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Month: February 2021
If the UK government won’t stop industrial fishing from destroying our oceans, activists will | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
By dropping boulders on the bottom of the seabed, Greenpeace is preventing trawlers from ploughing up…
Kerbside scheme to cut electronic waste could be launched in UK
Government consulting on scheme that would increase obligation on retailers to take back broken items The…
‘Blossom circles’ to bloom across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Project aims to inspire UK equivalent of hanami – the Japanese custom of relishing fleeting sight…
‘Dying like flies’: A million chickens die on way from farm to abattoir each year
Whistleblower says birds are dying ‘in a pretty rough way’ from heat stress and lack of…
It’s not just oceans: scientists find plastic is also polluting the air
New research links Delhi’s thick smogs to burning of plastics Plastic waste in our oceans is…
Biden’s minimum wage increase runs afoul of budget rules
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that President Joe Biden’s minimum wage hike violates arcane budget rules…
Democrats short of a backup plan after minimum wage ruling
Democrats’ $15 minimum wage increase isn’t going to survive the Senate. And they don’t have a…
Historic LGBTQ rights bill passes — after exposing GOP divisions
The House passed sweeping legislation on Thursday to ban discrimination against people based on sexual orientation…
Kennedy: I’m sorry for calling Haaland a ‘whack job’
Sen. John Kennedy apologized on Thursday for calling President Joe Biden’s Interior Department nominee, Deb Haaland,…