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‘Tiny little balls of pure joy’: why the superb fairywren took our 2021 bird of the year
With their glorious blue plumage, these common urban birds have been a comfort while we’ve been at home during the pandemic
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The Guardian/BirdLife Australia 2021 bird of the year poll ended with the superb fairywren coming out on top.
While at first the victory had me crying “beauty contest!”, it speaks to our desire for small moments of joy in our daily life, as we’re restricted to the confines of our own homes.
Continue reading...The frenetic fan dance of the fools tells us the Coalition has reached crunch time on climate | Katharine Murphy
The Coalition has spent years warning of the costs of action. Now the Liberals are presenting net zero as an opportunity
Keith Pitt, the resources minister, made headlines this week when he opened the boondoggle bidding on net zero. Pitt told Phil Coorey at the Australian Financial Review if Scott Morrison wanted agreement from the Nationals on a net zero target ahead of the Glasgow climate conference, he should put $250bn on the table.
Yes, that’s “b” for billion.
Continue reading...Biden restores beloved national monuments, reversing Trump cuts
Restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante represents victory for advocates after protections were slashed
Joe Biden restored environmental protections on Friday to three national monuments and their vast expanse of vital ecosystems and sacred Indigenous spaces, reversing cuts made by Donald Trump.
“These protections provide a bridge to our past, but they also build a bridge to a safer and more sustainable future,” said Biden. “One where we strengthen our economy and pass on a healthy planet to our children and our grandchildren.”
Continue reading...Advisory Senior Consultant, Carbon Trading & Risk Analytics, Deloitte – Minneapolis
Journalist turned analyst joins offset raters BeZero
CARBON FORWARD 2021: EU industry to face diverging carbon costs from new policies
Fellow/Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy, Council on Foreign Relations – Washington DC
Minnesota governor commences stakeholder process to inform LCFS development
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National Grid in talks over plan for energy island in North Sea
UK firm says windfarm project that could help power British homes could be completed by 2030
The prospect of an energy island in the North Sea surrounded by windfarms with the ability to power British homes has taken a step closer after National Grid, the UK energy company, revealed that it is in talks about helping to build the project – and claimed it could be done before 2030.
“We are in tripartite discussions over an energy island that the UK would likely connect to,” Nicola Medalova, the company’s managing director of interconnectors, told New Scientist. She declined to name the two other parties in the talks.
Continue reading...The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a rescued sloth, a hidden alligator and a jellyfish swarm
Continue reading...Hong Kong raises mid-term emissions target, pledges 2035 coal phaseout
Poland to start handing out 2021 EUAs to industry next week
Insulate Britain members block M25 and London’s Old Street roundabout
Climate activists superglue themselves to roads as part of 12th disruptive action in four weeks
Members of the environmental protest group Insulate Britain have blocked the M25 motorway and a busy central London roundabout, in the group’s 12th disruptive action in four weeks.
According to the climate activist group, about 40 supporters blocked junction 25 of the M25 just before 8.30am on Friday, in defiance of an injunction obtained by National Highways, as well as the A501 at the Old Street roundabout in Islington.
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