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Doubtful waste management: is Cyprus doing enough to fight illegal landfills?

The Republic of Cyprus has a serious issue with its waste management. The island recycles far less than required by European Union legislation and sends much more to landfill. It also has numerous illegal dumping grounds. What is the extent of the problem, and what are the possible solutions?

Euronews

Labour warned to keep spending review in line with net zero or face legal action

Exclusive: Friends of the Earth tells Keir Starmer any major green cuts by Rachel Reeves will be challenged

The Guardian - UK

Tory-linked firm faced UN human rights probe in Indonesia

A COMPANY closely linked to a family whose members have donated to the Conservatives and Better Together has faced scrutiny from the UN over…

The National (Scotland)

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Early air pollution exposure affects health in adolescence, study finds

UCL study of 9,000 children also found marked inequality, with people from ethnic minority backgrounds having higher exposure risk

The Guardian - UK

Trade unionists, conservationists and church groups unite against Dutton’s nuclear plan

Seven Regions Nuclear Free alliance launches campaign representing groups who oppose Dutton’s proposed nuclear power reactors in their communities across Queensland, NSW, SA, Victoria and WA

The Guardian - AU

Mining firm withdraws plan for UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years

Move ends bid for site near Whitehaven, Cumbria after planning permission was quashed by high court

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

Euronews

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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Evening Standard

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

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.

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...

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