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Spared by the loggers’ chainsaws a Douglas fir perhaps 1,000 years old stands in splendid isolation on Vancouver Island

On a cool morning in the winter of 2011, Dennis Cronin parked his truck by the side of a dirt logging road, laced up his spike-soled caulk boots, put on his red cargo vest and orange hard hat, and stepped into the trees.

He had a job to do: walk a stand of old-growth forest and flag it for clearcutting.

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A study reveals growing impacts on wild bird species from forestry, farming and palm oil production.

We are looking for a dynamic policy fellow to join the PCAN team. Based in London, but working closely with PCAN partners in Belfast, Edinburgh and Leeds, the successful candidate will undertake policy analysis on local climate issues, liaise with researchers and engage with stakeholders in the public, private and third sectors.

Australia is losing mammals faster than any other country, as well as plenty more plants and animals besides. Extinction is theft from future generations – it's time to treat it as such. John Woinarski, Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University Sarah Legge, Professor, Australian National University Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Carbon Brief analysis shows UK CO2 emissions fell for the sixth consecutive year in 2018, the longest series of continuous reductions on record. Meanwhile, in Australia...

The post UK shows how climate action done, with cuts to emissions for six years in a row appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria government changes state planning rules for grid connections for large-scale solar and wind energy development.

The post Victoria announces planning rule change to smooth way for renewables boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

At press briefing to announce $1.4bn of taxpayer funds into Snowy Hydro, the CEO made it clear wind and solar were far cheaper than even existing coal power. Was the government listening?

The post Did Morrison and Taylor listen when Snowy belled the cat on coal costs? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ENGIE announced early February the completion and commercial operation of one of South Africa’s largest renewable energy projects, the 100 MW Kathu Solar Park.

The post South Africa celebrates opening of another solar plus storage plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German grid operator 50Hertz says 56.5% of the electricity consumed in 2018 across its grid area was supplied by renewable energy sources.

The post Record renewable energy share of 56.5% for German system operator 50Hertz appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The AFR is not done with battery storage. On Monday, it publishes opinion piece so ridiculous and so misinformed it beggars belief.

The post Why does the AFR print such utter garbage about battery storage? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) could delay a vote on imposing a carbon charge in its wholesale power market after it sought additional analysis on the proposed policy, an official told Carbon Pulse on Monday.

Five RGGI compliance entities in the northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme failed to surrender sufficient allowances to meet their interim 2018 obligations, according to public reports.

California regulators should factor in the state’s long-term climate goals as they assess ways to increase the safety and reliability of Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) natural gas and power businesses, numerous stakeholders said.

Unusual weather may not seem so if we forget how things used to be

The record-breaking warmth at the end of February was remarkable, but as cases of extreme temperatures become more common do they have any effect on people’s attitudes to the climate?

A fascinating study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal looked at more than 2bn tweets in the US about unusual cold or hot weather, and revealed that people get used to such extremes fairly quickly. As time goes by and unusual weather becomes more frequent, people seem to view the new highs and lows as simply the normal state of the climate, and memories of the weather years ago fade away.

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"They're a bit like the canaries in the mind shaft as far as the health of our oceans go."

European carbon prices rose for a seventh day on Monday, rising 4% to clear €23 as the latest rally shows no sign of abating.

Wet winters are no longer a guide to the severity of wildfires in California, a new study suggests.

Buildings and human disturbance in Antartica is clustered in an ice-free zone that is essential to most of the continent's biodiversity. Shaun Brooks, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Julia Jabour, Leader, Ocean and Antarctic Governance Research Program, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Marine heatwaves, like their land counterparts, are growing hotter and longer. Sea species in southeastern Australia, southeast Asia, northwestern Africa, Europe and eastern Canada are most at risk. Dan Smale, Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association Thomas Wernberg, Associate professor, University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.