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Amazon summit agrees roadmap – but without concrete pledges
[ad_1] Speaking to reporters after Wednesday’s meeting, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection. Brazil’s Amazon…
Only criminalising ecocide can protect us from short-sighted politics
[ad_1] By Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International Published on 09/08/2023 – 18:54 We simply cannot live well, or affordably, when the living systems that sustain us break down,…
Poland turns to EU in row with Germany over illegal waste claims
[ad_1] A fire at a Polish landfill site has brought attention to the county’s waste management policies and claims that waste is being illegally brought in from Germany. The fire…
The self-sufficient toilet could be on its way powered by urine
[ad_1] The Bristol BioEnergy Centre is working on bacteria which breaks down chemicals in urine releasing energy as electrons which turns into electricity. At the Bristol BioEnergy Centre, urine is…
‘Devastating consequences’: Sweden scraps its environment ministry
[ad_1] Sweden’s new right-wing government has sparked an outcry after scrapping the Ministry of Environment in a move the opposition has branded “devastating”. Previously, the ministry was a high-profile stand-alone…
The Woodpecker War: Is the ‘Lord God Bird’ Extinct?
[ad_1] In Texas, a man claims to see the mysterious black-and-white woodpecker a few times a week on his land near an airport in Longview. A woman in North Carolina…
Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeño, Houston’s Tortoise Hatchlings, Were Years in the Making
[ad_1] The three eggs Mrs. Pickles, a 53-year-old radiated tortoise, laid at the Houston Zoo may have been a surprise. But they were far from accidental. A zoo keeper noticed…