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UK tech secretary dined by Sam Altman… on the cheap https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-tech-secretary-peter-kyle-meal-sam-altman-openai/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #ArtificialIntelligence #Dumping/Duties #Transparency #TechnologyUK #Development #Technology #Copyright #Industry #BigTech #Data

Motorists and The Marbelup rest area pigsty

"West Australian roads authority has drawn fire for bulldozing and closing off a rest stop used as a dumping ground for illegal campers." It "was left looking like a landfill after the recent school holidays due to illegal campers and dumping."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-20/main-roads-wa-closes-marbelup-rest-stop/105305534
#cars #drivers #roads #RestAreas #dumping #garbage #SchoolHolidays #environment #care

China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastics from US, EU, Japan and Taiwan https://www.politico.eu/article/china-slaps-anti-dumping-trade-tariff-duties-on-plastics-from-us-eu-japan-and-taiwan/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #EU-Chinarelations #Electricvehicles #Dumping/Duties #Sustainability #Asiaeconomy #Plastics #Imports #Tariffs #TradeUK #Trade

Head of UK navy suspended amid misconduct probe https://www.politico.eu/article/head-uk-navy-admiral-ben-key-removed-duties-misconduct-probe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Sexualharassment #Dumping/Duties #Submarines #Defense #History #Defense #Media

Britain secures Trump tariff deal for auto and steel industries https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-secures-trump-tariff-deal-for-auto-and-steel-industries/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServicesUK #EnergyandClimateUK #Dumping/Duties #Negotiations #TechnologyUK #Agriculture #Aluminum #Industry #Mobility #Ethanol #Exports #Imports #Markets #Produce #Tariffs #TradeUK #Steel #Trade #Trade #Beef #Cars

France believes Trump’s movie tariffs will backfire https://www.politico.eu/article/france-film-donald-trump-tariffs-culture-cannes/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Dumping/Duties #Audiovisual #SocialMedia #Technology #Industry #Security #Tradewar #culture #Exports #Markets #Tariffs #Media #Trade #Trade #War

Britain’s shrinking fraud watchdog https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-serious-fraud-office-corruption-mining-congo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Healthprofessionals/workforce #Financialcrime/fraud #FinancialServicesUK #Dumping/Duties #Cooperation #Enforcement #Environment #Corruption #Department #Companies #Americas #Industry #Missions #Payments #Playbook #Policing #Security #Services #Finance #Budget #Courts #Growth #Mining #Rights #Skills #Banks #Fraud

Netherlands delays nitrogen emissions target, defying its own judges and the EU https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-delays-nitrogen-emissions-target-defying-own-judges-eu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #AgricultureandFood #Dumping/Duties #Sustainability #Dutchpolitics #Farmerprotest #Conservation #construction #Agriculture #Environment #Fertilizers #Department #Innovation #Natura2000 #Emissions #Livestock #Pollution #Breaches #Conflict #farmers #Courts

UK seeking carve-outs on cars and pharma in US deal, Reeves confirms https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-seeking-carve-outs-on-cars-and-pharma-in-us-deal-race-reeves-confirms/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServicesUK #Dumping/Duties #TechnologyUK #Technology #Companies #Industry #Security #Services #Defense #digital #Exports #Finance #Imports #Tariffs #TradeUK #Policy #Trade #Cars #Tax

The jaded English town where Nigel Farage could hammer Labour https://www.politico.eu/article/runcorn-nigel-farage-hammer-labour-election/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Westminsterbubble #Britishpolitics #Accountability #Dumping/Duties #Competition #Development #Parliament #Regulation #Buildings #Chemicals #Democracy #Elections #Americas #Industry #Organics #Railways #Politics #Bridges #Markets #Retail #Rights #Farms #Labor #Media #Roads #Space #Tanks #Cars #UK

Longtime US allies say they have ways to fight back against Trump, and they’ll use them https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/us-allies-trump-retaliation-plans-00303495?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Anti-coercioninstrument #Intellectualproperty #DigitalServicesAct #Publicprocurement #Defensebudgets #Dumping/Duties #Misinformation #Ozempic/Wegovy #Foreignpolicy #Manufacturing #EUCommission #Intelligence #Negotiations #Supplychains #WarinUkraine #Cooperation

Residents grow frustrated as northeast Calgary lot used for illegal dumping
'You have to drive by all this garbage,' said Shirley Silbernagel, who works in the area. 'It looks like we're a dump.'
#garbage #illegal #dumping #frustration #northeastCalgary #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11127780/residents-frustrated-northeast-calgary-lot-illegal-dumping/

Weeds - "We need to go and make sure you can't buy them anymore."

The ecological damage already caused by weeds that had 'escaped' household gardens was tiny compared to the potential threat posed by plants sold at gardening retailers.

"We've introduced so many plants into Australia now that, when you go for a walk in your local bush, one in eight of the plant species you see there have been introduced. At least three-quarters of weeds established in the Australian environment have come from escaped garden plants, according to a 2004 report by biosecurity strategist John Virtue."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/garden-stores-selling-plants-that-could-be-next-invasive-weeds/105128092
#plants #flora #weeds #gardens #culture #BushDumping #dumping #horticulture #industry #markets #regulation #Bellingen #InvasiveSpecies #NSW