by bpckle | Sep 28, 2022 | Media
Tony Juniper urges government to ‘foster both economic and environmental growth’Liz Truss has been issued a veiled warning over new government policies by the head of Natural England, who says “even bankers need to eat, drink and inhale clean air”.Tony Juniper, chair...
by bpckle | Sep 28, 2022 | Media
Remember the popularity contests of high school? Often our athletic, genetically gifted classmates got the most attention: the school captain, the footy team captain, the prom queen. But popularity contests don’t just exist in school. And in the world of conservation,...
by bpckle | Sep 28, 2022 | Media
We’re holding off getting a couch till the wet season passes – I’ve lost far too much velvet to the Wilson River. Living in a flood plain means not ever fully resting For me the sound of rain has changed, as it has for many people in the northern rivers from a...
by bpckle | Sep 27, 2022 | Media
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania Australians watched in horror last week as 230 pilot whales became stranded at a beach near Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast. Some whales were saved, but the vast majority died. This left a big...
by bpckle | Sep 27, 2022 | Media
Zoologists say they have never seen this low a number, after unprecedented hot weatherAs dewy dawns break across the UK’s pumpkin patches and allotments, gardeners across the land are waking up to the absence of at least one slippery pest. Slug numbers appear to have...
by bpckle | Sep 27, 2022 | Media
EU financial watchdog blames small fines and feeble controls in some states for amount of illegal seafoodIllegally fished seafood continues to end up on the plates of EU citizens due to weak controls and insignificant fines in some member states, auditors have...
by bpckle | Sep 27, 2022 | Media
ShutterstockThe first rental electric scooters quietly appeared on the streets of Brisbane in late 2018. Four years later, distinctively coloured e-scooters are seemingly everywhere, with trial schemes popping up in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin and Perth....
by bpckle | Sep 27, 2022 | Media
Steve Bourne, Author provided, Author providedSouth Australia’s Naracoorte Caves is one of the world’s best fossil sites, containing a record spanning more than half a million years. Among the remains preserved in layers of sand are the bones of many iconic Australian...
by bpckle | Sep 26, 2022 | Media
Exclusive: major supplier to brands including KFC and Nando’s used offshore companies allowing them to reduce UK tax payments, investigation suggestsThe global megacompanies supplying some of Britain’s most popular meat brands, including KFC, Nando’s chicken and...
by bpckle | Sep 26, 2022 | Media
ShutterstockIn a landmark decision, a United Nations committee on Friday found Australia’s former Coalition government violated the human rights of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to adequately respond to the climate crisis. The Torres Strait Islanders ‘Group of...
by bpckle | Sep 26, 2022 | Media
Spring has arrived in Australia’s Snowy Mountains. The snow is starting to melt. Wildflowers are emerging in a variety of colours: blues, yellows, whites … hang on. Those aren’t white flowers. They’re scrunched up bits of toilet paper left behind by skiers, boarders...
by bpckle | Sep 26, 2022 | Media
From the time it was created, the mechanism has been subject to obfuscation. Labor is about to try and make it work, but it won’t be smooth sailingGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastClimate policy can sometimes seem like it is being...
by bpckle | Sep 25, 2022 | Media
David Malpass apologises after saying he ‘doesn’t know’ if he accepts climate scienceDavid Malpass, president of the World Bank, faces an uncertain future this week, after the White House joined a chorus of influential figures in condemning his apparent climate...
by bpckle | Sep 25, 2022 | Media
World’s desire to wean off over-reliance on China could be a boon for local producers, according to the Australian PV InstituteGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAustralia has a golden opportunity to expand its solar energy...
by bpckle | Sep 24, 2022 | Media
Bee bus stops first appeared in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Now the UK is planning for more than 1,000 and there is growing interest across Europe and in Canada and Australia Butterflies and bees are getting their own transport network as “bee bus stops” start to pop...
by bpckle | Sep 24, 2022 | Media
Fridays for Future ‘strikes’ in about 450 places demanded rich countries pay for damage from global heatingThousands of young people have staged a coordinated “global climate strike” across Asia, Africa and Europe in a call for reparations for those worst affected by...
by bpckle | Sep 23, 2022 | Media
Mark Menzies challenges business secretary to ‘lead by example’ and start drilling in North East SomersetJacob Rees-Mogg should “lead by example” and make his the first constituency to be fracked, a Conservative MP has said.Mark Menzies, the MP for Fylde, challenged...
by bpckle | Sep 23, 2022 | Media
Campaigners say revoking of post-Brexit protections amounts to legislative vandalismHundreds of Britain’s environmental laws covering water quality, sewage pollution, clean air, habitat protections and the use of pesticides are lined up for removal from UK law under a...
by bpckle | Sep 23, 2022 | Media
Photo by Vlad Kutepov/Pexels, CC BYNoisy miners are complicated creatures. These Australian native honeyeaters live in large cooperative groups, use alarm calls to target specific predators, and sometimes help raise the young of other miners. But they’re perhaps best...
by bpckle | Sep 23, 2022 | Media
Shutterstock/Riccio da favolaGlobally, the electricity sector is shifting from large, centralised grids powered by fossil fuels to smaller and smarter renewable local networks. One area of strong interest is “energy arbitrage”, which allows users to buy and store...
