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Sydney Opera House offers high-profile boost for Australia’s voluntary carbon market
Where should you move to avoid climate change misery?
Heatwaves, hurricanes and floods will make some places in the US inhospitable
Climate change is fueling heatwaves, hurricanes and floods, gradually making certain places in the US challenging, if not outright miserable, to live in.
Scientists, and some members of the public, are starting to question where in the US will remain comfortable to call home.
Continue reading...Meet the 'climate refugees' who already had to leave their homes
Five people from across the US explain how extreme weather forced them out of their homes – not always to safer ground
Stephen Lipp, who left New Orleans for Houston
Continue reading...Fears grow for small tortoiseshell butterfly as decline continues
Big Butterfly Count records worst summer ever for the species, despite the heatwave providing a boost to most others
Fears are growing for the small tortoiseshell butterfly after this once-common garden insect continued its baffling decline despite the hot summer proving a boon to most species.
The small tortoiseshell suffered its worst summer in the history of the Big Butterfly Count with sightings falling by 32% compared with last year, according to the charity Butterfly Conservation.
Continue reading...Scotland needs tougher policies to meet CO2 targets, say experts
Nicola Sturgeon told more vigorous action needed to achieve post-2020 emissions target
Nicola Sturgeon’s government needs much tougher policies on cutting emissions from Scotland’s roads and farms to meet its ambitious CO2 reduction targets, experts have warned.
The UK government’s committee on climate change (CCC) said the Scottish National party government was well on track to hit its 2020 target to cut emissions by 56%, reducing them faster than the UK as a whole. However, that was largely because of substantial gains from the closure of Scotland’s last coal-fired power station at Longannet in Fife in 2016 and gains from cutting CO2 emissions from waste, which were relatively easy things to achieve.
Continue reading...Revolving doors, golden escalators and the demise of climate and energy policy
Grattan report details how vested interests are derailing policy in Australia, particularly in energy and climate where there is a revolving door between ministers and industry advisors. It's time to drain the billabong.
The post Revolving doors, golden escalators and the demise of climate and energy policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.
AGL slugged with $3m fine for Victorian efficiency certificate shortfall
AGL falls foul of Victoria energy regulator, again, this time for failing to meet its obligations under the state's energy efficiency scheme.
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W.A.’s Synergy hit by accelerating switch to rooftop solar
Synergy hit by accelerating shift to rooftop solar, as households and businesses respond to rising grid prices and the removal of subsidies that supported fossil fuels.
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Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway – here are the results
Solar roads on city streets are just not a great idea.
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Jaguar I-Pace crosses “Chunnel” on single charge
With a 369km drive from London to Brussels on a single charge, Jaguar is hoping to put EV range anxiety to rest.
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Peugeot unveils EV concept based on classic 504
Peugoet joins race to electric, with a concept of new battery model that pays homage to its classic 504 Coupe.
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Meet the latest carbon neutral certified organisation
Rare double-headed snake found in garden in Virginia
Adani coalmine: most Queenslanders want water licence revoked, poll finds
Exclusive: Half of LNP voters and three-quarters of One Nation supporters want water preserved for farmers
Queenslanders overwhelmingly want the state government to cancel the Adani mining company’s 60-year unlimited water extraction licence amid growing concern about the severity of the drought.
Polling conducted by ReachTel for the environmental group Lock the Gate shows concern about water extraction by Adani, and the impact on agriculture, is strong among conservative voters.
Continue reading...Whitsundays attacks: third tiger shark killed despite doubts over whether they bit tourists
Queensland government insists killing sharks in interest of public safety but officials say it is impossible to know if they attacked tourists
Three tiger sharks have been killed by the Queensland government after life-threatening attacks on a woman and a girl, but officials say it is impossible to know if they caused the bites.
Hannah Papps, 12, was bitten on her right leg while swimming in Cid harbour with her father and sister on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Tasmanian Justine Barwick, 46, was bitten on her left thigh while snorkelling in the same area.
Continue reading...Life as a medical photographer at Addenbrooke's Hospital
Hundreds march on Whitehall to call for end to 'war on wildlife'
Protesters including Billy Bragg and Chris Packham take to central London to demand pro-wildlife policies
Hundreds of people marched to Whitehall on Saturday to demand the government invests in wildlife-friendly policies and swiftly reverses the decline of British ecosystems.
Protesters including Billy Bragg delivered a radical manifesto, co-edited by the broadcaster Chris Packham, to the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs. The manifesto called for an end to the “war on wildlife” following the decline of more than half of British species in recent decades.
Continue reading...Who was the mysterious gardener Miss Harrison?
Co-op to replace single-use carrier bags with compostables
Lightweight bags will be rolled out within weeks to almost 1,400 stores across Britain
The Co-op is to be the first major supermarket in the UK to replace single-use plastic carrier bags with lightweight compostable alternatives that shoppers can reuse as biodegradable bags for food waste.
The bags – a stronger version of the biodegradable bags the convenience chain has been trialling since 2014 – will be rolled out within weeks to almost 1,400 stores across England, Scotland and Wales, and then to all 2,600 shops.
Continue reading...Private plane to fly endangered orange-bellied parrots for summer sojourn
Treacherous journey from Victoria to southwest Tasmania could prove too much to handle for critically threatened species
With fewer than 30 orange-bellied parrots in the wild, conservationists are not leaving anything to chance.
The critically endangered birds, which winter in Victoria’s rapidly-shrinking coastal scrubland, would ordinarily embark on the treacherous flight across the Bass Strait back to their summer breeding grounds in southwest Tasmania in the coming weeks.
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