Even a majority of Republicans support efforts to hold manufacturers accountable for allegedly deceptive claims
Concern about the fossil fuel and plastics industries’ alleged deception about recycling is growing, with new polling showing a majority of American voters, including 54% of Republicans, support legal efforts to hold the sectors accountable.
The industries have faced increasing scrutiny for their role in the global plastics pollution crisis, including an ongoing California investigation and dozens of suits filed over the last decade against consumer brands that sell plastics.
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Breaking Waves: Ocean News
09/09/2024 - 03:00
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npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 09 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00077-3
Changing circulations challenge the sustainability of cold water mass and associated ecosystem under climate change
09/08/2024 - 10:00
Exclusive: Experts say legislation is ‘broken’ when it’s cheaper for landholders to break the law than it is to apply for permits
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A company connected to the former federal energy minister Angus Taylor that was ordered to restore critically endangered grasslands was asked to do less than would have been required if it had sought approval before it poisoned them.
The federal environment department’s efforts to reach an agreement with Jam Land to compensate for the 28.5 hectares of clearing on a property in the New South Wales Monaro region are revealed in new documents released to Guardian Australia after a four-year freedom of information battle.
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09/08/2024 - 10:00
Uluru, the Daintree and Bondi beach among locations that could be impacted if planet hits even 2C of warming by 2050
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South Australia’s wine regions shrouded in bushfire smoke, the Daintree rainforest cut off by flooding and tourists marooned at major airports because of violent storms. This snapshot is the potential chaotic future for Australia’s tourism industry, a new report has warned.
At least half of 178 tourism assets around the country – from national parks to city attractions and airports – are facing major climate risks, the analysis showed. And as the heat rises, so do the disruptions. Many of the country’s 620,000 tourism jobs will be under threat, according to the report from the insurance group Zurich and the economic analysts Mandala.
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09/08/2024 - 04:00
Provisionally known as Greens Organise, the collective will fight ‘electoral assimilation’ and push for radical policies
Leftwing members of the Green party are calling for a shift towards an “internationalist, anti-capitalist and ecologically transformative agenda” as they launch a new group at their party’s conference this weekend.
The new collective aims to combine the party’s traditional environmentalist politics with “new strands of ecological consciousness, from river pollution and right to roam campaigns to an internationalist and decolonial climate justice movement”.
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09/08/2024 - 03:00
Environment minister lambasts opposition leader over vow to overturn her rejection of tailings dam at McPhillamys goldmine
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Tanya Plibersek has accused Peter Dutton of planning to ignore evidence of historical Indigenous cultural practice and trash heritage protection laws to greenlight certain mining projects and companies based on “the vibe”.
The environment minister told Guardian Australia that Dutton’s vow to overturn her determination rejecting the proposed site of a tailings dam at the $900m McPhillamys goldmine development in central-western New South Wales showed he had no respect for research or official advice.
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09/07/2024 - 22:15
National species list expands, with orb spider named after Tom Hardy’s Marvel character, Venom, also included
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A laughing frog and an intertidal marine worm named after Sir David Attenborough are among 750 animals, plants and other organisms that have been newly recognised on Australia’s list of species.
The western laughing tree frog Litoria ridibunda, which laughs rather than croaks, the David Attenborough worm Marphysa davidattenboroughi, and the cracking-clay Pilbara marsupial Planigale tealei were added to the Australian National Species List in 2023.
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09/07/2024 - 15:00
Creating a fox-proof haven for endangered eastern quolls required a high, encircling fence. But what about the other wildlife?
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Eastern long-necked turtles are known for their “ridiculously cute grin”, says Nick Dexter, and a much less charming ability to release a pungent stink to ward off predators.
But what they’re not good at, unsurprisingly, is climbing fences.
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09/07/2024 - 15:00
The problem: a fence that protects eastern quolls threatens long-necked turtles in Booderee national park at Jervis Bay. The solution? Turtle tunnels. Nine water-filled tunnels were built beneath a 82-hectare fence that surrounds the botanic gardens which keep out feral predators, providing a safe passage for the reptiles to go between watering holes. Over a period of 123 days, conservationists recorded 73 successful instances of the turtles using the tunnels
‘A symbol of our nation’: waratah among 20 more species added to Australia’s threatened wildlife list
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09/07/2024 - 08:05
Jacob Rees-Mogg criticises plans for 2.6m members to decide on increasing share of vegan and vegetarian options
National Trust members are being invited to vote on a plan to make 50% of the food in its cafes vegan and vegetarian as part of the charity’s commitment to reach net zero by 2030.
Cafe menus at the trust’s 280 historic sites are already 40% plant-based. Now, the trust’s 2.6 million members will get to vote on whether the charity should gradually increase this figure to 50% over the next two years.
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