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Three offshore wind projects get $40m boost from Victorian government
Victorian government allocates $40 million to kick start three major offshore wind projects by the Star of the South, Macquarie Group and Flotation Energy.
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Six ways shoebox-sized satellites are trying to change the world
CP Daily: Monday November 22, 2021
Coal plants are closing faster than expected. Governments can keep the exit orderly
All Massachusetts GWSA emitters holding more allowances than CO2 obligations -report
VCM Report: VERs ride COP26, crypto wave to new all-time highs
Several nations baulk at 2050 net zero shipping goal as IMO talks resume
Bees may take generations to recover from one exposure to insecticides
Study shows reduced reproduction and other negative impacts on performance of species
It may take bees multiple generations to recover from being exposed to insecticides even just once, research shows.
Although studies have long shown the damaging effects of pesticides for the biodiverse environment, little is known about how much they affect insects in the long term.
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New ARENA funding round to help plug one of last gaps to 100 pct renewables grid
A new $100 million funding round will support the rollout of grid forming battery inverters that could fill one of the last technical gaps to 100 pct renewables.
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The seas are coming for us in Kiribati. Will Australia rehome us?
Why it's time to reconsider the ecological contribution of introduced species -- even in New Zealand
The Guardian view on Modi’s failed farm laws: eating humble pie | Editorial
Too many farmers reasonably believed that the proposals left them at the mercy of a government in hock to big business
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced last week that his controversial farm laws would be withdrawn. With five state elections looming, and his ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) vulnerable in several contests, Mr Modi told the country how important farming had been to him and did something out of character: he ate humble pie in public, apologised and dropped his plans. This was the right thing to do.
Mr Modi had proposed the major changes, which threatened the livelihoods of two-thirds of India’s 1.4 billion people, during the country’s Covid lockdown in 2020. The measures had been drafted in secret and then whipped through both houses of the Indian parliament without debate. Agriculture in India does need reform, but not of the kind Mr Modi envisaged – which many farmers reasonably believed would leave them at the mercy of a government in hock to big business.
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Portugal closes last coal power plant, becoming fourth coal-free EU nation
Australia faces wave of native extinctions without urgent action on invasive species, CSIRO reports
Research shows introduced pest plants and animals are costing the country $25bn a year
Australia could face a wave of plant and animal extinctions by 2050 unless it takes urgent action to address the threat of invasive species, according to a new report that finds the problem is already costing at least $25bn a year.
The research, by Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, takes a once-a-decade look at the scale of the threat caused by rabbits, feral cats, toxic toads, weeds, diseases such as myrtle rust and other invasive pests.
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Woodside seals merger with BHP petroleum unit, approves Scarborough & Pluto LNG train projects
UK’s Hochschild fights Peru’s plans to close mines over environmental impact
London-listed firm says it will ‘vigorously defend’ plan to continue mining gold and silver
The UK metals company Hochschild Mining is to fight plans by Peru’s government to hasten the closure of four mines in the southern Ayacucho region because of concerns over their environmental impact.
The London-listed mining company has promised to “vigorously defend” its plan to continue mining gold and silver from two mines – Pallancata and Inmaculada – which it claims operate under the “highest environmental standards”.
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