Heathrow Airport’s controversial plans to build a third runway have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling.
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EEB: Delay in proposed microplastics restriction leading to irreversible pollution
One additional year without a restriction on microplastics could see levels of pollution equivalent to 1.6 billion plastic bottles released into the environment. Read here
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the Defender: Bill Gate’s Controversial Ag Project Failed to Improve Food Security, Report Says
The first major evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s controversial efforts to expand capital-intensive, high-input agriculture in Africa found the 15-year-effort has failed to achieve its goals of improving food security. Read Here
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Jonathan Portes vs Bill Mitchell – Are tax rises now inescapable?
Post-Covid, are taxes hikes essential to fund the future? Or should we abandon “deficit fetishism” and spend our way to prosperity? Read here Mural by Megan Wilson. Photo: victorgrigas / Wikimedia Commons
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