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Why did tourists keep coming as Rhodes and Maui burned? It’s about far more than denial | Moya Lothian-McLean
As the world heats up, we need to confront what our urge to travel is really rooted in – and rethink it
While Rhodes burned, tourists kept flocking in. Homes were being turned to ash, thousands of holidaymakers were being evacuated, and still the visitors came. In the wake of the Hawaii wildfires, which have killed hundreds and counting, the island of Maui experienced the same phenomenon.
These images played on my mind as I set off on my own holiday abroad a week later. They niggled at me as I fumbled my way through Turkish thank-yous and waited dutifully in line to see Istanbul’s Blue Mosque. Why did they do it? There were partial explanations available: a lack of funds to book alternate trips, the lingering question of whether refunds would be issued, the quest to escape the grim British summer. But none of these felt enough to explain why people would walk towards the flames – why they’d put their lives and welfare at risk for a holiday.
Moya Lothian-McLean is a contributing editor at Novara Media
Continue reading...World to miss 2C target, only see moderate cuts in energy-related emissions, Exxon says
Chandrayaan-3: What has India's Moon rover Pragyaan been up to since landing?
Here’s what’s missing from the history of rural Britain: the hidden stories of women who shaped it | Rebecca Smith
Forestry wives, farmers’ wives, coalminers’ wives: they were the backbone of communities. But men always write the narratives
My mum is a forester’s wife. Growing up, I remember her collecting logs every autumn and stacking them in the log shed, picking out the Sitka spruce needles from inside the drum of the washing machine.
When my brother and I were born in the 80s, prospects for working-class women in rural areas were few and far between. Especially for mothers. We grew up on a country estate in Yorkshire in a tied house, which meant it came with my dad’s job. Each morning Dad set off for the woods with his lunchbox and Mum stayed at home to look after us.
Continue reading...NZ forestry regulations have to strike the right balance to gain community support, expert says
Queensland partners with global energy giant to develop two new huge wind projects
State-owned Stanwell Corp signs MoU with RWE in a deal to support the roll-out of up to 10GW of projects, starting with two huge wind farms.
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EU fossil fuel burning for electricity fell to lowest on record in 2023, data shows
Drop in first half of year driven by fall in demand and some growth in clean power, study says
The European Union is stoking its power plants with fewer lumps of coal and barrels of oil and gas than it has ever recorded, data shows.
The 27 member states burned 17% less fossil fuel to make electricity between January and June 2023 than over the same period the year before, a study from the clean energy thinktank Ember found. The EU made 410TWh of electricity from sources that release planet-heating gases, which analysts say is the lowest level since 2015 – the first year for which they have monthly data – and “very likely” since 2000.
Continue reading...“Australia’s biggest engineering debacle:” Snowy 2.0 costs double again to reported $12bn
Experts call for an independent review of Snowy 2.0 as costs of the controversial project are reported to have doubled again to $12 billion, not including transmission.
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How gene mapping almost all remaining kākāpō will help NZ’s rare night parrot survive
Solar for apartments and electrification for social housing get twin funding boost
Electrification and energy upgrades for social housing and rooftop solar for apartment dwellers get a new chunk of joint federal and state funding.
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ANALYSIS: Australia’s oilers line up for CCS as offshore drilling falls
Victoria and South Australia seek 2,400MWh of storage in fast-tracked capacity tender
Victoria and South Australia to share 2,400MWh of new storage capacity under new tender to fill gaps created by closure of coal and gas generators.
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NZ minister stresses ETS review designed to ensure long-term market confidence
Australia’s emissions and grid policies remain a mess, and time is nearly up
Australia's energy and climate policies, both federal and state, are well intentioned but require a heavy state hand and are, slow, bureaucratic, end up picking winners.
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Bowen to open consultations on two new offshore zones in Bass Strait, Bunbury
Bowen announces consultation on two new offshore wind zones in Australia, one in the Bass Strait and one near Bunbury in W.A.
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