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‘Extinction crisis’ of sharks and rays to have devastating effect on other species, study finds

Almost two-thirds of sharks and rays living on world’s coral reefs at risk, with 14 of 134 species reviewed critically endangered

The Guardian - AU

Environmentalists push for tougher oil and gas restrictions to protect rare whale in Gulf of Mexico

Environmental scientists say Rice’s whale, discovered in 2021, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities in the gulf.

The Texas Tribune

Lethal radiation from space played role in Earth’s biggest mass extinction, study finds

Radiation may have made plants less easily digestible, creating even more hostile environment for herbivores, study says

The Independent UK

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Lethal UV radiation pulse from space played important role in Earth’s biggest mass extinction event – study

Radiation may have made plants less easily digestible, creating even more hostile environment for herbivores, study says

The Independent UK

Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile's Patagonia

Scientists in Chile's Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have dominated the area's food chain before their mass extinction.

Reuters

Rishi Sunak accused of trying to pass 'pointless' new laws to curb disruptive protests

Labour leader Keir Starmer said police already have the powers to tackle groups like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion, and called on No10 to talk to chief constables to clarify what they can do

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak backs tougher police powers to shut down protests before they get disruptive

Outrage from civil liberties groups over fresh attempt to curb ‘guerrilla’ tactics

The Independent UK

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Police may be able to intervene before protests become too disruptive

The Public Order Bill is aimed at curbing the guerrilla tactics used by groups like Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion.

The Independent UK

‘World’s rarest chimpanzee’ born at Chester Zoo in conservation boost

80 per cent of western chimpanzees are said to have been wiped out across Africa in the last 25 years, leaving them ‘on the brink of extinction’

Evening Standard

Women arrested after protest against Santos sponsoring Tour Down Under cycling race

Two women in their 60s are arrested in Adelaide's CBD after gluing themselves to a pile of bicycles on a city street in protest against Santos being the major sponsor of the Tour Down Under cycling race.

ABC News

Saving Uluru's mala wallaby population sparks calls for greater efforts to tackle extinction crisis

Parks Australia staff have worked with Indigenous rangers and Anangu traditional owners to help save the rare mala wallaby from extinction.

ABC News

Traded biodiversity 'credits' are key to Labor's environmental plans, but critics are not convinced

A market where koala credits are traded is now central to the federal Labor government's plan for halting Australia's extinction crisis, but critics are not convinced that demand is strong enough to make a serious impact on the environment.

ABC News

‘Sunscreen’ in ancient pollen ‘points to mass extinction caused by UV radiation’

Experts analysed pollen from 250 million years ago, around the time when close to 80% of the planet’s species disappeared.

The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion says 'we quit' – why radical eco-activism has a short shelf life

The protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has released a statement with the clickbait headline “We Quit”. Dashing the hopes of climate denialists everywhere, the group is not shutting up shop (yet), it is merely changing tactics. XR is keeping its options open, saying there is “a controversial resolution to temporarily…

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California’s endangered salmon population plummets amid new threat

They’ve been pushed to the brink of extinction by dams, drought, extreme heat and even the flare of wildfires, but now California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon appear to be facing an entirely new threat — their own ravenous hunger for anchovies.

Bristol Post

Extinction Rebellion says members won't be gluing themselves to public places in 2023

The group says it is its 'new year's resolution'

Reason

60 Minutes Promotes Paul Ehrlich's Failed Doomsaying One More Time

The Population Bomber has never been right, but is never in doubt that the world is coming to its end.

The Conversation

In defence of rodents – why healthy ecosystems need them

You might think you have the measure of the rodent family. Perhaps just the word “rodent” conjures images of invasive rats, those urban denizens accused of spreading pathogens and parasites, chewing through wires and spoiling food.

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Rights of nature

The idea that nature — forests , rivers, mountains — could have rights, in the same way that human rights, or corporate rights exist has been building momentum.

The New Daily

Extinction Rebellion in Australia could shift tactics to encourage ‘greater participation’

Australian branches of the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion could shift tactics in light of an announcement from UK division that it will temporarily stop engaging in acts of civil disobedience.

The Independent UK

UK climate group calls temporary halt to disruptive protests

The U.K. division of climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion says its activists will temporarily stop blocking busy roads, gluing themselves to buildings and engaging in other disruptive acts of civil disobedience because such methods have not achieved their desired effects

The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion to ‘shift away from public disruption’ after year of divisive protests

Climate group says it will temporarily stop using public disruption as ‘primary tactic’

Reuters

Extinction Rebellion UK to halt disruptive protests

The British arm of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group said on Sunday it would take a break from acts of public disruption in order to bring more people on board its campaign for urgent action to counter climate change.

Daily Mirror

Extinction Rebellion vow to stop protests that disrupt public in New Year's resolution

The climate group, which uses radical protesting tactics such as blockading traffic and spray painting buildings, said “very little has changed – emissions continue to rise and our planet is dying at an accelerated rate"

The National (Scotland)

Extinction Rebellion to temporarily 'shift away' from disruptive public protests

CLIMATE change protest group Extinction Rebellion has announced that it will "temporarily shift away from public disruption as a primary…

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