Arable farmer Martin Lines has a specific interest in farm conservation and management and is UK chairman of the Nature Friendly Farmer Network. Hannah Park reports.
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Improving the sustainability performance as well as achieving an eco-label accreditation for existing activities in this field will be core topics for Julia Massey.
The natural world is a beautiful and intricate system of intertwined and overlapping materials ecosystems.
The motion, which passed with 574 votes in favour, 22 against and 95 abstentions, urges the European Commission to set binding 2030 targets for materials use and consumption footprint of all products placed on the EU market. It also calls on the EU executive to introduce product-specific standards for recycled materials to be incorporated into new products placed on the EU market. “If we continue to use all these natural resources at this speed by 2050, we won’t need one planet, we’ll need three,” said Jan Huitema, a Dutch liberal MEP who authored the Parliament’s report. “It’s much better to make sure that the waste we would otherwise burn or dump, that we use it as a valuable raw material to make new products,” he said.
The annual event brings together business leaders, politicians, and investors committed to sustainability.
A challenge to the interpretation of a project condition of approval may be filed more than 90 days following the project approval — San Francisco could ban natural gas in new buildings — Another bid percolating to regulate San Diego’s short-term vacation rentals — and more.
Space-concerned organizations around the world are developing the Space Sustainability Rating system to help with the space junk problem.