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AEMO’s jaw dropping prediction for coal power – all but gone from the grid in a decade
AEMO's new planning blueprint says coal will exit five years early, households will play key role with rooftop PV, EVs and electric homes, but rollout of large scale wind and solar needs to quicken.
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Call me all the names you want – I won’t stop telling the truth about livestock farming | George Monbiot
I’ve been accused of being a ‘soyboy’ and ‘in the pay of Big Lettuce’ by one of the most destructive industries on Earth
Everything that makes campaigning against fossil fuels difficult is 10 times harder when it comes to opposing livestock farming. Here you will find a similar suite of science denial, misinformation and greenwashing. But in this case, it’s accompanied by a toxic combination of identity politics, nostalgia, machismo and the demonisation of alternatives. If you engage with this issue, you don’t just need a thick skin; you need the skin of a glyptodon.
You will be vilified daily as a “soyboy”, a “hater of farmers” and a dictator who would force everyone to eat insects. You will be charged with undermining western civilisation, destroying its masculinity and threatening its health. You will be denounced as an enemy of Indigenous people, though generally not by Indigenous people themselves, for many of whom livestock farming is and has long been by far the greatest cause of land-grabbing, displacement and the destruction of their homes.
George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist
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Decline of rare UK bat linked to tree felling for British empire’s fleets
Rife deforestation 500 years ago aligns with western barbastelle slump, finds study of bat DNA
The examples of flora and fauna disappearing because of human excesses over the past 50 years are manifold, but research has found that the decline of a characterful bat began in the UK when its trees were felled for shipbuilding 500 years ago.
Experts from the University of Exeter and the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) have concluded that a 99% drop in Britain’s western barbastelle bat populations began when trees were chopped down in the early days of Britain’s empire building.
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COP28 deal suggests days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted
The overriding question the world now faces is whether the broad commitments nations agreed to are enough as climate change gathers pace. The answer, alarmingly, is no.
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The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels
Countries agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, but oil and gas firms are ramping up production.
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“Read the text:” Bowen’s warning to fossil fuel industry as COP finally embraces transition
Bowen says COP28 agreement is a "big deal", with a clear warning to fossil fuels that the world is committed to transition to clean energy. But will it be quick enough?
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Men accused of killing 3,600 birds including eagles
CP Daily: Wednesday December 13, 2023
Hills of Gold: Contested New England wind farm wins planning approval
One of the most contested wind projects in NSW wins planning approval from department, just the second wind project in five years in the state. But it still has another hurdle to jump.
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