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Countries at loggerheads over the future of deep sea mining

Nations opposed to deep sea mineral mining and those in favour of exploiting the oceans’ depths butted heads in Jamaica on Wednesday

The Hindu

‘I want Lula to see this’: Indigenous chief continues fight for Amazon

Raoni Metuktire Kayapó has battled against deforestation all his life and is inviting Brazil’s president to see the damage to his land

The Guardian - UK

Coutts CEO stands down in Farage bank account row, as Sunak fails to back NatWest chairman Davies – as it happened

Peter Flavel says Coutts fell below its ‘high standards’ in the handling of Nigel Farage’s case, while Rishi Sunak declined to say whether he had confidence in NatWest’s chairman

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Shell’s ‘obscene’ $5bn profits reignite outrage amid climate crisis

Campaigners criticise plan to increase oil and gas production despite extreme heat in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Ministers fail to account for emissions from new North Sea licensing, court told

Greenpeace and Uplift have brought a legal challenge against the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

The Independent UK

Campaigners bring legal challenge over North Sea oil and gas licensing

Greenpeace and Uplift are expected to argue ministers have failed to assess properly the impact of the new licensing round.

The Independent UK

Climate optimist loses faith in oil and gas industry

When Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres says she no longer believes the oil and gas industry will do the right thing around climate change, it’s a big deal, including in New Zealand. Ditto when Al Gore says the same thing.

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Brits ‘virtually forced’ to take flights instead of trains due to ‘overpriced’ rail fares, says Greenpeace

Government must ensure rail travel is cheaper than ‘more polluting’ options, say campaigners

The Independent UK

New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says

Licences UK has approved in last two years will result in carbon dioxide matching annual emissions of Denmark, Greenpeace finds

The Guardian - UK

‘Twisted economics’ mean flights in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than rail travel, says Greenpeace report

Swapping planes for trains could save more than 450,000 tones of harmful emissions

The Independent UK

Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace

Campaigners say cheap flights, made possible by tax breaks for airlines, are encouraging people to heat the planet

The Guardian - UK

US calls for ‘urgent action’ on climate crisis at China talks

The two biggest greenhouse gas emitters hold talks in Beijing as extreme weather grips much of the globe.

Al Jazeera

Sunak government refuses to reveal details of PM’s private jet use paid for by taxpayer

Critics say flights are a waste of money and make a mockery of government’s climate targets

The Independent UK

Greenpeace activists fined for crash-landing a parachute in stadium before Germany-France match

A German surgeon has been ordered to pay a fine of $7,900 for parachuting into the stadium before a European Championship match in Munich two years ago as part of a botched climate protest

The Independent UK

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The race to defend or delay deep-sea mining

The UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun a crucial round of negotiations in Jamaica to try to reach agreement on the rules governing deep-sea mining, a day after companies were allowed to file for permits to mine the oceans. Defenders of the deep are also ramping up their efforts…

The Guardian - UK

UK should press pause on deep-sea mining, Labour says

David Lammy says Labour government would join growing list of countries and multinationals opposing rush to mine the seabed

The Independent UK

Give Greenpeace a chance: Art and activism join forces for Glastonbury’s campaign for the future

Greenpeace unveiled its brilliant charity single at Glastonbury Festival weekend. Mark Beaumont speaks to the artists, activists and festival organisers campaigning to get the government to wake up and smell the climate crisis

The Independent UK

Greenpeace protests mass logging of old-growth forests in Carpathian Mountains

Greenpeace activists are calling on the Polish prime minister to take action to protect Poland’s forests, asking in particular that this government limit the harvesting of timber in the old-growth vast forest of the Carpathian Mountains

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WEKU

Swiss voters support climate bill as scientists warn about melting glaciers

The referendum to introduce new climate measures was sparked by a campaign by scientists and environmentalists to save Switzerland's iconic glaciers, which are melting away at an alarming rate.

The Guardian - UK

Alan Page obituary

Other lives: leading copywriter and entrepreneur from the golden age of British advertising

The Independent UK

Toyota shareholders reject proposal demanding better performance on climate change

Toyota executives have fielded challenges and reaped praise from investors at an annual general meeting where shareholders ultimately rejected demands the automaker do better on fighting climate change

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s green pledge offers everything voters want: to delay it would be foolish

Swift investment would make any Labour government a climate and economic leader, says Rebecca Newsom, head of politics at Greenpeace

Evening Standard

Olivia Colman and Stephen Fry join calls for moratorium on deep-sea mining

The Government has previously rejected a ban, saying it is better to build environmental protections for ocean ecosystems

Al Jazeera

Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling rescuers amid dam evacuations

Russian President Vladimir Putin blames Kyiv and Western supporters in first comments on destroyed Kakhovka dam.

The Independent UK

Campaigners want fossil fuel firms to pay into climate calamity fund; diplomats dubious

Environmental campaigners are calling for fossil fuel producers to contribute to a new fund intended to help poor countries cope with climate disasters

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