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Researchers say the mosque, dating from the 7th or 8th century, would be a rare find anywhere.

The Ohio legislature is nearing approval of a bill that will subsidise two nuclear plants slated to close in the next decade, while also weakening and eventually eliminating the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).

Environmental groups condemn cutting of company’s fine from £37.7m to £3m

Environmental groups are demanding one of Britain’s biggest water companies be made to pay tens of millions of pounds to restore the damage to habitats and wildlife caused by thousands of pollution spills into the rivers and beaches across the south-east of England.

As details of the scale of the criminal inquiry into the allegedly deliberate misreporting of data and cover-up of thousands of pollution spills by Southern Water emerge, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are calling on the regulator, Ofwat, to review a penalty of £126m imposed on the company last month.

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Ofwat’s proposal to reduce a penalty on Southern Water for its ‘deliberate misreporting of data’ on pollution incidents is wrong, say representatives of 10 river, fishery and wildlife organisations

As river, fishery and wildlife organisations, we are concerned by Ofwat’s proposal to levy a reduced penalty on Southern Water for “improper practices … including at senior management levels, to present a false picture of compliance”, by the “deliberate misreporting of data” on significant pollution incidents, and the failure to have “adequate systems of planning, governance and internal controls in place to be able to manage its wastewater treatment works; to accurately report information about the performance of these works; and to properly carry out its general statutory duties as a sewerage undertaker”.

We are particularly disappointed that the rivers and environments that have been affected will not receive any compensation for the damage to the habitat of fish and other wildlife caused by the company. Reducing the fine from £37.7m to £3m in return for allowing Southern Water an opportunity to give customers a rebate is in our opinion the wrong option. It is the environment and the aquatic life in the watercourses that were deliberately polluted by Southern Water in an attempt to remain within the terms of their permitted consents and to avoid incurring penalties.

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Four Russians and two Nasa engineers emerge from four months in a Moscow "spacecraft".

In a UK first, a 7m high barrier of sand is being created to help stop the coastline from crumbling.

Nearly two million cubic metres of sand is being shifted to a stretch of the Norfolk coast to protect it from the sea.

European carbon fell on Thursday on another weak auction but stayed above €28, holding on to the bulk of last week’s gains.

Fish, snails and fungi join a list of threatened species, as conservationists say small, slimy species have been overlooked.

Latest list shows extinction now threatens a third of all assessed species, from monkeys to rhino rays

From the tops of trees to the depths of the oceans, humanity’s destruction of wildlife is continuing to drive many species towards extinction, with the latest “red list” showing that a third of all species assessed are under threat.

The razing of habitats and hunting for bushmeat has now driven seven primates into decline, while overfishing has pushed two families of extraordinary rays to the brink. Pollution, dams and over-abstraction of freshwater are responsible for serious declines in river wildlife from Mexico to Japan, while illegal logging is ravaging Madagascar’s rosewoods, and disease is decimating the American elm.

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An update of the IUCN Red List attempts to map the real extent of global biodiversity loss. Peter Kyne, Senior Research Fellow in conservation biology, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Mr Joyce says the Newstart allowance is too difficult for people to live on, especially in rural and regional areas.

Wild Justice plans legal action over environmental impact of shooting industry’s release of 50m non-native birds each year

The legality of releasing 50 million non-native pheasants and partridges into the British countryside each year is to be challenged in the courts by a new crowdfunded campaign.

The government should be forced to carry out environmental assessments of the impact of the shooting industry’s release of game birds into the wild each year, according to Wild Justice, a campaign group led by environmentalists Mark Avery, Ruth Tingay and Chris Packham.

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A European lobby group says the range of electric car models available to consumers is getting better.

GoodWe confirms why it is good investment for C & I projects .

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WA Govt announces $10M renewable gas development fund as gas network company ATCO unveils renewable hydrogen demonstration hub

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Defence bases in Darwin to source solar and battery storage after deal signed with Lendlease.

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Work starts on first wave of 100 fountains to be installed in drive to cut single-use plastics

The locations of the first 50 of a £5m wave of public water fountains earmarked for the capital have been announced.

The first of the new fountains – which people are encouraged to use to refill their own bottles – are being installed from this week, predominantly in tube and mainline train stations, shopping centres, markets and recreation grounds. Designed to withstand outdoor temperatures and all weathers, the fountains are attached to the mains water supply and feature a distinctive design with a giant blue “waterdrop” to make them easy to spot.

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