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Barclays and HSBC targeted on final day of protests against fossil fuel investments

Environmental protesters have glued themselves to banks in Manchester to protest against fossil fuel investments on the final day of Extinction Rebellion’s action in the city.

Nine activists stuck themselves to the pavement outside Barclays in Piccadilly Square, with a further two following suit at HSBC in St Ann’s Square on Monday.

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Barnacle geese have begun forsaking traditional feeding stop south of Arctic circle, study finds

Barnacle geese are shifting their migratory patterns northward in response to global heating, new research has found, in a stark indication of how wildlife is being affected by the changes in climate.

In their spring journey from the UK to their breeding grounds on Svalbard, one population of the geese has been forsaking a traditional feeding stop in Norway’s Helgeland, south of the Arctic circle, in favour of a stop further north in Vesterålen, far into the Arctic circle.

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Migratory patterns have changed in the last 25 years according to a new study by Scots researchers.

Three full truck loads of dinosaur fossils ship out as scientists end their excavation season.

European carbon prices fell more than a euro early on Monday as global markets buckled on economy worries as the US and China failed to pull back from imposing additional tariffs over the weekend.

The number of cuckoos plummets but buzzards soar in warmer weather, ornithologists say.

'Switchers' who change their energy retailers often are following accepted wisdom, but research shows it saves them far less than expected. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The nearly 130 nations participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could push Paris Agreement global warming targets out of reach unless mechanisms are put in place to ensure green finance is an integral part of the programme, a report said Monday.

CNN Indonesia's Desi Anwar on covering climate change.

Scientists’ analysis reveals English river’s ecosystem is thriving

It has been a highway, a sewer and was declared biologically dead in the 1950s but the River Thames is now a nursery for 138 baby seals, according to the first comprehensive seal pup count.

Scientists from the Zoological Society of London analysed photographs taken from light aircraft to identify and count harbour seal pups, which rest on sandbanks and creeks in the Thames downstream from London during the summer, shortly after they are born.

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US Utility Dominion Energy proposes electrifying more than 1,000 school buses to cut emissions, save costs and boost grid reliability.

The post US utility pushes for full electric bus fleet to add storage to grid, and clean air appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It’s official. The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has been downgraded to “very poor”, and the window to act is closing. Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Sulphur-crested cockatoos’ ‘novel behaviour’ in Australia’s urban environments is being mapped by researchers

Sulphur-crested cockatoos that have learned to open wheelie bins and turn on taps are the focus of a group of researchers who have appealed to the public to help document the birds’ behaviour.

Ecologists from the University of Sydney and the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology have been observing the cockatoos across Sydney parks and gardens and are using an online survey to map the behaviours across the country.

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ClearVue has signed a Collaboration Agreement with CSME Power Systems Pte Ltd to support its South East Asian Market Entry.

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Teenage climate activist responds to criticism, saying ‘when haters go after your looks and differences ... you know you’re winning’

Greta Thunberg has spoken about her Asperger’s syndrome diagnosis after she was criticised over the condition, saying it makes her a “different”, but that she considers it a “superpower”.

Thunberg, the public face of the school climate strike movement said on Twitter that before she started her climate action campaign she had “no energy, no friends and I didn’t speak to anyone. I just sat alone at home, with an eating disorder.”

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Victoria’s troubled rooftop solar rebate hits another snag, with “technical difficulties” crashing the online application portal on day one of expanded September offering.

The post Victoria rooftop solar rebate under fire again, as application portal crashes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two new South Australian technologies have combined to create what researchers claim to be the world’s most efficient air-cooled carbon dioxide refrigeration system.

The post Cool solution for CO2 refrigeration in hot climates appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland government approves plans for 64MW wind farm to go ahead west of Kingaroy.

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