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Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court

Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved

The Guardian - UK

Cumbria coalmine was unlawfully approved, government says

Lawyers acting for minister say emissions of coal extracted from mine should have been taken into account

The Guardian - UK

Labour lifts Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on onshore windfarms

Rachel Reeves says she will revise planning policy and decisions should be taken ‘nationally, not locally’

The Guardian - UK

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Over 200 ad campaigns from oil and gas firms shown on TfL network since Sadiq Khan set out 'zero carbon' goal

The data comes as the UN Secretary-General urges world leaders to ban adverts from fossil fuel companies

Evening Standard

Council asks for permanent injunction to stop protests outside UK oil terminal

North Warwickshire council seeks to extend controversial order against ‘persons unknown’ for Kingsbury terminal

The Guardian - UK

High Court Rules Latest UK Targets On Climate Unlawfully 'Vague'

The High Court ruled Friday that the UK government had acted unlawfully when it approved elements of its plans to meet net-zero targets based on "vague and unquantified" information.

International Business Times

Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules

Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan

The Guardian - UK

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Liforme Classic Travel Yoga Mat review: stay anchored in every pose on your active adventures

Take your practice wherever you go with the portable version of Liforme's grippy, non-toxic yoga mat

Advnture

Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts

Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift

The Guardian - UK

England could produce 13 times more renewable energy, using less than 3% of land – analysis

Onshore wind and solar could provide 226TWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth

The Guardian - UK

Report: Banks Should Set Stricter Climate Goals for Agriculture Clients

Though factory farming is a small part of bank financing, it leaves an outsized carbon footprint.

Capital & Main

World Bank’s funding of ‘hog hotel’ factory farms under fire over climate effect

Environmental and animal welfare groups call on lender to phase out support for ‘industrial’ livestock operations

The Guardian - UK

A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up

Shuttering of New York facility raises awkward climate crisis questions as gas – not renewables – fills gap in power generation

The Guardian - US

Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not

The Guardian - UK

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Almost 10m UK households living in ‘cold, damp, poorly insulated homes’

Exclusive: Analysis also shows same number would probably not be able to afford cost of improved insulation

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers in court again over net zero plans

Friends of the Earth dismisses government’s revised climate action plan as a ‘pipe dream’

The Guardian - UK

‘Biggest, baddest’ – but is it the cleanest? World’s largest cruise ship sets sail

Claims that Icon of the Seas, the vast new ship described as ‘human lasagne’, runs on clean fuel have been labelled greenwashing as LNG’s methane emissions are a more potent climate gas than CO2

International Business Times

ING Targeted In New Dutch Climate Legal Case

The Dutch climate activists who won an historic court battle against Shell now have a new target -- top Dutch bank ING. Milieudefensie, the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth, said Friday they have started legal proceedings against ING, and warned that other top companies could be next.

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The Guardian - UK

Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords

Environmental campaigners say move will threaten marine life and put biodiversity at risk

The Guardian - UK

UK likely to miss Paris climate targets by wide margin, analysis shows

Exclusive: Under current policies, Britain could fall short of internationally agreed goal of 68% cut in emissions by 2030

The Guardian - UK

Bus services cut by more than 80% in parts of England and Wales since 2008, finds study

Research of timetables reveals ‘silent war’ on bus users outside London

The Independent UK

Chancellor criticised for ‘tinkering at the edges’ of net zero transition

Improving grid access was welcomed but support for homes to enhance energy efficiency was lacking, say green groups.

The Guardian - UK

Fresh calls to scrap Cumbrian coalmine amid steel industry’s green push

UK’s coal-hungry blast furnaces likely to be replaced, making economic case for mine ‘dead in the water’ says local MP

The Guardian - UK

Claimants take UK government to court over inadequate climate adaptation

Kevin Jordan, whose home is 5 metres from the cliff edge in Norfolk, says government’s shortcomings breach his human rights

The Independent UK

Billions in local government pensions invested in fossil fuels, analysis reveals

Environmental campaign groups analysed data gathered through Freedom of Information requests

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