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Australia’s surge in household battery installations is ‘off the charts’ as government subsidy program powers up

silverguide.site – At current rate, households could have 10,000MW installed in five years – half the nation’s total coal power capacity, expert says…
Australia’s surge in household battery installations is ‘off the charts’ as government subsidy program powers up
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Ancient ‘alien’ brittle stars linked to relatives across the globe by a deep-sea evolutionary superhighway

silverguide.site – Analysis finds that over millions of years, and without the help of fins or wings, brittle stars have quietly migrated across entire oceans…
Ancient ‘alien’ brittle stars linked to relatives across the globe by a deep-sea evolutionary superhighway
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Country diary: Swimming in the satin sea, suddenly it turns to filth | Amy-Jane Beer

silverguide.site – Hunmanby Gap, North Yorkshire: It is extraordinary that, despite laws in place to protect us and the environment, the pollution keeps coming…
Country diary: Swimming in the satin sea, suddenly it turns to filth | Amy-Jane Beer
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

silverguide.site – Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet…
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
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How we are addressing the challenge of forest resilience | Letters

silverguide.site – Letter: Mike Seddon says Forestry England is planning 100 years ahead to ensure that the right tree is in the right place …
How we are addressing the challenge of forest resilience | Letters
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World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says

silverguide.site – António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels…
World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says
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Diving for the disappeared: the dangerous underwater hunt for Colombia’s missing

silverguide.site – The dark waters of San Antonio estuary are thought to hide 190 bodies, killed over decades of conflict. The first state-backed search turned to local experts to try to find them…
Diving for the disappeared: the dangerous underwater hunt for Colombia’s missing
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Large rise in abuse claims at mines that may be vital to EU’s energy transition, report says

silverguide.site – Researchers find 270 allegations at mineral projects across 13 countries in Europe and central Asia last year…
Large rise in abuse claims at mines that may be vital to EU’s energy transition, report says
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Murray Watt urged to intervene after accusations proposed Queensland coalmine clearing land in greater glider habitat

silverguide.site – Queensland Conservation Council releases images appearing to show large areas of bushland felled within threatened species habitat…
Murray Watt urged to intervene after accusations proposed Queensland coalmine clearing land in greater glider habitat
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More than 100 Labour MPs urge Ed Miliband to explore radical energy bills overhaul

silverguide.site – Living Standards Coalition writes to energy secretary calling on him to do more to help struggling households…
More than 100 Labour MPs urge Ed Miliband to explore radical energy bills overhaul
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Country diary: A peachy taste of the exotic … outside the Co-op | Josie George

silverguide.site – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Hovering among the underwatered petunias, a hummingbird hawk moth – a showstopper in flight and the darling of its family…
Country diary: A peachy taste of the exotic … outside the Co-op | Josie George
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In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?

silverguide.site – Two years after the Nova Kakhovka dam was destroyed in Ukraine, nature has returned in abundance to the drained land in a ‘big natural experiment’ – but it could be lost as quickly as it appeared…
In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?
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Cold front to dump ‘decent dose’ of rain on drought-affected parts of south-east Australia

silverguide.site – Parched areas of South Australia, northern Victoria and south-western NSW to receive relief later this week…
Cold front to dump ‘decent dose’ of rain on drought-affected parts of south-east Australia
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Trees should not be given celebrity status | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Sycamore Gap tree | Spike Milligan’s seasickness cure | Spraying your lawn | Cricket’s global appeal | Coldplay concert…
Trees should not be given celebrity status | Brief letters
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Hopes high as hundreds of critically endangered frogs survive release into wild in Victoria

silverguide.site – More than 600 captive-bred spotted tree frogs have joined the dwindling wild population near Mount Beauty – and so far more than half have been found again…
Hopes high as hundreds of critically endangered frogs survive release into wild in Victoria
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Every MP should read the Torres Strait climate case judgment. Here's why | Clear Air

silverguide.site – Technicalities of case mustn’t stop Albanese government from bold action on emissions before problems of climate change are visited upon communities closer to home…
Every MP should read the Torres Strait climate case judgment. Here's why | Clear Air
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Metal bottle caps ‘surprising’ source of microplastic contamination, study finds

silverguide.site – Glass bottles had highest levels of the substance compared with beer, water, wine and soft drinks, researchers found…
Metal bottle caps ‘surprising’ source of microplastic contamination, study finds
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SA algae crisis ‘incredibly disturbing’ but federal government won’t declare natural disaster, Watt says

silverguide.site – Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coast…
SA algae crisis ‘incredibly disturbing’ but federal government won’t declare natural disaster, Watt says
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Weather tracker: Mediterranean heatwave sparks concern for marine life

silverguide.site – Sea surface temperatures soar near Spain and Portugal, while torrential rain and landslides kill four in South Korea…
Weather tracker: Mediterranean heatwave sparks concern for marine life
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Country diary: This wetland is dry and scratchy as a loofah – for now | Richard Smyth

silverguide.site – Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire: The River Calder isn’t always as low and agreeable as it is today, and that’s why this nature reserve was created…
Country diary: This wetland is dry and scratchy as a loofah – for now | Richard Smyth
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