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Officials claim there are no tigers in Goa. But the poisoning of a mother and three cubs has forced the issue into the open

As a child living in the Vagheri hills at the foot of the Western Ghats, Rajendra Kerkar would often hear the majestic roar of tigers echo across the mountains. It was never greeted with fear by the villagers in this remote corner of northern Goa; the name Vagheri translates as “home of the tigers” and coexistence with India’s national animal was part of their way of life.

Yet according to state authorities, these tigers do not exist; or if they do, they are just passing through. Unlike other states in India, where the presence of tigers has been celebrated, embraced and in many cases exploited for tourism, Goa’s tigers have instead been subjected to a strange charade, whereby their existence has repeatedly been denied or covered up by those in government.

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Labor calls for answers to Angus Taylor "doctored documents scandal" as Federal Police drop investigation into the federal energy minister's conduct.

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Shares in wind farm developer Windlab enter a trading halt pending an adjudication into a contractual dispute over the long delayed Kennedy Energy Park.

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AEMO flags further constraints and operating controls as it seeks to manage "islanded" South Australia grid, which now includes Victoria's Portland smelter.

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Clean Energy Regulator will pilot 'options' contracts under Emissions Reduction Fund, with aim of reviving collapsed carbon abatement market

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Carnegie Wave Energy quarterly report marks 1000MWh of green electricity delivered by Garden Island microgrid, and progress on its core CETO wave technology.

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New study by CSIRO and AEMO show wind, solar and storage clearly cheaper than the federal government's preferred technologies of coal, gas and nuclear.

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Neoen Australia submits Environmental Impact Statement for one of Australia’s biggest solar farms yet, a 402MW project planned for NSW Riverina region.

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Business as usual for Morrison government as pro-coal, pro-nuclear , anti-climate action and anti-renewables advocate becomes new resources minister.

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Despite the strong growth over 2019, electric vehicles still only represent 0.6% of total sales

Electric vehicle sales in Australia more than tripled last year but were still far lower than in a majority of developed countries, industry data shows.

The Electric Vehicle Council says 6,718 full electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles were sold in 2019, up from 2,216 the year before. Sales of combustion engine cars fell 7.8% over that period.

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Breakthrough technologies cannot be relied on to help the UK meet its climate targets, a report says.

The main food for the mountain pygmy-possum’s spring/summer breeding season is the migratory bogong moth, but in 2017 and 2018 billions of bogong moths failed to arrive. Then the bushfires did. Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Naomi Ezra Davis, Environmental Scientist - Fauna, Parks Victoria; Honorary fellow, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Local authorities can bid for the money to pay for a new fleet of up to 200 electric buses.

Watchdog reveals huge sum ploughed into ‘world’s dirtiest fossil fuels’ despite climate vow

UK taxpayer funds totalling $750m (£577m) have been invested in new fossil fuel projects in developing African countries despite the government’s public commitment to tackling the climate crisis, according to an international watchdog.

Global Witness found that a London-based investment group raised $1bn from the UK government over 16 years and spent three-quarters of this supporting oil and gas projects in some of Africa’s poorest countries.

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A team of mathematicians and physicists say they have the formula for consistently good coffee.

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California’s fuel consumption through Oct. 2019 slipped slightly below the previous year’s total, potentially resulting in stagnant ETS-covered emissions compared to 2018, state data published Wednesday suggested.

Energy industry speakers urged lawmakers on Wednesday to advance legislation that would prohibit Governor Tom Wolf (D) from joining the RGGI ETS without the General Assembly's approval, citing the large economic impact and meagre GHG reductions from doing so.

Gas generation is an expensive proposition on almost all grounds. And the world can't afford its emissions either.

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