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The week in wildlife – in pictures

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-05-17 23:48

A bobcat, a Burmese python and a baby elephant

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Spain alarmed by French bear's attacks on sheep

BBC - Fri, 2019-05-17 21:23
France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees - but one has now killed eight sheep in Spain.
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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending May 17, 2019

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-05-17 20:13
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.
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Brazil's Vale warns another mining dam at risk of collapse

BBC - Fri, 2019-05-17 20:10
A mining dam could collapse as early as next week, months after a similar disaster killed 230 people.
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Australia’s weekly offset issuance drops to 145k

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-05-17 19:41
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator issued 145,319 carbon credits to 10 different projects this week.
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Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-05-17 19:39

From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’

The Guardian has updated its style guide to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world.

Instead of “climate change” the preferred terms are “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” and “global heating” is favoured over “global warming”, although the original terms are not banned.

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Single mum's Nasa internship funded by strangers

BBC - Fri, 2019-05-17 19:22
A single mother almost missed out on a coveted Nasa internship until strangers stepped in to help.
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NZ Market: New Zealand’s carbon price falters on cap confusion

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-05-17 19:16
NZUs slipped on Friday as traders were left confused by government plans to remove the market’s de-facto price cap, raising the prospect of a price correction and even inadvertently triggering substantial government demand for international credits.
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Revealed: air pollution may be damaging 'every organ in the body'

The Guardian - Fri, 2019-05-17 18:46

Exclusive: Comprehensive analysis finds harm from head to toe, including dementia, heart and lung disease, fertility problems and reduced intelligence

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Bob Hawke, the environmental PM, bequeathed a huge 'what if' on climate change

The Conversation - Fri, 2019-05-17 18:08
What if Bob Hawke, hailed as a leader who actually 'got' environmental issues, had never been rolled by Paul Keating? Perhaps the climate policy wars would have turned out differently. Marc Hudson, Researcher, University of Manchester, University of Manchester Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Will India energy pledges lead to CO2 rise?

BBC - Fri, 2019-05-17 17:32
India's political parties promise free electricity to farmers and ambitious infrastructure projects.
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Crickets have hit the high street - can they save the planet?

BBC - Fri, 2019-05-17 17:30
A London food chain is now including insects on its menu but can eating insects help save the planet?
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Vic Stockwell’s Puzzle is an unlikely survivor from a different epoch

The Conversation - Fri, 2019-05-17 15:52
Stockwellia has links back to the epoch before Australia separated into its own continent and was mostly covered in rainforest. Andrew Thornhill, Research botanist at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia/Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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It’s time to kick this mob out, and end this climate crap

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-05-17 14:16

It's time for Australia to seize the opportunities in climate action and renewable energy. It's time to kick this mob out and end the climate crap.

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Redflow expands into China

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-05-17 14:12

The Redflow deployment will be part of the Haidong Transportation Group’s Smart Grid Project in Qinghai Province, which is recognised as a key market in China’s shift to a low carbon renewable energy future.

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The real world versus the Coalition’s scare campaign

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-05-17 12:17

Coalition ministers have been keen to promote the results from BAEconomics’ theoretical modelling exercise, but ignoring what is happening in the real world.

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After week of no coal, UK breaks another peak solar generation record

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-05-17 11:42

Aaccording to the UK's solar power trade group, the peak solar generation record was broken twice over the first two days of this week.

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800 gigawatts of solar expected to be added across globe by 2023

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2019-05-17 11:40

European solar trade body expects global solar industry will add nearly 800 gigawatts of new solar over the next five years.

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CP Daily: Thursday May 16, 2019

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-05-17 10:00
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Climate Journalist/Writer, World Resources Institute – Washington DC

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2019-05-17 09:55
We're hiring an in-house Climate Journalist/Writer to produce outstanding content that maximizes the impact of our research and initiatives to advancing ambitious climate action globally, and through our offices in the United States and around the world.
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