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Climate change 'making mountaineering riskier'

BBC - Fri, 2019-11-01 10:44
Thinning ice and snow cover is leading to more rock-falls and landslides.
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Brazil wildfires: Blaze advances across Pantanal wetlands

BBC - Fri, 2019-11-01 10:11
The area is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, and a popular tourist destination.
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National Taxonomy Research Grant Program 2020-2021 – Open for grant applications

Department of the Environment - Fri, 2019-11-01 10:00
The 2020-21 National Taxonomy Research Grant Program grants round is NOW OPEN. Applications close 11pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 11 December 2019.
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South Australia had lowest cost of supply in main grid in October

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-11-01 09:05

South Australia had lowest average spot prices for electricity in Australia's main grid in October as wind and solar provide bulk of state's demand over the month.

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Iberdrola’s Spanish EU ETS-based output jumps 59% amid hydro constraint

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-11-01 08:32
Spain-based utility Iberdrola reported a 59% jump in its ETS-regulated thermal output over the first nine months of 2019, as gas-fired output ramped up to cover lost hydro generation, the company said in its financial results on Thursday.
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NA Markets: RGGI prices rise ahead of Virginia election, CCAs flatten on spreads

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-11-01 07:33
RGGI allowances (RGAs) inched up on the secondary market this week ahead of Virginia's general election, while California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices stabilised amid increased spread trading.
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RGGI emissions dip 10% in Q3 on lower New York, Massachusetts output

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-11-01 07:19
 The RGGI cap-and-trade system's CO2 output plummeted more than 10% during the third quarter of 2019 as New York- and Massachusetts-based generators emitted less during milder weather, putting the Northeast ETS on track to eclipse its all-time yearly low.
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NSW threatens to walk from Murray Darling Basin plan

ABC Environment - Fri, 2019-11-01 06:35
The unrelenting drought crisis is causing growing anger and frustration as stakeholders argue over what little water is left the system.
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Canadian CFS could threaten additionality of GHG reductions, lock in fossil fuels -research

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-11-01 06:02
The proposed structure of Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) raises questions about the additionality of GHG reductions from oil and gas efficiency improvements under the programme, and may potentially crowd out the development of new alternative fuels, a researcher said.
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Sydney teenager invents plastic alternative

ABC Environment - Fri, 2019-11-01 05:35
Scientists are struggling to figure out what to do with the mountains of plastic that are polluting the environment but Angelina Arora might have found a solution.
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Coalition’s carbon market plans at risk from low quality “grey” credits

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-11-01 05:30

angus taylor scott morrison - optimised investorsCarbon price jumps, but long term clouded by Taylor's climate policy review and the threat of low quality "grey" credits for big polluters.

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Dingoes found in New South Wales, but we're killing them as 'wild dogs'

The Conversation - Fri, 2019-11-01 04:54
There is a myth that dingoes are extinct and wild dogs are all that remain in Australia. Our results show dingoes in New South Wales persist despite some mixing with domestic dogs. Kylie M Cairns, Research fellow, UNSW Brad Nesbitt, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of New England Mathew Crowther, Associate professor, University of Sydney Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Shawn Laffan, Associate professor, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Measles makes body 'forget' how to fight infection

BBC - Fri, 2019-11-01 04:03
The virus can cause 'immune amnesia' which shifts our defences back to a 'baby-like' state.
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Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy'

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-11-01 04:00

Common pesticides found to starve fish ‘astoundingly fast’ by killing aquatic insects

The Silent Spring prophecy that pesticides could “still the leaping of fish” has been confirmed, according to scientists investigating the collapse of fisheries in Japan. They say similar impacts are likely to have occurred around the world.

The long-term study showed an immediate plunge in insect and plankton numbers in a large lake after the introduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to rice paddies. This was rapidly followed by the collapse of smelt and eel populations, which had been stable for decades but rely on the tiny creatures for food.

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Suspension of Britain’s EUA allocations, auctions to continue despite Brexit delay

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-11-01 03:32
The suspension of the UK’s ability to allocate or auction EU carbon allowances will continue despite British lawmakers agreeing a delay to the Brexit deadline with Brussels, the UK government said Thursday.
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Norman Myers obituary

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-11-01 03:17

Environmentalist who first calculated the damage caused by clearing tropical rainforests to raise cattle for hamburgers

Norman Myers, who has died of dementia aged 85, was the scientist who first calculated that every year, worldwide, an area of tropical rainforest the size of England and Wales was burned, bulldozed or felled to ranch beef for US hamburgers.

That, more than 40 years ago, was not orthodoxy. Satellite imagery over the next decade proved him right. He also predicted – and explained his reasoning, in his second book, The Sinking Ark (1979) – that species were being extinguished at the rate of one a day, rather than the accepted figure of one a year. This too was challenged, and later Myers conceded he had been wrong; he should have said 50 species a day.

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Birds are liberation that never ends. But enjoying their company is also to know an inconsolable sadness | Richard Flanagan

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-11-01 03:00

The fairy penguins under my shack are gone, and soon the forty-spotted pardalotes and swift parrots will join them. Our children knew these birds; their children will not

I am not a twitcher’s binocular strap, but I adore birds. I watch birds for hours. Their freedom and joy move me. Something in their play and way suggest minds far different than ours. A man I once met who kept cockatoos told me that you have to be careful because they fuck with your head.

And they do.

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Climate change: Spain offers to host COP25 in Madrid

BBC - Fri, 2019-11-01 02:18
After Chile withdraws from holding the global climate summit, Spain offers to host it in Madrid.
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UPDATE – Spain steps in to host COP25 climate talks after Chilean withdrawal

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-11-01 02:02
This year's UN climate talks will now be held in Madrid, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Thursday, with the Spanish government offering to hold the summit after Chile pulled out due to ongoing protests in the country.
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EU Midday Market Brief

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2019-10-31 23:31
European carbon prices dipped on Thursday after hitting a fresh eight-day high.
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