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Windfarm plan could threaten disease-free Tasmanian devil colony, documents reveal
Exclusive: Environment officials raised concerns that damage to habitat on Robbins Island could be difficult to offset
A proposed new windfarm on Robbins Island off north-west Tasmania could threaten a disease-free Tasmanian devil population, according to federal environment officials, who say the damage to habitat could be difficult to offset.
Correspondence obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws shows officials raised concerns that no comparable habitat existed anywhere else to compensate for the effects the project could have on the island’s unique devil colony, which is considered a stronghold for the survival of the species.
Continue reading...Virgin Galactic: Sir Richard Branson rockets to the edge of space
Virgin Galactic: Richard Branson's long, winding path to space
Even if Covid hits shares, we must not inflate another cheap-money bubble
The Delta variant is rattling markets. But the temptation to soothe them with quantitative easing must be resisted
Falling share prices. Investors piling into the safe haven of bonds. Rising infection rates of the Delta variant of coronavirus. The events of the past week have demonstrated one thing clearly: this isn’t over yet.
A couple of months ago the way out of the crisis looked clear. Immunisation programmes were allowing developed countries to remove restrictions on activity. A pick-up in growth was expected to continue without interruption. Rising government bond yields were seen as a sign of life returning to normal.
Continue reading...Sir Richard Branson: Space flight will be 'extraordinary'
Virgin Galactic's Beth Moses: 'No camera can capture the magic'
Bear attack: rangers shoot killer grizzly in night vision ambush
Wildlife officials in Montana stake out chicken coop visited by same grizzly that fatally mauled camper
A grizzly bear that pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her has been fatally shot by wildlife officials, who used night-vision goggles to stake out a chicken coop it had also raided near the small Montana town of Ovando.
They shot the bear shortly after midnight on Friday when it approached a trap set near the coop about two miles from Ovando where 65-year-old Leah Davis Lokan of Chico, California, was killed on Tuesday, said Greg Lemon with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday July 9, 2021
Covid origins: Scientists weigh up evidence over virus's origins
Fire lookouts: The US Forest Service lookouts watching for fires
POLL: With EU ETS reforms afoot, analysts point to petering out price rally
Speculators’ California carbon position inches up as allowance prices notch new all-time high
‘One more mine does make a difference’: Australian children argue for the climate – and the law agrees
The world was watching as a judge formalised into law a government’s duty of care to protect under-18s from the climate crisis
At about 9.30am on Thursday morning, 17-year-old Melbourne school student Anjali Sharma was walking her two-year-old kelpie-cross dog Maya down to the creek when the notifications started buzzing on her phone.
“I was getting updates from the lawyers in the court,” says Sharma, who as we speak is about to take another call from a journalist at the Times of India.
Continue reading...The art of climbing photography with Simon Carter – video
Capturing stunning rock climbing images requires a specialised set of logistic, physical and artistic skills. In this episode of Art of Photography, internationally renowned climbing photographer Simon Carter outlines some of the techniques he has used to capture some of the world’s most spectacular rock climbing photographs of the past 25 years
- From Devil’s Tower to the Grampians: Simon Carter’s rock climbing photography – in pictures
- More from Guardian Australia's Art of Photography series
Germany launches tender to buy 175k CERs to offset 2020 government travel
Euro Markets: EUAs continue rebound from rout, still post 5.4% weekly loss
Austria to introduce carbon price from 2022 -finance minister
US Carbon Pricing and LCFS Roundup for week ending July 9, 2021
‘The sea was milky white’: how the Southern Water sewage scandal unfolded
Company has been issued with a huge fine but those affected by its actions are finding it hard to celebrate
The town of Whitstable sits on the north Kent coast, home to the oysters that have brought it worldwide fame from waters that are some of the most protected in Europe.
Celebrities, royals, tourists and locals flock to its annual festival to taste the native Whitstable oyster. But in 2013 the pollution in the sea where the famous oysters feed was so extreme that the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and other high-profile guests had to be served Irish shellfish hastily imported for the occasion.
Continue reading...Southern Water fined £90m for deliberately pouring sewage into sea
Privatised firm dumped billions of litres of raw sewage off north Kent and Hampshire coasts to avoid costs and penalties
Southern Water has been fined a record £90m for deliberately dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into protected seas over several years for its own financial gain.
Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson, sentencing the privatised water company, said it had discharged between 16bn and 21bn litres of raw sewage into some of the most precious, delicate environments in the country.
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