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Ace Business Desk

Britain spends £1.5bn switching wind farms off and gas plants on in aim to provide cheaper energy

Ace Business Desk – Britain has already spent more this year switching wind farms off and gas plants on than it did throughout last year. The bill: £1.51bn. Energy suppliers, meanwhile, warn of the worst winter crisis since 2022. Labour’s promise of cheaper energy looks increasingly expensive to deliver. The grid: Britain has spent more than […]

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GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk

STORY: From Drought to Deluge ‘Super’ El Niño’s Expanding Reach With Millions Affected

GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – More than 347 million children in nearly 100 countries and territories are expected to experience unusually wet or dry conditions between October and December 2026 due to El Niño, increasing the risk of extreme floods and droughts with potentially devastating consequences, according to latest UNICEF data & UN News reports Fast […]

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Ace News Desk

Logging Took Trees the Bears Called Home, so the Haida Nation Built Them New Dens

Ace News Desk – Elijah Washington pushes through wet ferns and branches left by logging, crossing the mossy forest floor on Haida Gwaii. He kneels beside a massive western red cedar stump. “it’s got to be just right, just like the Goldilocks.” Sonal Gupta This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of […]

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Ace History Desk

Australia Victoria Survival of Warrnambool’s Little Penguins & Maremma Guardian Dogs

Ace History Desk – Fears for survival of Warrnambool’s little penguins and famous Maremma guardian dog project: By Violette Storm Of ABC South West Vic: Published: Fri 25 Sep 2026 at 6:30am For 20 years, a penguin colony on a small island by the Victorian coastal city of Warrnambool has been protected from fox attacks […]

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Ace Business Desk

Tasmania’s Salmon Company Tassal Will Inject With Anti-Biotic’s Ahead of Expected Marine Heatwaves

Ace Business Desk – In short: Seafood giant Tassal will begin injecting salmon in a Tasmanian pen with the antibiotic oxytetracycline. The industry has been grappling with how to prevent mass fish deaths during the past two summers: By Sandy Powell – Topic:Fishing and Aquaculture Industry Published: Wed 7 Oct 2026 at 11:58am What’s next?  […]

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GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk

Midway to 2030 Deadline Countries Falling Fail Far Short on Promise to Protect Nature

GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – Reuters says governments attending the COP17 biodiversity conference in Armenia next week will be meeting “against a backdrop of patchy progress” by Mark Hillsdon, Reuters The newswire details a number of recent nature assessments, including one from the Campaign for Nature that finds that government commitments could take the […]

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Ace Food Desk

Australias SA Farmers Families Look Forward to Record-Breaking Harvest to Rebuild After Drought

Ace Food Desk – In short: Farmers struggling to keep cashflow coming a year ago are preparing to harvest the best crop in living memory. As long as locusts do not interfere, many say it will be the first time they make a profit in years according to ABC Rural Local News report: By Eliza Berlage and Amelia […]