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The Beijing municipal government has pushed back the annual compliance deadline for its emissions trading scheme by a month after partly shutting down the allowance registry for an upgrade.

From native species to Indigenous land management and water efficiency: Australia’s role in the extinction crisis

A devastating new UN report shows the planet is in serious danger from the accelerating decline of the Earth’s natural life-support systems. Here we look at 10 of the key points from the report – and their relevance for Australia.

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German non-profit media organisation CORRECTIV has coordinated 35 newsrooms across Europe to open the lid on the €5 billion carousel fraud that shook the EU carbon market to its core nearly a decade ago, finding that tax authorities are still pursuing or have reached settlements with a number of major investment banks and brokers.

There had been fears the plant could go extinct, after a Spanish variety escaped into the wild.

Exclusive: Company pursues approvals based on original plans for 60m-tonne megamine

Adani has refused to commit to the size of its “scaled-down” Carmichael coal project and is still pursuing final approvals based on plans for a 60m-tonne megamine in central Queensland.

The Queensland government has confirmed that while Adani announced last year it intended to build a much smaller mine, the Indian company has filed no formal plans on that basis.

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A small finch has stalled the multi-million-dollar Carmichael mine. Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University April Reside, Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

RenewEconomy reaches a significant milestone, and announces the addition of Michael Mazengarb to the reporting team.

The post RenewEconomy hits 40 million milestone, expands reporting team appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ESB releases proposed amendments to the National Electricity Rules for the implementation of the Retailer Reliability Obligation. Is half a NEG better than none at all?

The post ESB releases design for retailer reliability obligation – will half a NEG cut it? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exploitation and predatory pricing drove the transformation of the US beef industry – and created the model for modern agribusiness. By Joshua Specht

The meatpacking mogul Jonathan Ogden Armour could not abide socialist agitators. It was 1906, and Upton Sinclair had just published The Jungle, an explosive novel revealing the grim underside of the American meatpacking industry. Sinclair’s book told the tale of an immigrant family’s toil in Chicago’s slaughterhouses, tracing the family’s physical, financial and emotional collapse. The Jungle was not Armour’s only concern. The year before, the journalist Charles Edward Russell’s book The Greatest Trust in the World had detailed the greed and exploitation of a packing industry that came to the American dining table “three times a day … and extorts its tribute”.

In response to these attacks, Armour, head of the enormous Chicago-based meatpacking firm Armour & Co, took to the Saturday Evening Post to defend himself and his industry. Where critics saw filth, corruption and exploitation, Armour saw cleanliness, fairness and efficiency. If it were not for “the professional agitators of the country”, he claimed, the nation would be free to enjoy an abundance of delicious and affordable meat.

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Insects are ‘the glue in nature’, says Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, underpinning the food and water we rely on

Humanity must save insects, if not for their sake, then for ourselves, a leading entomologist has warned.

“Insects are the glue in nature and there is no doubt that both the [numbers] and diversity of insects are declining,” said Prof Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. “At some stage the whole fabric unravels and then we will really see the consequences.”

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Big generator bidding over summer shatter myth of cheap "base-load", as rising coal and gas costs send prices to record highs, and rooftop solar reduces demand.

The post Rising coal and gas costs push Australia electricity prices to record highs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Horses can stand on three legs and rest the other leg. They can change the leg they rest so that all of their legs get a chance to have a break. Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with natural world, according to world’s largest assessment of biodiversity.

The post ‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop global extinction crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Curtailment of wind generation in South Australia falls to just one per cent in latest quarter.

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New big batteries lower costs in frequency markets, and cash in on morning and evening peaks, while pumped hydro still struggles to make money in spot market.

The post Big batteries displace coal, and lower costs in frequency markets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The success of the rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium mine will be judged by criteria created by the mining company. Rebecca Lawrence, Affiliate, Sydney Environment Institute; Honorary Associate, Macquarie University, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Morrison admits emissions are rising under the Coalition, and then falsely claims that renewable boom the result of Coalition policies. In fact, they tried to scrap them.

The post Morrison concedes emissions have “lifted”, claims credit for recovery in renewables investment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Different councils and different rescue organisations can have different rules about how long they can keep animals. Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Hiring more women, dealing with disasters and accidents and upskilling the workforce - just another day in the life of Athalie Williams

Hard, soft, smelly or blue - there's a cheese for every occasion. But is it time to rethink our relationship with this delicious dairy product?