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| + | *The climate crisis can't be solved by carbon accounting tricks, Simon Lewis, Mar 3 [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/03/climate-crisis-carbon-accounting-tricks-big-finance] ...[[Climate news 2021]] | ||
*Future generations bill sounds 'namby pamby' but it's start, says Lord Bird, Feb 20 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55920793] ...[[UK Climate news 2021]] | *Future generations bill sounds 'namby pamby' but it's start, says Lord Bird, Feb 20 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55920793] ...[[UK Climate news 2021]] | ||
*We’re delighted to discover Cape Town’s CANs movement - “community action networks” that have been keeping a city together, under Covid, Feb 19 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/2/18/capetown-community-action-network] ...[[South Africa]] | *We’re delighted to discover Cape Town’s CANs movement - “community action networks” that have been keeping a city together, under Covid, Feb 19 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/2/18/capetown-community-action-network] ...[[South Africa]] | ||
*'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds, Feb 9 [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/09/fossil-fuels-pollution-deaths-research] ...[[Environment quality news]] | *'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds, Feb 9 [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/09/fossil-fuels-pollution-deaths-research] ...[[Environment quality news]] | ||
*The [[Scotland news|Scottish]] Citizens Assembly has concluded - and one of its big proposals is a "House of Citizens", as a second chamber for Holyrood, Feb 8 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/2/13/scottish-citizen-assembly-house-of-citizens] | *The [[Scotland news|Scottish]] Citizens Assembly has concluded - and one of its big proposals is a "House of Citizens", as a second chamber for Holyrood, Feb 8 [https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2021/2/13/scottish-citizen-assembly-house-of-citizens] | ||
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Community Action for Sustainability News
- The climate crisis can't be solved by carbon accounting tricks, Simon Lewis, Mar 3 [1] ...Climate news 2021
- Future generations bill sounds 'namby pamby' but it's start, says Lord Bird, Feb 20 [2] ...UK Climate news 2021
- We’re delighted to discover Cape Town’s CANs movement - “community action networks” that have been keeping a city together, under Covid, Feb 19 [3] ...South Africa
- 'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds, Feb 9 [4] ...Environment quality news
- The Scottish Citizens Assembly has concluded - and one of its big proposals is a "House of Citizens", as a second chamber for Holyrood, Feb 8 [5]
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