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Waste of resources is biggest threat to planet, warns Scottish environment agency
2016-08-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scotlands environment agency has warned the countrys industries and farmers that their waste and inefficiency is now the biggest threat to the environment, overtaking pollution. In a marked shift in strategy, the regulators chief executive, Terry AHearn, will urge businesses, farmers and manufacturers to adopt a one planet prosperity policy designed to cut their energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste and resource use. The major threat to the environment now is that humanity is overusing...
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Survey finds big shift in UK buyers attitude to diesel; more concern over running costs than environment
2016-08-04 14:55:51| Green Car Congress
United Kingdom: Environment minister accused of conflict of interest over farm subsidies
2016-08-04 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of Theresa Mays new environment ministers has been accused by campaigners of a conflict of interest over tens of thousands of pounds he receives annually in EU farming subsidies. Lord Gardiner is parliamentary under secretary of state and the House of Lords spokesperson for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which will be heavily involved in plans for replacing EU farming support. But he is a partner in a family farm in Buckinghamshire, which received nearly...
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Debate over impact of beef production on environment needs realism
2016-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Omaha World Herald: Nebraska-raised cattle eat at the Burwell Livestock Market. When these cattle make it to the supermarket as steaks and roasts, it'll be anyone's guess where this beef is from. Denmark may be a small country, but a recent proposal there points to a challenge for the world's beef industry. Its independent Council of Ethics has called on the Danish government to put a special tax on beef purchases to compel the country's 5 million Danes to eat less red meat. The council argued that cattle-raising...
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Leo makes his biggest commitment ever to the environment
2016-07-22 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PageSix: This may be enough for everyone to forget about the whole private jet episode at Cannes. Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation has announced $15.6 million in grants for conservation efforts, the largest series of donations ever by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. The foundation boasts donations of more than $59 million since it was founded in 1998. DiCaprio, 41, has lobbied world leaders about climate change, protecting wildlife and more, and even spoke of the environment during his Oscar acceptance...
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