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Dramatic footage fuels fears Amazon fires could be worse than last year
As dry season starts campaigners sound alarm over ‘shocking’ scale of fires, as Bolsonaro doubles down on denials
Dramatic new images have shown fires raging over wide areas of the Brazilian Amazon nearly a year after blazes across the region sparked an international crisis for the far-right government of President Jair Bolsonaro.
The video images and photographs were filmed during a flight by Greenpeace over a wide area of forest in Mato Grosso state in the south of the Amazon on 9 July. Filmed just as the Amazon dry season was beginning, they raise fears that this year’s fires could be as devastating and perhaps worse than 2019’s.
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Air conditioning curbs could save years' worth of emissions – study
UN and IEA call for stricter standards to improve energy efficiency and cut use of HFCs
Up to eight years’ worth of global greenhouse gas emissions could be prevented over the next four decades by setting tougher standards for air conditioning, according to a study.
It found that improving the energy efficiency of cooling systems by using climate-friendly refrigerants could remove emissions equivalent to between 210bn and 460bn tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2060.
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Birdwatchers flock to Peak District after rare sighting of bearded vulture in UK
Species is one of Europe’s largest and rarest raptors, last seen in England in 2016
Birdwatchers have been flocking to the boggy and desolate moors of the Peak District to try to spot a bearded vulture, one of the rarest birds ever seen in the UK, which has set up home on a remote cliff in the national park.
This is only the second sighting of a bearded vulture in the UK, one of the largest and rarest raptors in Europe, and which was last seen in England in 2016.
Continue reading...New Nissan Ariya electric crossover tops Tesla with 610km range
"Resilient, inclusive and seamless": the new Nissan Ariya promises a lot, most notably an impressive 610 km range that beats the Tesla Model X.
The post New Nissan Ariya electric crossover tops Tesla with 610km range appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Coral discovered in uncharted Danish waters – in pictures
A mapping project led by the conservationist Klaus Thymann has revealed a rich, varied habitat off the coast of Jutland
Continue reading...Tasmania shark attack: boy survives being 'grabbed' by a shark from a fishing boat
Ten-year-old was fishing with his father and two other men about 5km from shore when he was ‘grabbed from the boat’
A boy who was grabbed by a shark from a boat off Tasmania’s north-west coast has suffered arm, head and chest injuries.
The 10-year-old was taken to hospital on Friday afternoon following the attack near Stanley.
Continue reading...McCain Foods Australia goes big on solar, in bid to quit coal by 2025
Frozen food giant to install massive solar and biogas generation system in Ballarat, slash its reliance on natural gas by 16%, and grid power by 39%.
The post McCain Foods Australia goes big on solar, in bid to quit coal by 2025 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
University of Queensland hits 100 per cent renewables with Warwick solar farm opening
Warwick solar farm officially opened, completing the University of Queensland's switch to 100 per cent renewable power.
The post University of Queensland hits 100 per cent renewables with Warwick solar farm opening appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Invitation to comment on the listing assessment for the Eastern Mallee Bird Community
Invitation to comment on the listing assessment for the Eastern Mallee Bird Community
A week of high swells – in pictures
As a large low-pressure system deepened over the Tasman Sea this week, large swells hit the east coast of Australia
Continue reading...Tilt Renewables output hit by system strength cutbacks and low wind speed
Tilt hit by low wind speeds and system strength curtailments in South Australia, adding to woes of delayed commissioning of flagship Dundonnell project in Victoria.
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Australia wants to build a huge concrete runway in Antarctica. Here's why that's a bad idea
Huge swells on NSW Central Coast leave Wamberal homes at risk of collapse due to beach erosion
Several houses on Ocean View Drive now dangerously close to cliff edge as huge waves wash away beaches
Beachfront homes along the New South Wales Central Coast have been left dangling over the ocean and in danger of collapse after powerful surf caused massive erosion.
A powerful low across Australia’s east coast earlier in the week created large swells and high waves battering some coastal areas.
Continue reading...Scientists shed light on how the blackest fish in the sea 'disappear'
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