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Analysis reveals 73% of remaining fragments of rare temperate rainforest in England are not under protection

Nearly three-quarters of England’s remaining temperate rainforests do not have any official protection, according to new analysis, as a campaign urges the public to help identify, protect and expand what remains.

Just 18,870 hectares (46,624 acres) survives in England from an ecosystem that once stretched from Cornwall to the west of Scotland, having slowly been cleared by humans over the centuries. Seventy-three per cent of the country’s remaining fragments of temperate rainforest, a species-rich habitat, are not designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), despite their importance for biodiversity. Many are threatened by overgrazing, pollution and invasive species.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator is investigating the possibility of making the capture and storage of carbon in minerals eligible to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), championed by miner BHP, as early as 2023.

Earth Photo, the international photography competition, has announced its 2022 shortlist. Created by Forestry England and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Earth Photo celebrates photographs and videos that tell stories about the planet, its inhabitants and its future. The exhibition is open at the Royal Geographical Society in London from now until 26 August 2022

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Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’

A tsunami could soon hit major cities on or near the Mediterranean Sea including Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul, with a nearly 100% chance of a wave reaching more than a metre high in the next 30 years, according to Unesco.

The risk of a tsunami in Mediterranean coastal communities is predicted to soar as sea levels rise. While communities in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, where most tsunamis occur, were often aware of the dangers, it was underestimated in other coastal regions, including the Mediterranean, Unesco said.

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New deal for solar and batteries and the collapse of Enova highlight the good and bad of Australia’s energy transition. We speak to Evergen’s Ben Hutt and Enova founding chair Alison Crook.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Smart technologies, dumb design appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of Australia's largest resources companies could soon claim carbon offsets for emissions captured from waste products of its mining operations.

The post Clean Energy Regulator mulls carbon offsets for mining waste and carbonates appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's Gippsland coast could soon host to Australia's first offshore wind projects and named the first 'special region' by the Albanese government.

The post Gippsland set to be named as Australia’s first offshore wind zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Would a capacity mechanism have helped avoid this crisis? The short answer is no. The long answer is actually worse.

The post Why the ESB’s “capacity mechanism” will make Australia’s energy crisis worse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO starts staged return of National Electricity Market, with renewables providing some relief from the heavy cost of fossil fuels.

The post Renewables relieve price pressure as AEMO brings market back with training wheels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Green-lighting new gas projects is a code red for the Great Barrier Reef. But a new landmark federal court case may stop the Scarborough offshore gas project in its tracks. Jacqueline Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Ben Neville, Senior Lecturer and Program Director of the Master of Commerce, The University of Melbourne Rebekkah Markey-Towler, Research fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Chilly weather can instinctively make us doubt the climate crisis. To understand how the planet is warming, we need to watch the long-term trends

It’s an offhand joke a lot of us make – it’s freezing, can we get a bit more of that global warming right about now?

But how should we really conceive our day-to-day weather in the context of climate change, especially when Australia’s east coast is enduring a colder-than-normal start to winter? Here are four ways.

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What can retailers do to survive the energy crisis instead of encouraging loyal customers to exit what could be a profitable and long-term relationship?

The post Energy retailers: It’s time to engage with your customers on solar, batteries and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California issued a larger set of credits this week than for its previous two issuance rounds, according to government data published Wednesday, even as CCO prices dropped amid weak sentiment across financial markets.

Verra has declined to adopt tonne-year accounting for its Verified Carbon Standard following three months of public consultations, but says it will continue to hear opinions and could change its mind in the future.

Three of the national park’s five entrances have opened as the damage is still being assessed after rare and record flooding

Park managers raised the gates at three of Yellowstone national park’s five entrances on Wednesday, reopening part of America’s oldest park for the first time since a devastating deluge caused historic floods that destroyed roads, bridges and buildings earlier this month.

Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles lined the open entryways in anticipation, an indication that many visitors stuck to their plans despite uncertainty last week about when the park would reopen. Before the extreme weather, park managers were already bracing for the throngs of tourists expected this summer, following its busiest year on record, which drew more than 4.8 million people.

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Cold snaps are becoming less and less likely as the world warms. But that doesn’t mean they don’t happen. An expert helps you put the colder-than-normal start to winter in context. Michael Grose, Climate projections scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A web3 company is launching an on-chain marketplace for buying voluntary carbon market offsets, it announced Wednesday.

Selected reactions to the European Parliament agreed positions for three closely-related proposals under the EU's Fit for 55 climate policy package: the EU ETS review, the Social Climate Fund, and the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) proposal.

Sky News’s Rowan Dean also attempts a snow job on conflating climate with weather

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Coalition MPs are in the middle of a post-defeat debate over climate targets, but there appears to be a large Paris-shaped blind spot in their current commentary.

Speaking to the ABC at the weekend the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, was asked repeatedly if he would support the Albanese government’s target of a 43% cut by 2030.

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