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Bird flu causing ‘catastrophic’ fall in UK seabird numbers, conservationists warn
Report by RSPB and British Trust for Ornithology finds H5N1 has killed three-quarters of great skua and 25% of northern gannets
The UK has lost more than three-quarters of its great skuas on surveyed sites since bird flu struck, according to the first report quantifying the impact of H5N1 on seabird populations.
The deaths have happened over two years, since the outbreak of H5N1 in 2021. The UK is internationally important for seabirds, home to most of the world’s 16,000 pairs of nesting great skuas.
Continue reading...Planned UK nuclear reactors unlikely to help hit green target, say MPs
Government plans to deliver SMRs ‘lack clarity’ say environmental committee, and will likely fail to meet clean-energy goal of 2035
MPs have warned that a planned fleet of small nuclear reactors are unlikely to contribute to hitting a key target in decarbonising Britain’s electricity generation, as the government opened talks to buy a site in Wales for a new power station.
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said that ministers’ approach to developing factory-built nuclear power plants “lacks clarity” and their role in hitting a goal of moving the grid to clean energy by 2035 was unclear.
Continue reading...Landslide inches from luxury homes in California
Landslide inches from luxury homes in California
Tripling renewables requires $2 trillion per year and pivot from fossil fuel subsidies -report
EU carbon the worst-performing regional energy market this year as utility, industrial demand slides
Alberta TIER programme tightens emissions benchmarks across products
RGGI Market: RGAs recede from record highs heading into first auction in 2024
Coalition Senators flag security concerns over Chinese inverters for solar, batteries and EVs
The post Coalition Senators flag security concerns over Chinese inverters for solar, batteries and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
US DOE offers up to $100 mln for pilot-testing of carbon removal initiatives
US oil field CO2 equipment firm partners with reforestation non-profit towards planting 1 mln trees
The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions
One of NZ’s most contentious climate cases is moving forward. And the world is watching
Germany urged to introduce climate bonus from carbon pricing revenues -media
Canadian carbon offset developer reaches agreement on mangrove project for up to 10 mln credits
VCM Report: Voluntary carbon market struggles for direction awaiting CORSIA and ICVCM clarity
Great Lakes average ice cover drops to 6%, one of lowest levels ever recorded
Scientists say global heating is driving ice loss and warmer water, as ice cover falls short of 50-year average of 18%
The average ice cover over the five Great Lakes was just 6% last month, placing it among the least icy Januarys since records began 50 years ago, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa).
The Great Lakes – Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario – are located at or near the US-Canada border, and are connected by a network of smaller lakes and rivers that span a combined surface area of 95,000 sq miles, making it the largest freshwater system in the world.
Continue reading...‘Litigation terrorism’: the obscure tool that corporations are using against green laws | Arthur Neslen
Investor-State Dispute Settlements are legal, huge and often hush-hush – and fossil fuel firms and others are using them to hold the planet to ransom
What do you get if you cross the planet’s richest 1%, a global legal system adapted to their investment whims, and the chance to squeeze billions from governments? The answer is “Investor-State Dispute Settlements”, or ISDS, alternatively dubbed “litigation terrorism” by Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist. ISDS is a corporate tribunal system, where a panel of unelected lawyers decides whether a company is owed compensation if the actions of national governments leave its assets “stranded”.
In hearings, which are often held behind closed doors, ISDS documents, claims, awards, settlements – even the content of cases – need not be made public, regardless of any public-interest considerations.
Continue reading...FEATURE: Geoengineering could help curb sea level rise, produce unknown side effects
Rural Australia believes in self-sufficiency, so let’s set the terms of the renewable energy boom | Gabrielle Chan
The consultation and planning around the energy rollout has been lacking – so let’s knock the edges off and get investment that works for our communities
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I recently discovered the chest freezer in our shearer’s huts had blown up in a lightning strike. The power had been out for two weeks. It felt like a CSI plot: I’m the woman with the torch, pushing the creaky shed door open to find a cloud of blow flies hovering around a bad smell.
The little bastards had found a tiny breach in the freezer seal. I did my best rendition of Brad Pitt in Se7en – What’s in the box? When I opened the lid, even the maggots had gone to fly heaven. The vestiges of splendid homegrown lamb were a grey mush at the bottom of the freezer.
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