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Queensland to study huge new pumped hydro project in post Callide storage push
Queensland to look at new 1,000MW pumped hydro energy project as it accelerates its energy storage push after the Callide coal explosion.
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Why Indigenous knowledge should be an essential part of how we govern the world's oceans
NSW looks to EVs to ease economic pain of vanishing coal markets
NSW coal mining industry could disappear entirely by as early as 2042, while EV take-up could hit 5 million registered vehicles by 2050s.
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Knowledge of medicinal plants at risk as languages die out
Loss of linguistic diversity may lead to disappearance of age-old remedies unknown to science, study warns
Knowledge of medicinal plants is at risk of disappearing as human languages become extinct, a new study has warned.
Indigenous languages contain vast amounts of knowledge about ecosystem services provided by the natural world around them. However, more than 30% of the 7,400 languages on the planet are expected to disappear by the end of the century, according to the UN.
Continue reading...Gupta’s GFG Alliance cancels plans for Cultana solar farm and Playford battery
Gupta's GFG Alliance withdraws generation licence applications for South Australia's biggest solar project and a big battery.
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Scientists say new dinosaur species is largest found in Australia
Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years
CP Daily: Monday June 7, 2021
Australia’s Woodside sets net zero target for major LNG project
Australia and other rich countries push gas dependence over wind and solar in global south
Australia and other rich countries are pushing gas projects over wind and solar in global south, but will likely end up as stranded assets.
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ANALYSIS: California offset prices lift, though discount to allowances widens further
British Columbia launches consultation on methane offset protocol
Tasmania's reached net-zero emissions and 100% renewables – but climate action doesn't stop there
I've always wondered: can I flush cat poo down the toilet?
Bdelloid rotifer survives 24,000 years frozen in Siberia
Euro Markets: EUAs jump to €52 after ICE resumes trade following migration issues
Turning off building lights at night cuts bird collisions, study shows
Paper is based on 40 years of record-keeping involving 40,000 dead birds, started after an offhand remark
Turning off building lights at night can save migrating birds from crashing into buildings, a study based on decades of research has shown.
Scientists found that on nights when half the windows of a large building in Chicago were darkened, there were 11 times fewer bird collisions during spring migration and six times fewer collisions during autumn migration than when all the windows were lit.
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