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Who is Elon Musk?

BBC - Fri, 2018-09-28 18:08
Meet the man who inspired Robert Downey Jr's take on Iron Man.
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'The worst kind of pain you can imagine' – what it's like to be stung by a stinging tree

The Conversation - Fri, 2018-09-28 14:49
Depending on the species, touching a stinging tree can be like 30 wasp stings at once or being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time. Marina Hurley, Visiting Fellow, Lecturer & Consultant (Writing Clear Science), UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Kidston renewable energy hub one step closer

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2018-09-28 14:36

Genex Power’s Kidston Renewable Energy Hub in Far North Queensland has been fast tracked with the $330 million Kidston Pumped Hydro Storage project (K2H) today declared a coordinated project.

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Tesla shares slump after regulator charges Musk, seeks removal

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2018-09-28 14:21

Elon MuskElon Musk charged with "fraud" by the SEC, which is seeking his removal as a director and executive from public companies.

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South Australia blackout didn’t stop energy transition, it accelerated it

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2018-09-28 13:52

Two years on from the South Australia blackout, things are not working out quite as the renewable antis might have hoped. It has actually highlighted the grim reality about Australia's ageing and vulnerable grid. If anything, the energy transition has been accelerated rather than stalled.

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Acciona uses blockchain to show stored electricity comes from wind and solar

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2018-09-28 13:29

Acciona develops blockchain system that guarantees electricity stored in batteries, and then exported to the grid, does in fact come from wind and solar plants.

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CP Daily: Thursday September 27, 2018

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2018-09-28 13:05
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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California’s ARB unanimously approves LCFS amendments

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2018-09-28 13:00
California regulator ARB approved a set of regulatory amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) late Thursday, strengthening the programme’s GHG targets through 2030 amid a plethora of other changes.
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Stocktake of where Australia is up to with wind and solar

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2018-09-28 11:49

A full analysis of where Australia is up to with its huge pipeline of wind and solar projects.

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World Bank commits $US1 billion to develop storage in developing world

RenewEconomy - Fri, 2018-09-28 11:41

one planet summitWorld Bank unveils $1USbn commitment to accelerate investments in battery storage in developing and middle-income countries.

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Tawny owl decline: Public urged to record 'twit-twoos'

BBC - Fri, 2018-09-28 11:37
Volunteers are urged to make a weekly record of the Tawny owl's distinctive hoot, as numbers fall.
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Pollution threatens future of killer whales

BBC - Fri, 2018-09-28 09:47
Orcas are in deep trouble because of persistent chemical pollution in the environment, researchers say.
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OECD report: government's failing on climate change

ABC Environment - Fri, 2018-09-28 08:37
A new report by the OECD and the World Bank has found the vast majority of nations have failed to take action to meet their Paris Agreement climate targets.
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NA Markets: RGGI extends highs as WCI continues to drop

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2018-09-28 07:49
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) prices rose over course of the week to build on two-year highs reached earlier this month, while California Carbon Allowances (CCA) continued to decline on the secondary market.
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Home remedies 'no deterrent' against slugs and snails

BBC - Fri, 2018-09-28 06:23
Traditional remedies used by gardeners to deter slugs and snails appear to have no scientific merit.
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Will 2018 be the year of climate action? Victorian London's 'Great Stink' sewer crisis might tell us

The Conversation - Fri, 2018-09-28 06:19
As climate extremes mount, let's reflect on Victorian London's 'Great Stink' sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act. Chris Turney, Professor of Earth Science and Climate Change, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Eggshell and copper tape do not protect veg from slugs and snails

The Guardian - Fri, 2018-09-28 04:30

Gardeners using methods like these to protect against gastropods are wasting their time, study shows

Environmentally friendly gardeners who attempt to deter slugs and snails from devouring their vegetables with eggshells or copper tape are wasting their time, according to a study by the Royal Horticultural Society.

Gastropods inflicted the same damage to lettuces protected with five natural methods – eggshells, copper tape, horticultural grit, pine bark mulch and wool pellets – as they did to lettuces left untreated.

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Orca 'apocalypse': half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution

The Guardian - Fri, 2018-09-28 04:00

Banned PCB chemicals are still severely harming the animals – but Arctic could be a refuge

At least half of the world’s killer whale populations are doomed to extinction due to toxic and persistent pollution of the oceans, according to a major new study.

Although the poisonous chemicals, PCBs, have been banned for decades, they are still leaking into the seas. They become concentrated up the food chain; as a result, killer whales, the top predators, are the most contaminated animals on the planet. Worse, their fat-rich milk passes on very high doses to their newborn calves.

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Pollution threatens the future of killer whales

BBC - Fri, 2018-09-28 04:00
Chemical pollution threatens the long-term viability of the most exposed orca groups.
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Environmental activists airbrushed from protest history | Letter

The Guardian - Fri, 2018-09-28 03:48
Five campaigners jailed for their part in the 1990s Twyford Down protests reflect on the sentencing of a group of anti-fracking demonstrators. Plus reaction from Dr Richard Carter

The fracking protesters who were sentenced to over a year in prison this week are to be saluted (Anti-fracking protesters are jailed in landmark decision, 27 September). Unfortunately, the soundbite used by their lawyer, and reported by the Guardian, that “there has been no environmental protester sentenced to jail since 1932”, is simply not true.

We were among the seven campaigners first sentenced to 28 days’ imprisonment in 1993 for protesting against the building of the M3 through Twyford Down. These direct action protests at Twyford Down from 1992 to 1995 kickstarted the modern-day environmental direct action movement from which today’s fracking protests have emerged.

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