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New figures show nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England have been denied support

Ministers are being urged to overhaul the “nightmare” compensation scheme for flood victims after it emerged that nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England had been denied support.

After heavy downpours caused chaos across much of England and Wales this week, new figures laid bare the “opaque” and inconsistent level of help available to those whose properties lay in ruin.

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Academics say there has been no serious response from FAO to their complaints of ‘serious distortions’ in report

More than 20 scientific experts have written to the UN’s food agency expressing shock at its failure to revise or withdraw a livestock emissions report that two of its cited academics have said contained “multiple and egregious errors”.

The alleged inaccuracies are understood to have downplayed the potential of dietary change to reduce agricultural greenhouse gases, which make up about a quarter of total anthropogenic emissions and mostly derive from livestock.

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The Breamlea wind turbine was built in 1987 but owner Barwon Water says the parts no longer exist to keep it operational.

The post Australia’s oldest wind turbine faces final spin, will be dismantled after nearly 40 years or service appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nationals MP continues his campaign of fear and doubt against Chinese made inverters, hot water controls and EVs.

The post “I’m not a moron:” Barnaby Joyce warns of exploding solar PV and hot water systems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has unveiled a hybrid concrete and steel tower with a hub height of 200 metres, the highest hub height in the world to date.

The post Nordex targets higher, stronger winds with new 200-metre turbine tower appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.

Solar grazing is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US. Australian farmers are beginning to think about how it might work here, too.

The post A multi-billion dollar solar sheep rental industry is taking shape in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The demand forecasts in the ISP's Step Change scenario will not be achieved without more targeted policy, particularly for the electrification of industry and process heat, and a rethink of network tariffs.

The post EVs, process heat and hydrogen: Growing demand needs a targeted policy response appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia sets some stunning new renewable records, Queensland coal falls to record low and Victoria rooftop solar leaps to record high, although no PV had to be switched off.

The post South Australia sets spectacular new records for wind, solar and negative demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In Australia, people tend to think carnivores lead the clean-up crew after an animal dies. But brushtail possums – thought to be plant-eaters – also eat carcasses. Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The discovery of a 3,775-year-old perfectly preserved log has led scientists to believe that burying wood can be a cost-effective, long-term method of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

A nature-based solutions expert has joined Microsoft as program manager of its carbon removals team following seven years at Shell.

A Germany-based climate tech firm has launched what it called "comprehensive" support services to accelerate biochar CO2 removals (CDR) projects, while also announcing partnerships with two digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) firms.

The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are

“Kids these days are such snowflakes! So flaccid and self-involved, so doomy and anxious. If it’s not the drugs, it’s the screen time, right? I mean, what’s their problem?”

I try to sidestep conversations like these. Engaging saps so much time and energy. But avoiding them leaves me feeling dirty. Not because I’ve foregone an opportunity to win an argument, but because I know I’ve failed to defend those who need and deserve my solidarity.

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Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits

Switzerland and Italy have redrawn a border that traverses an Alpine peak as melting glaciers shift the historically defined frontier.

The two countries agreed to the modifications beneath the Matterhorn, one of the highest mountains in Europe, which straddles Switzerland’s Zermatt region and Italy’s Aosta valley.

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A report surveying global biodiversity credit suppliers has found the market is still very much in the embryonic stage, with the demand question yet to be full answered, however there are signs of growing interest. 

State owned Stanwell Corp is not taking chances on the election next month, consuming a deal to buy a major wind farm project to accelerate its transition from coal.

The post Stanwell to buy Australia’s biggest publicly owned wind farm as coal giants accelerate renewables push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More than 30 businesses have written to the environment secretary calling for mandatory reporting of wasted food

Food companies should have to report how much they throw away as a first step towards reducing the vast amounts of edible food squandered in the UK, a group of prominent businesses have said.

About a third of the food produced globally every year is binned, much of it before it reaches the consumer at a cost of almost £22bn annually to the UK economy.

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Two weather warnings for wind and rain, with river levels already high and ground saturated in some places

England and Wales are braced for heavy rain and strong winds just days after homes and businesses were flooded.

Two fresh weather warnings come into force on Sunday for wind and rain which will hit areas already saturated by downpours earlier in the week.

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Bridget McKenzie tells Insiders she is working on the opposition’s transport policy ahead of the next federal election – including EV plans

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Liberal senator Bridget McKenzie has again left the door open for a Coalition government to level a road user charge against owners of electric vehicles, indicating concern about decreasing fuel excise and the impact on budgets for road repairs.

But the shadow transport minister also said the Coalition wouldn’t follow the US in banning Chinese-made EVs, which put her at odds with comments on Sunday from Nationals colleague, Barnaby Joyce. He invoked last week’s Hezbollah members’ pager explosions in raising his concern about technology he claimed could be made with a “malevolent purpose” by a “totalitarian state”.

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