Pine Marten recorded in Cornwall for first time in a century An individual was caught on a camera trap near Truro, raising hopes that the species could be re-establishing in the South-West.

Really wonderful news!

The pine marten was photographed completely by chance on a camera set up to monitor reintroduced water voles.

It's been 100 years since pine martens were last seen in Cornwall.

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Review of ‘Birdland’ by Jon Gower Gower takes us on a joyous journey around Britain in ‘Birdland’, as he celebrates both the ‘commonplace’ and the ‘rare’ miracles of birds. As Spring begins and the rush and flutter of bird life in …

Review of 'Birdland' by Jon Gower

'We need to listen before the skies empty and birdlife fades from our culture, language and history.'

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£12,000 solar panel grants to be fast-tracked for households Ministers are speeding up the roll-out of solar grants and loans to shield households from rising energy costs

The government is seeking to speed up launch of its Warm Homes Plan to help cut people's energy bills in response to the Iran war.

Under it, lower income families could receive fully funded installations of solar panels + battery up to a cost of £12,000.

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Cliff falls near Burniston frack site alarm villagers A large landslip at fragile cliffs near the site of plans to drill and frack for gas has alarmed residents in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston.

A cliff fall at Burniston Rocks, Yorkshire last month was 700 metres from the well pad site proposed by Europa Oil & Gas.

Fracking in Lancashire in 2019, using lower volumes of fluid than planned at Burniston, caused multiple earth tremors.

What could go wrong?

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‘Food security timebomb’: a visual guide to the Gulf fertiliser blockade UN says record numbers of people could face acute hunger if conflict continues

“The window to avert a massive global hunger crisis is rapidly closing.”
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Texas Saw a $50 Billion Future in Clean Energy. Then the Political Winds Shifted. Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.

Copublished with @grist.org: During the three years after the Inflation Reduction Act passed, Texas developers invested some $62 billion in clean energy ventures statewide and announced billions more in planned construction.

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory

On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists...

Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory

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I'd maybe even allow myself a positive response if it weren't for the 4 mil ish renters paying the highest rents ever recorded who won't benefit

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets Under outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo, the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

Faith and the Future of Creation - Lausanne Movement Katharine Hayhoe explores the intersection of faith and environmental stewardship, highlighting the biblical call for Christians to care for God’s creation. Drawing from her background as both a scien...

As a Christian, Easter reminds me that life is a gift, and we’re called to care for it.

Right now, climate change is putting that gift at risk for people and nature around the world.

That's why I see climate action as an act of love: for all our global neighbours and the home we share. 💚

The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early. When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.

Last week: It's not that the drought was unpredictable. It is that the drought was predicted, and that the planning systems in place were calibrated to conditions that are no longer stable.

Soaring over a changing California Twenty-five years later, reevaluating a classic Golden State story.

Soarin’ Over California — Disneyland’s aerial tour of the Golden State — is a climate time capsule. Everything is locked in place 25 years ago, before the megafires, the epic heat waves, the vanishing snowpack.

It can’t last forever. Come fly with me… www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/soarin-cal...

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Cocaine and caffeine detected in shark in The Bahamas, study shows According to ScienceDirect, substances like cocaine and painkillers, also known as contaminants of emerging concern, are being recognized in marine environments, especially in tourism-driven areas.

Giving sharks cocaine in this economy???

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The swift parrot’s distinctive call was recorded dozens of times in a patch of Tasmanian forest. Then the forest was logged Scientists estimate the endangered bird’s population has slumped to about 750. But the logging agency responsible for clearing its habitat said it acted lawfully

The swift parrot’s distinctive call was recorded dozens of times in a patch of Tasmanian forest. Then the forest was logged

Ministers are accelerating the roll-out of grants and loans for solar panels and batteries to provide households with cost of living relief in the wake of the Iran war, The i Paper can reveal trib.al/EEsOL88

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets Under outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo, the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

Here’s the model for transforming a city in a decade. We could do the same in the UK.
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Talks to reduce funding for overfishing remain stalled at WTO meeting Governments across the world have pledged to re-ignite stalled “Fish Two” negotiations and finalize the second part of a long-sought agreement to curb harmful fishing subsidies by mid-2028. The…

A @wto.org deal to end unsustainable fishing subsidies is at a standstill as three countries block consensus. While 116 nations have ratified phase one, disputes over fairness and scientific capacity continue to divide wealthy and developing fishing nations.

Elizabeth Fitt reports for #Mongabay.

Norway is powered by 99% renewable electricity

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The Simple Math of the Death of LNG Imagine you wanted to buy a new car.  Now imagine that you have a choice of two cars that are identical except one of the cars requires you to buy expensive fuel to run it and the other runs on free f...

Things are moving fast in the energy world thanks to the latest war. I cover a lot of the highlights of the past week in this piece.

A man driving a jetski near a beach. He has recently made a sharp turn, as his jetski's wake is just beyond him, between him and the beach, which is about 50m away.

It’s not just about noise. Speeding watercraft disturb nesting birds, harass seals, and destroy vital seagrass beds. Jenny Rhodes on how the council aims to protect marine life with new controls.

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A brilliant development ☺️

The price of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by 99% since 1991 Representative estimate of the price of battery cells for lithium-ion batteries, across all major cell chemistries. Prices are in US dollars per kilowatt-hour, adjusted for inflation.

At a time when everything seems bad, here’s a bit of good news. In 1991, lithium-ion batteries cost around $9,200 per kilowatt-hour — 33 years later, they cost just $78. This helps us move towards electrification of transport and energy storage in homes
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Specialist barge could make third visit for transformer delivery Dale Spridgeon, Local Democracy Reporter Spectators could be in for another chance to see an unusual delivery of a giant electrical transformer onto a Welsh beach if permissions and a marine licence a...

Spectators could be in for another chance to see an unusual delivery of a giant electrical transformer onto a Welsh beach if permissions and a marine licence are granted

Beavers thriving after being reintroduced to English wild – video The National Trust’s wetlands project officer has described the effect of four Eurasian beavers on the ecosystem as astonishing, a year after they were reintroduced into the wild in England for the first time in 400 years

Beavers thriving after being reintroduced to English wild – video

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and… Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.

Lots of talk about the "cost of renewables"

But have they actually LOWERED the price of electricity we pay TODAY?

TLDR; yes, by around a quarter, or £25/MWh

That's why it's a mistake to stop investment in them (*cough* certain politicians).

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How are renewables lowering wholesale electricity prices?

Gas is normally the "marginal" generator, filling the last bit of supply to meet demand and it's price is high comparably

In UK, all generation on day-ahead market - even if cheaper - gets this final "marginal price".

As wind & solar are cheaper, running off free sunshine & wind, the more renewables we have, the better

As they push older, less efficient gas power plants off the system and from being the marginal generator

The £ implications of this have been v hard to quantify...until now.