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Sydney Catholic schools install 1.3MW “power generator” worth of solar
1.3MW of rooftop solar installed across 19 Western Sydney Catholic schools, to cut grid power supply by 25%, save a collective $1 million a year on electricity.
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VW’s electric car push gathers speed with 20,000 ID.3 orders
Can VW deliver on its electric car dreams? 20,000 pre-orders and an electric Mii are a decent starting point.
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SolarEdge adds “smart panels” to rooftop offering
Israel-based inverter maker SolarEdge has launched its own PV panel offering on the Australian residential market.
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How fish and shrimps could be recruited as underwater spies
CP Daily: Thursday June 6, 2019
Delayed government figures show greenhouse gas emissions up for fourth year in a row
NA Markets: California allowances inch up, RGGI stagnates ahead of auction
EU Market: EUAs dip below €24 to test bullish resolve
EUA sale volumes set to swell as states plan to forgo free allocations
Pollution warnings keep us healthier – but only in the short term
It is not fair to ask people to adapt their lives to dirty air. We need to solve the problem at source
Can telling people about air pollution lessen the impact? A new air quality index was launched in Hong Kong at the end of 2013. This included forecasts and information for vulnerable people; doctors were enlisted to advise their patients too. A new analysis of seven years of data showed that the start of the index was followed by a 16% reduction in the number of children treated in hospital with respiratory infections and pneumonia. This was attributed to parents following official advice to keep their children indoors during smogs. However, the benefit was short-lived and lasted for only about a year. Other studies have also found that people are willing to adapt their lives for short periods to protect themselves but not in the longer term. No effect was seen in elderly people. This was thought to be due to low literacy rates and difficulties in reaching them with information.
Others have criticised indices for focusing on smogs rather than the more harmful exposure to low levels of air pollution every day. Asking people to adapt to poor air pollution may help but we need to solve the problem at source. Our lives should not be further compromised by adapting what we do because of the quality of our air.
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Alinta plans 60MW solar farm to slash energy costs for Pilbara mining giants
New 60MW solar farm in small regional grid in Pilbara will slash costs for big iron ore mines in the region, and will get funding from NAIF and ARENA.
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Why there's more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised
Criticism of California forestry protocol misinterprets academic research, author says
It is absurd to question whether we can afford to keep our planet liveable | Fiona Harvey
The chancellor has warned against cutting UK emissions to net zero. But failing to act will have dire consequences
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has written to the prime minister to warn against adopting the strict targets on greenhouse gas emissions recommended by the government’s advisers.
His intervention, first reported by the Financial Times (£), raises the important question of whether or not it makes economic sense to save the planet.
Continue reading...Secret footage exposes abuse of calves at Coca-Cola affiliated dairy farm
US attraction Fair Oaks Farms Dairy Adventure accused of animal rights violations
Undercover footage showing young dairy calves being kicked, violently thrown, having their heads stamped into the ground and suffering from heat exposure at a US farm known as the “Disneyland of agricultural tourism” was published this week.
“Calves can be seen struggling to breathe and are observed suffering by themselves within their hutches,” according to a report by Animal Recovery Mission (ARM), the campaigners behind the footage. “With temperatures reaching to as high as 110F [43C] in summer, dehydration and malnutrition are also possible factors leading to calves suffering and slowly dying at Fair Oaks Farms.”
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UK near bottom of European bathing waters league table
Just 63% of Britain’s beaches meet most stringent water quality standard
The UK has one of the lowest proportions of top quality bathing waters in Europe, according to research by the European Environment Agency.
Just 63.2% of Britain’s beaches met the most stringent water quality standards needed to be ranked as excellent.
Continue reading...Hen harrier chicks to be reared in captivity to placate grouse moor owners
‘Brood management’ trial criticised for failing to tackle persecution of bird of prey
Hen harrier chicks will be removed from their parents and reared in captivity this summer in a controversial “brood management” scheme to placate grouse moor owners.
Removing young hen harriers is designed to prevent concentrations of the bird of prey on grouse moors, where hen harriers feed on young grouse, and reduce the illegal killing of species, which is on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird in England.
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