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Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

Abalobi provides a real-time marketplace for fishers to sell their catch, while also monitoring fish populations, and the tech could go global.

'Living wonders' group loses court appeal to consider climate impacts for coal, gas approvals (www.abc.net.au)

Hawaii fire: Maps and before and after images reveal Maui devastation (www.bbc.com)

‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds | Greenhouse gas emissions (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9550904...

K-pop fans around globe rally for climate and environment goals (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

Fans of Korean pop bands around the world are urging K-pop entertainers to cut waste and raising awareness about climate-related issues.

After a decade of chaos, Labor finally pivots Australia away from dig-and-ship petrostate to post carbon world (reneweconomy.com.au)

Finally, after a devastating decade of climate and energy transition chaos, inaction and underinvestment under the LNP luddites, we appear to have a government that appreciates Australia’s comparative advantages....

“Picking losers:” Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse (reneweconomy.com.au)

One of the world’s leading energy experts, and the man dubbed the “Einstein of energy efficiency” has debunked the claims that nuclear energy is essential to meet climate goals, saying that choosing nuclear over renewables and energy efficiency will make the climate crisis worse....

Yacht sinks after latest incident involving orcas in strait of Gibraltar (www.theguardian.com)

Beavers Are Back in London — and They're Thriving (reasonstobecheerful.world)

The real winner of the Eurovision Song Contest (slrpnk.net)

MVP Protester Locks Himself To Construction Equipment, Highlights Connection Between Appalachia and Palestine (itsgoingdown.org)

Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

Researchers say reducing emissions and biodiversity loss and preventing invasive species could control disease

Move to protect Australian beef industry from EU land clearing laws criticised by scientists (www.theguardian.com)

Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? (theconversation.com)

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Bushcare at Wolli Creek: Met a turtle (aussie.zone)

Encountered this fellow during bushcare today. He was sitting right on top of the bridal veil roots we were pulling, looking suspiciously like a rock....

Australia announces new plan for net zero: Extract gas to 2050 and beyond (www.sbs.com.au)

This snake goes to extremes to play dead — and it appears to pay off (www.sciencenews.org)

More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total (apnews.com)

Outgoing UN Expert Calls for Global Grassroots Movement to Dislodge ‘Diesel Mafia’ (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

The growing global recognition of the human right to a clean environment “is up against an even more powerful force in the global economy, a system that is absolutely based on the exploitatio…

Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach (www.theguardian.com)

Red handfish deaths recorded as specimens released back into wild (slrpnk.net)

Another one on the way … to extinction! Not one mention of climate change in the article :)...

A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modelling shows, researcher says (theconversation.com)

An international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. At the penultimate round of negotiations, held in Ottawa, Canada, Rwanda and Peru proposed a target to cut the weight of primary plastics produced worldwide by 40% by 2040, compared with 2025....

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