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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

silverguide.site – Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion…
‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
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How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels

silverguide.site – ‘Coalition of the willing’ gathers in Colombia to try to bypass petrostate blockages of Cop summits and chart fresh path…
How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels
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What is a ‘super El Niño’ and what might it mean for the global climate?

silverguide.site – In this week’s newsletter: Forecasts suggest a stronger version of the climate phenomenon could supercharge extreme weather events, putting the world on track to again breach a 1.5C average temperature rise.• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here…
What is a ‘super El Niño’ and what might it mean for the global climate?
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Country diary: The quiet vitality of a well-managed churchyard | Phil Gates

silverguide.site – Brancepeth, County Durham: It’s nearly 30 years since St Brandon’s was devastated by fire. Today, both inside and out, it is full of light and life…
Country diary: The quiet vitality of a well-managed churchyard | Phil Gates
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Largest-ever ban on toxic chemicals in EU hit by ‘extremely frustrating’ delays

silverguide.site – Green groups say European Commission is ‘chief roadblock’ to its own plans, as report finds poor progress four years on…
Largest-ever ban on toxic chemicals in EU hit by ‘extremely frustrating’ delays
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‘A history of the Earth’: Twelve Apostles revealed to be as old as 14m years

silverguide.site – Tectonic plate movements over millions of years have lifted and tilted the layers, with records of ancient earthquakes in the rocks…
‘A history of the Earth’: Twelve Apostles revealed to be as old as 14m years
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Terry Robinson obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Countryside Commission leader who forged progressive approaches to common land and improved access to open space…
Terry Robinson obituary
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Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought

silverguide.site – A series of stunning findings about great apes’ mental capabilities in recent years has transformed how we see our closest relatives…
Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought
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Country diary: A tree can define a landscape – even when it has fallen | Paul Evans

silverguide.site – The Marches, Shropshire: Recently I had wondered how long this great lime would stay standing. The next day, I had my answer…
Country diary: A tree can define a landscape – even when it has fallen | Paul Evans
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Why chicken farms’ reliance on cheap imported soya bean is risky business | Letter

silverguide.site – Letter: Ruth Tanner sets out the wider environmental and economic ramifications of factory-farmed poultry in response to a letter on chicken feed…
Why chicken farms’ reliance on cheap imported soya bean is risky business | Letter
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There is no justification for the expansion of North Sea gas

silverguide.site – Letters: Responding to an article by Nils Pratley, Simon Oldridge writes that the climate risk would outweigh paltry returns from new licensing, while Alex Chapman says Britain’s projected demand is often overstated …
There is no justification for the expansion of North Sea gas
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Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

silverguide.site – NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds …
Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds
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EU plans to cut electricity taxes to shield households from Iran war energy crisis

silverguide.site – Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ support…
EU plans to cut electricity taxes to shield households from Iran war energy crisis
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Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks

silverguide.site – Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things up…
Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks
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Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’

silverguide.site – CSIRO researcher says there are reports of up to 4,000 mouse burrows per hectare in parts of Western Australia…
Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’
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Calls for change to rules after stretch of Thames fails to gain bathing water status

silverguide.site – Campaigners in Henley say insufficient number of bathers to qualify for status is result of poor water quality…
Calls for change to rules after stretch of Thames fails to gain bathing water status
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Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check

silverguide.site – Program portrayed efforts to wean Australia off fossil fuels as morally bankrupt, trashing rainforests and enslaving Australia to China…
Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check
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Country diary: A beekeeper’s lament – ‘Why did none of my bees survive winter?’ | Tom Allan

silverguide.site – St Mabyn, Cornwall: Many apiarists opened their hives this spring to find hardly any sign of life. In Richard’s case, he found nothing at all…
Country diary: A beekeeper’s lament – ‘Why did none of my bees survive winter?’ | Tom Allan
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Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown

silverguide.site – Research finds global heating has already lengthened the pollen season in addition to worsening heatwaves and droughts…
Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown
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UK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public electric car chargers to 5%

silverguide.site – HMRC confirms it will fight London tax tribunal’s finding that it has been overcharging for years under the law…
UK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public electric car chargers to 5%
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