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NSW calls for environment ministers meet

The NSW government wants Canberra to summon the country's environment ministers to develop a united strategy to combat threats.

AAP

Green light for contentious WA urea plant

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has rejected an application to pause works on a contentious West Australian fertiliser plant.

AAP

Tanya Plibersek declines to fast-track Senex Energy gas project

Tanya Plibersek knocks back a request to exempt an energy project in southern Queensland from assessment against environmental laws, saying she is "not satisfied" it is in the national interest.

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SA environment boss to head to Victoria

The boss of South Australia's Environment Protection Authority has quit to take up a position with Recycling Victoria.

AAP

Liz Truss’s £235m cut to Environment Agency ‘doubled sewage discharge’ – Labour

Raw sewage discharge more than doubled from 14.7 per overflow in 2016 to 29.3 in 2021.

The Independent UK

Fears over English shellfish as untreated waste dumped in water

Untreated human waste dumped in waters containing shellfish 29,000 times last year, Environment Agency data shows

The Guardian - UK

Need a better AC? This new design can keep both Earth and humans cool

With worsening heat waves, we will increasingly rely on air conditioning, but the chemicals used in AC units are terrible for the environment. Now, researchers have proposed a new type of eco-friendly unit.

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Liz Truss ‘has sewage on her hands’ over Environment Agency cuts

Exclusive: Truss oversaw cut in funds to tackle water pollution, since when raw sewage discharge has risen

The Guardian - UK

Tanya Plibersek backs contentious fertiliser plant on Burrup peninsula

Federal environment minister says Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation supports development despite concerns over impact on culturally important sites

The Guardian - AU

Water regulator giving companies a ‘licence to leak’, say MPs and charities

Ofwat is criticised for failing to curb huge bonuses for CEOs of companies that pollute

The Guardian - UK

7,000 construction workers are needed for Ohio's largest economic development project

Ohio's largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment.

WEKU

Exactly how MPs voted on dumping sewage into UK seas and rivers – fact-checked

Campaigners say 265 Tory MPs betrayed the environment in an October 2021 Commons vote. But the MPs said overall they're tightening the law, and the plan they rejected wasn't practical. Here's the argument explained

Daily Mirror

Government ‘has head in the sand’ over sewage pumped on to UK’s beaches – Labour

Amid growing calls for ministers to clamp down on those contributing to pollution, Number 10 said it was the duty of water firms to protect customers.

The Independent UK

Government ‘to blame for sorry mess’ of sewage on our beaches’, says Feargal Sharkey

Feargal Sharkey said the problems were ‘definitely’ linked to Brexit, citing a legal challenge launched by the European Commission against the UK.

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'Don't swim' advice in Northumberland and South Shields - Alerts show sewage discharges near three beaches

Alerts on the Safer Seas Service map show the Environment Agency is warning against swimming at some popular North East beaches

Fortune

Why the Business Roundtable has lost its environmental enthusiasm

The business group omitted the environment from a recent statement and opposed Democrats’ landmark climate bill.

The Guardian - UK

Sewage monitors faulty at seaside spots in England and Wales, data shows

Environment Agency figures indicate people could be swimming in human waste this summer without warning

Wales Online

Monitors for measuring sewage going into sea 'faulty or not installed'

The Liberal Democrats say Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts

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The Guardian - AU

Just two prosecutions for ‘unexplained land clearing’ made since NSW Coalition changed rules

Clearing has risen by 73% since new laws allowing the clearing of native flora were introduced as independent MP criticises lack of action

The Conversation

Frozen in time, we've become blind to ways to build sustainability into our urban heritage

It was hard to keep up with all the bad news coming out of the recent Australia State of the Environment report. The dire state of natural places and First Nations heritage rightly attracted attention. However, one important finding was overlooked: the poor state of Australia’s so-called historic heritage.

The Guardian - AU

Plastic has made it to the bottom of Fiji’s rivers. Our environment is breaking down

In Pacific countries, people have lived in harmony with the physical environment for centuries, now even the riverbed mussels are affected

The Conversation

Australia's pursuit of 'killer robots' could put the trans-Tasman alliance with New Zealand on shaky ground

Australia’s recently announced defence review, intended to be the most thorough in almost four decades, will give us a good idea of how Australia sees its role in an increasingly tense strategic environment.

The Independent UK

Why veganism isn’t as environmentally friendly as you might think

Go vegan, they said. Save the world, they said. But is the plant-based diet as good for the environment as we’ve been told? Emma Henderson finds out how it could be more sustainable

ABC News

Jeff Sparrow says we've been duped into believing environmental blame rests with us

It's big businesses, not individuals, that need to change if we are to address environmental issues.This author says clever marketing has made us think otherwise.

The Independent UK

Ministers unlikely to take serious action over sewage pollution, activist says

Neil Cutts, from Surfers Against Sewage, warned the Government is unlikely to tackle the problem in the foreseeable future.

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