Violence against women rallies: thousands attend protests as Mark Dreyfus rules out royal commission

More rallies to be held across the country on Sunday with attorney general claiming state and federal governments need to cooperate on plan of action Mostafa Rachwani Thousands of people have rallied in Sydney calling for an end to violence against women amid growing anger at the number of those being killed in violent attacks across the country. Protesters take part in a rally against…

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Afro-Brazilian communities fight a rain of pesticides & the company behind it

By Vitor Prado dos Anjos Quilombola communities in the Sapê do Norte region of Brazil’s Espírito Santo state have been reporting toxic crop dusting by pulp and paper company Suzano on its eucalyptus plantations. Inhabitants speak of damage to their gardens, dried-up water sources, dead fish and diseases. The use of aerial pesticide application has been prohibited in the EU since 2009; in…

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Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina lanzó un nuevo micrositio sobre la Ley de Bosques Nativos

El sitio web fue desarrollado con el objetivo de reunir información sobre la implementación de la Ley 26.331 y poner a disposición los análisis realizados en base a datos oficiales. Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina presentó la web leydebosques.vidasilvestre.org.ar sobre la Ley de Presupuestos Mínimos de Protección Ambiental de los Bosques Nativos (26.331), la cual recopila y…

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Los anfibios celebran su día como el grupo de vertebrados más amenazado

El 41% de los anfibios de todo el mundo se encuentra en riesgo de desaparición, convirtiéndolos en el grupo vertebrado más amenazado debido a la actuación conjunta de varios factores entre los que destaca la destrucción del entorno como uno de los más preocupantes, según datos de la Segunda Evaluación Mundial de los Anfibios, de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza…

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La ciudad fantasma de 90.000 millones de euros donde nadie quiere vivir

Ubicada en Malasia, se convirtió en un imán para los chinos que soñaban con una vida “tropical” pero que terminó de la peor manera. Redacción HuffPost Su nombre es Forest City, se trata de una ciudad ubicada en Malasia y, pese a la idea con la que se construyó en el año 2015, bajo el principio de ser “un paraíso para toda la humanidad”, la realidad de esta ciudad es muy diferente a día de hoy.…

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IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction

By Alex Shaw IKEA is facing scrutiny over its wood sourcing practices after two damning reports linked the furniture giant to destructive logging in some of Europe’s last ancient forests. The investigations by Greenpeace and fellow environmental groups Agent Green and the Bruno Manser Fonds focus on IKEA’s procurement of wood from ecologically sensitive areas in Romania’s Carpathian…

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Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

Pathetic, another chapter for the “Simpsons” and “Don’t look up” myself Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts A flood sign during a storm in Whittier, California, on 6 February 2024. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Dharna Noor Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint…

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The World has a Waste Problem. Here’s How to Fix It

By Nuru Lama, IFC Global Lead for Waste and Circularity Leer en español Let’s face it: waste management is not exactly a glamorous topic. In fact, even in the international discourse on climate and development, addressing waste has not been high on the agenda. But if we are to succeed at addressing the global climate, pollution, and biodiversity-loss crises, we need to talk more about waste—and…

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Cuando Roma se quedó sin el pueblo y los ricos tuvieron que pedirles por favor que volvieran: la primera huelga general

Los acontecimientos que dieron lugar al antecedente romano de la lucha del pueblo por sus derechos: una huelga general en toda regla. Miguel Jorge En el año 494 a.C. se produjo un evento que quedaría reflejado en los libros de historia. Hasta entonces, nunca antes habíamos tenido registros de la unión o frente común de un número elevado de personas revelándose contra sus “superiores”. Entonces…

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Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say

By Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study. Cuban crocodiles at a breeding sanctuary – one of a number of conservation actions studied. Robin Moore/Re:wild International researchers spent 10 years looking at measures, from hatching Chinook salmon to eradication of invasive…

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Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada

BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution. Each day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers and lakes, according to the United Nations…

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UK has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds

Study by World Health Organization shows more than half of children in Britain had drunk alcohol by age 13 Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent The UK has the worst rate of child alcohol abuse worldwide, and more than half of British children have drunk alcohol by the age of 13, according to a report. Research also found more than a third of boys and girls had consumed alcohol by…

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Los pingüinos son animales tenaces, determinados y muy valientes

Pablo García Borboroglu | Publicado por: Arturo Larena | Yvette Sierra / Mongabay Latam en @efeverde  Los pingüinos aparecieron en el planeta hace 62 millones de años y actualmente existen 18 especies diferentes que habitan en el hemisferio sur. En el Día Mundial del Pingüino, Mongabay Latam conversó con el fundador del Global Penguin Society una organización mundial que trabaja para la…

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Pass the salt please. Power lies within

A new generation of batteries may bolster the EU’s green ambitions. By  ANTHONY KING A green industrial future for Europe may depend on an element that is part of a household staple: table salt.  Batteries derived from sodium can reduce reliance on traditional lithium-ion ones. © gcarnero, Shutterstock.com Dr John Abou-Rjeily, a researcher at Tiamat Energy in France, is using sodium to…

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Una nueva ley europea obligará a las grandes empresas a reducir su impacto social y ambiental

Estrasburgo.- El Parlamento Europeo ha aprobado este miércoles una nueva directiva que obligará a las grandes empresas a mitigar los riesgos de sus actividades para la sostenibilidad social y medioambiental, que contempla multas de hasta el 5% de la facturación global de las infractoras. Vista general La Defense, el distrito financiero del oeste de París. EPA/YOAN VALAT Con 374 votos a favor,…

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Environmental lawyer calls for a gender-sensitive international legal framework to protect climate migrants

by IOS Press Because 80% of climate migrants are women and girls, a new international legal framework is needed to protect human rights, incorporating gender-sensitive and responsive measures in policies and legislation. Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels.com An article in a special issue of the journal Environmental Policy and Law (EPL) details the complexities of the perpetuation of…

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Consent and costs are key questions on extraction of ‘energy transition’ minerals

By Mike DiGirolamo  The many environmental, social, and health impacts of extracting minerals that power renewable energy, mobile phones and electric vehicles need more debate and detailed media coverage, an Indigenous rights activist and journalist say on the podcast. Mongabay speaks with Galina Angarova, Indigenous executive director of the SIRGE Coalition, and environmental journalist Ian…

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