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Climate 200 backer tops list of Australia’s biggest political donors

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:55:20 +0000

Robert Keldoulis and his investment firm Keldoulis Investments poured $1.1m into the fundraising vehicle last year

A major Climate 200 backer has again topped the latest list of political donors, new figures reveal, as the Albanese government attempts to pass sweeping laws to curb big money in politics.

What’s behind the deadly, record-breaking floods in north Queensland? | Steve Turton for the Conversation

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:35:50 +0000

Some tropical lows are stalling, dumping huge volumes of rain – and climate change is playing a role

Australia news live: Antoinette Lattouf gives evidence in case against ABC; NAB becomes first of big four banks to cut fixed-interest mortgage rates

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:51:26 +0000

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Labor names sites of more study hubs for regional uni students

The federal government has announced the sites of 10 additional study hubs, which operate to improve university accessibility to students living in regional Australia.

Endangered frogs born at London zoo after rescue mission in Chile

admin — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:01:24 +0000

Group of Darwin’s frogs threatened by chytrid fungus thrive in specially built room that mimics their natural habitat

Dozens of endangered froglets have been born at London zoo after conservationists launched an emergency mission to rescue members of the species from a remote national park in Chile.

Researchers rushed to Tantauco Park on the southern tip of Chiloé Island after tests confirmed that the lethal chytrid fungus had reached the nature reserve and threatened to wipe out some of the last remaining populations of Darwin’s frogs.

Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:16:23 +0000

Exclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council says firefighters’ ability to respond is at risk as it calls for preventive action

The UK is not prepared for the impact of climate breakdown, fire chiefs have said, as they called on the government to take urgent action to protect communities.

Exonerated environmental defenders to face murder retrial in El Salvador

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:30:10 +0000

Critics decry ‘politically motivated’ decision to revisit civil war-era charges against leaders of anti-mining campaign

Five Salvadorian environmental defenders who were exonerated of bogus civil war charges will face retrial this week amid growing evidence of political interference.

‘Heartbreaking’: Iceland’s pioneering female fishing guides fear for wild salmon

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:33:49 +0000

First women working as fishing guides on Laxá River, featured in new film, call for action after farmed fish escape

For seven generations, Andrea Ósk Hermóðsdóttir’s family have been fishing on the Laxá River in Aðaldalur. Iceland has a reputation as a world leader on feminism, but until recently women have not been able to work as guides to wild salmon fishing for visiting anglers – a job that has traditionally been the preserve of men.

Airport expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 07:30:04 +0000

On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25

Tax on UK incinerators may push councils to send more waste to landfill

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 07:00:05 +0000

Government scheme to penalise pollution from burning rubbish won’t ensure more is recycled, consultants warn

Councils may be forced to send more rubbish to landfill or export it overseas because of a new pollution tax set to be imposed on the UK’s network of waste incinerators.

UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:00:06 +0000

Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for crops