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Government streamlines project approvals

The government has announced a $128 million package to give investors confidence around regional developments while maintaining environmental protections.

AAP

Supermarkets to change how they sell fruit and veg - and it's good for planet

More than 80% of apples and 88%of cucumbers are sold wrapped in plastic, but now major supermarkets have agreed to cut back on this by 2025 to help protect the environment

Daily Mirror

Portugal may limit street cleaning, watering of green spaces as drought drags

Facing a worrying winter drought, Portugal may have to limit irrigation of green spaces and use of water for street cleaning in the most affected regions, the environment minister said on Wednesday.

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Scottish Water urge Lanarkshire residents and businesses to bin wipes and ban plastic wipes

Appeal comes as part of major new campaign to help protect the environment.

Daily Record

Environment Agency urges communities to be prepared for significant flooding

There are two severe flood warnings in place.

The Independent UK

Cool $800m flows to Antarctic activities

The environment minister says an $800 million funding boost to research and scientific capability in Antarctica strengthens Australia's commitment to the area.

AAP

Arid Lands Environment Centre and Central Land Council launch legal action over Singleton Station water licence

A licence allowing 40,000 megalitres of groundwater to be extracted each year from an outback cattle property allegedly threatens cultural habitats and delicate ecosystems.

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SPRC takes flak over second oil slick

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has criticised Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) for ignoring a command to halt work and causing a second leakage of crude oil in Rayong province within two weeks of the first spill on Jan 25.

Bangkok Post

Koalas now considered endangered in NSW, Queensland and the ACT

Environmental groups say the federal government's decision to upgrade koalas from "vulnerable" to "endangered" in three jurisdictions is "grim" but "important".

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Environment Secretary's office rent money handed to Insulate Britain supporters

Rent money has been donated to help cover activists' legal fees

Wales Online

Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is reportedly poised to decide whether some koala populations should be listed as endangered, as new research shows her government continues to approve land clearing in koala habitat.

The Conversation

Anglers ‘heartbroken’ as stretch of River Tone stripped of trees

Environment Agency devastates banks of river near Taunton ‘to protect properties in Bathpool’

The Guardian - UK

Waste-fed power plant helping deliver Dundee’s environmental ambitions

The factory in the Baldovie Industrial Estate will convert the city’s waste to energy for the next 25-years.

Daily Record

Great Barrier Reef to receive another $1 billion in funding to save jobs and environment

The Environment Minister is playing down the threat of an "in danger" world heritage listing for the Great Barrier Reef, saying it can be seen "from outer space, but not from an office in Paris".

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The big dig: Communities caught between a rock and a hard place

While the region's quarries struggle to keep up with the demand, concerns about the industry's environmental, health and social impacts are growing as loud as the rumble of trucks that travel along the roads of Port Stephens and Mid Coast Council areas.

The Independent UK

Official: Japan hopes to lead Asian zero-emissions push

Japan’s environment minister says the country will gradually phase out coal plants over the next two decades while developing new technologies to reduce, capture and recycle carbon

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