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Brazil has written to the EU to ask it hold off on implementing deforestation law
“Brazil has asked the European Union to hold back on implementing its deforestation law. The EU must get on with implementing the deforestation law, but in return we need to have talks about supporting Brazil to rehabilitate the rainforest and look at just transition for legitimate local Brazilian farmers but not huge agri-businesses like Cargill. The UK must also implement the same law and should also put tariffs on Soya from the USA.” {Earth and Leaf Editorial} Brazil has written to the EU to ask it hold off on implementing deforestation law REMOVED PHOTO (280) epa10180074 View of the fire in a farm the Brazilian Amazon,…
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Wildlife Trusts buy part of Rothbury Estate Northumberland ending grouse and pheasant shooting
{Ending driven Grouse and Pheasant Shooting is going to be a mainstay of upland farm sustainability in the future – Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} Ending Grouse and Pheasant Shooting The Wildlife Trusts, in partnership with Northumberland Wildlife Trust, have bought part of the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland and are bidding to buy the remainder of the estate within two years, in what they describe as ‘securing the entire estate for nature and the nation‘. The estate is being sold by ‘Lord’ Max Percy, the youngest son of the Duke of Northumberland; some of his family have been prominent members of the grouse shooting dynasty for decades. The…
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JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal
{Earth and Leaf Editorial – JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal – JBS is the worlds largest meat company and as such is out there with the fossil fuel companies. We need to remove JBS from the food supply chain unless they are willing to change. Given that it is prepared to break its own rules that is unlikely to happen.} {extract below} JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal The world’s biggest meat company bought cattle more than 100 times from a farm that was sanctioned and fined nearly $2.5 million for illegally destroying unique and…
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Angkor Plywood the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally
{Earth and Leaf Editorial – Illegal logging in Cambodia – Angkor Plywood, the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally} {extract below} Angkor Plywood the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally Angkor Plywood, the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rare timber species likely logged from Cambodia’s embattled protected forests have been exported to Vietnam and China for years by Angkor Plywood, one of the country’s most notorious logging companies, Mongabay can reveal. Over a year-long investigation, Mongabay has acquired documents and testimonies, as well as photo and video evidence, that show Angkor Plywood has been illegally logging timber from Cambodian protected areas and violating various laws…
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Energy Industry Trade Body Chief to Head UKs Climate Watchdog
Energy Industry Trade Body Chief to Head UKs Climate Watchdog
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Early Winter Ice Halts Arctic Shipping Traffic Weeks Ahead of Schedule
Early Winter Ice Halts Arctic Shipping Traffic Weeks Ahead of Schedule
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Biomass Power Station Produced Four Times the Emissions of UK Coal Plant, Says Report
{Drax Biomass Power Station – plus that coal fired power station at Ratcliffe on Soar has now shut – Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} The Drax power station was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in 2023, according to a report. The North Yorkshire power plant, which burns wood pellets imported from North America to generate electricity, was revealed as Britain’s single largest carbon emitter in 2023 by a report from the climate thinktank Ember. The figures show that Drax Biomass Power Station, which has received billions in subsidies since it…
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Australian Cattle Industry Suggests Shift from Net Zero
Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach
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Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions
{The Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions. This is greenwashing. The industry is taking credit for higher rainfall. Its rubbish. Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions The Australian red meat industry has recorded a 78% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions since 2005 due to reduced rates of land clearing and increased forest regrowth, a report commissioned by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has found. The report, released on Thursday, found that net greenhouse gas emissions from the red meat industry were equivalent to 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2021. But the emissions data was…
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Government Urged to End Subsidies as Drax Accused of Burning Old Forest Wood
{Drax Accused of Burning Old Forest – Drax is seen as a renewable power supplier and is classed as carbon neutral. This is patently untrue. Government subsidises Drax to do this.Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} Government urged to end subsidies as Drax accused of burning old forest wood This is quite simply outrageous. Drax is seen as a renewable power supplier and is classed as carbon neutral. This is patently untrue. It is also appalling that our government subsidises Drax to do this. Campaign groups found that Drax, which owns the UK’s largest power station near Selby in North Yorkshire, sourced whole logs from primary and old growth forests…
