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Public concern over environment reaches record high in UK
Britons are more worried about climate crisis than economy, crime and immigration
Public concern about the environment has soared to record levels in the UK since the visit of Greta Thunberg to parliament and the Extinction Rebellion protests in April.
The environment is now cited by people as the third most pressing issue facing the nation in tracking data from the polling company YouGov that began in 2010. Environment was ranked after Brexit and health, but is ahead of the economy, crime and immigration.
Continue reading...EU ETS prices to average €36 next decade as many expect further market tightening -survey
Trump says 'climate change goes both ways'
Interpol makes public appeal in hunt for most wanted eco-criminals
Agency seeking seven men for crimes including ivory smuggling and illegal logging
International police ahave asked for help in tracking down the world’s most wanted environmental criminals.
Interpol made a public appeal on Wednesday, to coincide with World Environment Day, to boost its efforts to find seven people responsible for wide-ranging environmental crimes.
Continue reading...People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds
Health effects of ingestion of microplastics via food, water and breathing still unknown
The average person eats at least 50,000 particles of microplastic a year and breathes in a similar quantity, according to the first study to estimate human ingestion of plastic pollution.
The true number is likely to be many times higher, as only a small number of foods and drinks have been analysed for plastic contamination. The scientists reported that drinking a lot of bottled water drastically increased the particles consumed.
Continue reading...Home solar panel installations fall by 94% as subsidies cut
Labour accuses UK government of ‘actively dismantling’ solar power industry
The Labour party has accused the government of “actively dismantling” the UK’s solar power industry after new installations by households collapsed by 94% last month.
Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, used prime minister’s questions to challenge the government’s record on climate action after scrapping subsidies for domestic solar panels from April.
Continue reading...Eight reasons Trump's 'clean climate' claims fail to stack up
President told Prince Charles US has ‘among the cleanest climates there are’. Here’s a reminder of some facts he may have overlooked
Donald Trump believes the US has a “clean climate”, telling the interviewer Piers Morgan on ITV’s Good Morning Britain that he had informed Prince Charles in a 90-minute conversation that the US “right now has among the cleanest climates there are based on all statistics, and it’s even getting better because I agree with that we want the best water, the cleanest water”.
There are a few important details the president may have overlooked in presenting a clean bill of health for the US environment, so here is a handy reminder.
Continue reading...Guangdong resumes carbon offset market after 10-month suspension
India launches first emissions trading experiment
Victoria’s biggest solar farm secures finance, may add huge battery
Kiamal solar gets finance from three banks and an equity boost from CEFC after starting construction, looks to nearly double size and add a huge battery.
The post Victoria’s biggest solar farm secures finance, may add huge battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.
First Nations Climate Summit held in Queensland
Climate crisis and antibiotic use could 'sink' fish farming industry – report
Investors’ network warns of serious risk to aquaculture from global heating as well as over-reliance on medicines
The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.
Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the main provider of seafood on our plates, but combined risks from global heating, excessive use of antibiotics, a dependence on wild stocks for feed, and poor governance threatens the lucrative and fast-growing sector, warned Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (Fairr), a $12trn-backed network.
Continue reading...NSW notches up 2GW of rooftop solar, as record installs continue
A record May of 47MW in rooftop solar installs in NSW takes state to 2GW mark. Records in Queensland, too, delivered 177MW in total for Australia for the month.
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Sydney Councils tap celebrity power for EV charging network launch
Some of Sydney's iconic beach side locations are now host to on-street charging stations as part of an initative of three eastern-suburbs coucils.
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Introducing the latest carbon neutral certified organisation
Rare white-cheeked gibbon born at Perth zoo
Perth is just one of three zoos in Australasia breeding the critically endangered species in a bid to prevent extinction
A newborn white-cheeked gibbon, one of the world’s rarest apes, has made its public debut at Perth zoo before keepers have had the chance to determine its gender.
The infant was born 21 days ago to mother Jermei, whose calm nature has allowed zoo visitors to get a glimpse of the new addition.
Continue reading...World’s biggest companies report $US1 trillion in climate change risks
A group of 215 of the world's biggest companies have valued climate risk at just under $US1 trillion – and expect to be exposed to this risk within next five years.
The post World’s biggest companies report $US1 trillion in climate change risks appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Renewable hydrogen getting cheaper, Australia could lead global market
Renewable hydrogen costs fall, becoming competitive with fossil fuels and putting Australia in prime position to lead global supply of zero emissions hydrogen fuel.
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Plastic accounts for 60% of litter in English and Welsh canals
More than half a million plastic items reach oceans from waterway network each year
Abandoned plastics now account for 59% of the litter found in canals in England and Wales, according to new research which also reveals that more than half a million plastic items reach the oceans every year from the waterway network.
The new findings are from the Canal & River Trust – the charity that looks after 2,000 miles of canals and river navigations – and which says that with the support of local communities both figures could be cut drastically.
Continue reading...Britain will fail without coal – archive, 5 June 1956
5 June 1956: Investment in coal mining should be carried out on a massive scale argues the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
The OEEC has delighted Mr Aubrey Jones, the Minister of Fuel and Power, with its report on the future of fuel supplies in Europe (summarised on page 4). The main conclusion of the report is that nuclear energy is only going to make a small contribution to the increased supply of energy that will be needed in the next twenty years.
Related: The demise of UK deep coal mining: decades of decline
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