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SwitchedOn Podcast: Why solar and batteries should be installed in every school
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Weather tracker: Hundreds evacuated during flash flooding in Balearic Islands
Gusts of up to 62mph made waters around islands unsafe; and Hurricane Ernesto passed over Bermuda
Hundreds of people were evacuated as flash flooding struck homes and holiday lets in the Balearic Islands last week, with many parts receiving about 100mm of rain within 24 hours.
Heavy downpours and severe thunderstorms hit the islands on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing hail and strong winds. The local authorities told people not to leave their homes on Wednesday, when the weather was at its worst. The town of Sóller, on Mallorca, received the highest 24-hour total of 114mm, but 68mm of this fell within just one hour, with 19mm falling in 10 minutes.
Continue reading...New Zealand’s biggest solar farm secures finance to go ahead at Christchurch Airport
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“Gas Trojan horse:” Coalition nuclear push slammed as fossil wedge aimed at renewables
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‘The land is becoming desert’: drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population
For the first time in four generations of his family’s farming history, Vito Amantia’s threshers have lain silent this year. The 650,000kg of wheat that his farm would usually produce in a year has been lost, parched and withered under the scorching sun and relentless drought.
“A seasoned farmer doesn’t need to check the weather forecast to understand what the weather will be like,” says Amantia, 68, who farms on the Catania plain in eastern Sicily. “Already last January, I knew it would be a disastrous year. The wheat seedlings that normally reached 80cm stopped at 5cm. Then they dried up.”
Continue reading...BNEF says $2.4 trillion needed for Australia’s net zero target, but window to safe climate closing fast
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CEFC provides another $160m to support lower cost loans for rooftop PV, batteries and efficiency
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Ecuadorian committee votes to legalise carbon markets
Why the skies turned red over the UK this weekend
Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers
What makes Brisbane 2032 different from Paris and the rest? A ‘climate-positive’ Olympics plan for lasting benefits
Australia’s nature is in deep crisis. These 3 easy steps would give our new environment laws teeth
Huge solar farm and battery project gets tick from planning commission despite objections
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Rooftop solar hits record 52 pct share in Australia’s most coal dependent state
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Man knocked out by whale tail whack while in small boat off Gold Coastr
Queensland police say the man remained in his tinny after the whale hit him in waters near Coolangatta
A man has suffered serious injuries after being struck by a whale while in a tinny in waters near the border of Queensland and New South Wales.
Jetski riders off the coast of Coolangatta called emergency services just before 9am on Sunday when a whale reportedly collided with the man in his boat.
Continue reading...Is the hydrogen vehicle dream over? Australian car buyers are making their choice clear
Experts worry hydrogen cars will delay electrification of transport – but only five were sold in Australia in the last quarter, while EVs sell steadily
Is Australia’s love affair with the hydrogen car over before it began? New data shows just five vehicles running on hydrogen fuel-cells were sold across the country last quarter.
Battery-powered electric vehicles, on the other hand, sold steadily. Australians bought 25,353 EVs in the three months to 30 June – 8% of the total. Hybrid cars were even more popular, with 46,727 sold.
Continue reading...Croc shock as Houdini the elusive crocodile pops up again in outback Queensland town
‘Freshie’ spotted in Hughenden’s human-made lake after unexpectedly escaping death in cold snap
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The residents of Hughenden in Queensland’s outback have two questions.
How did a freshwater crocodile come to be living in their local swimming spot – and when is it going to move on?
Continue reading...‘It’s sometimes right to disobey laws’: Doctor struck off for Insulate Britain protests speaks out
Convicted of non-violent offences in Insulate Britain action, Dr Diana Warner is second GP to have licence suspended, which a medical tribunal ruled could damage patient trust
A retired GP has become the second doctor to have their medical licence suspended after being convicted of non-violent offences during peaceful climate protests.
Dr Diana Warner, who worked as a GP for 35 years in surgeries around Bristol, was imprisoned for a total of six weeks for twice breaching private anti-protest injunctions banning people from blocking traffic on the M25 in 2021 and 2022. She was also jailed for six weeks for gluing her hand to the dock during her plea hearing at a magistrates court in east London in 2022.
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