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Native mussel numbers down almost 95% since 1960s, Thames survey finds
Scientists trying to replicate 1964 study say results reveal alarming deterioration in river’s ecosystem
A survey of mussels has revealed an alarming deterioration in the River Thames ecosystem since the 1960s, according to a study.
Scientists attempting to replicate a 1964 survey of freshwater bivalves in a stretch of the Thames near Reading found striking results, as native mussel populations had crashed by almost 95%. One native species, the depressed river mussel, had vanished completely, and the remaining species were much smaller for their age, reflecting slower growth.
Continue reading...Australia Market Roundup: Climate Impact Partners retires nearly 6 mln CERs, ACCU issuance falls
Queensland pledges to make its own wind turbines amid boom in giga-scale projects
Queensland says it wants to establish a local wind turbine manufacturing industry to supply its new giga-watt scale projects.
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Australian gravity storage hopeful eyes international market after pilot project
Australian gravity storage hopeful signs MoU with global engineering firm GHD which it says is already opening doors in Australia and overseas.
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Go less frequently, stay longer: how I learned to embrace slow travel
The antithesis of whistle-stop world tours, single-destination holidays offer sustenance and sustainability
I came late to a love of travel. A combination of early marriage, child rearing and a focus on my own front yard were to blame for the delay. But I recovered from all three and started to focus on the horizon instead. Being well into my 50s, I knew my chances of ticking off all the usual tourist destinations were slim. And, for me, there was only one other horizon I absolutely had to see for myself. It belonged to a country with a cuisine, culture and history I knew better than that of my own: one whose language I had studied for nine years but had never spoken on its soil. In 2015 my long-distance love affair with France was finally consummated.
Liberated at last from – and with the encouragement of – my children, who clearly wanted me out of the country, I joined a house- and animal-minding website. I then went about trying to sell my animal husbandry skills – at the time non-existent – to potential hosts.
Continue reading...Australia’s biggest wind project to double in size to create first 2GW precinct
Australia's biggest wind project - already at more than 1GW - will double in size to become one of the biggest onshore wind precincts in the world.
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Court ruling on Clive Palmer’s enormous coal mine heralds new era for climate cases
Queensland court rules Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project should not go ahead, due to impacts on climate, environment and human rights.
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Nine Australian miners poised to ride the green minerals wave
These Aussie miners are expanding their global positions upstream and downstream to become essential suppliers of lithium, copper, nickel, rare earths, and graphite.
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Just Stop Oil expected to begin two weeks of action in London from Monday
Scotland Yard believes environmental activist group will launch two weeks of ‘disruption’ in the capital before Christmas
Just Stop Oil is expected to begin two weeks of action from Monday and has accused the government and police of “groundhog day” rhetoric over crackdowns on protesters.
Scotland Yard said on Sunday that it believes the environmental activist group will launch two weeks of “disruption” in London in the run-up to Christmas.
Continue reading...Former Tory chair joins rebellion over Sunak’s onshore windfarm ban
Jake Berry is latest senior MP to urge prime minister to amend de facto block on new projects in England
Rishi Sunak is embroiled in a growing rebellion over his ban on new onshore windfarms as the former Conservative chairman Jake Berry became the latest senior MP to announce he would join an effort to overturn the policy.
The former cabinet minister said he would support the former levelling up secretary Simon Clarke, who has tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament demanding the current moratorium on new developments be lifted.
Continue reading...“Goodbye to them:” Victoria votes to end coal and make radical shift to renewables
"S-E-C, S-E-C." Victorians reject fossil fuel dogma and chant name of the public utility that will lead the transition from dirty brown coal to renewables.
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First stage of Australia’s biggest wind, solar and battery project signs grid connection
Connection deal signed for part of the first wind stage of what will be the country's biggest wind, solar and battery project.
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Australia’s first wind, solar and hydro storage project just got a lot bigger
Genex boosts the wind component of what will be the country's biggest hybrid project by almost a third, and chooses a turbine maker.
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Climate change: Could centuries-old wheat help feed the planet?
‘Tangled mess of inaction’: hundreds of threatened species recovery plans expiring in next six months
Growing list facing extinction and underresourcing of conservation means plans have not been updated
Hundreds of plans for the recovery of threatened species will reach their use-by date in the next six months as the government considers how to reform Australia’s flawed system of environmental protections.
Documents released to Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws detail how underresourcing, disagreement with state governments, and the growing list of species threatened with extinction have constrained the federal environment department’s ability to get on top of a backlog of conservation work.
Continue reading...Labor’s EV strategy won’t immediately fix Australia’s supply problems, experts say
Until a fuel efficiency standard is introduced, supply will be prioritised to Europe, the US and the UK
Demand for electric cars will continue to outstrip supply despite the Albanese government’s push to make the vehicles more accessible, because the Australian market is not a priority for manufacturers, industry experts say.
“I think we’re going to get a whole lot of vehicles and they’re going to launch soon,” said Matthew Hobbs, director of policy at the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Continue reading...Alok Sharma backs bid to lift ban on onshore windfarms in England
Tory MP becomes latest member of party to get behind push to drop moratorium imposed in 2014
The president of the Cop26 climate summit Alok Sharma has become the latest Conservative party MP to support lifting the ban on new onshore windfarms.
Sharma has joined his former boss Boris Johnson, who nominated him for a peerage, in backing an amendment to government legislation in an attempt to drop the moratorium on onshore wind.
Continue reading...Gordon Brown says China must pay into climate fund for poor countries
Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too
China must pay into a new fund for poor countries stricken by climate-driven disaster on the basis of its high greenhouse gas emissions and large economy, the former UK prime minister Gordon Brown has said.
“America and Europe will have to provide most, but China will have to contribute more too,” he told the Guardian.
Continue reading...Water chiefs blame UK government for failure to stop sewage pollution
Under-fire water firms, criticised for their part in the scandal, have pointed the finger at the authorities in newly revealed letters
Water company bosses have blamed UK government inaction for a lack of progress in stopping sewage pollution, newly revealed letters show.
According to data from the Environment Agency, sewage has been dumped into the seas and rivers around the UK more than 770,000 times over the course of 2020 and 2021 – the equivalent of almost 6m hours.
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