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China’s thermal power growth outpaces total output in 2023, coal production hits record high
Carnegie deploys wave powered barge concept in WA waters
Carnegie Clean Energy has deployed a demonstration of its wave powered barge concept in waters offshore from the company's WA headquarters.
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Derbyshire man caught on camera stealing peregrine falcon eggs – video
A Derbyshire man who was caught on camera stealing peregrine falcon eggs has been jailed for 18 weeks. The footage was taken in April 2023 from a hidden camera put in place at a quarry near Bolsover by an investigations team at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Eggs from wild peregrine falcons can sell for tens of thousands of pounds overseas. Christopher Wheeldon, from Darley Dale, was seen abseiling down a cliff and stealing three eggs. He admitted to disturbing the nest and was sentenced in January
Continue reading...What I learned when a ‘once in 100 years’ flood hit my city – 10 years after the last one | Nell Frizzell
My dad was completely flooded in on his boat, with just a ukulele and three potatoes to tide him over. A bad situation, certainly – but still a better bet, perhaps, than those of us living in bricks and mortar
My dad lives on a boat. Despite the earrings, tattoos, missing teeth and bare feet, he is not a pirate – just a man with an expensive divorce and a public sector job, living in one of the most unaffordable cities in the UK.
This month, his mooring in Oxford was hit by the kind of flood described as “once in 100 years”. Except the same thing happened 10 years ago. And three years before that. All along the same stretch of water.
Continue reading...Voluntary carbon marketplace partners with another credit ratings agency
Malaysian developer launches avoided deforestation methodology
Report finds 92% of firms do not have net zero target in place
Dutch project developer upgrades carbon credit issuance outlook
More than 160 elephants die in Zimbabwe, with many more at risk
Drought in Hwange national park was the cause of most of the deaths, and wildlife experts fear the climate crisis could make such events look normal
At least 160 elephants have died as drought conditions hit Zimbabwe, and with hot, dry weather likely to continue, conservationists fear there could be more deaths to come.
The elephants died between August and December last year in the 14,651 sq km Hwange national park, which is home to endangered elephants, buffalo, lions, cheetahs, giraffes and other species. At least six other elephants have recently been discovered dead outside the park in suspected poaching incidents.
Continue reading...Korean water utility to develop direct air capture pilot
Nestle, partners progress ACCU project as part of global reforestation programme
Philippines govt weighs carbon pricing instruments
National Trust fits ‘pioneering’ ground source heat pump at Kingston Lacy
New system should help preserve art collection at Dorset country mansion by providing a steady, gentle heat
Over the years Kingston Lacy, which was built to resemble a Venetian palace that has materialised in the English countryside, has been kept warm and dry with open fires and coal and oil boilers.
Now a “pioneering” ground source heat pump has been installed to protect the spectacular Dorset country mansion and its collection of paintings by masters such as Velázquez, Titian and Rubens.
Continue reading...UK water industry’s ‘urgent’ plan to tackle sewage pollution delayed by four months
Exclusive: Documents released after Freedom of Information Act requests show repeated requests for plans
Plans from the UK water industry to “urgently” tackle the sewage pollution crisis have been delayed by four months, with no publication date in sight, the Guardian can reveal.
Government ministers last year demanded water executives send them a “plan for urgent change” to tackle outflows which spill untreated human waste into rivers and seas.
Continue reading...INTERVIEW: RECs to be major component of STX Asia-Pac expansion
WA’s biggest wind farm proposed as developer moves on from bruising Victoria experience
Wind Prospect's proposed wind farm in Western Australia promises to be its largest – and is less likely to have to work around bird breeding seasons.
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How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns
Barossa “carbon factory” cleared as Teals lay down gauntlet on 2030 emissions target
Barossa gas project is terrible news for the climate and Tiwi Islanders. It goes ahead against record warming and calls for more ambitious emissions targets.
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Queensland funds another 12 “solar soaker” batteries, plus two locally made flow batteries
Energy Queensland gets new funds to install another 12 network connected batteries across the state – including two flow batteries made by local manufacturers.
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