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Orchid thought to be extinct in UK found on roof of London bank
Colony of small-flowered tongue orchid plants discovered in rooftop garden of investment bank Nomura
A rare species of orchid believed to have been extinct in the UK has been discovered on the roof of an office building in the City of London.
Serapis parviflora, also known as small-flowered tongue orchid, was found growing in the 11th-floor rooftop garden of the Japanese investment bank Nomura. It is usually found in the Mediterranean basin and the Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal.
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Flying electric car takes off in South Australian desert ahead of Formula One-style races
Alauda Airspeeder Mk3, a four-metre-long multicopter, makes unmanned test flights but team hopes to shift to pilots
An electric flying race car has taken flight for the first time in Australia, ahead of a proposed series of remotely piloted races later in the year.
The Alauda Airspeeder Mk3, a four-metre-long multicopter, has taken its first unmanned test flights in the South Australian desert, with approval from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
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Quarter of UK pupils attend schools where air pollution is over WHO limit
Estimated 3.4m children learn in unhealthy environment, says charity behind research
Millions of British children attend schools where air pollution is worse than the World Health Organization limit, campaigners have said.
An analysis found that more than a quarter of schools, from nurseries to sixth-form colleges, were in locations with high levels of small particle pollution. This means an estimated 3.4 million children are learning in an unhealthy environment, said Global Action Plan (Gap), the charity behind the research that was released on Clean Air Day on Thursday.
Continue reading...UK pig farms doubled their use of antibiotics vital for humans
Overall use of drugs has fallen but treatments of a ‘critically important’ class rose from 2015 to 2019
UK pig farms’ increasing use of critically important antibiotics for human health has prompted concerns about farming practices and efforts to reduce reliance on the drugs.
Previously unpublished industry data seen by the Guardian, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Vet Record shows the use of a class of antibiotics prescribed for various infections in humans more than doubled on UK pig farms between 2015 and 2019.
Continue reading...CEFC makes first green hydrogen investment in Uni of Wollongong spin-off
University of Wollongong spin-off behind promising hydrogen electrolyser technology closes $5m investment round, including from CEFC.
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JinkoSolar recognised as “Overall High Achiever” in RETC’s 2021 PVMI report
RETC's PVMI Report compiles and ranks its independent test data, identifying the industry's leading PV module manufacturers and technologies.
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Transcript: Energy Insiders Podcast Tobias Geiger interview
Westwind's Toby Geiger on plans for Australia's biggest wind project, and the connection problems and firming challenges in Australia's main grid.
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Why a carbon price alone won't be enough to drive down New Zealand's emissions
Energy Insiders Podcast: Green hydrogen in mines
What are the prospects for green hydrogen in Australia’s mining industry? BHP, Rio, CEFC, and Enel Green Power share their views.
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‘Worst damage in memory’: Power out for weeks in Victorian towns
Ausnet says customers in the Dandenong Ranges may be without power for more than three weeks following storms on June 9.
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NSW commits $380m to speed up network upgrades for renewable energy
NSW allocates $380 million to support state's first renewable energy zone as it pursues country's "most ambitious" renewable transition plan.
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Victoria declares ‘energy emergency’ to prevent Yallourn mine from collapse
The declaration will allow Energy Australia to urgently divert the Morwell River away from the Yallourn coal mine, which is at high risk of flooding.
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CP Daily: Wednesday June 16, 2021
Thousandth dormouse brought back to the wild
‘Gamechanging’ £10m environmental DNA project to map life in world’s rivers
eBioAtlas programme aims to identify fish, birds, amphibians and land animals in freshwater systems from the Ganges to the Mekong
Concealed by the turbid, swirling waters of the Amazon, the Mekong and the Congo, the biodiversity of the world’s great rivers has largely remained a mystery to scientists. But now a multimillion-pound project aims to describe and identify the web of life in major freshwater ecosystems around the world with “gamechanging” DNA technology.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and UK-based environmental DNA (eDNA) specialists NatureMetrics have launched a partnership to take thousands of water samples from freshwater river systems like the Ganges and the Niger delta to identify the fish, birds, amphibians and land animals that live in and around them.
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More than half of Europe’s cities still plagued by dirty air, report finds
Data shows only 127 of 323 cities had acceptable PM 2.5 levels despite drop in emissions during lockdowns
More than half of European cities are still plagued by dirty air, new data shows, despite a reduction in traffic emissions and other pollutants during last year’s lockdowns.
Cities in eastern Europe, where coal is still a major source of energy, fared worst of all, with Nowy Sącz in Poland having the most polluted air, followed by Cremona in Italy where industry and geography tend to concentrate air pollution, and Slavonski Brod in Croatia.
Continue reading...Australia’s government feels no duty to care towards young people on climate
Australia's environment minister has rejected a court finding that she has a duty of care towards young Australians on climate. It's unsurprising.
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