Climate NGOs launch campaign to ban fossil fuel adverts in the EU
Climate NGOs launch campaign to ban fossil fuel adverts in the EU
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Climate NGOs launch campaign to ban fossil fuel adverts in the EU
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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 trawling. ‘Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate’ found that bottom trawl...
EU Parliament backs citizens' legal challenges to protect environment FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from the chimneys of Belchatow Power Station, Europe's 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 challenge legally any EU decisions and laws that adversely affect the environment. The proposed change s...