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Create ‘positive tipping points’ with climate mandates, governments urged

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:26:32 +0000

Requiring key sectors to switch to clean energy by specific times could trigger benevolent cascades, report claims

In the terminology of the climate and ecological crises the phrase “tipping point” is loaded with dreadful implications.

It evokes a climate breakdown supercharged by the mass escape of methane locked in Siberian permafrost, or the great currents of the oceans smothered by freshwater melting from the Greenland ice sheet, or the Amazon turning from great rainforest to parched savannah after the felling of one too many trees.

Jane Fonda rallies disaffected young US voters: ‘Do not sit this election out’

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:37 +0000

The Hollywood actor and activist backs Harris for president as she warns of climate emergency and talks Taylor Swift

Peter Dutton refuses to divulge costs of going nuclear at anticipated ‘could it work’ speech

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:16:54 +0000

Coalition’s lack of costings and absence of detail has been seized upon by critics of Australia’s potential landmark energy shift

‘Big baby’: Melbourne aquarium’s huge 22.5kg penguin chick Pesto set to slim down after becoming viral star

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:35:37 +0000

Sea Life Aquarium Melbourne’s nine-month-old king penguin eats 25 to 32 fish a day and outweighs both foster parents combined

Dutton says Coalition will release nuclear power plan costings 'at a time of our choosing' – video

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:31:55 +0000

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, detailed the Coalition’s nuclear power plan in a speech in Sydney but did not announce its cost, saying it is coming 'in due course'. 'Our nuclear plan requires a significant upfront cost, and you can look at the international examples to see as much. But a whole new and vast transmission network and infrastructure won’t be needed under the plan that we’re putting forward,' Dutton said

I’m obsessed with sharks: I used to kill them, now I risk my life to film them

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:30 +0000

I killed a great white when I was 18 to feed my family in Madagascar. But now I’m documenting the threat to these beautiful creatures from overfishing

Electric car model breaks $31,000 Australian price barrier in EV sale

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:02:07 +0000

Price of electric cars falls again with the MG4 hatchback cheapest at $30,990 but experts warn high-end EV sales may stall

People must understand: we in Malawi are paying for the climate crisis with our lives | Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 04:00:30 +0000

From flooding to drought, extreme weather is devastating our communities. It is time for the world’s heaviest emitters to help mitigate the impacts of climatic breakdown on the countries most affected

Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 23 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00078-2

Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet

Swiss voters reject biodiversity proposal in blow to conservation campaigners

admin — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:55:53 +0000

Plan aimed to expand protection of endangered ecosystems, but opponents said it posed risk to business development

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to make authorities do more to protect natural habitats from pollution and development, preliminary results of a referendum have showed.

The biodiversity initiative, which the Swiss government and parliament had already rebuffed, envisaged changing the law to set aside more land for conservation beyond areas that were already protected.