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Parliamentary recognition of the importance and decline of invertebrates

Envirotec Magazine

Both the diversity and abundance of insects are in decline with data collected by the Bugs Matter survey suggesting that the abundance of flying insects has fallen by 64% between 2004 and 2022, with similar trends have been detected by scientific studies around the world.

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

DeSmogBlog

Hintze, a Conservative peer and hedge fund manager, was one of the early funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , founded by the late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson. Steve has never discussed environmental policy with him. Steve is fully committed to the government’s net zero aims.”

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Nordea Asset Management ends Brazil bond ban after Lula pledges conservation

Business Green

Thede Rüst, head of emerging markets debt at Nordea Asset Management, said the move was based on policy announcements from the president-elect, including the expected return of environmentalist Marina Silva in a central policymaking role. A version of this article originally appeared on BusinessGreen's sister site Investment Week.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. Both had to wrestle with outside factors that affected emissions, such as the Great Recession and California’s other climate policies.

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Scotland: Locogen and European Energy partner to deliver 800MW of onshore wind capacity

Business Green

The firms said the partnership would combine European Energy's extensive clean energy development experience - it claims to have delivered more than 1GW of wind capacity across 11 countries since 2004 - with Edinburgh-based Locogen's understanding of the Scottish energy market. "In

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Ecumenical Greens: the rise in centrist environmental politics

Business Green

This typically manifests itself in the form of left-wing, anti-capitalist economic policies. Sustainable New Zealand knew that the existing Green Party was losing their coalition negotiating advantage to make the case for sound environmental policies. per cent of the vote share and gaining nine additional seats.

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Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA

Smart Energy International

Behind the meter batteries : Policy support for behind-the-meter battery storage has played an important role in increasing the scale of main markets, though significant potential for growth remains. For offshore wind technology, the first standard published in 2004 applies to the design of both onshore and offshore wind turbines.