Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Energy Agency report. Climate …
The Guardian
1. Liberation lifts the spirits The single most important thing to come from the first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, in Santa Marta, has been a change of mood. …
A water policy expert says some farmers are bypassing restrictions designed to keep water flowing through New South Wales as the state starts to dry out. The NSW government last …
ABC News Australia
The EU’s Nature Restoration Law is “a generational opportunity to make a difference in how we look after nature,” writes Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, chair of the Independent Advisory Committee for …
Irish Times
A research lab in Washington State tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered. A …
The New York Times
The world is threatened by a “suicidal” model of capitalism that is leading to war, fascism and the potential extinction of humanity, Colombia’s president has said, as he convened 57 …
Eight in 10 of the homes that are at high risk of flooding in England are now in towns and cities, according to analysis by the National Housing Federation (NHF), …
FARMING The report emphasises that while the State has legal obligations, actions on private land remain strictly voluntary. Photo: Stock image The Independent Advisory Committee on Nature Restoration has released …
Independent.ie
THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER isn’t an especially striking looking bird. It’s small, mostly brown and notoriously hard to spot. But there I was last weekend, hunkered down in the bushes with …
TheJournal.ie
George Monbiot (A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it, 23 April) notes that, according to a recent paper, some scientists believe …
British scientists have revealed a controversial plan to sprinkle salt into the sky in an effort to slow climate change. Researchers from Manchester University are testing whether a fine mist …
Daily Mail
As drought conditions challenge western NSW, the state government's plan to balance water security while protecting an endangered marshland has drawn criticism from farmers. The Macquarie River is the main …