Australian climate wars truce is cause for hope, as long as it doesn’t lead to bipartisan inaction
Taken at face value, Anthony Albanese’s intervention throws a positive challenge to the government
Environment
Oil regulator to revise remit to address climate crisis
OGA faces tough balancing act of sustaining industry while helping to meet climate goals
Volkswagen offers 830 million euros to compensate German buyers
In 2015 VW was caught by regulators using manipulated engine management software to mask excessive pollution levels in its diesel cars, sparking a raft of prosecutions and lawsuits.
AllianzGI pushes for more climate data ahead of AGM season
Allianz GI, which manages 557 billion euros ($605.18 billion) as part of insurer Allianz (ALVG.DE), said it had updated its Global Corporate Governance Guidelines and would push companies to do more to manage what it said was a critical risk.
One scientist’s mission to save the ‘super weird’ snails under the sea
A ‘punk’ mollusc named after Joe Strummer and a snail with a bright orange shell are among the creatures at risk from deep sea mining
Veganism row breaks out after Joaquin Phoenix is told: be kinder to farmers
Claim that celebrity campaigns cause ‘enormous damage’ draws ire from animal rights groups
Specieswatch: rare bat may have been in UK for decades
Nathusius’ pipistrelle sightings reported from as far apart as Cornwall and Scotland
UK must act to stamp out ‘curse’ of plastic sachets, say campaigners
Calls for sachets to be included in UK and European legislation banning other single-use items
Rio Tinto announces $1bn spend to reach net zero emissions by 2050
World’s second biggest miner says it will reduce emissions by 15% by 2030, but ‘will not set targets for our customers’
UK lags behind in €124bn European low-carbon investment table
Britain contributed only 3% of continent’s 2019 green spending, report says
Farmers pile pressure on UK government over chlorinated chicken
Calls for food standards to be enshrined in law to avoid post-Brexit ‘betrayal’ of consumers
Coronavirus closures reveal vast scale of China’s secretive wildlife farm industry
Peacocks, porcupines and pangolins among species bred on 20,000 farms closed in wake of virus