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• The Guardian view on Trump’s planet-wrecking plans: the UK government’s resolve will be tested | Editorial

  08-11-2024 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The new president’s disruptive policies will challenge Sir Keir Starmer’s green goals. But with strong leadership he could enhance Britain’s global influenceDonald Trump’s electoral earthquake in America will complicate Sir Keir Starmer’s plans. Nowhere will the shock of Mr Trump’s win be more intensely felt than in environmental policy. His stance on climate – advocating a US exit from the Paris climate agreement and rallying behind “drill baby dr
  
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• Outrage as fifth beluga dies this year at Canada’s Marineland

  08-11-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Most recent fatality is 17th beluga to die since 2019 at Niagara Falls, Ontario, aquariumAnother beluga has died at Canada’s Marineland, as questions mount over the future of both the controversial theme park and one of the world’s largest populations of captive whales.The most recent fatality – the fifth this year – is the 17th beluga to die at the Niagara Falls aquarium since 2019. Continue reading...
  
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• Outrage against Canada’s Marineland theme park after fifth beluga dies

  08-11-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Most recent fatality marks 17th beluga to die at Niagara Falls, Ontario, aquarium since 2019A fifth beluga has died at Canada’s Marineland, as questions mount over the future of both the controversial theme park and one of the world’s largest populations of captive whales.The most recent fatality marks the 17th beluga to die at the Niagara Falls aquarium since 2019. Continue reading...
  
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• Martin Rowson on what Trump’s victory will mean for the environment – cartoon

  08-11-2024 14:42 via theguardian.com
  
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• Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit

  08-11-2024 14:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Elnur Soltanov recorded speaking with fake oil and gas group that asked for deals in exchange for sponsoring talksThe chief executive of Cop29 has been filmed apparently agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at the climate summit.The recording has amplified calls by campaigners who want the fossil fuel industry and its lobbyists to be banned from future Cop talks. Continue reading...
  
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• Climate breakdown will hit global growth by a third, say central banks

  08-11-2024 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  New modelling finds risk to global economies much worse than previously thought, but group of central banks says even this may be an underestimateThe physical shocks caused by climate breakdown will hit global economic growth by a third, according to a risk assessment by a network of central banks.The rise in the estimated hit to the world’s economies as a result of the shocks from flooding, droughts, temperature rises, and mitigating and adapting to extreme weather was the result of new c
  
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• Tax changes in budget last straw for UK farmers after ‘years of being squeezed’

  08-11-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Farmers’ union to bring 1,800 members to Westminster in protest, but some say mega-rich landowners are the problemIn the next few weeks tractors full of angry farmers could roll through the stately streets of Westminster. They have had enough, they say. The change to inheritance tax in the government’s budget last week was a blow – but it was also the most recent of a long series of blows. This is, apparently, as much as they can take.Rachel Reeves stirred up anger when she mad
  
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• I’m a farmer – and I’m glad to see tax loopholes closing for cynical investor landowners | Guy Singh-Watson

  08-11-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It could have been better designed, but Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tweak will help farmers with mud on their bootsShould multimillionaire landowners benefit from a tax break designed to help small family farms pass down their land to their children? This is a hotly contested question, given last week’s budget. Labour has reintroduced 20% inheritance tax for farms that are valued at more than £1m, meaning the children of farmers will no longer inherit land tax-free. Granted, 20
  
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• Houseplant of the week: resurrection plant

  08-11-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  This marvel of nature can survive dehydration for years – but watering it will reveal beautiful green leavesWhy will I love it?The fascinating resurrection plant (Selaginella lepidophylla) is a marvel of nature that can survive extreme dehydration for years by curling into a seemingly lifeless brown, dry ball, only to “resurrect” itself and turn green again when exposed to water.Light or shade?It thrives in bright, indirect light. Continue reading...
  
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• Week in wildlife in pictures: a strolling pelican, a venomous newt and a psychedelic swamphen

  08-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• COP29 chief exec filmed promoting fossil fuel deals

  08-11-2024 07:06 via bbc.com
  
  Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.
  
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• Odour of oil and return of Trump hang heavy over Cop29 in Baku

  08-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Prospects of strong outcome appear dim but there is hope the talks will address pressing issue of climate financeMore than 100 heads of state and government are expected to land in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, over the next few days and the first thing they are likely to notice is the smell of oil. The odour hangs heavy in the air, evidence of the abundance of fossil fuels in this small country on the shores of the Caspian Sea.Flaring from refineries lights up the night sky, and the city is
  
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• Britons need greener travel options to meet net zero target

  08-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Government must take urgent steps to change UK travel behaviour if carbon dioxide reduction goals are to be metEurope-wide research has shown Britons are more willing than most Europeans to reduce their use of cars and aeroplanes – an essential requirement if carbon dioxide reduction targets are to be met.During the Covid pandemic, consumption of petrol, diesel and paraffin plummeted as government restrictions forced people to stay at home – the UK had the third-largest reduction aft
  
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• ‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief

  08-11-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  On the eve of Cop29 in Baku, António Guterres says dangers are underestimated as irreversible tipping points nearThe world is still underestimating the risk of catastrophic climate breakdown and ecosystem collapse, the UN secretary general has warned in the run-up to Cop29, acknowledging that the rise in global heating is on course to soar past 1.5C (2.7F) over pre-industrial levels in the coming years.Humanity is approaching potentially irreversible tipping points such as the collapse of
  
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• ‘A total waste of time’: why Papua New Guinea pulled out of Cop29 and why climate advocates are worried

  08-11-2024 05:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Country’s foreign minister says UN climate summits have produced ‘no results’ as Pacific nation takes the rare step of withdrawing from upcoming Cop29Papua New Guinea’s decision to pull out of an upcoming UN global climate summit due to frustration over “empty promises and inaction” has prompted concern from climate advocates, who fear the move will isolate the Pacific nation and put vital funding at risk.Prime minister James Marape announced in August the cou
  
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