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Monthly bin collection backlash grows as Environment Secretary Steve Reed says he wouldn't be happy

The Cabinet minister suggested residents could vote out councils switching to monthly bin collections

Evening Standard

₹1 crore grant to lantana handicraft artisans

Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre offers ₹1 crore grant to tribal artisans carving wildlife figurines from invasive lantana weed.

The Hindu

Environment Secretary says people who can't afford to eat should work more

Therese Coffey was speaking in the House of Commons

Wales Online

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Australian government pledges to recycle all plastics by 2040

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says despite the collapse of a major soft plastics recycling scheme, the federal government has set a target to recycle or reuse 100 per cent of plastic waste by 2040.

ABC News

Bunbury Outer Ring Road court injunction extended as environmental challenge begins

An environmental challenge against the $1.25 billion Bunbury Outer Ring Road will spill into a second day, as an injunction on its construction continues.

ABC News

Boots will stop selling all plastic-based wet wipes by end of the year

"Our customers are more aware than ever before of their impact on the environment"

Nottingham Post

Man arrested for dog theft after seven pit bull puppies stolen from Adelaide home

The theft of six-week-old pit bull puppies during a break-in in Adelaide's south left the dogs' owners "devastated" — but police have since recovered two of the animals and charged a 37-year-old man.

ABC News

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ACT will use contraceptive darts to help manage kangaroo population

The non-lethal kangaroo population control method will mean fewer animals need to be shot in annual culls.

The Canberra Times

Former environment minister David Speirs puts his hand up for Liberal leadership

Former environment minister David Speirs has confirmed he's in the running to become opposition leader, saying the SA Liberal Party needs to apologise for a "very bad" election campaign.

ABC News

Plans to shake up Pastoral Act scrapped as government shifts focus to conservation

A major shake-up of the governance of South Australia's outback has been scrapped as the newly elected state government takes a more conservation-based approach.

ABC News

Ley has freedom to release report: authors

Two authors of a major five-yearly report on the state of Australia's environment say the minister can release it whenever she likes, and they hope it's soon.

AAP

High school student challenges Environment Minister Sussan Ley in federal seat of Farrer

A high school student from Albury will be one of Australia's youngest political candidates after announcing he will challenge Environment Minister Sussan Ley for the Farrer seat as a Greens candidate.

ABC News

IPCC report endorses India’s position on climate finance: Environment Minister

Bhupender Yadav says India firmly believes that climate change is a global collective action problem that can be solved only through international cooperation and multilateralism

The Hindu

Raw sewage dumped into English rivers and sea 372,000 times in 2021

The Environment Department (Defra) has published proposals aimed at significantly reducing discharges of raw sewage through storm drain overflows to protect health and halting the environmental damage they cause

Daily Mirror

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The Conversation

Federal budget: $160 million for nature may deliver only pork and a fudge

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s cash-splash budget has a firm eye on the upcoming federal election. In the environment portfolio, two spending measures are worth scrutinising closely.

Al Jazeera

Canada unveils multibillion-dollar plan to cut carbon emissions

Environmentalists welcome emissions reduction plan, but say it will be vital to ‘hold politicians’ feet to the fire’.

AAP

Budget blasted for 'ignoring' climate

The 2022/23 federal budget has confirmed $1 billion for the Great Barrier Reef over the next decade, but the environmental spend has also attracted criticism.

ABC News

Defence has environmental and security concerns about Clive Palmer's proposed central Queensland coal mine

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer is facing an unlikely adversary in his bid to have a central Queensland coal mining project approved. His proposed site overlaps the expansion zone of the Australian Defence Force's Shoalwater Bay training ground.

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Daily Mirror

Ukraine-Russia war: Tory farming chief says food price rises are 'inevitable'

Environment Secretary George Eustice said there was major 'turbulence' following the Russian invasion which would hit British consumers

Wales Online

Government to unveil proposed legal targets on air pollution and wildlife

The targets are part of obligations under the post-Brexit Environment Act

Reuters

Australian court overturns ruling requiring mine approvals to weigh climate harm

An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country's environment minister to consider harm to children from climate change as part of the approval process for a coal mine.

ABC News

Children's climate change case overturned on appeal as Federal Court dismisses government's 'duty of care'

Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley successfully argues she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.

AAP

Government streamlines project approvals

The government has announced a $128 million package to give investors confidence around regional developments while maintaining environmental protections.

Daily Mirror

Supermarkets to change how they sell fruit and veg - and it's good for planet

More than 80% of apples and 88%of cucumbers are sold wrapped in plastic, but now major supermarkets have agreed to cut back on this by 2025 to help protect the environment

Reuters

Portugal may limit street cleaning, watering of green spaces as drought drags

Facing a worrying winter drought, Portugal may have to limit irrigation of green spaces and use of water for street cleaning in the most affected regions, the environment minister said on Wednesday.

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