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Haines proposes $483m Local Power Agency to help communities buy in to wind and solar
Independent MP Helen Haines introduces legislation to establish a new Australian Local Power Agency to support community ownership of renewable energy.
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Moonflower: timelapse of rare Amazonian cactus blooming for one night only – video
A rare Amazonian cactus called the moonflower has bloomed for what botanists believe is the first time in the UK. Experts at the University of Cambridge's Botanic Garden kept a night watch throughout the week so they did not miss the flowering of Selenicereus wittii – an event that usually begins at sunset and is over by sunrise.
The moonflower actually bloomed earlier on Saturday afternoon at about 3pm, and the garden said it was 28cm (11in) long. The flower produces a sweet-smelling scent that turns 'rancid' after just two hours, as the plant begins to die
- Rare Amazonian cactus flowers for first time in UK
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Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us | Robert Reich
The Lone Star State is aptly named. If you’re not part of the Republican oil elite with Cruz and Abbott, you’re on your own
Texas has long represented a wild west individualism that elevates personal freedom – this week, the freedom to freeze – above all else.
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Soil carbon: what role can it play in reducing Australia's emissions?
We break down the facts around one of the Coalition’s five priority areas in its ‘technology, not taxes’ response to the climate crisis
The Morrison government is backing soil carbon – drawing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the land – as a major part of its response to the climate crisis.
The idea isn’t new, and at times has been derided as “soil magic” due to exorbitant claims about what it could achieve. But it is receiving renewed focus after the government listed it as one of five priority areas under its so-called “technology, not taxes” approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Continue reading...Thousands watch live stream as rare cactus starts to bloom in UK
Moonflower Selenicereus wittii blooms for just 12 hours, with start at botanical garden brought forward
Thousands of people around the world tuned into a live stream of a rare cactus this week as it prepared to bloom – thought to be the first such event in the UK.
Now, horticulturists say the event has begun, and will be over by sunrise on Sunday.
Continue reading...‘Absolutely ridiculous’: top scientist slams UK government over coalmine
Exclusive: Prof Sir Robert Watson says backing of Cumbrian mine refutes claims of climate leadership
One of the UK’s most eminent environmental scientists has called the government’s failure to block a new coalmine in Cumbria “absolutely ridiculous”.
Prof Sir Robert Watson said the UK’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 to tackle the climate crisis was “wonderful”, but that there had to be a focus on immediate actions. The UK is hosting a UN climate summit, Cop26, in November and Boris Johnson has pledged to lead a green industrial revolution.
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US rejoins Paris climate accord with warning: this year’s talks are ‘last, best hope’
John Kerry made remark as US officially returned to climate agreement on Friday, 107 days after it left under Donald Trump
The US has marked its return to the Paris agreement by urging countries to do more to confront the climate crisis, with America’s climate envoy, John Kerry, warning that international talks this year are the “last, best hope” of avoiding catastrophic global heating.
On Friday, the US officially returned to the Paris climate accord, 107 days after it left at the behest of former president Donald Trump. Joe Biden moved to reverse this on his first day in office and Kerry conceded that the US is returning “with a lot of humility, for the agony of the last four years”.
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