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Australia Market Roundup: Govt seeks feedback on FullCAM model, guidelines
Maersk joins industry study to assess potential for nuclear-powered container shipping in Europe
Japanese carbon standard sees first batch of certified emissions reductions
Almost 25% of European lands can be rewilded, report says
UK hopes military satellite can boost space power
Australia seeks advice on sustainable ocean plan, sees market opportunities
China generating enough clean energy to match UK’s entire electricity output
Data shows continued surge in wind and solar power amid hopes Chinese greenhouse gas emissions may have peaked
China produced as much clean electricity in the first half of this year as the UK generated from all sources in the same period last year, data shows, as wind and solar power generation continued to surge in the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
Electricity generation from coal and gas dropped by 5% in China in July, year on year, according to an update from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) thinktank, basing its analysis on data released by the Chinese government on Thursday.
Continue reading...Indonesian president-to-be reaffirms carbon administration
INTERVIEW: NZ market heading in the right direction, returning veteran says
South Korean companies set out to decarbonise asphalt production
Week in wildlife in pictures: a hunting osprey, a golf-loving snake and a hedgehog in a war zone
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...I’m all for the concept of ‘forest school’ – just not the kind I pulled my kids out of | Emma Brockes
I smugly assumed I was offering my children a crash course in wholesomeness. The reality was quite different
Earlier this week, I dropped my kids off at a day camp in a park in London and then congratulated myself all the way home. The summer holiday is long and camp programmes are expensive, and when you sign up for one, there is a hard-to-resist expectation that the kids will be not only entertained but improved – physically (swimming lessons), morally (team games – specifically rounders) and, in the case of the camp we signed up for, spiritually. By which, of course, I refer to two sacred words in the middle-class lexicon: forest school.
I should say I’m completely down with the broad mission of forest school. Adults and children are improved by spending time in nature; studies and experience show this. There is a difference, however, between forest school the movement, a laudable push to get kids learning outside based on ideas that stretch back to the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s by, of course, the Scandinavians, and forest school, the modern marketing and business initiative. It reminds me of the catnip status latterly occupied by Mandarin lessons in the New York state primary system, which, when my three-year-olds started pre-school in 2018 – one of them still wearing pull-ups – saw them slogging each week through a mandatory class. There is nothing wrong with learning Mandarin, but it is perhaps not a priority for people who can’t use the toilet yet.
Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...Zigzag patterns on walls could help cool overheated buildings, study finds
An architectural zigzag design can limit how much heat is absorbed by buildings – and emitted back to space
Incorporating zigzag patterns into building walls could help cool overheated buildings, research has found.
Buildings are now responsible for approximately 40% of global energy consumption, contributing more than a third of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Continue reading...New rules change game for EVs and home batteries, but won’t give power to the people
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Crackles, clicks and pops – now we can monitor the ‘heartbeat’ of soil
Click, crackle and pop: healthy soil makes more noise, scientists find
Researchers at Australia’s Flinders University hope the acoustic method will make it easier to find and fix soil degradation
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Ever wondered what the Earth sounds like? New research suggests healthy soil has a distinctive soundtrack of its own – the crackles, pops and clicks of ants and worms bustling around underground.
Scientists from Australia’s Flinders University listened to microphones planted in the ground to see if invertebrate instrumentals are a good indicator of biodiversity and soil health.
Continue reading...Energy Insiders Podcast: Managing the trauma of grid expansion
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ANALYSIS: Global South carbon markets need an explosion of Southern demand
Federal court dismisses SAF greenwashing lawsuit against United Airlines
Fortescue kicks off works on green metals project after completing biggest hydrogen hub
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