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Proposed nature metrics need to be more rigorous, global nature summit hears
UK may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it
Exclusive: Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises and refuse pesticide application
UK ministers are considering allowing the use of a bee-killing pesticide next year despite promising during the election to ban it.
Neonicotinoids are banned in the EU because they are toxic to bees, but have been authorised for use every year in the UK since 2021.
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BHP, Indian steel giant sign MoU for new ways to make commodity more cleanly
Water companies must return £158m over poor performance
700 million plastic bottles: we worked out how much microplastic is in Queensland’s Moreton Bay
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Britons urged to dig out unwanted electricals to tackle copper shortage
Items such as cables and old tech could contain £266m worth of metal vital for decarbonisation drive, study finds
Scientists have called for people to go “urban mining” after a study revealed that old cables, phone chargers and other unused electrical goods thrown away or stored in cupboards or drawers could stave off a looming shortage of copper.
The research found that in the UK there are approximately 823m unused or broken tech items hiding in “drawers of doom” containing as much as 38,449 tonnes of copper – including 627m cables – enough to provide 30% of the copper needed for the UK’s planned transition to a decarbonised electricity grid by 2030.
Continue reading...Tiny parasitic wasp helps save one of world’s rarest birds from extinction
Wasps released on Nightingale Island have protected Wilkins’ bunting by halting spread of mould-causing insects
A tiny parasitic wasp has given a lifeline to one of the world’s rarest bird species by killing off an invasive insect that was threatening its survival.
The Wilkins’ bunting lives on Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group; the world’s most remote inhabited archipelago. It eats the fruit of the Phylica arborea, the island’s only native tree.
Continue reading...VicGrid seeks green tick for transmission line to connect Australia’s first offshore wind farms
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More than 6 mln ha of forests lost last year raise concerns over 2030 global targets, report says
Deforestation ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction
Demand for beef, soy, palm oil and nickel hindering efforts to halt demolition by 2030, global report finds
The destruction of global forests increased in 2023, and is higher than when 140 countries promised three years ago to halt deforestation by the end of the decade, an analysis shows.
The rising demolition of the forests puts ambitions to halt the climate crisis and stem the huge worldwide losses of wildlife even further from reach, the researchers warn.
Continue reading...First units installed at Australia’s first 2 GWh big battery project
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Lab-grown meat could be sold in UK in next few years, says food regulator
Food Standards Agency says applications for cultivated steak, chicken and foie gras have already been submitted
Cell-cultivated meat could be on sale in the UK within a few years, the food regulator has said, with applications for lab-grown steak, beef, chicken and foie gras already submitted, while another 15 applications are expected in the next two years.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) was awarded £1.6m of government funding on Tuesday to develop an efficient safety assessment process for the novel foods. It said the UK was an attractive market as it had a high number of vegans, vegetarians and flexitarians, a higher openness to new foods than many other European countries and a large financial sector to back startup companies.
Continue reading...A smart community battery in right location could earn $250,000 a year, report says
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Australia expands ocean protection as first Global Nature Positive Summit kicks off
Climate tech fund raises another $100m for electrification, grid and circular economy
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