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Although not strictly environmental, the city of Liverpool was transformed after the European Capital of Culture.
That terrible EU, though.
*shakes pale scabby fist
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That terrible EU, though.
*shakes pale scabby fist
Yea puts into perspective when a lot of voters say they voted to leave for future generations when they’re going to end up living in a polluted shithole.
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It was still worse in their day, though.
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ExxonMobil is suing its own shareholders over a proposal aimed at reducing emissions
The oil giant doesn't want to deal with the climate damage done by people who purchase its products
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orchard
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UN expert condemns UK crackdown on environmental protest
UN special rapporteur on environmental defenders says he is seriously concerned about ‘regressive new laws’A severe crackdown on environmental protest in Britain with “draconian” new laws, excessive restrictions on courtroom evidence and the use of civil injunctions is having a chilling impact on fundamental freedoms, the United Nations special rapporteur has said.
As the world faces a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, environmental protesters were acting for the “benefit of us all” and must be protected, Michel Forst, the UN special rapporteur on environmental defenders, said on Tuesday.
Forst said that during a two-day visit to the UK earlier this month he uncovered worrying information on the treatment of peaceful protesters.
Rules imposed on defendants in one London court have prevented them from explaining their motivations to the jury. At Inner London crown court, peaceful protesters have been forbidden by court order from mentioning the climate crisis, fuel poverty or even the US civil rights movement in their statements to the jury.
“It is very difficult to understand what could justify denying the jury the opportunity to hear the reason for the defendant’s action, and how a jury could reach a properly informed decision without hearing it, in particular at the time of environmental defenders’ peaceful but ever more urgent calls for the government to take pressing action for the climate,” Forst said.
He said the prosecution of peaceful protesters under “regressive” new public nuisance laws in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which carried a 10-year sentence, and the use of the Public Order Act 2023 was criminalising peaceful demonstrations.
Forst highlighted the case of a peaceful protester jailed in December for six months for walking slowly down a road for 30 minutes during a climate protest under the new public order law.
“It is important to highlight that, prior to these legislative developments, it had been almost unheard of since the 1930s for members of the public to be imprisoned for peaceful protest in the UK,” said Forst, in a statement issued on Tuesday morning. “I am therefore seriously concerned by these regressive new laws.”
Forst also picked out the harsh bail conditions imposed on climate activists for peaceful protests. These include being forced to wear tags while awaiting trial, restrictions on movement, and bans on speaking to other environmental activists.
“Some environmental defenders have also been required to wear electronic ankle tags, some including a 10pm-7am curfew, and others, GPS tracking,” said Forst. “Under the current timeframes of the criminal justice system, environmental defenders may be on bail for up to two years from the date of arrest to their eventual criminal trial.
“Such severe bail conditions have significant impacts on the environmental defenders’ personal lives and mental health, and I seriously question the necessity and proportionality of such conditions for persons engaging in peaceful protest.”
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That was an illegal right turn by that house
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I don't know whether you've noticed, but it seems as though there's an incredibly high frequency of 'having to re-route all this consumer cargo around the Suez and Panama will cost us CO2 targets' in the media currently.
orchard
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Well, well, well, there's a lot to unpack here, none of it good as precious time is wasted whilst the powerful jostle to ensure their interests are served first and foremost. Here's a headline+ from a scummy tabloid:
The European Union has caved in to angry protests from farmers, cutting its target to scrap specific agricultural emissions which formed part of the bloc’s net zero drive.
A demand to reduce nitrogen, methane and other emissions linked to farming by almost a third has been removed from a wider Brussels plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040.
On Tuesday, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, offered a further concession to demonstrating farmers by dropping her controversial proposal to halve pesticide use within six years.
A recommendation urging EU citizens to eat less meat was also removed from the plan.
Victory for Europe’s farmers as Brussels caves in on emissions targets and eating less meat
Ursula von der Leyen offers further concession by dropping her controversial proposal to halve pesticide use within six yearsThe European Union has caved in to angry protests from farmers, cutting its target to scrap specific agricultural emissions which formed part of the bloc’s net zero drive.
A demand to reduce nitrogen, methane and other emissions linked to farming by almost a third has been removed from a wider Brussels plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040.
On Tuesday, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, offered a further concession to demonstrating farmers by dropping her controversial proposal to halve pesticide use within six years.
A recommendation urging EU citizens to eat less meat was also removed from the plan.
Absolutely typical of farmers and farmers unions and lobbyists, the idea that farmers are friends of the earth is the biggest joke on the planet, they cause untold damage and usually do so while being subsidised.
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orchard
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Like I said mate, there's a lot to unpack - whether that be an analysis of the EU's approach, the groups behind the industrial farmers and the industrial farmers themselves and where they sit in the pretty much vertical industrialised system.
It's important to differentiate between industrial farming and agro-ecological / peasant farming. The latter has existed for thousands of years without destroying landscapes on a mass scale, altered them, yes, but nothing anywhere near the destruction of the past 150years.
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Welsh farming: Protesters parade coffin at Carmarthen demo
By Steffan Messenger, Catriona Aitken & Aled Scourfield
BBC News
Farming industry leaders have warned of "huge unrest" over planned Welsh government reforms.
About 3,000 farmers and supporters gathered at Carmarthen showground in Nantyci on Thursday after a meeting of more than 1,000 in Welshpool last week.
The Welsh government urged farmers to participate in a consultation on the plans, which it said could change.
The protest saw attendees parade a mock coffin into the venue, with a plaque reading "In memory of Welsh farming".
It was displayed alongside further signs, including "RIP Welsh farming" and "no farmers, no food".
Thousands of farmers and people involved in the wider farming industry packed themselves in at the livestock mart.
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The aim is to reward "sustainable" food production and practices that help tackle climate change and nature loss.
To be eligible for the new payments farms must ensure 10% of land is planted with trees and 10% is treated as wildlife habitat.
By Steffan Messenger, Catriona Aitken & Aled Scourfield
BBC News
Farming industry leaders have warned of "huge unrest" over planned Welsh government reforms.
About 3,000 farmers and supporters gathered at Carmarthen showground in Nantyci on Thursday after a meeting of more than 1,000 in Welshpool last week.
The Welsh government urged farmers to participate in a consultation on the plans, which it said could change.
The protest saw attendees parade a mock coffin into the venue, with a plaque reading "In memory of Welsh farming".
It was displayed alongside further signs, including "RIP Welsh farming" and "no farmers, no food".
Thousands of farmers and people involved in the wider farming industry packed themselves in at the livestock mart.
[...]
The aim is to reward "sustainable" food production and practices that help tackle climate change and nature loss.
To be eligible for the new payments farms must ensure 10% of land is planted with trees and 10% is treated as wildlife habitat.
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Farmers annoy me from time to time. They expect subsidies and always complain.
Many of them, certainly some that I know, voted for brexit and vote tory. Yet moan when anything verging on a free market economy has an impact on them.
I understand they grow and rear the food we eat, but most UK farming could end over night and we'd still be ok. We're completely reliant on imports anyway. I rarely eat beef or lamb.
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