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John Vidal hit the nail on the head by linking Meghan and Harry’s choice to limit their family size for the sake of the climate to the lack of access many women globally have to services that would enable them to make the same choice (Having kids is bad for the planet. So are the royal jets, 1 August). Vidal highlighted that “many in areas of high growth want fewer children but cannot access contraception”, and as CEO of a global organisation providing women and girls with access to family planning, I agree. More than 214 million women and girls worldwide are unable to access contraception. Yet we know that when they have access to contraception and safe abortion, they often choose, like Meghan, to have smaller families.
Women are increasingly and disproportionately bearing the burden of the climate crisis. It often falls on women to care for growing families in worsening conditions. Droughts mean limited access to food and water. Rising sea levels lead to floods. Humans and animals are competing for dwindling resources, especially in countries that contribute least to global carbon emissions.
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Basking sharks caught on ‘SharkCam’ in Inner Hebrides
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Thailand: Hidden temple emerges from drought-hit landscape
Australian developer offers cash prize for soil carbon projects
Queensland police arrest 56 climate change protesters in Brisbane
It’s the latest climate protest by environmental group Extinction Rebellion to hit Brisbane
Queensland police have arrested and charged 56 people at continuing climate protests in Brisbane, amid accusations officers employed heavy-handed and aggressive tactics to deal with the escalating civil disobedience.
The action, which was ongoing in the city centre on Tuesday afternoon, is the latest and largest in a series of protests by the environmental group Extinction Rebellion.
Continue reading...First Tesla Model 3 test drive in Australia: Bloody hell, that was quick!
Tesla holds first test-drives for Model 3 in Australia. We report back from our brief flirtation with the performance version and the standard plus.
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Victoria residential solar market in “contraction,” data shows
New data shows "significant reduction" in Victoria residential solar installations, supporting industry claims the government's rooftop rebate has capped the market.
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Western Australia to close Muja coal units – to lower power bills, stabilise grid
W.A. announces staged retirement of Muja C generator, saying it is “no longer viable” to keep the costly and unreliable coal units operating.
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Fin tech: underwater robot monitors sharks in Scottish waters
‘SharkCam’ could shed light on sex lives of basking sharks in Sea of the Hebrides
Basking sharks off the coast of the UK are having their own Love Island moment: an underwater robot has been filming their interactions to shed light on everything from sex to group behaviour.
Researchers say the autonomous “SharkCam”, which was deployed in July around the Inner Hebrides, has captured wide-angle high-definition video of sharks that have been tagged, with the team now wading through the footage.
Continue reading...TAI slams retailer objections to wholesale demand response reforms
AEMC to hear from energy market participants as debate over demand response mechanism ramps up ahead of final rule determination.
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Sungrow releases the technical whitepaper about world’s most powerful 1500V string inverter
Sungrow introduces the world's most powerful 1500V string inverter in 2019 -- SG250HX.
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SA approves plans for wind, solar, battery and hydrogen superhub
Plans to combine wind, solar, battery storage and green hydrogen production in “24/7” energy generation facility in SA have won state development approval.
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Glencore mine could be forced to only sell coal to Paris agreement signatories
Approval of the Wambo open-cut coalmine in the NSW Hunter Valley may be linked to the countries it exports to
Mining company Glencore could be forced to only sell coal from a new mine in New South Wales to signatories of the Paris climate agreement, under a proposal floated by the state’s independent planning commission.
Opposed by Glencore and its joint-venture partner in the mine, Peabody, the condition would see approval of the Wambo open-cut coalmine in the state’s Hunter Valley linked to the countries it exports to.
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