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Police attend incidents at Shadwell, Stratford and Canning Town during morning rush hour

Activists from Extinction Rebellion have targeted rail and underground services in east London, with pictures on social media showing protesters on top of trains during the morning rush hour.

British Transport Police said they had responded to incidents at Shadwell, Stratford and Canning Town, near the Canary Wharf financial district, on Thursday.

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Appeal court to hear fresh challenge against plans for construction of third runway

The multibillion-pound expansion of Heathrow violates the rights of children and future generations, who will face the greatest impact of the climate crisis, lawyers will argue at the court of appeal in London.

Fresh legal challenges on Thursday by environmental NGOs, councils and the mayor of London against the construction of a third runway will be presented during a five-day hearing.

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Cats have lived around dogs for tens of thousands of years. So using dingoes to control feral cats will not protect our wildlife. Bronwyn Fancourt, Adjunct Research Fellow, University of New England Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new report has concluded that the United Kingdom will require at least 100 GW of new wind and solar capacity by 2050.

The post UK needs 100GW more wind and solar to reach zero emissions grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Preparation for production of 100,000 electric vans for Amazon by Michigan EV maker Rivian is under way at Illinois plant previously owned by Mitsubishi.

The post Rivian scales up factory to make 100,000 electric delivery vans for Amazon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

September’s generation data marks noticeable turning point for National Electricity Market. Wind and solar push coal to lowest levels since carbon price.

The post Coal power takes dive in September, as renewables hit new record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Vets say conditions have led to a ‘starvation event’, killing creatures or leaving them ‘looking like they’ve been mummified’

Flying foxes, including threatened species, have been dying or taken into care in large numbers due to a food shortage in their habitat in eastern Australia.

Authorities in Queensland and New South Wales say there have been increased reports since September of sick and dead flying-foxes in an area stretching from northern NSW up to Gladstone in Queensland.

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AEMO offers glimpse of new energy system, one dominated by wind and solar, with storage, batteries and EVs playing a key role, and fossil fuels barely to be seen.

The post AEMO provides glimpse of future grid: Not much fossil fuel, even less “base-load” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Practical guidance for people from non-Indigenous organisations to support co-creation of unique partnerships with Indigenous Australians that provide mutual benefits and build positive relationships.

Practical guidance for people from non-Indigenous organisations to support co-creation of unique partnerships with Indigenous Australians that provide mutual benefits and build positive relationships.

Zali Steggall to propose climate legislation to parliament based on UK example to compel government action on climate change.

The post Independent MP Zali Steggall to propose climate change bill to parliament appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL makes $27.5 million offer for regional telecommunications company as energy giant revives plans to offer combine energy and data services.

The post AGL revives telco play with $27.5 million offer for regional ISP appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NunaX car of Dutch team catches fire 250km before finish of 3,000km Darwin to Adelaide race

The leading car in the World Solar Challenge has caught fire and withdrawn from the race a little more than 250km from the Adelaide finish.

The NunaX car of Dutch team Vattenfall caught fire just before Mambray Creek on Thursday.

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Family of inventor says they were designed to be reused to stop trees from being destroyed.

As we become more aware of our relationship to the Earth there is an urge for many to nurture a more sustainable and ethical way of living. But this hankering to leave modern society for an alternative life is not new. According to PhD Candidate Rachel Goldlust it goes back before the 1900's.

New video footage reveals the world's fastest ants galloping across the scorching sand of the Sahara at speeds approaching one metre per second, which is the equivalent of a house cat tearing about at 120mph.

Researchers have found that at full pelt the Saharan silver ants can travel 108 times their body length per second in gallops that brought all six legs off the ground at once

• Fastest ants in world found in northern Sahara, researchers say
  

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A committee is set up to push climate action but critics point to delay on environment policy.

Kathy Castor’s letter to Sundar Pichai says it’s hard to ‘overstate the detrimental impact’ groups have had on the climate debate

A Democratic lawmaker has called on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to stop investing in organizations that deny the existence of the climate crisis, saying it was hard to overstate how detrimental the impact of such groups had been on the US climate debate.

Kathy Castor’s letter to Pichai followed a report in the Guardian last week that revealed Google had made “substantial” contributions to some of the most notorious climate deniers in Washington, despite the internet giant’s insistence it supports political action to combat the crisis.

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An economy-wide CO2 price in the US would help prevent against emissions leakage versus subnational and sector-specific initiatives, while Congressional action would be needed to clarify if federal law will allow for a power sector carbon charge, according to wholesale grid operator PJM.