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Japan’s Tepco plans 7GW renewables roll-out, in pivot away from nuclear
Photo of the day: Striped Tesla visualises global warming
Striking renewable oil using sewage in Gladstone
CP Daily: Wednesday July 25, 2018
Regular heatwaves 'will kill thousands'
Ottawa looks to relax benchmarks under Canadian carbon pricing programme
UK offshore wind capacity set to double, under new auction scheme
Nissan LEAF EV completes 13,000km transcontinental journey
CEFC targets infrastructure emissions, with investment in Morrison & Co
UK heatwave 2018: Why is it so hot?
Experts testify on RINs market problems at US Congressional hearing
ESB price claims for target already met are not credible
California, Quebec hand out total 118k offsets
UPDATE – Ontario cap-and-trade repeal bill sees compliance obligations, few refunds for purchased allowances
The 2016 Great Barrier Reef heatwave caused widespread changes to fish populations
How to reduce slavery in seafood supply chains
Life on Mars: What do we know?
Logging 'destroying' swift parrot habitat as government delays action
Researchers say failures allowed logging of 25% of old growth forest despite extinction threat
Habitat for the critically endangered swift parrot is being “knowingly destroyed” by logging because of government failures to manage the species’ survival, according to research.
Matthew Webb and Dejan Stojanovic, two of the Eureka prize finalists from the Australian National University’s difficult bird research group, say governments have stalled on management plans that would protect known feeding and nesting habitat in Tasmania.
Continue reading...Why can’t we just produce less waste? | Letters
As Coca-Cola launches yet another heavily branded rewards-based initiative around recycling (Recyclers get half-price tickets for attractions, 25 July), it’s interesting to note that the global behemoth apparently still wonders whether deposit systems for bottles and cans increase recycling. Not only was it on a government working group that found that they do, but it runs many deposit systems around the world that see recycling rates as high as 98.5%.
As reward systems only fuel higher levels of consumption, the question is why would a company promote a solution to waste that actually creates more waste? The answer, predictably, is that the system only benefits itself and other big businesses, rather than being better for taxpayers or the environment.
Continue reading...The facts about Powys game shoot | Letters
Your country diary (14 July) on the Llechweddygarth shoot in Powys is wrong. There are no grey partridge on the shoot. The game is not “tossed into the backs of Land Rovers” but hung properly in accordance with the Code of Good Shooting Practice on a purpose-built game cart. The game is not “sent for landfill” but respectfully processed and sold by a local small food business.
There is no shooting in the churchyard of Pennant Melangell; the nearest gun is two football fields from the church and birds are driven away from the shrine.
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