Top news of the week: 16.02.2023.
UK must quit climate-harming energy charter treaty, experts say
Secret international court system enables fossil fuel firms to sue governments for lost future profits
World risks descending into a climate ‘doom loop’, warn thinktanks
Report says simply coping with escalating impacts of climate crisis could override tackling root cause
A third of companies linked to deforestation have no policy to end it
Research by Global Canopy also finds many companies are not monitoring set commitments
Foolproof by Sander van der Linden review – how to defuse fake news
A Cambridge professor makes a fascinating case for counteracting the ‘misinformation virus’ through psychological inoculation
Albanese government rounds on Greens ‘sabotage’ of emissions reduction plan
Frontbenchers unleash on party for signalling they might vote with Coalition to stymie reform of safeguard mechanism
Tower Hamlets mayor accused of ‘culture war’ against low-traffic schemes
Campaigners criticise Lutfur Rahman as he consults for second time on London borough’s LTNs
Deep sea mining noise poses harm to blue whales, scientists warn
Paper calls for assessment of impact of sound pollution on cetaceans before firms allowed to mine sea bed
Recent Alps snow cover decline ‘unprecedented’ in past 600 years
The duration of snow cover in the Alps is now 36 days shorter than the long-term average – an “unprecedented” decline over the past 600 years – according to recent research.