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Greenpeace hails Italy court ruling allowing climate lawsuit against energy company ENI to go ahead

Cs news4 days ago05 mins

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by climate activists against Italian energy company ENI and its government shareholders can go ahead, in what Greenpeace said on Tuesday was a victory for efforts to pursue climate justice in Italy. In an ordinance released on Monday, the Court of Cassation rejected…

Sweden invented ‘flight shaming’. Now it is begging airlines to return

Cs news3 weeks ago010 mins

The country that invented “flight shaming”, a concept championed by climate activist Greta Thunberg, has scrapped its air tax in a bid to boost its ailing economy. As of July 1, Sweden has dropped the levy of 76–517 kroner (£5.50–£37.40) per passenger per flight, an eco measure introduced by the centre-left government in 2018. The…