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US supreme court to hear fuel firms’ challenge to California’s emission limits

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:39:03 +0000

State has exemptions under Clean Air Act to set vehicle emissions standards higher than federal limits

The US supreme court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air-pollution law in a major case testing the Democrat-governed state’s power to fight greenhouse gases.

Hippos 'vulnerable' as gaps in data hinder conservation efforts

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:52:55 +0000

A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected areas.

Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:51 +0000

‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert says

Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills | Adam Morton

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:48 +0000

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way

President Biden: stand up to Chevron and pardon Steven Donziger | Jim McGovern

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:46 +0000

Chevron spent billions trying to destroy him after he won the largest pollution case in history. It’s time for Biden to end this nightmare

It’s a tale as old as time: an underdog fighting for what’s right, and a powerful giant doing everything it can to stop him. Yet in today’s America, the giants don’t lose – they rig the system to crush anyone who dares to challenge them.

Miliband pledges no blackouts under Labour’s ‘unstoppable’ renewable energy shake-up

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:48:37 +0000

‘Clean power 2030’ plan will speed up planning and give energy secretary final say on major infrastructure projects

The UK will not face blackouts under Labour’s proposed shake-up of energy supply, Ed Miliband has said, as he unveiled plans to boost clean power by the end of the decade.

The energy secretary insisted the transition away from fossil fuels was “unstoppable.”

Discovery of six rare Mekong giant catfish in Cambodia raises hopes for endangered species

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:26:41 +0000

Find is ‘hopeful sign’ the species, one of world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish, is not at imminent risk of extinction

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — have been caught and released in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species.

‘The water war’: how drought threatens survival of Sicily’s towns

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:43 +0000

Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise

Rapid spread of bee-killing Asian hornets halted in UK

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:10:19 +0000

Action helps thwart advance of invasive yellow-legged hornet that can kill 50 bees a day and has devastated honeybee colonies in France and Italy

Rapid action against an invasive bee-killing hornet has stopped its spread in the UK despite suitable climate and habitat for the insect, a study has found.

Research led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) looked at how suitable European countries were for the yellow-legged or Asian hornet to become established, and how they might have spread without action.

Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’

admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:39 +0000

Energy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks

Ed Miliband has pledged to bring in “the most ambitious reforms to the country’s energy system in generations” as he presses ahead with plans to accelerate the development of onshore windfarms in England.