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Does Sustainability Success breed Success or Complacency?

Terra Infirma

Firstly, it was reported that the UK’s Climate Change Committee was recommending that the UK Government refrain from carrying forward a surplus in its legality binding carbon budgets , arguing that this was caused by Covid restrictions rather than genuine decarbonisation. Two recent news stories made me ponder this question.

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Ecumenical Greens: the rise in centrist environmental politics

Business Green

When you think of Green Parties, no matter the country you're in, you instinctively associate them with left-wing politics. Instead, Sustainable New Zealand will work with major parties on either side of the political spectrum, giving them a stronger hand in negotiating to get as many environmental policies into government.

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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

DeSmogBlog

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has suggested it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

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Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories

DeSmogBlog

These comments, originally made by Moore and echoed by Birtles, have “absolutely no basis in fact”, according to Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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GB News Owner Hires Tory Kingpin’s Oil and Gas Linked Lobbying Firm 

DeSmogBlog

CT Group was founded by political consultant and lobbyist Lynton Crosby in 2002. Hiring CT Group appears to be the latest attempt by the Legatum Group to expand its political influence. This raises a number of interesting political questions.” Reform UK campaigns on an overtly anti-climate platform.

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Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development

Unsustainable

Climate change and global warming are issues that define our times. What does this boy care about climate change? How much is to be invested for climate change? This group of stunning islands was at the forefront of the Tsunami destruction in 2004. There are millions of people like him in this world.

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This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading

Grist

Warming temperatures from climate change are now expanding the northern limit of the fescue belt, and the grass is marching into new areas, taking root on disturbed land, such as pastures. A 2014 study showed that climate change could increase the endophyte’s toxicity. The southeastern U.S.,

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