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UK’s loudest bird finds its voice again after bumper breeding season
Once-extinct, bitterns make booming ‘foghorn’ noise to attract mates with 228 calling males counted in last breeding period
The UK’s loudest bird has had a bumper breeding year after previously being driven to extinction in the country.
Bitterns became locally extinct in the 1870s due to persecution and draining of their wetland habitat for agriculture. Now the RSPB has revealed that thanks to conservation work, the bird, which has a distinctive “booming” call, has had one of its most successful breeding seasons.
Continue reading...Local groups denied access to reasons for refusal of English river bathing areas
Campaigners aiming to clean up waterways lodge complaint after government rejects FoI requests for details why applications failed
Local communities fighting to clean up their rivers by creating protected bathing areas have been refused access to the reasons their applications were rejected by the government.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) turned down a series of freedom of information (FoI) requests submitted by campaigners in Kent, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Suffolk and Lancashire to obtain more information on why the applications were unsuccessful. The campaigners have lodged a complaint against the refusals.
Continue reading...ANALYSIS: EU power emissions likely fell in Q1 2023, reversing 2022 increase and raising bearish flag
Gelion calls for national battery strategy to focus on Australian tech
Lithium silicon sulfur battery pioneer Gelion urges federal government to focus on Australian tech as it develops national battery strategy.
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Can a ‘nature repair market’ really save Australia’s environment? It’s not perfect, but it’s worth a shot
Energy Insiders Podcast: Smarter grid means a cleaner grid
Energy Efficiency Council's Rob Murray-Leach on landmark report on new ways of thinking about the grid. Meanwhile, new NSW energy minister worries about lights going out.
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Web3 startup raises $3.5 mln to remove CO2 through selling collectible NFTs
Rethinking Paris: France braces for 4°C warming in “turning point” strategy
Paris plans to use 2024 Olympics as a showcase for urban climate adaptation, including proposals to deal with 4°C of warming.
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It’s messy and slow and drowned in noise, but a change in Australia’s climate policy is under way | Adam Morton
There is a signal beneath the noise, and it is bigger than just the safeguard mechanism
Climate scientists sometimes talk about moments when the “signal emerges from the noise” – when the human influence on heatwaves and downpours becomes greater than what could have been caused by natural changes alone.
The same might be said for Australia’s reborn attempts to formulate a climate policy. Sometimes the noise that surrounds the debate is so great that it can make the underlying signal about where we’re going hard to find. But the signal is there.
Continue reading...NSW hosts best performing wind farms as market keeps eye on Liddell coal closure
NSW plays host to half of the top ten performing wind farms, all of whom performed better than the Liddell coal generator about to close down.
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Ministers treating coastal areas like ‘open sewers’, says Labour
Shadow minister submits bill to curb spills as Environment Agency reveals sewage was dumped for almost 1m hours last year
Ministers have treated coastal communities as if they are “open sewers”, Labour has said, after a damaging analysis of Environment Agency (EA) data revealed sewage was dumped for almost a million hours last year.
In total, the data – which was analysed by the party – shows 141,777 sewage-dumping events occurred across 137 constituencies on the coasts of England and Wales in 2022.
Continue reading...Businesses in north of England ask ministers for help to hit net zero
Leaders of Drax, Siemens and others call for green growth to be a priority and ‘regional disparities’ to be closed
Business leaders in the north of England have written to the prime minister, chancellor and energy secretary asking for help to reach net zero.
Big names including Drax, Siemens, Peel, Manchester airport, the CBI and all 11 local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) in the north signed a letter urging the government to prioritise green growth in the north.
Continue reading...Experts call for stricter air pollution targets to tackle dementia risk
Research links pollution to increased risk of dementia, even at levels below UK, US and EU air quality standards
Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of dementia, even at levels below UK, US and EU air quality standards, according to research. Experts say the findings add to the need for urgent action to reduce exposure to pollution globally.
More than 57 million people worldwide are living with dementia and the global burden continues to increase. But interventions to delay or prevent the onset of dementia are scarce.
Continue reading...WCI Q1 surplus expands on offset issuances, as allowance glut dwindles
LCFS Market: California prices tick up to 6-week high amid rising financial involvement
Oregon allocates emission permits for second year after winning lawsuit
Pragmatism versus idealism? Behind the split between environmental groups and the Greens on the safeguard mechanism
Flow Power switches on “smart” solar farm with battery storage built on old racecourse
Flow Power says "smart" solar farm on old racecourse is Australia’s first fully operational utility-scale DC-coupled solar and battery system.
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