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Wildlife photos: Squabbling mice top 'people's poll' award

BBC - Wed, 2020-02-12 12:15
An image of two mice fighting on the underground over a crumb of food tops a popular wildlife photo poll.
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Energy oligopoly using market power to profit under cover of rooftop solar

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2020-02-12 11:40

New data shows rooftop solar displacing coal power in NSW, but the big utilities have used their market power to also push more gas into the market and boost prices and profits.

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Conservative but green independent MP Zali Steggall could break the government’s climate policy deadlock

The Conversation - Wed, 2020-02-12 11:31
Steggall's new bill outlines how to bring Australia's carbon emissions down to zero by 2050. Kate Crowley, Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Australia’s least reliable coal generators are the oldest, and the youngest

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2020-02-12 11:23

Kogan Creek Power Station landscape - optimisedVictoria's brown-coal generators account for most outages, but the main grid's newest coal generator proves to be the least reliable with the most breakdowns.

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Industry emissions surge to record high as “safeguard mechanism” fails

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2020-02-12 10:47

A new report by energy and carbon market analysts, RepuTex, indicates that emissions from Australia’s largest industrial facilities have surged to 60 per cent above 2005 levels.

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Wrecked Tesla Model X helps resurrect classic Cortina with electric makeover

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2020-02-12 10:30

electric cortinaOut of ruins of wrecked Model X has sprung forth an electric Cortina, resurrected to bring a classic car into modern age of electric mobility.

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“We’re out”: Big contractor dramatically quits Australian solar sector

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2020-02-12 10:29

Downer, one of the biggest contractors in the sector, dramatically quits solar construction business saying it is too hard and the risks too great.

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Mattresses going from old bed to vegetable bed

BBC - Wed, 2020-02-12 10:13
Refugees in Jordan and scientists from the UK are creating a way to grow fresh food from old mattresses.
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Wildlife photographer of the year: Lumix people's choice winner – in pictures

The Guardian - Wed, 2020-02-12 10:01

Sam Rowley’s Station Squabble, featuring a pair of mice fighting over a scrap of food at a London tube station, has been crowned winner of the wildlife photographer of the year: Lumix people’s choice award. The image, among 25 shortlisted for the competition, will be displayed in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum until 31 May

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CP Daily: Tuesday February 11, 2020

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2020-02-12 09:47
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Florida: $20,000 reward offered after two dolphins found stabbed or shot dead

The Guardian - Wed, 2020-02-12 08:32
  • Officials say dolphins had what looked like bullet wounds
  • Dead mammals found in waters off Naples and Pensacola

US federal authorities have offered a reward of up to $20,000 after two dolphins were found with gruesome and life-ending injuries along Florida’s Gulf coast in recent weeks.

Related: DDT and other banned chemicals pose threat to vulnerable dolphins on Great Barrier Reef

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Rural sector US offset projects in need of further support, experts say

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2020-02-12 08:23
Voluntary offset projects on US forested and agricultural lands require greater amounts of private and public support and investment to stimulate emissions abatement and economic growth because a national carbon pricing system has failed to materialise, experts said Tuesday.
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California, intervenors see no legal basis for DOJ lawsuit challenging ETS linkage

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2020-02-12 08:06
California and its supporting organisations argued Monday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has failed to show how the state’s carbon market linkage with Quebec violates the US Constitution, and sought a judgement in their favour ahead of a hearing next month.
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Virginia House passes RGGI bills with Democratic dissent

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2020-02-12 07:49
The Virginia House of Delegates approved two bills on Tuesday to implement the state’s RGGI-modelled power sector ETS regulation with state-run allowance auctions, but several progressive Democrats broke ranks to oppose the legislation as it heads to the Senate.
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W.A. adds more Tesla “community batteries” to shared storage trial

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2020-02-12 06:01

Synergy and Western Power extend "shared storage" trial to two more W.A. suburbs, after initial Tesla community battery install proves a huge success.

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'Rosalind Franklin': Europe's Mars rover heads for fit checks

BBC - Wed, 2020-02-12 05:52
The six-wheeled robot survives the simulated conditions it'll experience on the Red Planet.
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222 scientists say cascading crises are the biggest threat to the well-being of future generations

The Conversation - Wed, 2020-02-12 05:09
These scientists identified the five most severe crises the planet faces in a new report, Our Future on Earth 2020. Anthony Capon, Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Amazon: Parts of rainforest 'emitting more CO2 than they absorb'

BBC - Wed, 2020-02-12 04:42
Up to a fifth of the Amazon rainforest has become a net source of CO2, research suggests.
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Climate activists must play leading role in COP26 talks, says Sturgeon

The Guardian - Wed, 2020-02-12 03:32

Campaigners concerned about lack of urgency over talks due to be hosted in Glasgow

Climate protesters and youth activists must play a leading role in the UN climate talks to be hosted in Glasgow this year, Nicola Sturgeon has said, as she vowed to find ways to include civil society more fully in the negotiations.

“It’s very important that we make sure COP26 is inclusive. I want a broad range of events to help ensure that everyone feels they have a part to play in this,” Scotland’s first minister said at a conference in London. “That’s the kind of movement we need to create around this, that can be a hugely powerful voice for change.”

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Scottish study reveals 'significant long-term impact' of flooding

The Guardian - Wed, 2020-02-12 01:30

Stress, financial hardship and ill-health among lasting effects, researchers find

Chronic ill-health, loss of financial stability and anxiety brought on by heavy rainfall are just some of the enduring effects of flooding on individuals, according to the first UK study to examine the long-term impact on communities.

As the aftermath of Storm Ciara brings disruption to Scotland and the north of England, the report highlights the importance of ongoing support for flooded households and communities.

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