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Hong Kong restaurants take shark fin off the menu – in pictures
Conservationists have welcomed the decision by Maxim’s, one of Hong Kong’s biggest restaurant chains, to ban shark fin at all of its outlets from January 2020
Continue reading...Beluga whale sighted in Thames estuary off Gravesend
Experts say animal may have been forced 1,000 miles south of its usual habitat by storms
A beluga whale has been sighted off Gravesend in the Thames estuary, more than 1,000 miles from its usual habitat in the Arctic.
The ghostly white whale was videoed and photographed coming up for air on Tuesday lunchtime.
Continue reading...Is being vegan better for the environment?
NZ to offer more EV incentives, as registrations reach 10,000
NZ flags new policies to encourage EVs, including a penalty for buyers of high emissions vehicles and a rebate for low or zero emission cars.
The post NZ to offer more EV incentives, as registrations reach 10,000 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Vanishing Joshua trees: climate change will ravage US national parks, study says
Park lands have warmed twice as fast as the rest of the country
America’s national parks have warmed twice as fast as the US average and could see some of the worst effects of climate change, according to a new study.
Most of Joshua Tree national park could become uninhabitable for its eponymous trees, glaciers will continue to melt away at Glacier national park, and many other of America’s most treasured beauty spots could be rendered virtually unrecognizable by climate change, Patrick Gonzalez, the lead author of the study, writes in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Continue reading...Portugal shipwreck is 'discovery of a decade'
Solar hybrid pump cuts NSW irrigator’s fuel bill in half
A cotton farm in regional NSW has halved its annual diesel fuel consumption, with "Australia’s largest" solar hybrid irrigation pump.
The post Solar hybrid pump cuts NSW irrigator’s fuel bill in half appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Suzuki prepares to test first electric vehicles in massive India market
India's Maruti Suzuki will soon begin testing of its first EV prototype as it gears up to release 50 electric cars onto the Indian market.
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Yellowstone grizzlies safe from hunting as judge returns them to protected list
Ruling cancels indefinitely a controversial sport hunt of grizzlies in Wyoming and Idaho
In a ruling hailed as historic for wildlife conservation in America, a US judge on Monday ordered that the world-famous grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone national park be returned to the endangered species list.
The move means that a controversial sport hunt of grizzlies in Wyoming and Idaho – outside the boundaries of the park – will be canceled indefinitely, extending protections against hunting that have lasted 44 years.
Continue reading...Antarctica's 'moss forests' are drying and dying
Standard Chartered offers leadership on coal and climate change in key energy markets
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday 25 September, 2018: Responding to the news that Standard Chartered has ruled out finance for “any new coal-fired power plant projects, including expansions, in any location“, Market Forces Executive Director Julien Vincent said:“This is what leadership on coal and climate change looks like. Decisions about how the world sources its future energy...
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Coal baron Trevor St Baker and his nonsense about wind curtailment
Coal baron Trevor St Baker's team says wind is curtailed 60 per cent of the time. AEMO data suggests that is not even in the same postcode as the truth.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Debunking anti-renewable myths and “fair dinkum” power
Simon Holmes à Court from the Energy Transition Hub spends much of his time challenging anti-renewable myths, and those who spread them - including energy minister Angus Taylor.
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Judith Sloan’s nonsense attack on Victoria’s renewable energy scheme
Economist Judith Sloan launches another attack against renewables. Again, she has her facts hopelessly wrong.
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WA researchers suggest crystals to capture solar power and produce hydrogen
The quest to turn Australia into a renewable hydrogen export hub gets another boost, with a breakthrough on both cost and sustainability by researchers at Curtin University.
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IEA debunks St Baker claim on wind and solar limits
Coal plant owner Trevor St Baker wants Australia to impose limits to limit wind and solar to 50% of energy output at any one time, citing International Energy Agency guidelines. The IEA says no such guidelines exist.
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Australia's native species' future remains vulnerable, law council says
Submission to Senate inquiry urges reforms to ensure international obligations to protect biodiversity are met
The Law Council of Australia is concerned Australia’s system of environment laws was failing to meet international obligations to protect its biodiversity.
In a submission to the Senate inquiry into the high rate of fauna extinctions, the council’s environment and planning law committee has called for reforms to reverse the decline in native species.
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