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Australian Conservation Foundation’s X account suspended after apparent ‘report bombing’

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-08-05 19:59

‘I do believe we are being targeted and they are trying to silence us out of this space,’ ACF spokesperson says

The X account of the Australian Conservation Foundation was suspended for more than 24 hours with the charity saying it believes it is being “report bombed by pro-nuclear groups” seeking to remove negative commentary.

The environment charity’s X account @AusConservation was suspended on Sunday morning, sparking outrage among supporters. The account was reinstated late on Monday, but without the charity’s 32,000 followers.

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Carbon project developer sees slight Q2 growth in voluntary credit pipeline, validates first project

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-08-05 19:37
A Dutch carbon project developer saw a slight rise in its carbon unit pipeline in Q2 and expects its first credit issuance by the end of this year, according to its latest results.
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Environmental watchdog slams proposed Australian gas development

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-08-05 17:15
The environmental authority in Western Australia has recommended that one of the nation’s largest gas discoveries remain undeveloped as it would threaten turtles, whales, and a reef.
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EPA deals ‘major blow’ to Woodside’s multibillion-dollar gas drilling plan at Browse basin

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-08-05 16:08

Scientists flagged risks to migrating whales, a beach where endangered turtles make nests and potential oil spill destroying a pristine environment

A multibillion-dollar Woodside Energy gas export development off Western Australia’s north-west has been deemed “unacceptable” by the state’s Environment Protection Authority due to its impact on marine life at Scott Reef.

The EPA’s assessment of Woodside’s Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposal was revealed in response to a freedom of information request by WAToday.

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China ETS seen likely to introduce absolute emissions cap around 2030

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-08-05 15:44
A major shift in the way China controls carbon emissions could mean the implementation of an absolute cap on CO2 output for the national carbon market around the end of this decade, according to analysts.
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Norfolk Wildlife Trust revives endangered species: the local pub

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-08-05 15:00

Restoration of Pleasure Boat Inn on edge of Hickling Broad makes charity the first wildlife trust to own a pub

It was a much-loved endangered species that desperately needed saving, but it was still a surprise when the Norfolk Wildlife Trust stepped in to revive it.

The nature conservation charity has become the first wildlife trust to own a pub after restoring the Pleasure Boat Inn on the edge of Hickling Broad, a national nature reserve in the Broads national park.

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More than half of NSW’s forests and woodlands are gone as ongoing logging increases extinction risks, study shows

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-08-05 06:17
Shifting from native forest logging to sustainable plantations will help protect these essential forests and the many threatened species that depend on them. Michelle Ward, Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University James Watson, Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Australians shunning petrol-powered cars for hybrid vehicles as bowser prices rise

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-08-05 01:00

Trend also reflects concerns over range and a lack of charging infrastructure affecting purely electric vehicles, experts say

Australians are buying more cars than ever but are increasingly choosing hybrid vehicles over petrol-powered cars due to rising costs at the bowser, new data by the Australian Automobiles Association shows.

Quarterly vehicle sales data released on Monday revealed a further uptick in demand for hybrid vehicles, a trend the industry believes reflects both the rising cost of living, as well as range anxiety and concerns over a lack of charging infrastructure affecting purely electric vehicles.

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World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

BBC - Sun, 2024-08-04 09:05
A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.
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World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

BBC - Sun, 2024-08-04 09:05
A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.
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One of Australia’s most elusive birds, a 2,200km journey and a mid-winter mystery solved

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-08-04 06:00

A new project that aims to uncover where the Australian painted-snipe goes during winter has revealed why, until now, no one knew

It had been three months without a peep, and the ecologist Matt Herring thought Gloria had perished. He had captured the elusive bird on 22 October 2023, on a property north of Balranald in New South Wales – the first Australian painted-snipe to be fitted with a radio transmitter.

But contact had been lost, and there was a sticky complication: Gloria’s transmitter had been financed by a successful crowdfunding campaign. Herring started preparing an obituary for the avian pioneer for her species.

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Death Valley records its hottest month ever in July

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-08-04 03:35

The national park had an average 24-hour temperature of 108.5F that month, beating its previous record in 2018

Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, recorded its hottest month ever on record in July, the National Park Service (NPS) announced.

In a statement released on Friday, the NPS revealed that the park had an average 24-hour temperature of 108.5F (42.5C), in turn beating out its previous record of 108.1F (42.3C) set in 2018.

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I swear by almighty river: an ancient practice is making a comeback in Britain's courts | Tim Adams

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-08-04 01:00

When a juror was sworn in on a cupful of water from the Roding he made modern history

The barrister Paul Powlesland, who has acted for climate protesters, was called to jury service last week, and made judicial history by taking an oath on the thing most holy to him – not an ancient book, but a cupful of water from his local river in north-east London: “I swear by the River Roding, from her source in Molehill Green to her confluence with the Thames,” he said, “that I will faithfully try the defendant and give a true verdict according to the evidence.”

Powlesland explained that he wanted to promote the idea of the sacredness of nature, and its place in the legal system. “I hope that many others follow suit,” he said, “and animism is soon found more regularly in our courts.”

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Ecologist taking on MoD to protect skylarks says he has faced threats and assault

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-08-03 22:00

Campaigners say rare grassland on former firing range in Essex was mowed, killing the birds and their chicks that nest on the ground

The song of the skylark has filled poets’ hearts for centuries, from Shelley’s “blithe spirit” to Wordsworth’s “ethereal minstrel”. But there is little that is poetic about a row over the birds that has blown up in Colchester.

Campaigners seeking to save Middlewick Ranges, a former Ministry of Defence firing range in Essex, are furious that some of the 76 hectares of rare grassland were mowed last month, an act that they believe has killed skylarks and their chicks, which nest on the ground.

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