Friends of the Earth says pollution exceeds healthy levels for nature in 9,062 localities
More than a quarter of neighbourhoods in England have pollution levels that are highly harmful to wildlife, new data shows.
Friends of the Earth has named 27.5% of areas “nature pollution hotspots” in new research. These are defined as places where air, water, noise and light pollution all exceed levels that are damaging to nature.
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09/02/2024 - 23:00
Rachel Reeves should reform vehicle taxes to fill £5bn ‘black hole’, says Campaign for Better Transport
Campaigners have called on the chancellor to introduce a controversial pay-per-mile road charging scheme on electric cars, warning of a £5bn “black hole” in tax revenues from motoring.
In a letter to Rachel Reeves, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) urged her to reform vehicle taxes, with fuel duty poised to dwindle in the coming decade as petrol and diesel cars are phased out.
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09/02/2024 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 03 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00074-6
Is tuna ecolabeling causing fishers more harm than good?
09/02/2024 - 22:00
Will its bark be worse than its bite?
See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here
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09/02/2024 - 14:00
Seabirds are in a precarious position as their breeding areas are threatened by climate breakdown and overfishing
Five seabirds have been added to the UK’s conservation red list, meaning they are at dire risk of local extinction.
The government has been urged to act as the arctic tern, Leach’s storm petrel, common gull, great skua and great black-backed gull join other seabird species such as the puffin on the list after severe population declines.
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09/02/2024 - 10:36
Fourteen hiker deaths reported in the park this season, with total fatalities at almost the annual average of 15
More than one dozen parkgoers have died in Grand Canyon national park this summer, with three perishing in just over one week in August, as weather extremes linked to climate change make for increasingly dangerous conditions.
With 14 deaths reported in the park this season, total fatalities have already almost reached the annual average of 15, the Hill reported.
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09/02/2024 - 10:18
Activists and lawyers in Brazil say unexpected change is ‘a big step backwards’ in the investigation
Indigenous activists and lawyers in Brazil have voiced shock and dismay after the federal police chief leading the investigation into the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips was unexpectedly removed from the case.
Francisco Badenes, an experienced investigator, had been running the inquiry into the 2022 deaths of the Brazilian Indigenous expert and the British journalist since the second half of that year.
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09/02/2024 - 08:46
Battle ahead for Labour as it introduces higher taxes and tougher environmental rules on producers
An oil and gas company has slowed down work on a large North Sea oilfield, citing uncertainty over the Labour government’s approach to fossil fuels.
The Norwegian-owned Neo Energy said it had decided “to materially slow down investment activities across all development assets in its portfolio”, citing the prospect of higher taxes and tougher environmental rules.
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09/02/2024 - 05:35
Mandatory reports should be published on how taxpayers’ money is spent on environmental stewardship, says campaigner
Landowners in England have been paid more than £9bn of taxpayers’ money in the past 30 years for environmental benefits, despite the decline in nature that has taken place during that time, data reveals.
The nature campaigner and author Guy Shrubsole, who unearthed the data for his new book, The Lie of The Land, said large landowners should be forced to publish regular reports showing how they are stewarding their land for nature and carbon.
The Lie of the Land is published on 12 September by HarperCollins.
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09/02/2024 - 03:00
Scientists are trying to establish whether global heating caused the deaths of the rare river dolphins last year, before temperatures start to rise again
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