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Tesla claims NY gigafactory producing 1000 solar tile roofs a week
Tesla claims NY gigafactory produced 4MW of the company's solar glass tiles last week, cracking Elon Musk's slightly delayed milestone of 1000 solar roofs a week.
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Great Barrier Reef watchers anxiously await evidence of coral bleaching from aerial surveys
Planes will this week cover areas in the southern half of the reef that escaped earlier bleaching but may have undergone high levels of heat stress
The full impact of coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef will become clearer this week as aerial surveys of hundreds of reefs are completed in the bottom two thirds of the world’s biggest reef system.
An aerial survey carried out last week over almost 500 individual reefs between the Torres Strait and Cairns revealed some severe bleaching of corals closer to shore, but almost none on outer reefs.
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Fewer oaks, more conifers: Britain’s forests must change to meet climate targets
Last century the Forestry Commission sparked anger with a mass planting of conifer trees designed to provide a national reserve of timber because the shortages of the first world war had highlighted a national need.
Now a leading expert is calling for similar action again, arguing that if the UK is serious about offsetting its carbon dioxide emissions it must plant tens of millions of trees from imported species on open land.
Continue reading...Water saving an important but ignored weapon in solving climate crisis, says UN
On World Water Day, the UN says conservation is a ‘virtuous circle’ in the fight against global heating
Using water more efficiently in everything from daily life to agriculture and industry would help reduce planet-warming emissions and curb climate change – a potential benefit that has yet to be widely recognised.
In a report issued on World Water Day on Sunday, UN agencies said global warming would “affect the availability, quality and quantity of water for basic human needs”, threatening the right to water and sanitation for “potentially billions of people”.
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OneWeb increases mega-constellation to 74 satellites
'The forest is now terribly silent': land set aside for threatened species entirely burnt out
Series of before and after images spark renewed calls for Victoria to urgently phase out native timber logging
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Coronavirus: Chris Packham on Covid-19's impact on nature
Dolphins and fish: nature moves into spaces left empty by Italian coronavirus quarantine – video
Video shared on social media shows clear and calm water in Venice as animals take advantage of the lockdown in Italy to move into usually crowded spaces. Dolphins and wild boar have been spotted as ports and roads have been quiet as the country remains under strict quarantine at least until 3 April
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Financial entities make first significant CCA holdings cut as pandemic fears grow -data
EU should expand ETS to neighbours to avert treaty clash, says energy watchdog
California and Quebec to offer 66.2 million allowances at May sale
EU states, UK hand out a further 8.5 mln free EUAs for 2020
Farmers call for 'land army' to sustain UK food production during coronavirus crisis
Leaders and unions concerned about acute labour shortage suggest retraining those put out of work
Farming leaders have raised concerns about a lack of available labour because of the coronavirus, with one calling for a “land army” to be recruited from people put out of work by the crisis.
Restrictions in place because of the virus are likely to prevent many of the 60,000 seasonal labourers who come to the UK each year to work on farms from travelling, and the supply of domestic workers is also expected to be reduced.
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Coronavirus: Government is 'distilling best science'
Extinction Rebellion protesters stay away from court over Covid-19 fears
One defendant did not attend hearing into last year’s protests as she was self-isolating
Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters failed to attend their court hearings after the campaign group told them to stay away due to the coronavirus crisis.
Forty-nine people were due to appear at City of London magistrates court on Friday charged in connection with a series of environmental demonstrations held in the capital last October.
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