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Stephen Pritchard tells judge before sentencing that peaceful resistance is ‘most responsible thing I can do’

A judge has jailed an Insulate Britain protester for five weeks after he vowed to return to the streets to carry out more disruptive protests if he was not sent to prison.

Stephen Pritchard, 63, was one of the first four Insulate Britain defendants to be sentenced for causing public nuisance over their campaign of disruptive “civil resistance” protests on major roads in 2021.

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Workers on a wind farm being built in Ukraine are wearing body armour to ensure the project is completed in the northern spring.

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Seaweed farming is believed to have considerable potential for carbon sequestration in China compared to other ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches, though further research is still needed, a report has found.

If approved in full, the Willow project would mean the construction of 219 wells and hundreds of miles of pipelines

President Biden faces a legacy-making – or legacy-breaking – decision in arctic Alaska with the $8bn Willow project, the largest oil and gas project currently proposed on US public lands.

If Biden remembers his visionary pledge – forged in the hard truth of human-caused climate change – that the US will expand into clean energy and approve no new oil drilling on federal lands, then his decision should be straightforward.

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Research finds waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage plants likely responsible for significant source of water pollution

All toilet paper from across the globe checked for toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” contained the compounds, and the waste flushed down toilets and sent to sewage treatment plants likely creates a significant source of water pollution, new research has found.

Once in the wastewater plant, the chemicals can be packed in sewage sludge that is eventually spread on cropland as fertilizer, or spit into waterways.

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Plan would provide fresh locally grown food, promote sustainable agriculture and cut carbon emissions

Plans have been submitted to create a first-of-its-kind urban farm on top of a multi-storey car park in Birmingham as part of a vision to “turn grey space to green productive space”.

Slow Food Birmingham, a grassroots organisation that promotes hyperlocal food production, has sent proposals to the council to build a farm, glasshouses, community space and garden, as well as an education hub and cafe on the site.

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An Australian pension fund has divested from a land development company in protest of its decision to proceed with a project that could threaten the survival of one of the last remaining healthy koala colonies in New South Wales.

Offsets under the Safeguard Mechanism are not an excuse for inaction or an easy way out. They are an unfunded liability that will grow in both cost and risk.

The post Safeguard Mechanism: Why offsets are not an excuse for inaction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian solar pioneer to lead collaboration with India on solar, including "enormous opportunities" to build up a domestic PV manufacturing supply chain.

The post Renate Egan to co-chair Australia-India solar taskforce, as PM talks “billions” in investments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

GE says it will focus on leaner wind turbine manufacture operations, with far fewer variants, to stem the flow to breakdowns.

The post Wind turbines got too big, too fast: GE to focus on fewer models, less complex operations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research shows that if captive breeding stopped tomorrow, orange-bellied parrots would soon become extinct. So we’re locked into breeding programs until we can solve the underlying problems. Dejan Stojanovic, Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University Carolyn Hogg, Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney Rob Heinsohn, Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The New Zealand government’s decision to leave the ETS price settings largely as-is looms large over the first carbon auction of the year, but market watchers expect buyers will come in to snap up cheap NZUs.

Three of the biggest conservation charities team up to try and halt the destruction of nature in UK.

Andrew Forrest owned Windlab shrinks size of massive wind farm but report says it still has "unavoidable" consequences for several endangered species.

The post Forrest-backed wind project still a threat to endangered species, despite smaller size appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Speed limits are coming down to improve road safety. Expanding the policy to target high-carbon emission vehicles would be a simple and effective climate strategy. Len Gillman, Professor of Biogeography, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Genex Power marks "key milestone" for its first big battery, the 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe project near Rockhampton in Queensland.

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Head of Australia's biggest distributed network says electric vehicles are not about to blow up the grid, but is surprised by anti-EV talk in Australia.

The post Electric vehicles won’t blow up the grid, says head of Australia’s biggest network company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An Australian carbon project developer has launched an agribusiness spin-off company, designed to manage natural assets in a bid to ramp up the sustainable agriculture industry.

Residents were airlifted after their Queensland town was affected by its worst ever flood and authorities said the flood waters were likely infested with crocodiles.

About 70 people remained in Burketown, as the swollen Albert River to the town’s east continues to rise.

At least 37 properties were inundated by flood waters. Authorities say it will not be safe to return for days, and the community still there could be isolated for up to two weeks

• Queensland floods: Burketown residents warned of crocodile-infested waters before expected peak

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Wealthy Australians – and by global standards that’s most of us – are a significant part of the climate problem and therefore, the solution

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Tony Abbott. Donald Trump. Adani. Scott Morrison. Jair Bolsonaro. Shell. George W Bush. George HW Bush. Saudi Aramco.

These are just some of the names rightly called out by media in recent years for their contribution to, or stalling of action to prevent, climate change.

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