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UK bird numbers continue to crash as government poised to break own targets
Data shows 48% of species declined between 2015 and 2020 with woodland birds faring worst
Bird populations in the UK continue to crash, new data shows, as campaigners predict the government will fail to meet its own nature targets unless radical changes are made.
Statistics released by the government show that bird populations continue to decline in the long and short term. In 2021, on average the abundance of 130 breeding species was 12% below its 1970 value. Though much of this loss was between the late 1970s and the late 1980s, caused mostly by relatively steep declines in woodland and farmland birds, there was still a significant 5% decrease between 2015 and 2020.
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UK accused of ‘backward step’ for axing top climate diplomat role
Exclusive: previous holder says loss is ‘disappointing’ and damages UK’s ability to spur global climate action
The UK government has axed its most senior climate diplomat post, the Guardian can reveal.
The last special representative for climate change, Nick Bridge, stood down recently after six years in post and is not being replaced.
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Australia losing edge in global hydrogen race despite growing project pipeline
ARENA launches $50m green hydrogen and metals funding rounds
Albanese government dedicates $50m to Australia's pursuit of green hydrogen and metals, as new State of Hydrogen report reveals some colour blindness.
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State of inertia: Regulators forced to choose between fossil past and green future
Creating a new market for grid inertia is forcing market rule makers to choose between the dirty fossil past and the green energy future.
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Energy and battery storage investor Quinbrook moves into biogas with US acquisition
Renewables and battery storage developer Quinbrook turns to renewable biogas from farms in latest US purchase.
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Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shaping up to devastate the WA coast
CP Daily: Wednesday April 12, 2023
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Australia’s resources minister heaps warm praise on gas as industry PR spree masks doubts about future | Temperature Check
Madeleine King says gas can help decarbonise the economy but not even big users of the fossil fuel are convinced
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The words from the resources minister, Madeleine King, must have felt like a comforting salve to Australia’s gas industry.
In a speech last week in Western Australia, King told resource industry figures in Perth that gas would be indispensable as Australia and the region decarbonised.
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Farewell Liddell: What to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes
Closing Liddell is unlikely to cause the lights to go out. Rather, the demise of ageing and unreliable coal plants offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
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Iberdrola takes on battery recycling and plans big solar PV manufacturing plant
Iberdrola to build battery recycling facility in Spain with global minerals giant and also plans major solar PV manufacturing plant.
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