Positive Climate & Biodiversity News - Week #6

Happy Monday! Here is your weekly dose of positive Climate and Biodiversity news to help motivate you and get your week off to a great start.

It's time to balance out all the “doom and gloom” news we often hear and add some positivity to our lives. 🙌

🇪🇺 EU gives final approval to 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars

Image by Lukas Barth, Reuters

"The European Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a ban on new sales of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, with a view to getting them off the continent's roads by mid-century."

Read the full article on France 24.

🐚 Shell’s board of directors sued over ‘flawed’ climate strategy in first-of-its-kind lawsuit

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"Shell’s board of directors are being personally sued over their alleged failure to properly manage risks associated with the climate crisis."

Read the full article on Euronews.

🫧 The ‘bubble barriers’ that stop plastic pollution before it reaches the sea

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"The Great Bubble Barrier deploys a perforated tube on riverbeds to create a curtain of bubbles which nudges waste to the bank for collection."

Read the full article on Positive.News.

🐧 Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean

Image by Pete Oxford/WWF/PA

"The Australian government plans to make an area about the size of Germany in the Southern Ocean a marine zone, strengthening protections around Macquarie Island for millions of penguins and seals."

Read the full article on The Guardian.

🦔 World’s oldest European hedgehog could provide hope for the future of the species

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"The world’s oldest European hedgehog has been found at a Danish volunteer project. The data from the project will be used to inform wild hedgehog protection initiatives."

Read the full article on Euronews.

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