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Prime farmland goes up for sale, with option to reap the harvest from 13 wind turbines
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Victoria’s biggest solar farm cleared for construction in “heart of the Latrobe Valley,” huge battery included
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Major global policy shift urged to boost CO2 removal efforts, meet climate goals
Giant tortoises in Seychelles face threat from luxury hotel development
Conservationists and botanists express concern over plans for Qatari-funded upscale resort on Assomption Island
The habitat of the largest giant tortoise population in the world is threatened by a Qatari-funded hotel development that aims to bring luxury yachts, private jets and well-heeled tourists to a remote island in the Indian Ocean, conservationists have warned.
Plans for an upscale resort on Assomption, which is part of the Aldabra island group, are currently under discussion by the Seychelles authorities, and construction is already finished on an airport expansion that would allow bigger aircraft to land on the 11.6-sq-km (4.5-sq-mile) coral island.
Continue reading...Australians don’t know how far the energy transition has come – and that’s a problem
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Battery Breakthrough: Arena seeks feedback on design of $523m funding scheme
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British climate tech catalyst announces plans for the country’s largest biochar carbon removal project
Canada’s federal IFM offsets not eligible in provinces with similar compliance-linked protocols
Alberta flags CCS offset protocol for update
Canadian economy will fall behind if climate policy uncertainty persists, experts say
Its supporters dream of heat-resistant cows. But gene editing is making others nervous
California defends clean vehicle standard authority against SCOTUS appeal
Brazilian president flies into Amazon amid alarm over droughts and wildfires
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil.
Speaking during a visit to a riverside community near the city of Tefé, the Brazilian president said Amazonia was suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years. He said he had come to discover “what is going on with these mighty rivers” that in some places now resemble deserts.
Continue reading...Coca-Cola, Bayer plow $1 mln into LATAM climate fund
South Carolina AG sides with oil industry in climate-related lawsuit
Canadian investment firm makes first SAF plunge with $1.1 bln backing
Sovereign carbon buyers to press ahead with Article 6 deals despite lack of UN clarity
Italy’s Marmolada glacier could disappear by 2040, experts say
Rising temperatures causing largest glacier in Dolomites to lose 7-10cm of depth a day, according to scientists
The Marmolada glacier, the largest and most symbolic of the Dolomites, could melt completely by 2040 owing to rising average temperatures, experts have said.
Italian scientists who are monitoring glaciers and the impact of climate emergency, and who took part in a campaign launched by environmentalist group Legambiente, the international commission for the protection of the Alps (Cipra), with the scientific partnership of the Italian Glacier Committee, said on Monday the Marmolada was losing between 7 and 10cm of depth a day.
Continue reading...Authors of controversial paper on Indigenous territories respond to debate
Marsupial of the year heats up as koala and glider take on animal that mates itself to death
The Project hopes competition will raise big money for underfunded organisations working to protect beloved species
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Tense competition is brewing between the greater glider and the koala in Australia’s marsupial of the year vote but there are hopes a silky-tailed species that “mates themselves to death” could win over voters and maybe even save it from heading towards extinction.
Network Ten’s The Project launched the competition in collaboration with organisations and charities that work with or help preserve the habitat of marsupials, many of them endangered, in a bid to raise funds for them.
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