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Shocking footage shows conditions ‘clearly breach’ EU standards on animal welfare, say campaigners

An animal testing laboratory in Germany that subjected monkeys to “barbaric” treatment and kept unwell dogs in squalid conditions is under investigation amid calls for its closure.

Undercover footage at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) near Hamburg published by Cruelty Free International and Soko Tierschutz shows technicians with metal prongs grabbing macaque monkeys by the neck. The monkeys are restrained by braces during testing. The footage also shows primates being handled “violently” by technicians: in one incident a monkey has its head smacked against a door frame.

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It is a generation that contains veterans of Greenham, the miners’ strike and the poll tax and anti-Iraq war protests – and, with no need to worry about damaged CVs, they are perfect ‘arrestables’

Protest hits its mark when campaigners look as ordinary as possible, such as the platoons of grandparents swelling the ranks of Extinction Rebellion. Cameras seek out the picturesque – the luminously dreadlocked, tie-dyed stereotype. Although few and far between, they let the rightwing press dismiss the whole huge global uprising as “not people like us”.

But anyone who was on Saturday’s London march or joined this week’s protests has seen how the great majority are unphotogenic “normals” of all ages, with battalions of those well past retirement. Nor are there many of the usual bothersome far-left groupuscules trying to hijack a mighty, mainstream event.

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An EU without farmed animals would see a loss of biodiversity and spark a rural exodus, new campaign group claims

Meat and farmed animals are wrongly blamed for the climate crisis without considering their benefits for society, argues a new campaign launched by the livestock industry in Europe.

Billboards appeared this week in Brussels metro stations together with a social media campaign #meatthefacts. The adverts are being funded by European Livestock Voice, which is backed by organisations representing EU farmers, foie gras producers and the fur and leather industry.

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Last-minute lobbying forces delay to ambitious move by European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has balked at a proposal to halt new investments in fossil fuels, raising concerns that Germany and other nations are plotting to water down what would be one of the financial sector’s most ambitious climate moves.

The EIB, the largest public bank in the world, announced this year that it would end lending to new gas projects, having already curtailed funding for coal and oil. This would free up more money for renewable energy developments. The details of the plan were expected to be confirmed by a board meeting of EU finance ministers on Tuesday but last-minute lobbying has forced a postponement.

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European carbon prices climbed to their highest in almost two weeks early on Tuesday on building hopes that a Brexit agreement can be struck this week.

The Guangdong provincial government has issued some 200,000 carbon credits in a sign that its offset market is gradually returning to life after a 10-month hiatus due to restructuring of market regulations.

The group says "normal activities have been resumed" just hours after police ordered an end to activities.

The Metropolitan police cleared Extinction Rebellion protesters from Trafalgar Square after banning them from demonstrating anywhere in London by issuing a revised section 14 order on Monday. It said 'any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion "autumn uprising" … must now cease their protests within London' by 9pm.

On Twitter, XR’s London branch said the clearing of protesters from the square was 'an outrage'. Protests continued in the capital on Tuesday despite the risk of arrest

• Police ban Extinction Rebellion protests from whole of London
• Extinction Rebellion activists defy London-wide protest ban

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Actions continue after Met police order end to protests across the capital

Extinction Rebellion climate protesters have promised to continue their mass civil disobedience campaign in London despite a city-wide ban on their demonstrations announced late on Monday night.

Hundreds of police officers moved in almost without warning to clear protesters who remained at the movement’s camp in Trafalgar Square on Monday night.

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Shadow Agriculture Minister Joel Fitzgibbon was savaged in Labor's factional caucus meetings last night for publicly arguing his party adopt the Coalition's emissions reduction targets, but he defends his stance tonight.

Over the past 10 years, David Bebber has photographed for World Land Trust, capturing their crucial conservation projects across the globe that protect threatened natural habitats through land purchase. This exhibition brings together a collection of work from both personal projects and his time photographing WLT sites, which couple together on the theme of environmental celebration.

• No Straight Lines in Nature at theprintspace Gallery 17 October - 4 November

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Today, BJCE Australia’s Gullen Range Wind Farm announced a funding milestone, having successfully delivered more than 50 Clean Energy Program grants, totalling over $345,000, to local homes.

The post More than 50 homes now benefit from cheaper electricity bills because of Gullen Range Wind Farm’s clean energy program appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin shareholders will vote on a resolution calling on Origin Energy to disclose plans to phase out coal power generation consistent with Paris Agreement.

The post If Origin serious about Paris, it should replace Eraring with renewables and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

National Parks Association says Snowy 2.0 does not stack up, describing it as "environmental vandalism and economic folly".

The post National Parks Association calls on governments to scrap Snowy 2.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Snowy 2.0 is a bad deal for taxpayers, and analysis suggests it will deliver a fraction of the energy benefits promised.

The post Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Clear solar glass of Perth-based ClearVue Technologies will be used to power a self-sustaining off-grid greenhouse demonstration in Israel.

The post Australian solar glass technology tapped for off-grid greenhouse trial appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nations are struggling to agree on how international carbon trading should work under the Paris accord. A weak result would undermine global efforts to fight climate change. Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Lambert Schneider, Research coordinator for international climate policy, Oeko-Institut Maosheng DUAN, professor, Tsinghua University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

"Mega-mansion” built on outskirts of Byron Bay by Hollywood power couple in news again, this time for adding an appropriately massive rooftop solar system.

The post Hemsworth NSW mansion goes solar, with massive rooftop array appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Environmentalists welcome parts of the new law, but others say the government is going backwards.