Biodiversity “standing in the way” of growth - The same headline everywhere...
"Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick ", George Monbiot
"The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers... But if you listen only to “leading CEOs”, you ensure the country becomes hospitable to capital but inhospitable to wildlife and people. As the war on nature proceeds, ministers sound ever more like Donald Trump...Irreplaceble ecosystems will be sold for cash."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/labour-england-nature-housing-planning-bill
#biodiversity #ecosystems #ExtinctionCrisis #wildlife #water #sprawl #growth #turbo #FastTrackApprovals #hairball #WarOnNature
"According to Global Witness, Brazil is the second deadliest country for environmental defenders after Colombia. Between 2021 and 2024, the CPT [Pastoral Land Commission] recorded 126 murders in rural conflicts."
#Ecocide #HumanRightsDefenders #EnvironmentalProtection #LandGrabbing #IndigenousRights #WarOnNature
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
Luxon's #WarOnNature rolls on.
Yet another blatant attempt at enabling the mining of conservation land.
The whole point of DOC is to protect nature. Its power to veto mining in native forests and wetlands should be strengthened, not hamstrung.
#nzpol
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360733160/shane-jones-wants-strip-conservation-departments-concession-powers
WATCH: NZ Government accused of legalising Kiwi killing for coal mining and roads
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360682932/government-accused-legalising-kiwi-killing-coal-and-roads/