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Government Defends Praising Tar Sands Industry Figures as COP26 ‘Climate Champions’

DeSmogBlog

The UK government has defended its decision to celebrate representatives of companies involved in Canada’s controversial tar sands industry as “Climate Champions”, ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit it is set to host later this year. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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Over 650 scientists urge world leaders to stop burning forests for energy on eve of UN nature summit

Envirotec Magazine

Over 650 scientists have signed a letter urging world leaders to stop using forests for bioenergy, ahead of the 15th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) – a major UN summit on protecting nature. We must stop cutting down forests and burning the wood to support a rapidly growing bioenergy industry.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

They are accompanied by thousands of other species that are being counted within the reserve each year in increasing numbers, including over 300 birds, 70 mammals, 100 amphibians and reptiles, 90 fish and 196 plants, all of them living on top of each other in a natural orchestra of organised chaos.