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Actions taken to suppress coronavirus reveal what measures are possible in an emergency, say experts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Government responses to climate breakdown and to the challenges of poverty and inequality must be changed permanently after the coronavirus has been dealt with, leading scientists have urged, as the actions

We can no longer pretend that we’re separate from each other and from the natural world Everything is connected. It’s hard to imagine right now that, just weeks ago, the truism of ecological politics was treated as hippy nonsense by mainstream politics. Announcing the statutory review of the commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Campaigners describe lobbying of EU to defer impending regulations as shameless Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The motor industry has been accused by campaigners of trying to use the coronavirus crisis to avert stricter environmental regulation, after correspondence showed carmakers had lobbied the EU to defer impending laws. The European carmakers’

Publication date: July 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 173 Author(s): Antonio A.R. Ioris

Airlines get $60bn bailout, but Pelosi’s proposal on halving of emissions by 2050 not included Coronavirus – latest US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage A $2tn US coronavirus relief package will dole out billions to struggling airlines and offer low-interest loans that fossil fuel companies could compete for – without requiring

More than a third of British electricity was generated by renewables in 2019 The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell for a seventh consecutive year in 2019 after a record year for renewable energy, according to government figures. The provisional data, published by the government on Thursday, revealed a 3.6% fall in greenhouse gas emissions compared