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Campaigners Warn of Loopholes in Laws to Curb Antibiotics on UK Farms After ‘Biased’ Industry Consultation

DeSmogBlog

Proposed laws to curb antibiotic use on UK farms drafted after closed-door meetings with industry contain loopholes that could undermine the fight against deadly drug resistant bacteria, campaigners have warned. EU rules impose limits on this practice to prevent it from being used as a pretext for excessive preventative use.

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'Enormous potential': Study explores key drivers of successful reforestation schemes

Business Green

The analysis , published today by Trillion Trees, a joint venture from WWF, BirdLife International, and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has revealed that roughly 59 million hectares of forests, an area larger than France, has regrown since 2000.

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Catalytic Converter Theft: Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. This step increases the chances of recovery and helps law enforcement trace the part back to a specific crime.

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Scientists urge the U.N. to make environmental destruction a war crime

Grist

The four existing Geneva Conventions and their three additional protocols are globally recognized treaties to regulate the conduct of war, including establishing standards under international humanitarian law for the treatment of wounded troops in the field, soldiers shipwrecked at sea, prisoners of war, and civilians.

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Germany Set to Start Coal Phaseout Tenders Amid Legal Challenge

GreenTechMedia

There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws. Maximilian Boemke, a partner at the German office of law firm Watson Farley & Williams, thinks that the calculation of the flat-rate lignite compensation will be key to the European Commission’s decision.

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Italian Oil Giant Eni Knew About Climate Change More Than 50 Years Ago, Report Reveals

DeSmogBlog

Eni’s prediction was quite accurate: Global warming in the year 2000 was exactly 0.5 ° C and CO2 concentrations were around 370 ppm. This is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit under Italian law. Eni also understood the need to limit fossil fuel pollution decades ago, according to the report.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

Hannover had just won the World's Fair for 2000, and they wanted to do sustainability as the theme. But we were not required to by law. First of all, what they are, for people who do not know or remember them, and how those came to be. McDonough: I was in Hannover, working there with Michael. We wrote them from New York.