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ANALYSIS: Integrity Council decision on REDD+ carbon credits welcome but not without risk
SMEs could tap into $789 bln of green finance if key barriers removed -report
The bee project helping to tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya – in pictures
Loved by tourists, elephants are, however, often loathed by farmers. Elephant conservation has been a been a success in Tsavo in Kenya, with their number increasing by about 6,000 in the mid-1990s to almost 15,000 in 2021. The human population has also grown, encroaching on grazing and migration routes for the herds, with resulting clashes becoming the No 1 cause of elephant deaths. But a long-running project by the charity Save the Elephants offered an unlikely solution: deterring some of nature’s biggest animals with some of its smallest: African honeybees
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Neoen wants to build first wind project in state where it is building country’s biggest battery
Neoen sends 200 MW Narrogin wind farm into WA EPA process.
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Plan to dispose of nuclear waste from Aukus submarines unanimously rejected by Adelaide council
City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s mayor says she hadn’t received correspondence about storage or disposal before or after bill passed federal parliament
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Plans to dispose of low-level nuclear waste from Aukus submarines at an Adelaide naval facility have been unanimously opposed by the local council for the area, who say they weren’t consulted.
The Osborne naval shipyard, 25km north of Adelaide CBD, and HMAS Stirling at Garden Island 50km south of Perth in Western Australia, have both been designated as “radioactive waste management facilities” for nuclear waste from Aukus submarines under the Australian naval nuclear power safety bill, which passed parliament in October.
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Continue reading...Will solar succeed where nuclear failed and become “too cheap to meter”?
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Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity
At least 24 previously impossible heatwaves have struck communities across the planet, a new assessment has shown, providing stark evidence of how severely human-caused global heating is supercharging extreme weather.
The impossible heatwaves have taken lives across North America, Europe and Asia, with scientific analyses showing that they would have had virtually zero chance of happening without the extra heat trapped by fossil fuel emissions.
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Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election
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Whyalla could play host to low-carbon sustainable aviation fuels produced with renewables
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Neoen set to launch Thunderbolt wind project, despite Joyce campaign in heart of New England
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As Australia privatises nature repair, the cheapest approach won’t save our threatened species
Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund commits EUR 11.25 million in next phase of partnership with GridBeyond
ommitment is part of a combined new investment of EUR 12.5 million in GridBeyond Storage.
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STX cuts staff amid voluntary carbon market slowdown
Farmers and communities to reap billions each year for hosting wind and solar projects, report finds
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Rooftop solar meets 107.5 pct of South Australia’s demand, no emergency measures needed
Rooftop solar output has broken through the 100% grid demand barrier in South Australia again.
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Best option for ditched Queensland pumped hydro project less than half the cost claimed by premier
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Keir Starmer defends inheritance tax change amid farmers’ outrage
PM ‘absolutely confident’ that ‘vast majority’ of farms will be exempt as union prepares protests in London
Keir Starmer has vehemently defended the imposition of inheritance tax on farms, as a new analysis suggested farmers are being increasingly squeezed out of the market for agricultural land by wealthy investors.
Amid an battle between the government and the National Farmer’s Union (NFU) over what proportion of farms could be affected by the change, announced in last month’s budget, Starmer said he was “absolutely confident” that the overwhelming majority of farmers would be exempt.
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