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One-off £15m rise only ‘10% of what has been cut since 2009’, says Green party

The government has allocated £15m in additional funding to Natural England for this financial year after a decade of cuts that have left England’s wildlife agency “in crisis”.

Natural England’s chairman, Tony Juniper, said the funding marked a “significant change of trend” in the financing of the government body, which has seen its budget slashed by £180m since 2008.

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Increases in rainfall in England could impact ambulance and fire crew response times.

Climate breakdown means conditions that wrought devastation across Great Plains could return to region

The agricultural conditions known as a “dust bowl”, which helped propel mass migration among drought-stricken farmers in the US during the great depression of the 1930s, are now more than twice as likely to reoccur in the region, because of climate breakdown, new research has found.

Dust bowl conditions in the 1930s wrought devastation across the US agricultural heartlands of the Great Plains, which run through the middle of the continental US stretching from Montana to Texas. The conditions are caused by a combination of heatwaves, drought and farming practices, replacing the native prairie vegetation.

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The European Commission on Monday launched a tender to appoint a common auction platform to host carbon allowances sales during the first half of Phase 4 of the EU ETS (2021-30).

Secretive "King Review" into emissions policies released, with the Morrison government to funnel climate funds into carbon capture and big emitters.

The post Morrison to redirect climate funds to carbon capture and big emitters as ‘King Review’ released appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A radical 10-year plan should draw on community crisis responses to fix ‘faultlines in our food system’

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A radical 10-year recovery plan for the UK food system should draw on local and community responses to the Covid-19 crisis to create a more diverse, sustainable and fairer supply chain, say experts.

The pandemic exposed fragility in the food supply system: farmers poured away more than a million litres of milk, supermarket shelves were stripped of flour while millers were unable to sell it, and potato farmers were forced to hoard stocks. Meanwhile, food banks faced unprecedented demand as household incomes plummeted.

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EUA prices broke above €20 for the first time this month on Monday as wider markets rose on optimism that the world was emerging from its pandemic-induced recession.

China’s Hubei province has added over 60 companies to its pilot CO2 emissions trading scheme, including the aviation sector even though its only airliner ceased operations in November.

UK scientists aim to build some of the most sophisticated models yet for how rock moves inside the planet.

For decades, the Observer photographer Andy Hall has documented major events and daily life throughout Africa – from the Cuban withdrawal from Angola and the last days of apartheid to music, the obsession with football and the effects of climate change

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JinkoSolar have announced the official launch of its 2020 flagship Tiger Pro module series.

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The Australian Greens pitch vision for a green Covid-19 economic response, including 100 per cent renewables and a revived, green, manufacturing sector.

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Energy Estate and RES join forces to propose 2GW of wind, solar and storage to deliver low emissions and long term future Queensland industrial hub of Gladstone.

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Solar power has fallen to prices that are, by any stretch of the measure, insanely, world-changingly cheap. And they are going to fall further.

The post The future of solar power: From unbelievably cheap to insanely cheap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Roy Morgan survey finds most of Australia's electricity and gas companies have some of the lowest levels of trust amongst Australian consumers.

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Ground-breaking 56MW hybrid renewable microgrid completed in remote Western Australia – the first in Australia to use wind to power a mine.

The post Solar-wind-battery microgrid completed and powering remote W.A. gold mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

By creating a labyrinth of legal frameworks, regulators have made it all too hard for developers to think beyond installing the simplest possible hot water solutions.

The post Building all-electric homes – and why ditching gas isn’t as easy as it should be appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Atlas V rocket, carrying the X-37B space plane, launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday.

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As countries and companies work towards ambitious 2030 emissions targets, poor investments today will soon be exposed

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We are experiencing a human tragedy. The Covid-19 crisis is leading to human loss and suffering, hardship and job destruction. It has necessitated immediate and significant public health and economic global responses, affecting all of us, both now and for the foreseeable future.

But with the economic recovery comes great opportunity to embrace a low carbon future and refocus on the green economy rather than stick to 20th century business models and infrastructure.

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