AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoWaste Protections: Sri Lanka has passed an environmental amendment imposing fines of up to Rs20 million and possible prison terms for hazardous-waste dumping. Data Centre Pressures: Google says its planned AI hub in water-stressed Visakhapatnam will use air cooling; local activists want a pause on new data centres until their impacts are assessed. Across the US, a bipartisan energy-permitting bill would speed projects from solar farms to pipelines while narrowing environmental reviews, drawing opposition from some green groups. Climate Politics: Australia’s Coalition says it will introduce a bill to scrap the country’s 2050 net-zero commitment. Nature Under Threat: Conservationists warn that a proposed tourism opening at Sri Lanka’s Adam’s Bridge Marine National Park could harm bird habitat and breach wildlife protections. In England, record heat and drought left chalk streams gasping, renewing calls for stronger safeguards against over-abstraction and sewage pollution.
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