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23 07 2020 | 19:36

Queensland moves to ban single-use plastic straws and plates in bid to save marine life.

Plan to stamp out ‘lethal’ plastic, which gets stuck in airways of wildlife and pollutes waterways, follows South Australia’s proposal. The Queensland government will move to ban plastic straws,…

23 07 2020 | 19:36

Mont Blanc melting glacier yields Indian newspapers from 1966 plane crash.

Receding French ice leaves behind newspapers proclaiming Indira Gandhi’s rise to become PM. Copies of Indian newspapers onboard an Air India jet that crashed into Mont Blanc in the 1960s have been…

23 07 2020 | 19:34

Satellites track unusual Saharan dust plume.

Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and…

23 07 2020 | 19:32

This photo of the Sun is the closest ever taken.

Close-up reveals a surface dancing with ‘campfires’. This image — the closest ever taken of the Sun — shows the corona teeming with thousands of miniature solar flares, which scientists have dubbed…

23 07 2020 | 19:31

Work begins in Lincolnshire on world's longest subsea power cable.

€2bn, 475-mile Viking Link cable will share renewable energy between UK and Denmark. Construction work has begun in Lincolnshire on the world’s longest subsea power cable, which will run between…

23 07 2020 | 19:30

Intense Heat Wave Bakes Much of the U.S.

A heat wave that set in over the South and Southwest left much of the U.S. blanketed in record-breaking triple digit temperatures over the weekend. The widespread and intense heat wave will last for…

23 07 2020 | 19:30

UK energy efficiency push offers just a third of the investment needed, says report.

IPPR says 12m homes will need to be refitted to meet net-zero targets but £3bn earmarked is not nearly enough. The government’s new plans to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes will make only a…

23 07 2020 | 19:27

Johnnie Walker maker creates plastic-free paper-based spirits bottle.

Diageo aims to begin bottling Johnnie Walker whisky using ‘world’s first’ design next year. The multinational drinks company Diageo says it has created the world’s first paper-based spirits bottle…

23 07 2020 | 19:24

Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings.

World’s largest soaring bird flaps wings only 1% of time in flight, study shows. A study sheds light on just how efficiently the world’s largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay aloft for…

23 07 2020 | 19:23

North Atlantic right whales now officially 'one step from extinction'.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List changes ocean giants’ status to ‘critically endangered’.

23 07 2020 | 19:21

The most important renewable energy project in Africa in 2019, with Safiatou Alzouma Nouhou, GSR2020.

Discover what makes the Benban Solar Park special. And why it should inspire other African countries.       10 July 2020 REN21

23 07 2020 | 19:18

Pandemic shows climate has never been treated as crisis, say scientists.

Letter also signed by Greta Thunberg urges EU leaders to act immediately on global heating. Greta Thunberg and some of the world’s leading climate scientists have written to EU leaders demanding…

23 07 2020 | 19:16

Kenya: Sh10bn needed to power idle medical kits.

The Ministry of Energy requires more than Sh10 billion to connect or upgrade electricity connectivity to all Level 2 to Level 5 hospitals for the leased medical equipment service (MES). Under the…

23 07 2020 | 19:07

Birriah elders accuse Shine Energy of using Indigenous links to promote coal-fired power.

Exclusive: Shine Energy, which has proposed a new plant at Collinsville in north Queensland, describes itself as a ‘traditional owner company’ The company proposing a coal-fired power station at…

23 07 2020 | 19:06

Guest post: Why Africa’s heatwaves are a forgotten impact of climate change.

Recent summers have demonstrated dramatically that heatwaves are not only deadly, but they are already being influenced by human-induced climate change.

23 07 2020 | 19:05

Weatherwatch: the Gambia's pleasant subtropical climate.

Tiny west African country enjoys warm temperatures, which are cooler on its tourist-filled coast. As the smallest country on the African mainland – just 30 miles (50km) across at its widest point,…

23 07 2020 | 18:53

Aldi commits to removing over 2 billion pieces of plastic by 2025.

By 2020 Aldi aims for 100% of all of their own label packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compositable and across all products by 2025. Last year’s report by Environmental Investigation Agency (…

23 07 2020 | 18:40

Brenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin vs the Gigantic Floating Gas Refinery.

You’re turning a perfectly good planet into a hellworld for money!       10 July 2020 The Guardian

23 07 2020 | 18:40

Samsung investment in Adani's Australian coal operation prompts call for boycott.

Activists protest at Samsung Electronics store in Sydney over debt purchase by affiliate Samsung Securities. A company in the Samsung Group invested in Adani’s Australian coal operation last year in…

23 07 2020 | 09:21

Ban new gas boilers in UK from 2025 or risk missing net zero target, says CBI

The installation of new gas boilers must be banned from 2025 or the UK’s net-zero climate target will be “doomed”, according to a high-level commission convened by the CBI. The ban would apply to…