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Staff at Science Based Targets initiative have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets.

Story with Fiona Harvey 👇

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Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river theguardian.com/environment/20…

Useful reminder from Bloomberg

Record-breaking rain in recent months has drastically reduced the amount of food produced in the UK, farming groups have said theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘The Bermuda triangle for birds’: Hen harriers face threat of grouse season theguardian.com/environment/20…

UN names veteran EU official as new biodiversity chief

“Astrid will need to convince the rest of the world that the EU is still a credible partner – and convince the EU to actually be one” theguardian.com/environment/20…

Global rainforest loss continues at rate of 10 football pitches a minute....

An area nearly the size of Switzerland was cleared from previously undisturbed rainforests last year theguardian.com/environment/20…

Up to a third of Africa’s great apes are threatened by a boom in mining projects theguardian.com/environment/20…

People think the climate emergency will happen years away, in the global south, but it's already happening, here, in Europe, with devastating floods. For my new The Guardian series, I went to Belgium to tell the story of Rosa Reichel, who died at just 15 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Flagship farm to create the biggest natural grassland in southern England.

Awesome work from my brother Inigo Weston & the team Restore theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Guardian today launches the (British) Invertebrate of the Year competition. A lovely way to highlight the importance and wonder of the vast majority of life on Earth. Everyone can vote and nominate their own too Buglife
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Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu.

It is believed to be the first time bird flu has been found in US livestock theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

‘Cautious optimism’ as penguins test positive for bird flu but show no symptoms.

There is concern they could act as ‘Trojan horses’ for other species. My latest on bird flu - theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes.

Patrick Greenfield's latest brilliant piece on offsetting theguardian.com/environment/20…

Dear train companies: there is only one thing worse than offering no on board internet.

That to offer internet that never works

This is becoming more and more prevalent on Britain’s railways.

Just shut it down and we will manage accordingly.

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Bird flu latest - the grave of explorer Ernest Shackleton on South Georgia island has become inaccessible due to “dead seals blocking the way”.

Tourists on an Antarctic cruise tell me what they've seen theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Wonky Conker tree with its helping hand - Bideford, Devon 🌳

More than 400,000 songbirds killed by organised crime in Cyprus theguardian.com/environment/20…

UK spends least among major European economies on low-carbon energy policy, study shows theguardian.com/environment/20…

Elephant carefully tests electric fence before removing it