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‘Rainbow magpie’: children give their pick for Australian bird of the year
Louis favours the sulphur-crested cockatoo, the lorikeet is Leon’s choice, while the all-embracing Matilda loves ‘any bird’
The bird of the year competition is a rewarding, yet divisive time for many Guardian readers, and employees.
Tensions fly high on social media as debates rage over the deserved victor: should it be the majestic, yet not-in-any-way threatened Australian pelican? The ACT’s beloved Gang-gang cockatoo, endangered in the wake of destructive bushfires?
Continue reading...Huge domes of dust drift across my floor. Where do they come from – and why do I feel so afraid? | Brigid Delaney
I spend all day at home in lockdown in a state of revulsion. When I’m not cleaning, I’m sneezing
Is it Covid or is it dust? Since I moved into this apartment, I frequently wake up with a runny nose, an inflamed throat and watery eyes.
I’ve never lived in a place that’s so dusty. The amount of dust I must deal with each day is confounding. I am constantly dusting, only for it to return an hour later. Where does it come from? Why is it here? Can we cohabitate or will I inhale so much of it that I’ll eventually choke?
Continue reading...Jamaican expert panel calls for Caribbean carbon price
Climate change: Youth have 'every right to be angry' says UK PM
CN Markets: Large OTC deals lift China ETS, most eyes on offsets
Euro Markets: Midday Update
ANALYSIS: Surge in “carbon neutral” LNG prompts moves for clearer emissions counting
Romania to front-load most of its pre-2032 coal plant closures under EU investment plan
The climate crisis is destroying the human rights of those least responsible for it | Patrick Verkooijen and AK Abdul Momen
The UN must urgently appoint a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights to galvanise action on the biggest threat to fundamental freedoms
Climate breakdown is making a mockery of human rights.
Start with the most fundamental right of all: the right to life, liberty and security. Two million people have died as a result of a five-fold increase in weather-related disasters in our lifetimes. And given that 90% of these deaths have occurred in developing countries, which have contributed the least to global heating, the climate crisis is also making a mockery of the notion that we are all born equal – as the UN Declaration of Human Rights and numerous national constitutions assert.
Continue reading...Indonesia to introduce carbon tax from 2022
Less meat is good for us and the planet – why are politicians shy to say so? | Felicity Lawrence
A Guardian investigation reveals exploitation is rife in the meat industry, while also being a major source of greenhouse gases. Yet we still subsidise it
The case for cutting meat consumption is so compelling that you would think politicians would be less shy about making it. Yet while campaigners warn with increasing urgency that global livestock production is accelerating climate breakdown and causing devastating damage to nature and human health, governments remain reluctant to tackle meat-eating.
Industrial livestock systems designed to extract ever greater commercial value from farmed animals have repeatedly been shown to depend on cruelty to animals and the armies of workers processing them.
Continue reading...Virgin Galactic cleared to resume space flights
Liberal-controlled oversight committee says Taylor’s ARENA changes should be cancelled
Senate oversight committee says controversial regulations that push ARENA into non renewable technologies, including CCS - be cancelled.
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China’s small-scale offset market boom comes to Shenzhen
Taylor and Pitt pour another $250m into CCS projects that not may be complete until 2031
Taylor and Pitt will spend another $250 million on controversial carbon capture projects - which may not be operational for almost a decade.
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Italian energy giant Enel to triple renewable energy to 145GW by 2030
Italian energy giant Enel to treble its renewable energy capacity by 2030 and fast-track its exit from coal power to 2027.
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Battery storage charges up for big switch to 5-minute settlements
Switch to five-minute settlements on Friday will favour fast technologies such as battery storage over lumbering end-of-life assets such as coal plants.
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Queensland coal plants hit by more huge write-downs, as failures and rooftop PV rattle market
Stanwell profits surge as CS Energy deals with Callide C failure, in a volatile year for Queensland's state owned coal plants.
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5MS explainer: The early bidder will catch the worm
5MS will encourage investment in battery storage, but it will also bring create risks for renewable generators.
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