Around The Web

Alberta’s lawsuit against the federal ‘backstop’ CO2 tax will focus more closely on the national concern branch of the Canadian constitution than previous Conservative-led legal challenges, while also arguing that strategies other than a minimum carbon pricing standard can drive GHG reductions.

A former London-based Deutsche Bank carbon trader has been charged by German authorities for his suspected role in using the EU ETS to commit tax fraud.

• Dramatic increase in bites continues recent upward trend
• North Carolina, Georgia and Texas on track to break records

Climate warming and the expansion of human settlements across the southern states of the US has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people bitten during encounters with venomous snakes, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

The increase in bites is on track to break records in North Carolina, Georgia and Texas where copperhead rattlesnakes are the dominant species, with a total of 2,118 bites, an increase of 83 over the previous year, the newspaper said. In Florida, where the eastern coral snake and the cottonmouth are common, numbers remain average.

Continue reading...

Natalie Christopher, 35, was last seen on Monday going for a run on the island of Ikaria.

Seagulls are intimidated by eye contact, a study has found. Just make sure you look away before four minutes have elapsed …

Name: The hard stare.

Age: Around as long as there have been eyes.

Continue reading...

While the rest of the world is turning off nuclear power, we in Australia are looking at including it in our energy mix.

Seller’s kept EU carbon prices near their recent lows on light volumes Wednesday, despite the supply dearth created by a one-day auction pause amid a month of halved sale quantities.

Tiny animals called tardigrades are thought to have survived a crash-landing on the moon.

The parrot roamed New Zealand 19 million years ago, and may have been flightless and carnivorous.

Selling water from melted icebergs is big business on Canada's eastern coast, but there are concerns over Arctic warming.

The Australian Energy Regulator is taking legal action against four wind farm operators. The Grattan Institute's Tony Wood joins RN Drive.

The seaside birds are less likely to steal your chips when you watch them, according to scientists.

John Laing's 175MW Finley Solar Farm – the $170m project contracted to sell power to BlueScope Steel – has begun sending power to the NSW grid.

The post Finley solar farm starts sending power to NSW grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Edinburgh-based SIMEC Atlantis announces launch of $12.7m bond it hopes will help fund its pipeline of tidal and waste-to-energy projects.

The post Simec Atlantis seeks to raise $12 million to fund project pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal lobby promises follow up to its widely mocked "little black rock" PR campaign, as group funded by BHP and others plans $5 million marketing blitz.

The post Australian coal lobby plans another multi-million PR campaign appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Action plan to be drawn up as dry summers, storms and pests destroy swathes of woodland

A catastrophic combination of heat, drought, storms, forest fires, beetle plagues and a fungi blight have so far this year destroyed swathes of German forest equivalent to more than 200,000 football fields.

Forests are one of the most efficient ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and in Germany alone they are able to absorb 62 million tonnes of CO2 – about 7% of the country’s emissions – every year.

Continue reading...

Nissan has released its next generation Leaf electric vehicle, with twice the range and the chance to power the home. We take it for a drive.

The post The Driven Podcast: Nissan Leaf test drive appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AER takes four wind farm companies to court over their role in SA blackout in 2016, a case that may lead to wider class-action suits.

The post AER sues four wind farm companies over South Australian blackout appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Scientists at ANU help identify a key step in the photosynthesis reaction of plants that could untap abundant supplies of renewable hydrogen.

The post ANU says photosynthesis could unlock endless supplies of renewable hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.