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Belfast students ditching Holyland for city centre blocks, councillors told

"We don’t want our students to be living entirely isolated or in a ghetto environment"

Belfast Live

Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature’

Exclusive: Despite demands from water campaigners, there will be no overall target for river health

The Guardian - UK

Changing inhaler prescribed to 2.6m Irish asthma patients 'could cut 50,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year'

Dr Sean Owens says switching those patients to more environmentally friendly dry powder (DPIs) or soft mist inhalers (SMIs) could also improve patients' health

Irish Mirror

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Northumbrian Water among firms singled out by Ofwat as 'worst performing'

The regulator said Northumbrian was one of several 'letting down their customers and the environment' and is 'lagging behind' on water quality

Chronicle Live

Sri Lanka shuts schools as extreme weather brings pollution

Schools across Sri Lanka are closed as health and environment officials say the air quality in most parts of the island nation is unhealthy partly due to extreme weather conditions

The Independent UK

Why did past targets to protect nature fail over the last decade?

This month's U.N. biodiversity talks in Montreal aim to hammer out a new, global agreement. But this isn't the first time governments have tried to halt environmental loss through agreed targets.

Reuters

Environment Agency to boost natural flood management after pilots

Agency aims to double the number of schemes it supports after success of £15m pilot projects

The Guardian - UK

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Tasmanian windfarm approved despite concerns for threatened wildlife

Environment groups say Robbins Island, home to Tasmanian devil colony and critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, is ‘worst possible place’ for energy park

The Guardian - AU

EPA finds 3,000 tonnes of soft plastics in Melbourne warehouses amid REDcycle investigation

Victoria's environmental watchdog says it's working to mitigate fire risks after discovering 3,000 tonnes of soft plastics in half a dozen warehouses, weeks after the national REDcycle recycling program was halted.

ABC News

Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth

A photograph taken by NASA’s Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet.

The Conversation

Airlines are finally admitting contrails are an environmental problem

Contrails — those lines of wispy white clouds that follow some jets — may not be so harmless.

Tribune News Service

Tiwai Pt smelter owner looks to commission its own renewable power generation

Updated: A remorseful Rio Tinto promises to do better, after the mining and smelting company angered Southland, New Zealand and much of the world with its wanton disregard for local communities and the environment.

Newsroom.co.nz

5 senses? In fact, architects say there are 7 ways we perceive our environments

Have you ever wondered why you feel cozy in some places while you feel stunned in others? Think about the last international airport you landed in, or a local coffee shop in your neighbourhood.

The Conversation

Toxic chemicals found in virtually every SC river tested. Action needed, critics say

Virtually every river, creek and lake tested recently by South Carolina regulators was found to contain “forever chemicals,’’ materials once used by industry that today are being linked to a variety of toxic effects on people.

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The Conversation

Three graphic novels that creatively confront the climate crisis

As the scale and severity of the environmental crisis escalates, our shelves and screens have been bombarded by a whirlwind of climate-themed genres, from climate fiction (cli-fi) to disaster movies.

The Conversation

Climate change is not what South Africans see as their main problem: a survey breaks it down

Climate change is a major threat to food production, and is displacing people and increasing the risks to health globally. Addressing climate change requires vast resources, including financial investment to decarbonise economies and produce food sustainably. Above all, it requires international cooperation and commitment – based on an accurate understanding…

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court admissions case could upend environmental justice laws

In recent years, more states have crafted environmental justice policies to help communities of color plagued by polluted air and water, poor health outcomes and limited access to green space.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland energy support payment delay putting “more lives at risk”, Commissioner says

"This delay in payments will prevent many older people from heating their homes during this colder spell and living in a cold environment can directly impact health"

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The Guardian - AU

David Pocock and the Greens welcome Labor’s environmental reforms but push for more urgent action

Crossbench say government’s response ‘moving in the right direction’ but lacks aspects such as a climate trigger and a pause on logging

The Conversation

Our laws fail nature. The government’s plan to overhaul them looks good, but crucial detail is yet to come

The Albanese government has just released its long-awaited response to a scathing independent review of Australia’s environment protection law. The 2020 review ultimately found the laws were flawed, outdated and, without fundamental reform, would continue to see plants and animals go extinct.

Bristol Post

Ex-Bristol City striker Jon Stead getting out of his comfort zone to forge own path in the US

The former Robin spent three years at Ashton Gate and hung up his boots last season after 700 professional appearances

Newcastle Herald

Court asked to overturn Mt Pleasant expansion

An Upper Hunter environment group has commenced legal action to prevent the expansion of Mt Pleasant coal mine.

Reuters

Australia proposes to overhaul 'broken' environment laws

Australia will overhaul its environment laws and set up a new nature protection agency which would have powers to make decisions on the approval of development projects, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said on Thursday.

ABC News

Environment group to challenge Mount Pleasant expansion over concerns for climate, legless lizards

Members of a Hunter Valley environmental group say they feel like "hobbits taking on a big action" ahead of a legal challenge involving mining giant MACH Energy.

ABC News

Government to establish federal environmental protection agency in major overhaul of Australia's environmental laws

The federal government has committed to a landmark overhaul of Australia's environment laws in a move Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says will reverse the decline of Australia's environment.

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