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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 The 2020 review ultimately found the laws were flawed, outdated and, without fundamental reform, would continue to see plants and animals go extinct.

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Robbins Island wind farm proposal approved on condition of 5-month annual shutdown due to orange-bellied parrots

A wind farm proposal in Tasmania is given the green light — but under the condition it doesn't operate for five months of the year, so as not to interfere with the annual migration of a parrot species.

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Itchy Eyes, Runny Nose Can Cause By Climate Change: Study

"Pollen is an excellent sentinel for the impacts of climate change. Read on for details:

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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.

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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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Tanya Plibersek confirms new environmental protection agency to enforce conservation laws

Albanese government commits to agency and new national environment standards in response to Samuel review of EPBC Act

The Guardian - AU

Union calls on government to protect UGL workshop

The union representing workers at Newcastle's UGL train workshop says the NSW government must not sacrifice jobs for housing at the site.

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Edmunds: 2023 Lexus RX 350 versus 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE

The Lexus RX 350 has been redesigned for 2023 and features a new engine, improved technology and a more luxurious interior

The Independent UK

US man ‘trapped’ in Russian-controlled Donetsk despite release from prison

Exclusive: Suedi Murekezi, detained in Ukraine in June by Russian proxy forces, says lack of ID papers means he can’t leave city

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab may have the most terrible record in government, but at least it’s perfectly formatted

From the Brexit department to the Foreign Office, the deputy PM has been remarkably consistent in his focus on all the wrong things, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president

Loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, should have been reported in disclosures. Plus, mass strikes in Iran

The Guardian - UK

EPA head visits WVa city that had 10-year water advisory

The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to visit a West Virginia county where some residents recently got access to clean water after years of having to boil it before drinking

The Independent UK

Türkiye: No Plans for Erdogan-Assad Meeting

Türkiye on Monday confirmed there are no plans for a meeting soon between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad. “We don’t have an immediate plan for such a meeting, but our president is sending a message: If you act responsibly, if you address the security concerns and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

DOJ appointee eyes 1-year window for Jackson water upgrades

The manager appointed by the U.S. Justice Department to oversee reforms to the beleaguered water system in Mississippi’s capital city says he hopes to wrap up work in one year or less

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Los Angeles Times

Local air regulators say it’s impossible to meet smog standards without federal help

LOS ANGELES — Southern California air regulators have approved a sweeping plan to reduce pollution in the nation’s smoggiest region within the next two decades, but say they cannot meet national air quality standards without federal action.

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Climate change threatens kiwifruit chemical ban

Warmer temperatures mean greater reliance on a harmful chemical that was meant to be banned.

The Guardian - US

Georgia runoff: full steam ahead for Democrats as they aim to solidify Senate majority

Polls suggest narrow lead for Raphael Warnock as party brings out big guns to campaign days before election

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Sets Accepting ‘New Russian Territories’ as Condition to Hold Talks with Biden

Moscow rejected US President Joe Biden’s conditions for negotiations on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden, speaking beside French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, said the only way to end the war in Ukraine was for Putin to pull troops out and that if Putin was looking to end…

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EPA proposes more biofuel blending in nation's gasoline

Minnesota farmers whose corn and soybeans are blended into biofuels received a long-awaited blueprint of a rule from the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday that could pave the way to more biomass-based, domestic fuel stocks being mixed into the nation's vehicle engines.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot’s plan to replace Chicago’s lead water pipes has switched out 280 of an estimated 390,000 service lines

Only 280 Chicago homeowners have had a lead service line replaced under city programs the past two years — out of an estimated 390,000 lead lines, the most in any city in the United States.

The Independent UK

The tiny profit UK farmers make from the food they grow

The market is failing to reward UK farmers, food charity Sustain finds

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Putin is Open to Talks on Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was prepared to speak to the Russian leader.

The Conversation

A China-backed dam in Indonesia threatens a rare great ape – and that's just the tip of the iceberg

In 2017, scientists described a new species of great apes – the Tapanuli orangutan. The species, found in the Batang Toru ecosystem of North Sumatara, Indonesia was listed as critically endangered soon after.

Tribune News Service

EPA regional administrator recommends killing Pebble mine, setting stage for final veto

ANCHROAGE, Alaska — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday moved to deal a major blow to the proposed Pebble mine, a large copper and gold prospect in a salmon-rich Southwest Alaska region that has been hotly contested for more than a decade.

The Independent UK

EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed increasing ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supplies over the next three years

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