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Only 10% of native plants can be bought as seed – a big problem for nature repair. Here’s how we can make plantings more diverse

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-06-10 06:02
The need to restore native vegetation is clear, but we can’t properly repair nature without good, diverse supplies of native seeds. Samantha Ellen Andres, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Joe Atkinson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Aarhus University Rachael Gallagher, Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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UPDATE – EU elections: Parliament lurches to the right as 2019 ‘Green wave’ recedes

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-06-10 05:57
The European Parliament elections delivered their verdict on Sunday evening, with hardline conservatives and the far-right making strides as expected, leaving the Greens and nationalist groups as potential kingmakers during open-ended talks opening now to form a new EU executive.
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I’m an eco-friendly grower – so why do I want to murder all these vile slugs? | Claire Ratinon

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-09 22:00

The warm winter and wet spring spawned a mollusc army. Now they’ve invaded my brassicas, I’m at war with my conscience

It’s the beginning of summer, yet as I type these words, I’m watching sheets of rain coming down at an angle as my chickens cower under their hen house. Aside from a few gloriously sunny days, it feels like the rain hasn’t stopped since the middle of last autumn. While most of my plants appreciate the moisture, the wetter than usual weather has led to some issues in my veg patch.

Our heavy clay soil is more compacted than ever and the slugs and snails now reign, busily mowing down the young plants I raised from seed and entrusted to the veg beds. They came for the lettuces first, which didn’t survive their first night in the soil. Then they came for the brassicas – the radishes, the kohlrabi and the red Russian kale – stripping their leaves back to the scrawny mid-rib, destroying the centre so there was no chance of them growing back. After I convinced myself that they wouldn’t go for strong flavours, they devoured the coriander and dill seedlings that I’d planted, too. All the crops that I’d hoped to be harvesting by now are nowhere to be seen.

Claire Ratinon is an organic food grower and writer

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Coalition savaged for claiming it is committed to net zero by 2050 but would ditch 2030 emissions target

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-09 14:59

Federal government says opposition is saying ‘white is black’ following Peter Dutton’s comments to News Corp on Paris climate agreement

The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has savaged the Coalition after a frontbencher insisted the opposition was “absolutely committed” to the Paris climate agreement a day after leader Peter Dutton foreshadowed he would scrap Labor’s target to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030.

Dutton told the Weekend Australian he would oppose the legislated 2030 target – a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels – at the next election, declaring there was “no sense in ­signing up to targets you don’t have any prospect of achieving”.

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Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

BBC - Sun, 2024-06-09 09:58
A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?
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Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

BBC - Sun, 2024-06-09 09:58
A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?
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Sharks attack three swimmers off two Florida beaches

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-09 01:03

Woman, 45, sustained ‘significant trauma’ and had part of arm amputated after one attack, and two teens were injured in another

Two separate shark attacks at Florida beaches wounded three swimmers, including two teenagers, prompting some popular vacation spots to temporarily close, according to authorities.

A shark bit a 45-year-old woman at about 1.20pm on Friday while she swam at Watersound beach, along the coast of Walton county, Florida, in the eastern part of the state.

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Renoster launches open-access geospatial database of nature-based offset projects

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-08 18:02
Ratings service Renoster has launched an open-access database containing detailed geospatial boundaries of 575 nature-based carbon projects, aiming to enhance the transparency and accountability of offsetting efforts globally.
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Water firm seizes stake in Devon sewage protester’s home over unpaid bills

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-06-08 16:00

Imogen May has withheld payments since 2019 and is thought to be one of thousands boycotting water charges

South West Water has taken a legal stake in a customer’s home after she withheld her bill payments in a protest over sewage dumping in rivers and the sea.

Thousands of water company customers are thought to be withholding payments but this is the first known case of a company enforcing a claim against a customer’s home.

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Peter Dutton accused of trying to ‘rip up’ Australia’s commitment to Paris climate agreement

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-06-08 13:00

Opposition leader reportedly told News Corp he would oppose the legislated 2030 emissions target – a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels – at the next election

Peter Dutton has been accused of planning to break Australia’s commitment to the landmark Paris climate agreement after he said he would reject the country’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target.

The opposition leader reportedly told the Weekend Australian that he would oppose the legislated 2030 emissions target – a 43% cut compared with 2005 levels – at the next election but remain committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

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Nasa 'Earthrise' astronaut dies at 90 in plane crash

BBC - Sat, 2024-06-08 12:33
The photo taken by Bill Anders is one of the most famous images ever snapped in outer space.
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Crossbows and eerie silences – following Antarctic whales for climate change clues

BBC - Sat, 2024-06-08 10:06
How scientists are discovering secrets of Antarctic climate change in the bodies of giant humpback whales.
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Crossbows and eerie silences – following Antarctic whales for climate change clues

BBC - Sat, 2024-06-08 10:06
How scientists are discovering secrets of Antarctic climate change in the bodies of giant humpback whales.
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Speculators take advantage of price rout in CCAs

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-08 08:56
Speculators were the only group buying California Carbon Allowances (CCAs), while traders reduced net length across the rest of North American carbon markets as prices in the secondary market retraced, according to weekly data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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UK 2023 verified emissions drop 12.5%, driven by steep fall from power sector

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-08 07:08
Verified emissions in the UK ETS fell by 12.5% in 2023, the government announced late Friday, with the decrease in output driven by a steep fall in emissions from power generation, even as output from aviation rose for the third successive year.
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