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White House wants Moon to have its own time zone
White House wants Moon to have its own time zone
White House wants Moon to have its own time zone
US carbon removal firm delivers first batch of CO2 removal credits from Indian project
Consumption reduction widely overlooked as a strategy for protecting biodiversity, study says
French biodiversity footprint provider raises $10 mln
Laos may release draft carbon trading regulations by June -media
China releases draft emissions guidelines for cement as ETS expansion nears, steel may come later
Early warning system to track Asian hornets unveiled by UK researchers
Monitoring station detects predatory species using artificial intelligence and sends alert so nests can be traced
An early warning system designed to track and trace predatory Asian hornets using artificial intelligence has been unveiled by experts from a British university.
Researchers from the University of Exeter have invented a system that draws hornets to a monitoring station. They land on a sponge cloth impregnated with food and an overhead camera captures images.
Continue reading...Australia puts out shadow carbon price guidance for electricity market starting at A$66/t
A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it | Adam Morton
While Toyota falls in line on vehicle emission standards, an expert takes a dim view of ‘solar sunshot’ and the carbon offsets that aren’t
The news cycle moves fast. There was a cascade of climate news as the country slowed down for Easter last week.
Here’s some of what you might have seen, what you might have missed, and a look at what it means.
Continue reading...Women photographers celebrate Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday
Ninety female wildlife and landscape photographers from around the world are marking primatologist Jane Goodall’s 90th birthday with a print sale of environmental pictures. The Jane Goodall Institute and the nonprofit Vital Impacts have collaborated on The Nature of Hope: 90 Years of Jane Goodall’s Impact, a 90-day sale with 60% of the proceeds going to the institute
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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator expects ACCU issuance to reach 20 mln in 2024
Butterfly study finds sharpest fall on record for small tortoiseshell in England
Rate of decline in 2023 thought to be linked to climate breakdown as UK-wide survey shows mixed picture across 58 species
The small tortoiseshell butterfly has suffered its worst year on record in England, and has declined by 82% across the UK since 1976, according to the annual scientific count of butterfly populations.
The sharp decline in numbers of the once-common garden butterfly has puzzled scientists, but it is thought to be linked to climate breakdown. It had its worst year on record in England, its second worst in Wales and its joint-fifth worst in Scotland in 2023 but did well in Northern Ireland, logging its second-best year.
Continue reading...“We’re not trying to compete with China:” Why Australia’s Solar Sunshot is not a flight of fancy
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Biodiversity credit developer, skin care firm team up for nature conserving body wash
“Long held dream:” Japan lab claims big leap forward with new solid-state battery material
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Three steps forward, two steps back as Australia inches towards renewables targets
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Urgent action needed to stop Australia being flooded by cheap, inefficient ‘faux’ hot water heat pumps
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