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The movement to protect Australia’s rich environmental heritage shifted from polite, backroom persuasion to sometimes violent confrontation in bush and city. 

Bob Brown’s objection to a proposed windfarm draws attention to where renewable energy projects are being built

Do windfarms kill birds? Unarguably, they have and do.

The damage turbines can inflict was infamously highlighted at California’s Altamont Pass, where early industry farms were built in a migratory path. One estimate suggested it killed as many as 1,300 birds of prey a year before changes were made to reduce death rates.

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The outbreak shows no signs of abating, so why is the roll-out of a second vaccine proving contentious?

The fire ant is a tiny yet destructive pest that has infested more than 500 000 hectares of South East Queensland. Will a 10-year, 410 million dollar program be enough to eradicate it?

People evacuated from town threatened by damaged dam make ‘controlled’ visits to pick up pets and other essentials

Residents of the Derbyshire town evacuated after a dam threatened to burst have been allowed back into their homes for short, controlled visits to pick up pets and other essentials.

Derbyshire police took the decision to allow one person from each of the 400 Whaley Bridge properties evacuated on Thursday to return for a 15-minute visit on Saturday.

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Scientists in Geneva warn that cutting carbon emissions from cars and factories is not enough

Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.

A leaked draft of a report on climate change and land use, which is now being debated in Geneva by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that it will be impossible to keep global temperatures at safe levels unless there is also a transformation in the way the world produces food and manages land.

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Evacuated residents urged not to return home with damage to structure at ‘critical level’

Emergency services will continue their efforts to prevent a damaged dam from collapsing in Derbyshire, as forecasters warn more bad weather could be on the way.

Water levels at the Toddbrook reservoir in Whaley Bridge have been reduced by half a metre since Thursday but the damage to the 180-year-old structure remains at a critical level.

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There are conflicting views on how a post-Brexit UK emissions trading scheme should operate, with one side calling a standalone market "the worst" option and the other deeming it "essential" in giving the country the freedom to increase its climate ambition and allowing it to remain a global low-carbon leader.

The Swift recording device can record natural sounds for three months, even underwater.

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Three African nations have now signed deforestation reduction agreements under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) that could form the base of possible international emissions trade, with more deals expected to come later this year.

California fuel consumption dropped for the third consecutive month in April as diesel sales remain below 2018 totals, while power generation continues to dip amid milder weather in the Golden State, according to datasets.

This week, Australia's role in the multi-billion dollar global pet food industry; and 25 years in the making, a new custard apple variety is on the cards.

The complete destocking of a dairy in south east Queensland, a cattle station in the WA Pilbara and piggery in South Australia demonstrate the impact of drought and low commodity prices on farmers.

No one ever forgets the time that they first heard a tiger.

Six right whales were killed in June, and two in July – a potentially devastating blow to a population estimated to be no more than 400

Canadian conservationists are sounding an alarm over the survival of the North Atlantic right whale, a once numerous species that live off the east coast of the US and Canada.

This June, six right whales were killed, followed by two more in July – a potentially devastating blow to a population that is now estimated to be no more than 400 strong.

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German emitters increased their EU Allowance buying in June as prices rallied, a government report published on Friday showed.

Government told it is not acting quickly enough to upgrade infrastructure

The Whaley Bridge dam scare is a warning of the potentially disastrous consequences of failing to build new infrastructure to cope with the climate emergency, experts have said.

As the environment secretary, Theresa Villiers, chaired a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on efforts to make the dam safe, the government was facing calls for an urgent overhaul of flood defences and water infrastructure.

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A dragonfly in Turkey, moose calf in Finland and wild boar in Barcelona

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Russian artists want more urgent action to take place.