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Campaigners dismayed after Grenfell Tower bans probe is paused

PA A silent march in west London in memory of those killed in June Investigations into banning firms criticised in…

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Environment

Plastics campaigners warn Australia’s pledge at UN needs to be matched with ‘high ambition at home’ | Australian politics

The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, is returning from a UN oceans conference where he pledged to curb the scourge…

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Environment

Campaigners hail plan to ban bottom trawling in half of England’s protected seas | Fishing

Environmental groups have welcomed government proposals to ban the destructive fishing practice known as bottom trawling in half of England’s…

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Environment

Dutch climate campaigners vow to take Shell to court again | Shell

Climate campaigners in the Netherlands have promised to take Shell to court for a second time to force the energy…

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Environment

‘We don’t call them woolly maggots’: how wildlife campaigners put sheep at heart of rewilding plans | Wildlife

Woolly maggots, nature-destroyers – sheep are criticised by many conservationists for denuding Britain’s uplands of rare plants and trees. So…

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Environment

Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water | The Boat Race

Water quality along the stretch of the River Thames which will host the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has…

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Politics

Hillsborough law must be ‘all or nothing’, campaigners say

BBC It has been almost 36 years since ninety-seven Liverpool fans were fatally injured at Hillsborough A law named in…

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Environment

‘Polluting’ Silvertown tunnel is already out of date despite just opening, say campaigners | London

A multibillion-pound road tunnel under the River Thames will be out of date the moment it opens, according to campaigners.…

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Environment

River campaigners to sue Ofwat over water bill rises | Water

An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay…

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Environment

Waitrose to stop selling suffocated farmed prawns, as campaigners say they feel pain | Animal welfare

They are a popular staple for office lunches, barbecues and takeaways, but prawns often suffer an unpleasant death before reaching…

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