe
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A small number of hairdressers and nail bars are breaching lockdown regulations by continuing to offer services, police believe.
Is China s five year plan a decarbonization blueprint?
After the world s largest emitter set an ambitious 2060 carbon neutrality target in September, its 14th five-year plan is a tentative road map to achieving its climate goals.
Can China break its coal habit? We aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, China s President Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly in September. COVID-19 reminds us that humankind should launch a green revolution, he added.
Given that global emissions are still rising despite the pandemic-related slowdown and in view of the inadequacy of the Paris climate pledges, China s announcement was widely welcomed as the most important commitment since the 2015 Paris agreement in the push to carbon neutrality by mid-century.
Greenhouse gas restrictions denied, but new pollution limits imposed on Latrobe Valley power stations
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The three power stations produce 40 per cent of the state s greenhouse gas emissions, advocates say.
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Victoria s three coal-fired power stations face tougher pollution controls but have escaped having limits placed on the amount of greenhouse gases they can emit after a review of their operating licences.
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Victoria s coal-fired power stations face new pollution restrictions and will have to publish emissions data
But environment groups are criticising the EPA review for not limiting the amount of greenhouse gases they can emit
Read more about Metal shares fall on Business Standard. Metal stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Metal index falling 294.85 points or 2.07% at 13917.8 at 13:48 IST.