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Inventor crowdfunds to produce reviver sachets after prototype success

If you’ve ever felt a pang of pity for a starving bee struggling on the pavement in front of you, then help may soon be at hand. Or more precisely, in your wallet.

A community development worker has invented a credit card-style reviver for bees containing three sachets of sugar solution, which can be placed beside the insect to feed it.

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Virginia’s final cap-and-trade regulation includes language to implement the programme even if it faces any delays from the Republican-controlled legislature, while deferring a decision on regulating biomass emissions to future programme reviews, according to a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) presentation.

Climate campaigners will voluntarily stop occupations and blockades on Thursday

The climate “rebellion” that has led to protesters occupying sites across London for more than a week to highlight the escalating ecological crisis will draw to a voluntary close on Thursday with a day of disruption and a “closing ceremony”.

Extinction Rebellion, which has been backed by senior academics, politicians and scientists during nine days of peaceful mass civil disobedience, said it would leave its remaining blockades, but added: “The world has changed … A space for truth-telling has been opened up.

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Natural England scraps general licence to kill ‘pest’ birds after launch of legal challenge

“Pest” bird species such as crows, woodpigeons and jays can no longer be freely killed in England after the government’s conservation watchdog revoked the licence permitting it.

The move by Natural England came after a challenge to the legality of the “general licence” by a new environmental group, Wild Justice, created by conservationists Mark Avery, Ruth Tingay and Chris Packham.

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South Korean carbon allowances rose to 10-month highs in Wednesday trade as available supply remained elusive, driving buyers to bid higher with just over two months left to the compliance deadline.

Climate activists say pressure growing on politicians to act as donations flood in

Support for Extinction Rebellion in the UK has quadrupled in the past nine days as public concern about the scale of the ecological crisis grows.

Since the wave of protests began more than a week ago, 30,000 new backers or volunteers have offered their support to the environmental activist group. In the same period it has raised almost £200,000 – mostly in donations of between £10 and £50 – reaching a total of £365,000 since January.

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Activists tell us why they have taken part in the protest group’s international rebellion week

I am part of XR [Extinction Rebellion] Bhopal. The group is still in a very early phase and is working mostly on educating people about climate issues. On the evening of 15 April 2019 some school students and local activists gathered at Bhopal’s upper lake in solidarity with XR international rebellion week. There were speeches, dancing and music. A participant also read out a Hindi translation of Greta Thunberg’s speech to a large crowd.

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Japan is in the final stages of developing its long term climate action plan with focus firmly on technology development, sparking criticism that the government is “procrastinating”.

Consortium of 13 water corporations forge major renewable energy off-take deal that will supply between 20-50% of each of their total electricity needs, and lower water bills for consumers.

The post Victorian water utilities join forces to source cheap solar power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two UK studies have looked into what it would take for more consumers to switch to electric vehicles. The answer can be summed up in one word...

The post What do consumers need to make the switch to EVs? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla to install more efficient drive trains to extend range of new Models S and X to near 600kms, and says new batteries will be able to last “one million miles”.

The post Tesla extends Models S, X range to near 600km, battery life to 1.6m km appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The battle for the marginal seat of Gilmore on the New South Wales south coast is shaping up as one of the uglier, more interesting contests in the federal election.

The Canadian industry associations’ claims about the negative impact of carbon pricing on jobs and competitiveness are exaggerated and lack empirical evidence. Pollution pricing incentivises companies to innovate, which will be necessary to guarantee their competitiveness in the long-term.

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Charity calls for action as report finds more than 1,000 killed in fishing nets each year

More than 1,000 harbour porpoises are needlessly dying in UK waters each year, according to a report from a global environmental organisation.

The study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says the small porpoises are accidentally trapped in fishermen’s nets, causing them to suffocate and die.

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The global balance of power is going to be completely changed by decarbonisation, and the burden of saving the world will fall disproportionately on Asia.

The post Globe watch: $US3.7 trillion a year of fossil fuel revenue has to go away appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As corporates across Canada adjust to new federal and provincial carbon regulations, energy efficiency providers are fine-tuning their products and to serve the low-carbon economy. From low-hanging fruit to futuristic devices, there is no shortage of options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Forty-three percent of Americans live in places where they’re breathing unsafe air, according to American Lung Association

An increasing number of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of smog or particulate air pollution – both of which are being made worse by climate change, according to a new report.

Air quality in the US has been improving since the 1970s, but that progress may be backsliding and 43% of Americans are now living in places where they are breathing unsafe air, according to the American Lung Association report.

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The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has tabled a new draft energy master plan that increases the nation’s ambition to move away from coal and towards renewable energy.

The post South Korea takes further steps away from thermal coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.