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Australia’s grid is reshaping itself around the surge in clean energy
Australia's biggest grid is transforming to a cleaner, better, upgraded version even as it continues to reliably operate in extreme condtions.
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Rex Patrick says he won’t support Coalition plan on environmental powers before it responds to ‘scathing’ review
Senator says government still hasn’t addressed concerns crossbenchers raised last year, while conservationists call for action on review’s recommendations
A key independent senator says he will not support a government plan to shift environmental approval powers to the states before the Coalition responds to a “scathing” review of conservation laws.
Rex Patrick said the final report of the review into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act was damning about the state of systems meant to protect Australia’s wildlife.
Continue reading...Will sharks survive? Australian scientists fear for apex predators without more protections
Australia’s spike in shark deaths bears no correlation to how they are doing globally due to overfishing, scientists say
About four years ago, Colin Simpfendorfer was diving on reefs in Indonesia’s picture-perfect Raja Ampat region when he noticed the distinct absence of something.
“It’s a beautiful place to dive. We would have expected to see grey reef sharks and white tips,” says the veteran scientist. “But you don’t see sharks for days on end.”
Continue reading...Planned coalmine would create 'more emissions than any other in UK'
Committee on Climate Change says new mine in Cumbria gives ‘negative impression of UK’s climate priorities’
Approved plans for a new coalmine in Cumbria will produce more emissions than any of the others open in the UK, a climate group has warned.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) made the claim in a letter to communities secretary Robert Jenrick after he decided not to call in the plans for an inquiry earlier this month.
Continue reading...Climate change: Minister rapped for allowing Cumbria coal mine
Animals of the far north – in pictures
The BBC series Stormborn, which is narrated by Ewan McGregor and begins tonight, charts the breeding seasons of reindeer, seals, otters and foxes across Scotland, Norway and Iceland
Continue reading...Welsh council admits it should not have approved vast poultry farm
Permission for 110,000-chicken farm in ‘poultry capital of Wales’ withdrawn after legal challenge brought by local pressure group
A local authority has admitted it should not have granted planning permission for a vast broiler unit in the “poultry capital of Wales” after campaigners crowdfunded a judicial review.
Powys county council opposed the legal challenge, brought by activists from Sustainable Food Knighton (SFK). Knighton is a small market town near the border with England.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday January 29, 2021
HS2: Could the pandemic kill off the rail project?
California offset task force close to completing revised draft, sources say
EU carbon prices could triple on tighter supply, growing interest from industrials and investors -analyst
Financial entities build as emitters cut CCA positions ahead of Q1 auction
California LCFS registers 115k surplus for Q3 2020 on RNG rush
EU Market: EUAs slip below €33 after first 2021 auction underwhelms
US Carbon Pricing and LCFS Roundup for week ending Jan. 29, 2021
Switzerland sets dates for final auction of Phase 2 carbon allowances
Zali Steggall's climate bill gets broad backing from industry groups and investors
Inquiry hears from business, conservationists, scientists and health professionals who urge the government to legislate a net zero target
The Morrison government was urged by major industry groups and investors to give popular draft climate change legislation from the independent MP Zali Steggall a chance at becoming law during a parliamentary inquiry.
Major business representatives gave evidence alongside conservationists, scientists and health professionals that broadly backed the proposed laws, which would legislate a 2050 net zero emissions target for Australia.
Continue reading...‘Breathtaking’: what Joe Biden’s sweeping climate plan means for Scott Morrison
As the US president vows to push the rest of the world to do more on climate change, the prime minister will face increasing pressure to measure up
When John Kerry, the United States’ new special presidential envoy for climate, stepped up to speak to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday he had Australia on his mind.
The former secretary of state had been struck by an article in the New York Times by the author Michael Benson that described satellite images of the “flame vortexes” that spiralled into the atmosphere as the continent’s wildlife burned a year ago, sending a plume across New Zealand and into the Pacific.
Continue reading...The Week in Wildlife – in pictures
The best of the week’s wildlife pictures from around the world, including a Eurasian lynx and rescued caymans
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