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‘Warning sign to us all’ as UK butterfly numbers hit record low

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-07-29 19:31

Conservation charity raises alarm over climate crisis after wet spring and summer dampen mating chances

Butterfly numbers are the lowest on record in the UK after a wet spring and summer dampened their chances of mating.

Butterfly Conservation, which runs the Big Butterfly Count, sounded the alarm after this year’s count revealed the worst numbers since it began 14 years ago.

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Zimbabwe plans for carbon market under new climate change bill

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-29 18:03
The Zimbabwean government is moving forward with plans to establish carbon trading mechanisms in its second-largest city, as part of the nation’s new Climate Change Management Bill.
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Relaunched CCER scheme gets boost by Guangdong mangrove plans

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-29 17:29
A Chinese company has acquired carbon sink development rights for a mangrove project in Guangdong province, which would potentially make it the first in the country to obtain nationally issued carbon credits from mangrove restoration activities.
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Australia issues tender to develop first methodologies under Nature Repair Market

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-29 16:38
The Australian government has issued a call for partners to help develop a pipeline of methods to make projects eligible for earning credits under the Nature Repair Market (NRM), with A$3 million ($2 mln) available in funding during FY2024-25.
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A letter to the editor of First Dog on the Moon: could we please have more good news stories? | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-07-29 16:18

Here’s one about a bee

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Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-07-29 16:05
Disasters are never entirely natural. They can be far worse if they hit unprepared cities, as Manila has just found out. Emily Nabong, PhD Researcher in Civil Engineering, University of Sydney Aaron Opdyke, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Labour must speed up wind power expansion or miss targets, says renewables industry

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-07-29 15:00

Green energy executives say plans for new power projects need to be more ambitious to achieve net zero grid by 2030

Labour’s clean energy targets may already be in jeopardy just weeks after the party came to power with the promise to quadruple Britain’s offshore wind power, according to senior industry executives.

The offshore wind industry has said there will not be enough time to develop the projects needed to create a net zero electricity system by the end of the decade unless ministers increase the ambition and funding of the government’s upcoming “make or break” subsidy auctions.

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We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-07-29 13:45
The only way to reduce soaring transport emissions is to shift as much travel as possible to the lowest-emission option. Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Indonesian coal mine emissions vastly underreported, report says

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-07-29 11:00
Indonesian coal mine emissions are being underreported, with fewer than half of its major miners reporting the methane emissions that occur as part of the mining process, according to a report released Monday.
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The 'upside-down' sex life of a rare Indian frog revealed

BBC - Mon, 2024-07-29 09:25
In India, a species of frogs mate and lay their eggs while upside down, a new study has found.
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Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought

BBC - Mon, 2024-07-29 09:19
Scientists say they have new evidence that complex life on Earth began much earlier than previously believed.
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Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought

BBC - Mon, 2024-07-29 09:19
Scientists say they have new evidence that complex life on Earth began much earlier than previously believed.
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Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-07-29 09:01

Hailing the success of carrier bag laws, the Marine Conservation Society urges nations to push forward with plans for other single-use items

The number of plastic bags washed up on UK beaches has fallen by 80% over a decade, since a mandatory fee was imposed on shoppers who opt to pick up single-use carrier bags at the checkout.

According to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) annual litter survey, volunteers found an average of one plastic bag every 100 metres of coastline surveyed last year, compared to an average of five carrier bags every 100 metres in 2014.

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Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can justify it? Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-07-29 06:15
You’ve probably heard the arguments against electric cars, but most of them are getting weaker as the technology, markets and infrastructure mature. John Rose, Professor of Sustainable Future Transport, University of Sydney Andrea Pelligrini, Lecturer, Sustainable Mobility, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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