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Week in wildlife – in pictures: amorous frogs, battling stallions and an overaffectionate jaguar
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...How this 1960s Sydney home became carbon negative and now displaces other people’s fossil fuels
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Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it.
Westwind seeks green tick for wind farm and big battery outside remote mining town
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How to fast-track renewables without weakening environmental approvals
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Big batteries given more freedom on the grid to store solar for evening demand peaks
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Plug Power signs up to massive 3GW green ammonia project in Top End
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Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws, experts say
Scientists point to loopholes in new legislation that have been closed under European Union regulations
New rules intended to reduce the use of antibiotics in farming in the UK have been criticised as too lax and weaker than their equivalent under EU laws.
The updated regulations come into force on Friday. They ban the routine use of antibiotics on farm animals, and specifically their use to “compensate for poor hygiene, inadequate animal husbandry, or poor farm management practices”.
Continue reading...Carbon pricing proves its worth in reducing emissions, global meta-study shows
Australia Market Roundup: Govt, Greens strike to deal to pass vehicle emissions standards, ACCU issuance rises
ARB under fire for rejecting EJAC proposals in proposed cap and trade programme updates
Malaysia sets legislation table date for CCS
Cambodia launches APAC-focused initiative to promote carbon policy collaboration
Cameras reveal wombat burrows can be safe havens after fire and waterholes after rain
Environmental Defenders Office did not breach funding rules while opposing Santos gas project, review finds
Tanya Plibersek ordered investigation after judge accused law firm of ‘subtle coaching’ of Tiwi Island traditional owners during legal challenge
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The Environmental Defenders Office did not breach the conditions of its $8.2m in federal funding, according to a government review of the legal firm’s conduct.
The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, requested the review after a federal court judgment in January made sharp criticisms of the EDO’s conduct in a legal matter against Santos.
Continue reading...Little penguins at risk of vanishing from WA island as once-thriving colony reduced to 120 birds
Exclusive: Study shows Penguin Island population in freefall, sources say, amid pressure from tourism, boat traffic and warming seas
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A once-thriving population of little penguins on a tourist island off Perth’s coast has plummeted to no more than 120 birds, with plans to build a container port in nearby foraging grounds further threatening the survival of the colony.
The latest population study on Penguin Island – 600 metres offshore and 50km south of Perth city – has revealed that penguin numbers have crashed by two-thirds in the past five years, sources say.
Continue reading...Green hydrogen heavy transport project gets new funding boost in Tasmania
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Is Australia’s brown coal hydrogen export project destined to fail?
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