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We tested tiger snake scales to measure wetland pollution in Perth. The news is worse than expected
No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course
Scott Morrison must face down the denialists and do-nothingists on his own side of politics, or set himself, and Australia, up for a series of humiliations on international stage.
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“Gas simply not low emissions”: Labor opposes Taylor’s CEFC power grab
Federal Labor to vote against planned changes to CEFC's investment mandate, saying it does not trust Angus Taylor with expanded powers.
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How Congo-Brazzaville's shark population came under threat
CP Daily: Monday February 15, 2021
Massive Texas gas failure during climate extremes gets blamed on wind power
A massive blackout has hit Texas due to climate-related weather extremes. Renewables are being blamed: it's 2016 all over again.
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California offset project seeks lowest recorded LCFS carbon intensity score
Low prices increase chance of multiple coal generation closures
There are good reasons to think that the Liddell, Yallourn, Vales Point coal generators and a couple of coal units in Queensland could all close before 2030.
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30 European companies form HyDeal Ambition project to deliver 95GW of solar & 67GW of hydrogen
European consortium plans to build 95GW of solar and deliver 67GW of electrolysers to deliver green hydrogen at cost parity to fossil fuels.
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VCM Report: Offset prices nudge higher, while Shell ramps up retirements
EU Market: EUAs slip below €40 after touching new all-time high
No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course
Blind shrimps, translucent snails: the 11 mysterious new species we found in potential fracking sites
Ready, steady, bloom! Botanists wait for rare cactus to open for one night only
Experts in Cambridge are on night vigil as the moonflower is about to blossom in a UK first, an event being livestreamed for all
Cambridge botanists are eagerly waiting for a rare and unusual cactus called the moonflower to bloom for what is thought to be the first time in the UK, an event that begins at sunset and is over by the time the sun rises the following day.
Experts at Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden (CUBG) have been on night watch for several days, even setting up a live stream so the public can get a glimpse of the flowering of the Amazonian plant Selenicereus wittii.
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Wildlife trade drives alarming decline in some species, says study
Animals traded for pet industry, bushmeat, traditional medicine, ivory and lab use declined locally by up to 99.9%
Wildlife populations decline by an average of 62% in areas where species are traded, pushing some closer to extinction, according to a new report.
The first analysis to quantify the impact of the legal and illegal wildlife trade looked at 133 land-based species and found the most endangered – which typically have smaller populations – are most at risk, with average declines of 81%. In some cases this resulted in local disappearances, with certain populations of spider monkeys and Baird’s tapir declining by 99.9%, according to an international team of researchers led by Sheffield University.
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