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The week in wildlife – in pictures
An albino orangutan, a wolverine and an oleander hawk moth are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Continue reading...India launches 'invaluable' South Asia satellite
Air quality: Diesel scrappage scheme being considered
UK's new air pollution plan dismissed as 'weak' and 'woefully inadequate'
Lawyers who forced ministers to deliver new proposals to tackle toxic air crisis say government is not taking responsibility for public health emergency
The government’s new plan to tackle the UK’s toxic air crisis is “much weaker than hoped for”, according to the environmental lawyers that forced ministers to deliver the proposals.
James Thornton, chief executive of ClientEarth, said the government was “passing the buck” to local authorities and said he failed to see how the central proposal – clean air zones for urban areas – would be effective without charges to deter the most polluting vehicles.
Continue reading...Eat insects and fake meat to cut impact of livestock on the planet – study
Changes in diet are vital to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation caused by the world’s growing appetite for meat, say scientists
Insects and imitation meat are the best alternatives to real meat in tackling the huge and growing environmental impact of livestock on the planet, new research has shown.
The world’s appetite for meat is rising fast as incomes grow but the resulting greenhouse gas emissions, already 12% of the total, are also soaring and taming global warming will be impossible unless the trend is reversed. Rising demand is also leading to more of the world’s natural areas being converted to farmland, a key factor in the mass extinction of species currently unfolding.
Continue reading...Medical scientists report on the impact climate change is having on health | John Abraham
A new report breaks down climate impacts on health by US region
As a climate scientist, I spend time and energy studying how fast the Earth is warming and what is causing the warming. This knowledge helps us predict what the future will look like. But, what most people are interested in is, “how will it affect me?”
Some impacts we are pretty clear about, like the impacts related to sea level rise, increased storms and heavy precipitation, and increased drought and heat waves – particularly the impacts these events have on the economy. But climate change will affect us personally as well (by personally, I mean our physical person).
Tierra parda y estéril: la sequía histórica de Bolivia – en imágenes
Durante la peor sequía de Bolivia en 25 años, el fotógrafo Marcelo Pérez visitó los reservorios que abastecen de agua potable a las ciudades más grandes, y encontró un paisaje inhóspito y árido
Continue reading...Brown and barren land: Bolivia's historic drought – in pictures
During Bolivia’s worst drought in 25 years, photographer Marcelo Perez visited the reservoirs that supply drinking water to its biggest cities, to find a stark and arid landscape
Pigeon related to dodo found on Australian mainland for first time
The Nicobar pigeon, which is native to islands in Indian and Pacific oceans, was found by Indigenous rangers near Broome
A rainbow-coloured pigeon native to islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans has been found on the Australian mainland for the first time, by Indigenous rangers working near Broome.
The Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica, the closest living relative to the dodo, is named for India’s Nicobar Islands, more than 4,000km north of Broome.
Continue reading...Stephen Choi - Living Future Institute of Australia
Stephen Choi - Living Future Institute of Australia
Stephen Choi is a UK-qualified Project Architect and Australian-qualified Project Manager. He has led sustainable design teams at small and large practices before founding a not-for-profit environmental building consultancy and becoming the Living Future Institute of Australia's Executive Director. Stephen’s work has included the development of global environmental assessment methods, designing and managing building retrofits and embedding sustainable development into educational curriculum. Several of his projects – both private and public sector – have been recognised in the industry for progressing “green building”
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Ears strained for a mad Highland grouse
Rothiemurchus, Strathspey Rustlings and flittings amid the calls hint at the rich biodiversity of the moor and pine forest
To me, at least, the Highlands dishes up its treats in small portions. On the first morning I stepped out of the lodge and heard the clucking undulations of a springtime black grouse somewhere to the south-east. I followed the noise but didn’t see him.
Instead the sparse pine forest offered up a bright pair of crossbills. Their “fools’ colours” – him in red, her in green – were crisp in the early light.
Continue reading...Renew Fest 2017 to be held this weekend
Applications open for Threatened Species Recovery Fund
Trump appoints renewables critic to head renewables office
CEFC backs two new waste-to-fuel plants with $30m loan
Why grid based battery storage is already a no-brainer in Australia
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Victoria’s big renewable energy plans face major network hurdle
WA to close Muja coal units, in first signs of major shift to renewables
4 degrees of separation: Santos proves gas not climate solution
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