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Four in 10 Environmental Journalists Have Received Threats for Reporting on Climate Change: Survey
As the climate crisis worsens, so does the security of those who report on it, leading many journalists to censor themselves or use sceptics for 'balance', a new survey finds.
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COP29 Host Azerbaijan Never Had a Free Press, and It’s Only Getting Worse
Months before it hosts this year's UN climate summit, Azerbaijan is being criticised for its crackdown on journalists, exacerbating an already appalling record of press censorship.
2024 may be a year where climate change is on the!-->!-->!-->…
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‘Betrayal’: Swiss Parliament Rejects European Court’s Landmark Climate Change Ruling
Lawmakers in Switzerland have voted to disregard a human rights ruling in favour of senior female climate activists, with a particularly reprehensible stance taken by the parliament's largest party.
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Was the World’s Largest Election Decided By the Climate Crisis?
India's dramatic election results have confirmed a third term for Narendra Modi, but with a much-weakened mandate – is climate change to blame (or thank) for that?
India stands third in the world for the number of billionaires and the!-->!-->!-->…
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‘Outrageous’: Debt Payments for Climate-Vulnerable Nations Reach 34-Year-High
The 50 countries most vulnerable to climate change are paying back 15.5% of their government revenues as debt to external creditors, the highest rate since 1990.
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Hospital Didn’t Violate Human Rights with Lack of Vegan Food for Pregnant Woman, Rules Court
A Danish court has thrown out a case brought by a woman who claimed her rights were violated after a hospital did not offer adequate vegan options during her pregnancy.
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Uncovering the Ugly Truth Behind India’s Shrimp Farming Industry
Food and climate journalist Thin Lei Win speaks to Ian Urbina, executive editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project, about the organisation's investigation into India's shrimp farming industry.
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South Korea: Climate Inaction Hearing Could Set Precedent in Case Brought by Children – and An Unborn Baby
South Korea's constitutional court today held its final hearing on four landmark cases brought by the public against the government's inaction on climate change. Experts say this could set a precedent.
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Zara, H&M Linked to Illegal Deforestation & Human Rights Abuses with Brazilian Cotton Supply Chain
Industrial cotton farming in Brazil that's sold to Asian suppliers of Zara and H&M is destroying the Cerrado savanna and violating the rights of local communities, a new investigation has revealed.
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Swiss Government’s Climate Inaction Violates Human Rights, Rules Top European Court
In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a group of Swiss women, who said their government violated human rights by taking inadequate action on climate change. However, the court also threw out two!-->…
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As Kentucky Mulls Over Ag-Gag Bill, Footage Shows Animal Cruelty at KFC Supplier Pilgrim’s Poultry Farm
Lawmakers in Kentucky are hoping to amend a law that would effectively criminalise whistleblowing and protect industrial livestock farming companies – but a new investigation into Pilgrim's Pride chicken farms shows exactly why the!-->…
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Death by Fossil: Oil & Gas Emissions Could Kill 11.5 Million People by 2100
Emissions from burning the oil and gas produced by some of the largest fossil fuel companies could cause millions of deaths by the end of the century, according to new research.
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Big Oil, Big Lawsuits: The Fossil Fuel Industry is Bracing Itself for Climate Trials
A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.
By Kate Yoder
It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Consent Defence: UK Climate Activists Lose ‘Last Remaining’ Protection for Criminal Damage During Protests
This week, climate protestors in England and Wales prosecuted for criminal damage lost the right to use the 'consent defence', which has been available to them since 1971 and led to a series of acquittals in the past.
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Food Colonialism: How the Norwegian Salmon Industry is Hurting Food Security in West Africa
A new investigation reveals the adverse effects of Norwegian farmed salmon on malnutrition, food insecurity and loss of livelihoods in West Africa.
Seafood producers in Norway – the world's largest supplier of farmed salmon – are!-->!-->!-->…
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New Zealand: Huge Climate Win for Maōri Leader in Case Against Dairy & Fossil Fuel Polluters
New Zealand's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Māori leader Mike Smith's climate case versus fossil fuel and dairy companies, which include Fonterra.
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JBS Backlash Goes Political as US & UK Lawmakers Ask SEC to Reject IPO Filing
The pushback against JBS's plans to go public is no longer confined to just climate activists – politicians from the US and the UK are the latest to air their concerns in letters to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), asking!-->…
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Lindt & ChoViva Team Up to Launch a Vegan Chocolate Bar for Veganuary
Chocolate giant Lindt has partnered with German cocoa-free brand ChoViva to launch a limited-edition vegan chocolate bar for Veganuary. There are only 1,000 of the Soft & Creamy Hazelnut bars, which feature Lindt's Hello Vegan!-->…
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Is AI Speciesist? Why Animal Welfare Should Be Part of the LLM Ethics Debate
Conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) ethics have lingered around human-centric forms of discrimination like race and gender, but are speciesism and animal welfare also issues the AI sector needs to contend with? The way we!-->…
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Take Me to Foreverland: Q&A with Italy’s New Cocoa-Free Chocolate Maker
Based in Southern Italy, Foreverland is the latest cocoa-free producer making a sustainable alternative to chocolate. Its co-founder Giuseppe D’Alessandro speaks to Green Queen about its Freecao chocolate, what sets it apart from other!-->…
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Climate Activists Attempt to Block Brazilian Meat Giant JBS’s IPO in the US
Environmental groups are urging the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to halt Brazilian meat giant JBS's planned US IPO, citing its failure to adhere to climate and corporate governance pledges. The activists call it the "biggest!-->…
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