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Whistleblowing portal launched for UK water industry workers
The UK’s Environment Agency has launched a whistleblowing portal for workers in a bid to crack down on issues like sewage pollution. Those...
UK ‘risks sending mixed signals’ with approach to global deforestation rules
The UK Government risks sending “mixed signals” with its current approach to developing new rules aimed at preventing global forest loss, its MPs...
EU members call for revision of anti-deforestation law
BRUSSELS – A group of EU countries led by Austria is calling for urgent revisions to the bloc’s anti-deforestation law set to go...
EU countries split over nature law in latest blow to green agenda
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s flagship policy to restore damaged nature is hanging in the balance, with a vote to pass the law...
UK Labour leader confirms floating offshore wind will be GB Energy’s ‘priority’
Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants the UK to lead the world on floating offshore wind, which he confirmed will be the...
Aluminum company says preferred U.S. site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would...
English councils to get £295m for implementing weekly food waste collections
Councils in England are to receive up to £295 million to support them to introduce weekly food waste collections, the Government has announced....
Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples turn to EU to save their savanna from deforestation
An EU law banning deforestation-derived products comes into effect at the end of 2024, but Brazilian Indigenous people note the Cerrado, Brazil's vast...
Explainer: Wind and sun are free, so why is it now harder to get renewable energy projects built?
SPRAKEBUELL, Germany (AP) — The wind gusting across north German farm country brings much to the village of Sprakebuell: fog and rain from...
U.S. energy agency announces $6B to slash emissions in industrial facilities
The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S....
