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A report downgrades the reef's long-term health from poor to very poor due to climate change.

Activists protesting against climate emergency set up camp kitchen in busy Deansgate

Extinction Rebellion protesters have begun blocking Manchester’s Deansgate in protest at the “huge contradictions” of a city region that has declared a climate emergency planning to massively expand its airport.

A yellow boat bearing the words “Planet Before Profit” was parked at the John Dalton Street junction and a tipper truck arrived packed with straw bales. Soon, guerrilla gardeners had set up a nursery of plants on what is one of Manchester’s most polluted streets, and a camp kitchen began to be erected.

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World leaders are unlikely to heed the UN secretary-general’s calls for countries to ramp up their Paris Agreement ambition next month, as domestic concerns and indifference from the US administration and other global heavyweights outweigh increasingly alarming evidence of a climate emergency.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator issued more than 730,000 carbon credits week, nearly seven times as many as the previous week as energy firm LMS applied for a large amount.

Tesla commences deliveries of first Model 3s to Australian customers, heralding what is hoped to be an acceleration of EV uptake in Australia.

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NSW city best known for its busy coal port wants to take council operations 100% renewable by 2020, with a combination of installed solar and a renewable off-take deal.

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Great Barrier Reef report grades sugarcane sector ‘very poor’ with just 9.8% adopting proper management practices

Less than 10% of sugarcane growers in Great Barrier Reef catchments are using appropriate land management practices for reef health, according to a major report that underlines the need for new regulations proposed by the Queensland government.

The federal and Queensland governments’ water quality report card for 2017-2018 says the condition of inshore reefs on the Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated to an overall grade of “D” – which means “poor”.

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The latest quarterly carbon emissions data is adding weight to concerns Australia will not meet its targets under the Paris climate change accord.

The trade war with the US and the general downturn in China’s economy is making it tougher for China to act on climate change, a senior government official said Friday, dodging questions from reporters on whether Beijing would respond to calls from the UN Secretary-General to raise ambition levels at a summit in New York next month.

Victory for community concerned about the industry’s environmental costs strengthens calls for shakeup of rules along Chilean coast

A growing wave of resistance to the expansion of salmon farms along the Chilean coast has led to an important victory in the fight to protect a pristine fjord in southern Patagonia, home to indigenous groups and an array of stunning wildlife.

Dolphins, whales and colonies of penguins thrive in the 240km-long Beagle Channel, an area of outstanding natural beauty between Chile and Argentina which attracts tourists from all over the world.

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Moves to protect glass frogs and the woolly mammoth, however, were defeated at the summit of the 183-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites)

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Wholesale electricity prices rose in every state last financial year, some to record highs.

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Australia's emissions rise again to a seven year high, but minister for emissions reductions Angus Taylor says that is a really good thing, because of gas.

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Sydney-based electric motorbike maker Fonzarelli unveils its first full electric motorbike with mid-drive motor and looks to South Australia as a possible home to manufacturing.

The post Fonzarelli NKD electric motorbike unveiled, with eye to manufacturing in S.A. appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Reef Water Quality Report Card 2017 and 2018 measures progress towards meeting the Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan goals and targets.

The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2019 is a stocktake of the state of the Reef and its outlook, based on the best available information.

Landowners who store waste on behalf of the company will not receive any part of $10m assistance package

Companies holding tens of thousands of tonnes of waste on behalf of recycling group SKM have been told they will not receive any assistance from a multimillion-dollar state government loan aimed at helping clean up SKM sites, and say the material they are holding may end up in landfill.

This week, the Victorian government announced a $10m loan to receivers KordaMentha to “help clean up SKM sites and resume waste processing”.

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Five-yearly report says climate change is escalating the threat and window of opportunity for action is now

The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor according to an exhaustive government report that warns the window of opportunity to improve the natural wonder’s future “is now”.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s outlook report, published every five years, is grim. It reports that coral reefs have declined to very poor condition and there has been widespread habitat loss, degradation and alteration that is affecting fish, turtles and seabirds.

It warns that without urgent national and global action to address climate change its outlook will remain very poor and there will be consequences for its values as a world heritage property.

Related: Cane growers support front group working to undermine Great Barrier Reef science

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Scientists explore the home of a bat species that is confined to a single cave in Cuba.

Latest data shows greenhouse gas emissions rose 0.6% in the year to March, but government points to benefit of LNG exports

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise despite the Morrison government claiming it is taking “sensible, responsible action” to address the climate crisis, the latest official data shows.

National emissions increased by 3.1m tonnes in the year to March to reach 538.9m tonnes, a 0.6% jump on the previous year, the report released on Friday revealed.

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