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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Campaigners denounce ‘pure slaughter’, which could threaten survival of entire Scandinavian population

More than 150 brown bears have been killed in the opening days of Sweden’s annual bear hunt, as controversy mounts over what conservationists have called “pure slaughter”.

The Swedish government issued 486 licences to shoot bears in this year’s hunt, equivalent to about 20% of the remaining brown bear population. This follows a record-breaking cull of 722 bears last year. By Thursday afternoon – the second day of the hunt – 152 bears had already been shot, according to Sweden’s Environmental Protection Agency.

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The New Zealand carbon market finished the week trading at a five-month high on the back of the government’s decision to drastically cut the number auction volumes next year, with over 1.7 mln units traded on the spot market this week.

Just 5 per cent of the 120 objections to the solar and battery project came from residents within 5km of the project. One quarter were from more than 100km away.

The post Glint, glare, magnetic fields: Tamworth solar farm sent to planning commission with 120 objections appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NAB's Andrew Smith on the challenges of raising equity for Australia's renewable energy transition. Plus: News of the week.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The search for equity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's largest companies and financial institutions must provide greater detail on how climate change is affecting strategy and key business decision under amendments to the Corporations Act.

The post Bill passes to force big Australian companies to report on climate impacts and risks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A humpback whale was spotted by a tour group on Thursday with ropes and buoys entangled in its tail. The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service and Maritime NSW vessels were on site monitoring the whale and enforcing an exclusion zone on Friday. The large whale disentanglement team was dispatched to assist the whale and managed to free it later on Friday.

• Humpback whale freed in Sydney Harbour after rescue mission

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The Australian federal government on Thursday passed legislation on mandatory climate reporting, which it said would provide greater clarity to investors and boost investment in the net zero transformation.

Plans to build a massive wind farm of up to 1.3GW in Victoria's north have joined the queue for federal environmental approval.

The post Gigawatt-scale Victoria wind farm, big battery joins queue for federal green tick appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal Labor has allowed a policy based on leveraging our comparative advantage in clean energy to be hijacked by claims we need more gas. We don't.

The post Future Made in Australia: A plan to super-charge renewables, or a stalking horse for gas expansion? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

India has left coal-fired power generation out of its compliance carbon market from the outset, but might add the big-emitting sector to the scheme later, a government official said Thursday.

The incident is the second to hit the massive 3.2GW Dogger Bank project in the UK and the third involving GE Vernova's 13MW Haliade-X turbines.

The post Second turbine blade failure hits world’s largest offshore wind farm, in fresh blow to GE Vernova appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California diesel and gasoline consumption in May increased month-on-month as retail prices receded from year-to-date highs in April, state data published this week showed.

Australian flow battery pioneer Redflow placed in administration after failing to find backers for its first megawatt-hour scale storage.

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Engaging and scientifically accurate children’s books on Australian animals are sorely lacking. Fostering more collaboration between authors and scientists can enrich children’s literature. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Kate Umbers, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices fell to new year-to-date lows following the release of Q3 auction results on Wednesday, recovering through Thursday amidst significant turnover in the secondary market.

We studied 230 fisheries around the world, and found populations of many overfished species are in far worse condition than has been reported. Graham Edgar, Senior Marine Ecologist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A group of attorneys general (AGs) from Democrat-led states filed a brief Wednesday in the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) defending their lawsuits to hold fossil fuel producers responsible for the effects of climate change.

Colorado this month adopted a new set of regulations to facilitate geothermal energy development as part of the state’s ongoing effort to reduce its reliance on oil and gas energy sources.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defended its power plant rules against an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) that is requesting a stay of the regulation.