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Butterflywatch: the white-letter hairstreak’s fortunes are tied to our elms
In our writer’s garden, and across the country, the scourge of Dutch elm disease has not been entirely eliminated
Look up. If you do, you’ll almost certainly see butterflies where you’ve never noticed them before.
The hairstreaks are hugely overlooked mostly treetop-dwelling butterflies. Two species are active now: the white-letter hairstreak and the purple hairstreak.
Continue reading...US hunting lobby spent £1m on fight to delay UK trophy import ban
UK government put under ‘considerable pressure’, says chair of all-party parliamentary group on banning trophy hunting
The US hunting lobby has spent £1m putting pressure on the government to delay the trophy import ban, a new report by MPs has found.
Boris Johnson promised to ban the imports of these trophies three years ago, but the legislation has still not gone through parliament. Because of the delay, the Conservative MP and animal welfare campaigner Henry Smith has put forward his own private member’s bill to ban imports of hunting trophies.
Continue reading...NSW backs three solar and battery recycling plants in new state funding round
Five New South Wales solar and battery recycling initiatives receive combined total of $7.4m in state government funding.
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Europe saw Morrison’s Australia as “handbrake” on global climate action, Albanese says
Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison's recalcitrance on climate change almost scuttled a major trade deal with the European Union.
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G7 says no compromise on climate goals despite global energy crisis
G7 western economies reaffirm commitment to climate goals while tackling ongoing energy crisis. But climate activists are not happy.
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CIX teams up with Nasdaq in preparation for early 2023 carbon exchange launch
Labor to introduce legislation for climate targets and EV tax cuts in first week of parliament
Labor will seek to legislate its 2030 target, EV tax cuts and a revival of the Climate Change Authority during the first week of the new parliament.
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Australian thermal storage start-up nears production at Newcastle plant
MGA Thermal says it hopes to be producing 1MWh a day of stackable thermal storage blocks by year’s end at its new commercial facility in Newcastle.
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Gas exporters sucking gas out of domestic market in middle of crisis, data shows
Australia's LNG exporters are contributing to an ongoing energy crisis, by diverting gas away from the domestic market, AER data confirms.
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CP Daily: Tuesday June 28, 2022
Great Solar Business Podcast: Marketing and PR for PV companies
Olivia Smith from PositiveGood discusses where and how PR fits into your marketing toolkit.
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Climate change: UK heading for failure on climate goals - report
Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard regulation omits DAC, EOR for credit eligibility
One in six UK adults doubt human link to climate change - report
Five things we have learned about the UK’s path to net zero
Committee on Climate Change report paints a dire picture of Britain’s progress in reducing farm emissions and homes insulation
There are currently no credible plans to help the majority of households to improve their energy efficiency, the progress report from the Committee on Climate Change concludes: a gaping policy hole that is costing the UK dear, not just in climate terms but in unnecessarily high energy bills for our leaky homes. Insulating buildings would be the quickest and most effective way to counter soaring gas prices, but has been largely ignored by the government after the botched “green homes grant” was scrapped last year. Even our new homes are not efficient: at least 1.5m homes have been built in recent years that will require expensive retrofitting. “It’s a complete tale of woe,” said Chris Stark, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change.
Continue reading...Government policy failures are obstacle to UK net zero target, advisers warn
Progress report from the Climate Change Committee suggests ministers could renege on greenhouse gas emissions commitment
The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in a damning progress report to parliament.
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) voiced fears that ministers may renege on the legally binding commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, noting “major policy failures” and “scant evidence of delivery”.
Continue reading...UK climate polices only enough to cover 40% of net zero effort -advisors
New generation and storage pipeline reaches 150GW as AEMO prepares its plan
AEMO revealed new generation and project proposals now total more than 150GW, as it prepares to release latest 20-blueprint of how to connect it all to the grid.
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Spanish police bust major F-gas smuggling ring
The water regulator finally wakes up to the stench of the sewage scandal
With half the sector now in its sights Ofwat is right to start talking tough
Has Ofwat woken from its slumbers? There are encouraging signs. On the troubled issue of sewage – specifically, the vast quantities of the stuff pumped into rivers – the water regulator in England and Wales is suddenly talking as if it means business.
“From what we have seen so far, the scale of the issue here is shocking,” said David Black, chief executive, in unusually strong language as he added South West Water, owned by quoted group Pennon, to the list of firms targeted with enforcement cases connected to the management of treatment works.
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