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Planning application for Cumbria coal mine dropped after legal setbacks

The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven.

Evening Standard

Mediterranean Paradise Branded 'Most Beautiful Spot' Now Overrun By Tourists And Rats

The island of Comino, in Malta, is now infested with rats after being one of the most famous places to go on vacation

International Business Times UK

Toxic water and a sickening stench: How pig-rearing has turned this Spanish town into ‘a dungheap’

Residents are too afraid to drink water from their local wells or open their windows for fear of the stench of nearby livestock operations.

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More than half of public ‘back low-income households receiving net zero grants’

Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to ensure a just transition that benefits people across the country.

Evening Standard

JSO co-founder one of six climate campaigners to have protest sentences reduced

Roger Hallam and 15 others appealed against their sentences at the Court of Appeal in January, with six having their jail terms reduced on Friday.

Evening Standard

Further subsidies to wood-burning power plant ‘deeply concerning’

But scaling back of payments to Drax in North Yorkshire has been welcomed by environmentalists.

The Independent UK

Starmer pledges to ‘build, baby, build’ as green groups criticise nuclear plans

Greenpeace says PM has ‘swallowed industry spin whole’ after plans unveiled to expand in England and Wales

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UK environmental activists appeal against prison sentences they say are unduly harsh

Sixteen environmental activists in Britain have gone to court to appeal prison sentences for actions including stopping traffic, blocking an oil facility and splashing a van Gogh painting with soup

The Independent UK

Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences

Protesters will gather outside court of appeal in support of activists, who say judges defied decades of precedent

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil appeals: Supporters protest outside High Court as prison sentences challenged

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam, who is challenging his five-year prison sentence, among 16 activists appealing ‘corrupt’ sentences

Evening Standard

Pete Wilkinson obituary

Environmental campaigner and first director of Greenpeace UK who was responsible for the 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica

The Guardian - UK

Legal challenges to infrastructure plans to be blocked in Starmer growth push

Prime minister hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more

The Guardian - UK

Reeves says need for growth trumps opposition amid Heathrow speculation

The Chancellor said opposition to measures that will boost growth have been a problem for too long in the UK.

Evening Standard

Climate group says Heathrow expansion would be ‘catastrophic’

Climate charity Possible said the ‘huge increase in emissions’ from a third runway ‘won’t help our economy’.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Anger over water bills hike which campaigners say will not solve sewage crisis

Clean water campaigners describe settlement for water companies as a ‘travesty’ and ‘nightmare before Christmas’ for customers.

The National (Scotland)

Calls for transparency over true climate impact of new Scottish power station

THIRTY environmental organisations are calling for transparency regarding the true climate impact of the new Peterhead gas power station, as the…

The National (Scotland)

Environmental groups call for transparency on Scottish plant amid data concerns

Thirty Environmental organisations are calling for transparency regarding the true climate impact of the new Peterhead gas power station, as the…

The Independent UK

Campaign groups to take part in appeal bids over M25 protest sentencing

Friends of the Earth said that it and Greenpeace UK would intervene in support of five protesters seeking to appeal against their sentences.

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The National (Scotland)

Highland Council cancels plans for new incinerator amid public concerns

The Highland Council has abandoned its plans to build a new incinerator to burn household waste in the Longman area of Inverness...

The Independent UK

Calls for nature-friendly planning reform to support struggling councils

Research from green groups found that more than half of local authorities in England have failed to meet their ‘biodiversity duty’ requirements.

The Independent UK

The least environmentally friendly cruise companies ranked – with passenger favourites near bottom

Hurtigurten came out on top while Carnival brands ended up at the bottom

Salon

What are supermarket scorecards?

[Supermarket scorecards] allow us to compare how supermarkets are performing relative to each other”

The National (Scotland)

Scotland produces more than half a million tonnes of slurry annually, study reveals

Scotland produces more than 700,000 tonnes of animal waste annually, with Aberdeenshire at the forefront, a new study has revealed ...

The National (Scotland)

Scottish campaigners call for action on plastic pollution after treaty talks fail

CLIMATE campaigners are calling the Scottish Government to take more decisive action on plastic pollution following the failure of a treaty…

The Independent UK

Call for fair, ambitious climate plan as UK emissions-cutting targets at risk

A Friends of the Earth report warns the UK is off track to meet climate targets on the 16th anniversary of world-leading legislation.

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