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Death of Yangtze giant softshell turtle came a day after artificial insemination attempt

The world’s rarest turtle has moved closer to extinction after a female died in a Chinese zoo, leaving just three known members of the species.

The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, believed to be more than 90 years old, died in Suzhou zoo on Saturday, according to the Suzhou Daily.

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Climate group calling for peaceful acts of civil disobedience across capital

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Thousands of people are expected to take the streets of London on Monday, blocking traffic and causing widespread disruption, to demand action over the escalating ecological crisis.

Hundreds of protesters slept in tents in Hyde Park overnight and many more from around the UK are expected to join them at five makeshift camps across the capital for the protest, which is expected to last at least a week.

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Alberta offset market participants and developers are closely monitoring the outcome of the province’s Apr. 16 election, as a victory by the poll-leading United Conservative Party (UCP) could dramatically alter the landscape of the Canadian province’s decade-long industry.

Not a single leatherback nested at the Chacocente reserve this year as the species faces threats of poaching and warming seas

Every year, from November through March, leatherback sea turtles arrive to the secluded shores of the Río Escalante Chacocente wildlife reserve on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast to lay their eggs.

Though leatherback nesting habits vary, Chacocente has been a reliable egg-laying site for as long as conservationists have collected nesting data.

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David Buckel hoped his death would catalyze action. But what is individual responsibility when confronted with the crisis of a rapidly changing planet?

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On a recent Saturday in Brooklyn, against the unlikely backdrop of a huge blue-and-white Ikea outlet, several dozen volunteers hand-churned compost. Decomposing food scraps emit considerable heat, and the 6ft-tall compost heaps were warm to the touch. As shovels and pitchforks pierced the compost, gusts of steam rolled off like fog.

A three-acre lot-turned-urban farm, the Red Hook Community Farms contains the largest compost site in America powered entirely by sustainable sources. During an orientation for new volunteers, one of the site managers explained that the operation was the brainchild of a lawyer-turned-environmentalist named David Buckel, who supervised it until his death last year. He designed the site’s processes so it would run like clockwork, even in his absence.

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Fresh from its own exit from coal, mining giant Rio Tinto promises to support renewables' key role in climate action, and exhorts industry lobby to do the same, or else lose its support.

The post Rio Tinto promises not to undermine renewables – and not to prop up coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO urged by major utilities and others to model rapid transition to renewables and quicker exit from coal, along with "real" Paris climate commitment.

The post AEMO to model rapid transition to renewables, quicker exit from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Do unions in Queensland hate renewable energy as much as the hard right? Meanwhile, Queensland's Labor government shown up by S.A. Liberals.

The post Know your NEM: Do Queensland unions hate solar more than hard right? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The RET should be extended, but also adapted to encourage "flexible" capacity that recognises and amplifies the varying time value of generated renewable electricity.

The post It’s time for a smarter RET that recognises flexible generation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Woolworths green bond – "first ever" by a retail supermarket company – raises more than enough to finance installation of rooftop solar, energy efficient lighting and fridges.

The post Woolworths green bond flooded with orders as retailer looks to solar, efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's booming rooftop solar market on track to deliver more than 2GW of capacity in 2019, and enough to replace Liddell coal plant by its closing date of 2022.

The post Rooftop solar to add 2,000MW in 2019, another Liddell by 2022 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Major study finds electrifying everything - heat and transport - and powering it through a solar dominated grid is possible by 2050, and will be cheaper and essential for Paris 1.5°C target.

The post Solar dominated renewable energy world possible by 2050, and cheaper appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Philanthropic organisation Hackett Foundation has donated $100,000 to Airborne Research Australia, a not-for-profit Australian research institute that conducts world-leading measurements of climate change.

The post Hackett Foundation backs SA-based world leader in climate change me­­asurement appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Genex Power Limited (ASX: GNX) (Genex or Company) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding connection agreement with Essential Energy, responsible for one of Australia’s largest electricity distribution networks, for the 50MW Jemalong Solar Project (JSP or Project) in New South Wales.

The post Genex executes connection agreement with Essential Energy for the 50MW Jemalong solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new data portal from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO will track residential energy efficiency progress to support the next wave of sustainable homes.

The post Aussie homes getting larger and more efficient appeared first on RenewEconomy.

For many years, playgrounds have featured a swing and slide, tan bark, park benches and little else. But a nature-based landscape movement is changing that.

US researchers spot three mother and calf pairs of the endangered North American right whale species.

Seychelles' leader delivers a speech in defence of the Indian Ocean from inside a submersible.

How we use our forests has evolved from timber and food production to recreation.