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The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including an ambush bug, friendly frogs and a rescued orca
Continue reading...Environmentalists warn of close ties between oil and gas sector and UK’s North Sea regulator
Members of Oil and Gas Authority hold shares in fossil fuel firms, raising conflict of interest concerns
Campaigners have warned that close links uncovered between the oil and gas industry and the UK’s North Sea regulator, which is responsible for licensing new fields, risk overly “cosy” relationships that might affect the decision making process.
Three of the 13 members of the board of directors and senior management team of the Oil and Gas Authority hold sizeable shareholdings in oil companies, amounting to about £225,000, and eight of the 13 previously worked in the oil and gas industry, the news site the Ferret has found, in an investigation funded by the Uplift campaign against fossil fuels.
Continue reading...Inpex inks carbon neutral propane deal amid calls for greater offset scrutiny
CN Markets: CEAs rebound somewhat, but activity remains low amid talk of further delays
Inspiration4: All-amateur space crew enjoy views of Earth
Astronauts return to Earth after China's longest space mission
'Bloody fool!': why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists
Morrison’s coal lump supplier, former advisor, appointed Australian OECD ambassador
Former Minerals Council chief, and advisor to the prime minister, appointed as Australia's new ambassador to the OECD.
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Nuclear good, batteries bad: Morrison’s subs deal is thin edge of wedge
The Coalition's attitude to batteries has been hostile and ignorant. There's no reason to believe its consideration of submarine propulsion technology has been any more adult.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Tasmania has big green plans, can it deliver?
Sean McGoldrick, the new head of Tasmania Networks, on the renewables, battery, and hydrogen possibilities for the island state.
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WA researchers find path to cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production
A discovery by Curtin University researchers has opened the door to a potentially cheaper and more efficient method of large-scale renewable hydrogen production.
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Former energy boss and union settle defamation case over Alice Springs blackouts
Former boss of Territory Generation and electrical union settle defamation case arising from Alice Springs blackouts and simmering tension in NT grid.
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2021 Finalised Priority Assessment List (FPAL) of species and ecological communities
Faroes PM pledges dolphin hunt review amid outcry at carnage
Faroese have been killing whales since Viking times but many islanders now oppose annual slaughter
In a parked car overlooking the ocean sit two of the biggest whale killers in the Faroe Islands. They look exhausted, but not from hunting. Ólavur Sjúrðaberg, 75, and Hans J Hermansen, 73, have been on the phone constantly since a mass killing of 1,428 white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands on Sunday sparked international outrage and led the Faroes prime minister to announce on Thursday that the government would review the dolphin hunt.
Neither Sjúrðaberg nor Hermansen participated in the killing, but they are the current and former chairman of the Faroese Whalers Association, founded in 1992 to explain and defend the traditional killing of whales in the islands, known as the “grind”, and ensure it is as efficient and respectful as possible.
Continue reading...Victoria joins NSW in saying no to “Coalkeeper”, wants focus on battery storage
Victoria joins NSW in rejecting a proposal to pay coal and gas generators to delay their closure, a plan being embraced by Angus Taylor.
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It may now be time for the Energy Security Board to be wound up
Victoria's rejection of the proposed capacity market suggests it might be time to wind up the ESB and let the states focus on new market mechanisms.
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California fires: Blankets wrapped around world's biggest trees
CP Daily: Thursday September 16, 2021
UK solar fund returns weighed down by Australian projects and network issues
Foresight Australian solar assets finally reach full capacity, but not-so-sunny conditions and network constraints restrict output in latest half year.
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