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TC Energy, Pembina plan Alberta project to store 20 MtCO2/yr
'Living fossil' fish may live for up to a century
Media Communications Officer, ShareAction – London
Senior Campaigns Officer, ShareAction – London
COMMENT: Voluntary carbon market – broken more than breakthrough
African countries back Egypt to host COP27 UN climate talks
‘The next pandemic’: drought is a hidden global crisis, UN says
Countries urged to take urgent action on managing water and land and tackling the climate emergency
Drought is a hidden global crisis that risks becoming “the next pandemic” if countries do not take urgent action on water and land management and tackling the climate emergency, the UN has said.
At least 1.5 billion people have been directly affected by drought this century, and the economic cost over roughly that time has been estimated at $124bn (£89bn). The true cost is likely to be many times higher because such estimates do not include much of the impact in developing countries, according to a report published on Thursday.
Continue reading...UK refuses to commit to immediate lowering of air pollution limits
Government accused of disregarding coroner’s words about death of Ella Kissi-Debrah, aged 9
The government has refused to commit to an immediate lowering of legal levels of air pollution as a result of the death of a nine-year-old child from toxic air.
Ella Kissi-Debrah was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of their death in a historic ruling by a coroner earlier this year.
Continue reading...NGOs call for EU-wide gas phaseout by 2035
Invitation for public comment on the draft National Recovery Plan for the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) (combined populations of Qld, NSW, and the ACT)
Orchid thought to be extinct in UK found on roof of London bank
Colony of small-flowered tongue orchid plants discovered in rooftop garden of investment bank Nomura
A rare species of orchid believed to have been extinct in the UK has been discovered on the roof of an office building in the City of London.
Serapis parviflora, also known as small-flowered tongue orchid, was found growing in the 11th-floor rooftop garden of the Japanese investment bank Nomura. It is usually found in the Mediterranean basin and the Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal.
Continue reading...Nuclear energy: Fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK
Flying electric car takes off in South Australian desert ahead of Formula One-style races
Alauda Airspeeder Mk3, a four-metre-long multicopter, makes unmanned test flights but team hopes to shift to pilots
An electric flying race car has taken flight for the first time in Australia, ahead of a proposed series of remotely piloted races later in the year.
The Alauda Airspeeder Mk3, a four-metre-long multicopter, has taken its first unmanned test flights in the South Australian desert, with approval from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Continue reading...SK Market: KAUs fall to fresh 5-year low as buyers call the shots
Quarter of UK pupils attend schools where air pollution is over WHO limit
Estimated 3.4m children learn in unhealthy environment, says charity behind research
Millions of British children attend schools where air pollution is worse than the World Health Organization limit, campaigners have said.
An analysis found that more than a quarter of schools, from nurseries to sixth-form colleges, were in locations with high levels of small particle pollution. This means an estimated 3.4 million children are learning in an unhealthy environment, said Global Action Plan (Gap), the charity behind the research that was released on Clean Air Day on Thursday.
Continue reading...UK pig farms doubled their use of antibiotics vital for humans
Overall use of drugs has fallen but treatments of a ‘critically important’ class rose from 2015 to 2019
UK pig farms’ increasing use of critically important antibiotics for human health has prompted concerns about farming practices and efforts to reduce reliance on the drugs.
Previously unpublished industry data seen by the Guardian, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Vet Record shows the use of a class of antibiotics prescribed for various infections in humans more than doubled on UK pig farms between 2015 and 2019.
Continue reading...CEFC makes first green hydrogen investment in Uni of Wollongong spin-off
University of Wollongong spin-off behind promising hydrogen electrolyser technology closes $5m investment round, including from CEFC.
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JinkoSolar recognised as “Overall High Achiever” in RETC’s 2021 PVMI report
RETC's PVMI Report compiles and ranks its independent test data, identifying the industry's leading PV module manufacturers and technologies.
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Transcript: Energy Insiders Podcast Tobias Geiger interview
Westwind's Toby Geiger on plans for Australia's biggest wind project, and the connection problems and firming challenges in Australia's main grid.
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