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Amazon rainforest rock art depicts giant Ice Age creatures
Carbon market extension, border tax are preferred options for border measure on EU imports -EU official
Business group touts Australian government fund for nature-based offsets
Atlas reveals birds pushed further north amid climate crisis
Data from 120,000 birdwatchers in 48 countries shows forest birds have expanded their range while area occupied by farmland birds has shrunk
Europe’s breeding bird populations have shifted on average one kilometre north every year for the past three decades, likely driven by the climate crisis, according to one of the world’s largest citizen science projects on biodiversity.
The European Breeding Bird Atlas (Ebba2) provides the most detailed picture yet of the distribution of the continent’s birds after 120,000 volunteers and fieldworkers surveyed 11m square kilometres, from the Azores in the west to the Russian Urals in the east.
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UK's 2030 carbon target set to disappoint green campaigners
Environment groups say as Cop26 hosts UK should show leadership and set tougher goal of 75% reduction in emissions
Green campaigners and climate experts are set for disappointment as the UK government prepares to publish its carbon target for 2030.
Environmental and development groups have been pushing the prime minister to opt for a stretching target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, which would have put the UK at the forefront of developed countries in fighting the climate crisis.
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China’s failure on steel regulations leads to massive excess emissions -report
Advisors urge UK to cut emissions at least 68% by 2030, use offsets to go higher
Participants bullish on Australian offset market despite policy inertia
Antarctic place names recognise 'modern explorers'
Frydenberg's proposal on Toondah Harbour shows need for environmental regulator, Labor says
Guardian Australia revealed Josh Frydenberg raised changing the boundaries of significant wetlands after being lobbied by a Liberal donor
Labor says revelations that the former environment minister Josh Frydenberg proposed amending the boundaries to an area of internationally significant wetlands after he was lobbied by a developer and major party donor demonstrate why Australia needs an independent environmental regulator.
Federal Labor’s environment spokeswoman, Terri Butler, compared the now-treasurer’s past proposal in relation to Toondah Harbour to the Jam Land case, in which Frydenberg’s office sought advice about changing protections to grasslands at the centre of an investigation into illegal clearing on a property part-owned by the energy minister, Angus Taylor, and his relatives.
Continue reading...Environment Agency slashes number of water pollution incident visits
Huge drop in number of visits during Covid crisis raises concerns polluters are breaking laws with impunity
The Environment Agency has dramatically reduced the frequency that it attends water pollution incidents amid the Covid-19 pandemic, raising concerns that the crisis is allowing companies to break environmental regulations with impunity.
Between the start of April and the end of August this year the Environment Agency attended just 292 water pollution incidents, down from 1,726 during the same period in 2019, according to data obtained by the Guardian using freedom of information legislation.
Continue reading...Auditors slam EU for 'marine protected areas' that fail to protect ocean
Only 1% of the 3,000 supposedly protected areas in the Mediterranean ban fishing
Europe’s marine protected areas (MPAs), set up to prevent biodiversity loss at sea, are failing to protect the oceans according to an excoriating report from auditors.
Examining actions to protect marine life over the past decade, the European court of auditors raised a “red flag” warning the EU had failed to halt marine biodiversity loss in Europe’s waters and restore fishing to sustainable levels.
Continue reading...UK to become first country in Europe to ban live animal exports
Environment secretary hails ‘Brexit success’ for animal welfare, but poultry to be excluded and Northern Ireland exempted
Plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening are to be unveiled by the UK’s environment secretary, George Eustice, on Thursday.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the plans were part of a renewed push to strengthen Britain’s position as a world leader on animal welfare.
Continue reading...Climate change is resulting in profound, immediate and worsening health impacts, over 120 researchers say
Tough new inverter standards on the way for rooftop solar, batteries and EVs
Strict standards for inverters that control rooftop solar systems, battery storage devices and electric vehicle charging are on their way.
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Telstra hints at energy retail move, says carbon cuts a matter for companies, not customers
Telstra's Ben Burge says corporates must take direct responsibility for customer emissions, alludes to Telstra's plans for a carbon-neutral electricity retailer.
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NSW to roll out 120 electric buses in 2021 ahead of full transition
The Liberal NSW government will begin transitioning the entire state bus fleet to zero emissions transport within the decade, starting with 120 electric buses in 2021.
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On the first day of ... Australian family finds live koala in their Christmas tree
When the McCormicks came home on Wednesday, the Christmas tree in their Adelaide house had acquired a new ornament
The McCormicks went for a silver, pink and blue theme on their Christmas tree. The old plastic leaves were worn but looked beautiful with baubles on each branch and twinkling lights.
But this year the family tree included one very unexpected ornament: a wild – and somewhat confused – juvenile koala.
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