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Some rare species enjoyed their best year since monitoring began but there were declines for the small tortoiseshell and peacock

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Big Cypress national park finds a 17ft snake weighing 140lb and carrying 73 developing eggs.

Revealed: federal support to research centers cut off as scientists fear years of successful work will go ‘down the drain’

Scientists and officials around the US have told the Guardian that the Trump administration has withdrawn funding for a large, successful conservation program – in direct contradiction of instructions from Congress.

Unique in scale and ambition, the program comprises 22 research centers that tackle big-picture issues affecting huge swaths of the US, such as climate change, flooding and species extinction. They are known as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives – or were, because 16 of them are now on indefinite hiatus or have dissolved.

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Country Drive: Nucoal, Murray Darling and Sprigs of rosemary

The Institute for Ecological Economics is currently inviting applications for a 30-40 hours/week third-party-funded project staff member (post-doc) Climate Economics and Finance Research Group.

Members of the Queensland Liberal National Party believe Environment Minister Melissa Price is dragging her feet in signing off on the mine's groundwater management plan.

Protestors shut down one of Melbourne's busiest intersections during peak-hour this morning, others broke into abattoirs and farms where they released animals and threatened farmers.

CPI has recently been asked by the membership of the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance to assume the role of the organization’s Secretariat for a minimum two-year period beginning in May 2019.

The facts on electric vehicles to fight back against the slew of fake news from the Coalition and One Nation.

The post Coalition scrapes bottom of barrel with campaign against EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hot summer of 2018 boosted large blue, and black hairstreak, but small tortoiseshell declined

The golden summer of 2018 saw two of the UK’s rarest butterflies, the large blue and the black hairstreak, enjoy their best years since scientific monitoring began.

More than two-thirds of British butterfly species were seen in higher numbers last year than in 2017, but despite the ideal butterfly weather, it was still only an average season – the 18th best in 43 years of recording.

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Evie, 11, has been campaigning to have a statue of one of her heroes - 19th-Century palaeontologist Mary Anning - erected in Lyme Regis. Find out more about her mission.

There remains a massive workload to manage the NEM transition. No doubt the regulatory bodies are trying hard, but we're not sure they are winning.

The post Know your NEM: Grid transition growing pains appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction of Tasmania's 112MW Granville Harbour wind farm well underway – a project expected to boost the state's total wind power capacity by one-third.

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Some Queensland MPs push for sign-off before the election, which is likely to amplify activist campaigns against the Coalition

Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have played down the significance of remaining approvals for the controversial Adani coalmine, characterising the outstanding determinations as “sub-approvals” and “minor” matters, and insisting the government will make decisions based on science.

With some Queensland Liberals and Nationals escalating an internal campaign for the remaining Adani sign-offs to be done this week, before Morrison heads to the polls, Liberals in the southern states are now bracing themselves for the federal approvals to be granted some time this week, even though that timing is inconvenient because it will kickstart third-party activist campaigns against the Coalition.

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New Queensland rule demanding only licensed electricians handle PV panels on solar farms slammed by industry as excessive, unnecessary and potentially devastating.

The post Big solar pipeline could come to “grinding halt” under Queensland rule change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Climate Advisers seeks an Executive and Program Assistant to coordinate office administration and provide administrative support to the President.

UK's national grid operator says it is preparing to deal with 100 per cent renewable electricity generation - by 2025.

The post UK’s National Grid operator gets ready for 100% renewables by 2025 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles will have to pay a fee to enter the centre of the city.

Present in Asia and Australia, the origins of swamp foxtails have not always been clear. Genetic studies put uncertainties to rest. Roderick John Fensham, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Australian and international energy sector will meet in Sydney from 13–14 June to discuss the latest in storage technologies and how they are enabling the transition to new energy systems and a more reliable grid.

The post The biggest names in energy storage come together in Sydney appeared first on RenewEconomy.