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'Fantastic day for elephants': court rejects ivory ban challenge
Antique dealers fail in high court bid to overturn world-leading blanket ban on trading
Antique dealers have failed in an attempt to overturn a total ban on ivory trading being introduced by the government after the high court ruled that the legislation did not breach European law.
Conservation groups, who argued that any dilution of the ban would revitalise illegal elephant poaching, welcomed the decision, which they said would preserve the UK’s position as a world leader in the fight against the ivory trade.
Continue reading...Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency
The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.
“We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency,” it states. “To secure a sustainable future, we must change how we live. [This] entails major transformations in the ways our global society functions and interacts with natural ecosystems.”
Continue reading...Climate change emergency – 11,000 scientists say crisis accelerating, demand action
More than 11,000 of the world's scientists have signed a joint declaration of a climate emergency, saying world is facing “untold human suffering” .
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UK launches £315m new tech fund to help industry cut emissions
Aim is to save £1bn a year on industrial energy bills and cut emissions equivalent to taking 200,000 cars off the road
The British government has launched a £315m hunt to find new technologies that can shrink the carbon footprint of the most polluting factories to help meet the UK’s climate targets.
The scheme will offer funds over the next five years to energy-intensive firms, such as manufacturers, to invest in new technology which can reduce their energy use.
Continue reading...World Bank-led PAF to hold fourth carbon offset auction
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Bloodhound goes faster still at 491mph
Police accused of groping female anti-fracking protesters
Study claims police tactics have left women feeling ‘violated and frightened’
Police have been accused of groping and manhandling female anti-fracking protesters, including pulling their clothes to reveal their breasts.
A team of academics, who have been studying anti-fracking demonstrations for three years, alleged that police had treated female protesters more physically than male protesters.
Continue reading...New Zealand's bird of the year: the most important election – aside from the real one
What started as innocuous good fun has evolved into a national obsession, complete with voter fraud, skulduggery and high passions
The data team picked up on them first – 310 “dubious” votes from an IP address in Australia, sending one trend line suddenly, suspiciously skyward above the others. Something funny was going on with the shag.
Of course, by then – the 13th year of the competition – organisers knew to expect dodgy dealings in New Zealand’s bird of the year poll.
Continue reading...Trump team seeks to ‘modernize' national parks, with wifi and Amazon deliveries
Parks one of many government resources Trump has sought to privatize, including the US postal service, airports and freeways
A team of Trump administration advisers – consisting mostly of appointees from private industry – are urging “modernization” of national park campgrounds, with a vision of food trucks, wifi and even Amazon deliveries.
“Our recommendations would allow people to opt for additional costs if they want, for example, Amazon deliveries at a particular campsite,” Derrick Crandall, vice chairman of the “Made in America” Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee, told the Los Angeles Times. “We want to let Americans make their own decisions in the marketplace.”
Continue reading...Labor calls for private health insurance overhaul
Campaigners try again to stop Norway drilling for oil in Arctic
Activists take government back to court, saying plans violate people’s environmental rights
Climate campaigners are taking Norway’s government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling despite a public commitment to tackle the environmental crisis.
Greenpeace Nordic and Norway’s Nature and Youth organisation will appeal on Tuesday against the government’s decision to allow oil exploration in parts of the Arctic Ocean on the grounds that it violates people’s rights to a safe and healthy environment.
Continue reading...Europe must act on intensive farming to save wildlife, scientists say
EU’s agriculture policy needs urgent reform, organisations tell incoming commission president
The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) should be overhauled urgently to stop the intensification of farming practices that is leading to a steep decline in wildlife, scientists from across the bloc have urged.
Five organisations representing more than 2,500 experts have written to Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming president of the European commission, and the European parliament, to demand major changes to the way the CAP operates.
Continue reading...Alion Energy solar tracker scores first deal for “difficult” solar farm locations
Renewables developer Enernet Global to use the Alion Energy solar tracking technology for 62MW Vales Point coal ash dam solar farm in NSW.
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Lake Bonney battery charges up for first time in South Australia
Lake Bonney battery in South Australia charges up for the first time as it prepares for final commissioning.
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South Australia’s stunning renewable energy transition, and what comes next
Eight graphs illustrate the stunning renewable energy transition in South Australia, and its plans to further lead the world in uptake of wind, solar and storage.
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Dorset art installation recreates Delhi and London smog
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