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Rare moth found in Norfolk village 50 years after becoming ‘extinct’ in Britain
Enthusiasts discovered Norfolk snout, thought to have died out in the UK in 1971, in their garden
The Norfolk snout was always a rare moth in Britain. By the late 1960s, populations of this small beige moth with a distinctive protuberant “nose” had dwindled to just one site – a working quarry in north-west Norfolk.
Bad weather or possibly over-collecting by a few zealots meant that the moth, which has a 20mm wingspan, became extinct in Britain in 1971.
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Urgent review of Woodside billion-dollar WA gas project needed to protect threatened snake, government advisers say
Dusky sea snake was placed on threatened species list this week and is known only to exist on a small number of reefs off the Kimberley coastline
Conservation scientists advising the federal government have called for fossil fuel activity in the location of Woodside’s proposed multibillion gas project to be urgently reviewed to protect the stronghold of an endangered sea snake.
The dusky sea snake, Aipysurus fuscus, was placed on the country’s threatened species list this week and is known only to exist on a small number of reefs off the Western Australia Kimberley coastline.
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Nuclear won’t cut it: CCA says Australia must go all in on renewables to meet climate targets
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Australia must keep its eyes on the green iron prize – the cost of inaction is untenable
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Australia may delay release of 2035 climate target as world awaits outcome of US election
Experts urge Australia not to delay target too long as report by Climate Change Authority identifies six barriers to net zero
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The Australian government may delay the announcement of a 2035 climate target until after the February deadline and beyond the next election, in part due to uncertainty about the ramifications of the US presidential election.
Some big emitting countries are lagging in developing their 2035 emissions reduction targets, which under the Paris climate agreement are due before the UN climate summit in Belém, Brazil, in November next year.
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