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Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts
‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society
Recovery plans designed to prevent the extinction of almost 180 threatened species and habitats, including the Tasmanian devil, were scrapped by the Coalition in one of Sussan Ley’s final acts as environment minister.
Last year, the Morrison government proposed removing the requirement for a legislated plan for 185 plants, animals and habitats, including several plans that were years overdue.
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Continue reading...Seven new species on the menu for Queensland fans of sustainable seafood, new guide says
Australian Marine Conservation Society says management of reef line fisheries is ‘really admirable’ and will help keep fishing stock ‘environmentally resilient’
Queensland seafood lovers who want to eat sustainably and can afford a finer fillet have been given the green light to eat seven new species of reef fish.
But they have been advised against buying iconic species, including prawns and barramundi, that have been caught in the wild.
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Continue reading...MSR sale plan would lead to tighter EU ETS by end of Phase 4 –analyst
Rival climate groups deflate SUV tyres in Glasgow and Edinburgh
Deflationists and Tyre Extinguishers both say they want to make SUV ownership impossible in urban areas
A new group of climate activists targeting the owners of sports utility vehicles has set itself up as a friendly rival to the Tyre Extinguishers by deflating the tyres of dozens of vehicles in the suburbs of Glasgow.
In a statement, the group, which calls itself the Deflationists, claimed to have let down the tyres of 50 vehicles in the city’s affluent Newlands area and the neighbouring Shawlands.
Continue reading...Record low wild salmon catch in Scotland alarms ecologists
Calls for action as decline is seen as evidence of harm caused by climate crisis, pollution and fish farming
Salmon anglers have called for urgent action to protect Scotland’s wild salmon after the lowest number on record were caught last year.
The latest official data shows that 35,693 Atlantic salmon were caught by anglers on Scottish rivers last year, the lowest number since records began in 1952 and just 75% of the average over the last five years.
Continue reading...Woman gored by bison in Yellowstone national park
Ohio woman, 25, was tossed 10ft in air after getting close to female bison on boardwalk
An Ohio woman was gored by a bison after approaching the animal while visiting Yellowstone national park in Wyoming, park officials said on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old was visiting the national park from Grove City, Ohio, about 20 minutes outside Columbus.
Continue reading...Woman killed by bison in Yellowstone national park
Ohio woman, 25, was gored and tossed 10ft in air after getting close to female bison on boardwalk
An Ohio woman was killed by a bison after approaching the animal while visiting Yellowstone national park in Wyoming, park officials said on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old woman was visiting the national park from Grove City, Ohio, about 20 minutes outside Columbus.
Continue reading...Now, more than ever, I understand the need to get away from it all – so why don’t I miss flying? | Chitra Ramaswamy
It’s been a decade since I got on a plane, but global warming and chaotic airports mean it has been easy to stay on the ground
I haven’t been on a plane for a decade – since 2012, which would be nice to look back on as a halcyon time, if only to run screaming from the blazing fuselage of the present for a second. But the truth is, Boris Johnson was already mayor of London, and it was one of the 10 warmest years on record. That September, the Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest extent recorded. The climate emergency was happening. It just hadn’t been declared yet.
That summer of 2012, also on record as the last time I felt strange stirrings known as national pride, I watched the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in the basement of a Krakow bar. Four months later, days after discovering I was pregnant with my first child, I took two long-haul flights and a sea plane to a new luxury resort in the most undiscovered part of the Maldives. For four nights. On a press trip.
Continue reading...Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall snub tree campaigners
Rewilding advocates say decision by royal estates is ‘an appallingly undemocratic affront to our futures’
The duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, two of the royal family’s largest portfolios of land, have snubbed tree campaigners who are calling for the royals to rewild their estates.
Rewilding advocates at the campaign group Wild Card have been meeting for months with the crown estate, which manages most of the royal land and pays the revenue into the Treasury. They say relations have been “really positive”.
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Lower Safeguard Mechanism emissions baselines would drive hydrogen use in Australia, Asia set to dominate global demand -regulator
‘Sea forest’ would be better name than seaweed, says UN food adviser
Seaweed could help feed world and reduce climate crisis impact, Vincent Doumeizel tells Hay festival
Seaweed could help feed the world and reduce the impact of the climate emergency, a UN adviser on food has suggested.
Speaking at the Hay festival in Wales, Vincent Doumeizel suggested that the term “sea forest”, which is how seaweed is referred to in Norway, would be more appropriate, “because we would understand that we need to protect and preserve them as we do with all the land forests”.
Continue reading...Paris-aligned climate actions could see cost of carbon credits rise to $150 by 2035, report says
Has the Coalition gone cold on nuclear power?
New Nationals leader David Littleproud is keeping up the party's support for nuclear power in Australia, but is the debate dead in the political water?
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Spate of orchid thefts in England puts rare species at risk
Experts believe plants in Sussex and Kent were 'stolen to order’
A spate of thefts of rare orchids from sites in southern England has concerned scientists, who say endangered species may be at risk.
Orchid experts believe that the plants, from locations including in Sussex and Kent, may have been “stolen to order”.
Continue reading...J-Credits rise to new record high in latest government auction
UPDATE – EU Parliament lowers sights on ETS ambition ahead of vote
Wine bottles to sand: the TikToker trying to save our coastlines – video report
Known as 'that sand girl' on TikTok, 24-year-old Franziska Trautmann is trying to help restore Louisiana's eroding coastline ... with glass sand.
The state loses about an American football field's worth of land every 100 minutes because of coastal erosion, so Trautmann and her co-founder, Max Steitz, decided to take action and launch Glass Half Full, the only glass recycling facility in New Orleans.
So far the venture has diverted more than 2.2m lbs of glass from landfills, and the charity is working with scientists to expand its work to other parts of the world experiencing coastal erosion.
Sand is the most exploited resource in the world after water but its use is largely ungoverned, meaning we are consuming it faster than it can be naturally replaced
- 50bn tonnes of sand and gravel extracted each year, finds UN study
- Green teen memes: how TikTok could save the planet
South Pole hires rival firm CEO to head up climate solutions division
China’s Guangdong delays ETS compliance deadline due to Covid
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