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CN Markets: CEAs drop to one-month low, weekly trading volume picks up
Australia offers another A$200 mln to aid Great Barrier Reef
INTERVIEW: Developers unclear on how to source Biodiversity Net Gain units
Carbon pricing among key policy levers needed for climate success, finds report
Aerial shots show lava and smoke erupting from volcano in Iceland – video
A volcano in south-west Iceland has erupted for the sixth time since December, spraying red-hot lava and smoke. The eruptions show the challenge faced by the island country of nearly 400,000 people, as scientists warn that the Reykjanes peninsula could face repeated events for decades or even centuries
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Weather tracker: 10 dead and 34,000 displaced in north-east India floods
Schools and university shut down in Tripura state after persistent heavy rain, and situation expected to worsen
Incessant rain across Tripura, a state in north-east India, has created what has been described as the state’s worst flood situation in the last three decades. Persistent heavy rain from Monday to Wednesday resulted in several rivers exceeding danger and extreme danger marks, leading to widespread flooding that has caused the deaths of 10 people as well as displacing more than 34,000.
The southern Tripura districts had the worst of the floods and the 34,000 displaced people were being sheltered in the north of the region. There were 24-hour rainfall totals on Wednesday of 375.8mm recorded in Bagafa and 324.4mm in Belonia. The flooding and heavy rain led schools to shut down on Wednesday and Thursday, while Tripura University suspended all regular classes on Wednesday. The heavy rain was caused by a low pressure system situated over Bangladesh that is slowly moving westwards into north-east India. The situation is therefore only expected to worsen, with a further 100-150mm falling through Thursday and Friday as rivers continue to remain at breaking point.
Continue reading...Taiwan urged to stop financing fossil fuels through public funds
Week in wildlife in pictures: ‘vain’ monkeys, a puffling fling and Jane Goodall with an owl
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...Swedish hunters kill more than 150 brown bears in first days of annual cull
Campaigners denounce ‘pure slaughter’, which could threaten survival of entire Scandinavian population
More than 150 brown bears have been killed in the opening days of Sweden’s annual bear hunt, as controversy mounts over what conservationists have called “pure slaughter”.
The Swedish government issued 486 licences to shoot bears in this year’s hunt, equivalent to about 20% of the remaining brown bear population. This follows a record-breaking cull of 722 bears last year. By Thursday afternoon – the second day of the hunt – 152 bears had already been shot, according to Sweden’s Environmental Protection Agency.
Continue reading...NZ Market: NZU price finishes the week at five-month high
Glint, glare, magnetic fields: Tamworth solar farm sent to planning commission with 120 objections
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Energy Insiders Podcast: The search for equity
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Bill passes to force big Australian companies to report on climate impacts and risks
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Australian Senate passes mandatory climate reporting legislation
Gigawatt-scale Victoria wind farm, big battery joins queue for federal green tick
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Future Made in Australia: A plan to super-charge renewables, or a stalking horse for gas expansion?
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India open to bring coal into compliance scheme in time
Second turbine blade failure hits world’s largest offshore wind farm, in fresh blow to GE Vernova
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