environmentalprotection
A Michigan couple sued when their local township passed an ordinance to prevent them from opening a cemetery. This week, in a victory for property rights, a judge ruled in the couple's favor and threw out the ordinance entirely. As Reason reported in January, Peter and Annica Quakenbush wanted to open a "green" cemetery, allowing people to bury their loved ones in a natural and environmentally friendly manner, free of chemicals like formaldehyde and coffins containing metal. They specifically intended to establish a conservation burial ground, in which decedents would be buried in biodegradabl...
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Katy Perry is not having a great summer. After the disastrous rollout of her single ‘Woman’s World’ and its muddled satirical credentials feeling like a regressive pseudo-empowerment anthem, whose faux-feminist message rings false at every turn, there are now legal woes to deal with. The US pop star is reportedly under investigation in Spain over potential environmental damage that took place on the shoot for the video of her new single ‘Lifetimes’. The new song is the second track to be shared from Perry’s forthcoming sixth album, ‘143’, and the filming of its video on Spain’s Balearic Island...
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The EU’s flagship environmental protection scheme has improved the conservation status of 435 species while cutting greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxides (NOx) pollution, producing a tenfold return on the €3.46 billion invested in the seven years to 2020, the European Commission has claimed in a review of the last budget period. The LIFE programme is the only European instrument which directly funds environmental action on the ground, with the 1,167 projects supported during the 2014-2020 period, ranging from ‘traditional’ projects like boosting vulture populations in the mountains between Greece...
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For several days, fish have been dying in the Orbetello lagoon in Tuscany. Some attribute this to a lack of oxygen in the water, potentially caused by Valonia algae, or even due to chemical levels that are out of control.
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Tens of thousands of migrating swallows have been swarming the small community of Mesana in mountainous Paphos from summer's rise in June right through to early August, creating intricate nests and resting on electricity wires.
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Lake Prespa, whose waters are shared by three Balkan states, North Macedonia, Albania and Greece, is disappearing. To prevent this environmental disaster caused by climate change, non-governmental organisations from the three Balkan nations initiated the Forum for the Development of the Prespa Region. "The non-governmental organisations from the three states want to make an appeal to the institutions and local authorities to speed up efforts regarding institutional connection, concretization of action plans," Ljupco Krstevski, from the North Macedonian NGO Eurothink said. "A lot of research ha...
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At least four people were killed after extensive flooding and landslides caused by heavy storms struck Switzerland and northern Italy. The bodies of three people were recovered after a landslide in the Italian-speaking Swiss county of Ticino on the southern side of the Alps. Heavy rain had pounded the South and West of Switzerland throughout the weekend. Camping sites were evacuated, bridges collapsed, and one person is still missing in the Swiss Lavizzara valley. Further north, the Rhone river burst its banks in several areas within the Valais region. A motorway and railway line were both flo...
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IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania’s biologically rich forests. Two recent investigations reveal the impact of the flatpack furniture giant on the country’s Carpathian mountains, one of Europe’s largest remaining areas of primary and old growth forests. According to a Greenpeace report, more than 50 per cent of Romania’s ancient forests have disappeared in the past 20 years, due to corruption and poor law enforcement. A new report from the NGO details the role that IKEA and the Ingka Group, its largest franchisee, have played in this plundering - some o...
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On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, announced that at the end of the year, the state would no longer comply with California's electric vehicle (E.V.) mandate. "The idea that government should tell people what kind of car they can or can't purchase is fundamentally wrong," Youngkin said in a statement. "Virginians deserve the freedom to choose which vehicles best fit the needs of their families and businesses. The law is clear, and I am proud to announce Virginians will no longer be forced to live under this out-of-touch policy." California first adopted its Advanced Clean...
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