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Parliamentary recognition of the importance and decline of invertebrates

Envirotec Magazine

On 7 March, the SITC published a report on insect decline and food security, recommending the Government increase focus and support on halting insect decline and other invertebrates. Solutions Included in the recommendations from the SITC is for the Government to develop a National Invertebrate Strategy.

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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. I countered the latter with an anecdote from my own experience.

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An Anxious Accountant’s Journey to the Top

GreenTechMedia

In 2004, Ted Gunther started a new job at a big accounting firm. CohnReznick serves a wide range of industries from tech to government to entertainment. He led the team overseeing transactions in newly deregulated electricity markets. “I still remember it vividly. [.]

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

DeSmogBlog

Steve is fully committed to the government’s net zero aims.” The Conservative government has weakened a number of flagship net zero policies in recent months, since Coutinho was appointed as energy security and net zero secretary in August 2023. Steve has never discussed environmental policy with him.

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U.S. Crude Oil Export Surged to New Record in 2023

R-Squared Energy

The bill contained a provision “to promote the efficient exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including fossil fuels, no official of the Federal Government shall impose or enforce any restriction on the export of crude oil.” From 2004 through 2007, U.S. Notably, in 2023, U.S.

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Nordea Asset Management ends Brazil bond ban after Lula pledges conservation

Business Green

Asset manager announces it will reverse 2019 ban on Brazilian government bonds in wake of president-elect's commitment to end deforestation. Nordea Asset Management has lifted its ban on buying Brazilian government bonds with immediate effect following the election of pro-rainforest conservation candidate Lula da Silva as president in Brazil.

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Community interest group applies for court hearing in battle against Local Plan decision in Oxfordshire

Envirotec Magazine

The Council appears to have adopted the plan under pressure from Robert Jenrick , Secretary of State at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on the papers. 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on the papers.