Earth Day
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network)[1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.[2][1][3] The official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics." 2025 will be the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.
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What is the theme for Earth Day 2024?
Earth Day 2024: The theme this year is "Planet vs. Plastics," which aims to increase public awareness of the detrimental effects that plastic pollution has on both human and environmental health. Earth Day 2024: The planet will commemorate the 54th Earth Day on April
CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change
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What is Environmental vandalism:
Environmental crime is an illegal act which directly harms the environment. These illegal activities involve the environment, wildlife, biodiversity and natural resources. International bodies such as, G7, Interpol, European Union, United Nations Environment Program, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, have recognized the following environmental crimes:
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100 Beeches cut by vandals
Horrified’: Devon village in shock at felling of 100 ancient beech trees
Outrage in Colaton Raleigh after government agency issued licence for the trees to be felled
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Trees felled in 'act of unspeakable vandalism'
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Vandals damage Indigenous birthing tree sacred to Victoria’s Djab Wurrung people
Police investigate vandalism of tree that was set to be demolished for major road project before large protests in western Victoria
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‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania
Pictures of a massive, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck in Tasmania have sparked calls from environmentalists for Anthony Albanese to visit the area to see damage being inflicted on native forests..theguardian.com/…
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Trees:
Joe Biden to ban logging in US old-growth forests in 2025
Biden administration moves to protect forests with older trees from logging www.npr.org/...
Root and branch reform: if carbon markets aren’t working, how do we save our forests?
The world has looked to offsetting schemes to protect forests, fund conservation and fight the climate crisis – but many fail to fulfil their promises. Here are five ways to keep our forests standing
Charted: Share of World Forests by Country
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Trees and forests
‘The trees are trying to tell us things’: the ecologist championing Britain’s ancient forests
Ted Green, a conservation adviser to the crown estate at Windsor, has a provocative take on our ‘living heritage
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The age of extinction
‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaigners
Western Australia
WA bans commercial native logging in move state says could save 20,000 sq km of forest
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UK
The yew in the churchyard here has a legend as the oldest tree in Britain, although its exact age is a matter of dispute. Many propose that it is older than Christianity and some that it could even predate Stonehenge.
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Deforestation in Colombia Down 70 Percent So Far This Year
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Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
Don’t blame the trees! Saving forests is still the best way to save the planet
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Top Countries By Forest Growth Since 2001
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Europe
Poland orders to halt logging in 10 oldest forest areas
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A 700-year-old forest lies within sight of North America’s busiest highway, according to one biologist. Surprisingly, many tiny ancient forests like it are under our noses, but they’re in danger of disappearing.
Doug Larson, professor emeritus in biology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, is an expert on trees and deforestation. He and a team once discovered centuries-old trees hidden on cliffs near Ontario 401, which sees hundreds of thousands of cars every day.
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More than 100,000 trees to be planted in Devon to boost Celtic rainforest
National Trust says it hopes to establish 50 hectares across three sites close to surviving pockets of rainforest
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King Charles’s message on Christmas Day to feature replantable tree
In a nod to his green campaigning, the living tree can be replanted after broadcast and has sustainable decorations
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Quantifying forest degradation requires a long-term, landscape-scale approach
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It Took 10 Years to Grow This Christmas Tree. The Price? $105
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UK tree saved from axe because people showed they loved it"
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PUBLIC INTEREST
Federal old-growth forests to be fostered instead of logged
Climate/Nature
Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream?
Movement is growing to give legal rights and political representation to nonhuman animals, species and places
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It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis
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UK use of gas and coal for electricity at lowest since 1957, figures show
Fossil fuel plants contributed about a third of electricity supplies in 2023 and renewables a record 42%
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Social media platforms to face £18m fines for publishing animal cruelty content
In a change to the online safety bill, tech firms will have to proactively prevent material that facilitates animal torture from being posted
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Flowers everywhere? England’s ambitious scheme to restore wildlife hangs in the balance
Government pilot, due to launch this month, promises to protect and enhance biodiversity, but remains dogged by delays and uncertainty
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Woodburning is pollution!
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