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• Plans to stop Kosciuszko brumby cull labelled a 'disaster'

  20-05-2018 23:35 via theguardian.com
  Conservationists say NSW decision will damage native flora and fauna, and result in horses starvingSign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
  The New South Wales government is to introduce laws to protect the Snowy Mountains brumby from culling, angering conservationists.On Sunday the NSW deputy premier and Nationals leader, John Barilaro, announced he would introduce legislation to parliament this week recognising the brumbies’ “heritage value”. C
  
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• No sovereign risk to revoking Adani approval, Saul Eslake says

  20-05-2018 23:18 via theguardian.com
  Economist says Australian MPs ‘abusing the term’ in applying it to any decision to pull approval for Carmichael mine•Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morningA decision by a future Australian government to stop Adani from developing its Carmichael coalmine would not increase Australia’s sovereign risk, a new report argues. Continue reading...
  
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• Mountain bikers in fatal cougar attack did everything right, authorities say

  20-05-2018 22:03 via theguardian.com
  Surviving cyclist in satisfactory condition, hospital saysOfficial says bikers tried to scare mountain lion and hit itA mountain biker who survived a cougar attack that killed his friend near Seattle was still hospitalized on Sunday. Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said the 31-year-old man was in satisfactory condition.Related: Cougar kills mountain biker and injures another in Washington stateContinue reading...
  
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• Deep in cattle country, graziers go against the flow to help the Great Barrier Reef

  20-05-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Conservationists hope remediating landowners’ sunken gullies could lead to a significant improvement in reef water quality • Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noonStrathalbyn station is cattle country, about 34,000 hectares of north Queensland grazing land, and the site of a pilot program that has demonstrated the potential to drastically improve water quality flowing towards the Great Barrier Reef. At Strathalbyn, which is more than 200km from the coast, bu
  
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• Power station boss warns against reliance on electricity imports

  20-05-2018 18:05 via theguardian.com
  Will Gardiner, CEO of Drax Group, says interconnectors are threat to energy securityBritain’s plan to become increasingly reliant on electricity imported from Europe threatens energy security and will import carbon emissions, according to the new boss of the country’s biggest power station.Will Gardiner, chief executive of Drax Group, said that the growing proportion of power forecast to come from interconnectors – physical links to transfer electricity across borders – w
  
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• Save our bugs! How to avert an insect Armageddon

  20-05-2018 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Insects are the backbone of a healthy global ecosystem – but their numbers are facing catastrophic decline due to climate change. So, what can you do to help?Already beset by degraded landscapes and a toxic environment, insects are going to suffer a catastrophic decline in numbers unless climate change is controlled, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. This is on top of the alarming collapse reported in Germany, where 75% of the flying insect biomass has vani
  
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• Shell faces shareholder challenge over climate change approach

  20-05-2018 15:43 via theguardian.com
  Investors back resolution calling on oil giant to set tougher carbon targets in line with Paris climate dealRoyal Dutch Shell faces a shareholder challenge over climate change this week, as investors insist oil and gas firms should offer more transparency and action on carbon emissions.A growing number of pension funds have backed a resolution at Shell’s AGM on Tuesday, which calls on the company to set tougher carbon targets that are in line with the goals of the Paris climate deal. Conti
  
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• Cougar kills mountain biker and injures another in Washington state

  20-05-2018 11:08 via theguardian.com
  Mountain lion tracked and killed after attack in backwoods Second biker called 911 and shouted: ‘Can you hear me? Help!’A mountain lion killed one mountain biker and mauled another in Washington state on Saturday when they rode into its territory. State officials later tracked the animal and shot it dead, police said.The mountain bikers were riding together down a remote, backwoods trail at 11am local time in an area near North Bend, Washington state, around 30 miles (48 km) east of
  
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• Cougar kills one mountain biker and injures another in Washington state

  20-05-2018 00:33 via theguardian.com
  Mountain lion found standing over body of man it killedSecond biker called 911 and shouted: ‘Can you hear me? Help!’One man was killed and another seriously injured when they encountered a cougar on Saturday while mountain biking in Washington state. Authorities said the two men were on a morning bike ride in the foothills near North Bend when the attack occurred. The mountain lion ran into the woods and officers with the Washington Department of Fish and Game were trying to track it
  
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