Recent Australian emissions cuts likely to be reversed in recovery from Covid and drought
Scott Morrison says Coalition is ‘getting on with’ reductions, but analysis finds end of lockdowns and drought will reverse trend
Tag: Agriculture
‘Shooting the messenger’: water experts say NSW minister wrong to question drought findings
Correspondence shows NSW Natural Resources Commission anger at being criticised by water minister Melinda Pavey over Barwon-Darling findings
Animals farmed: lab-grown ‘chicken’, bird culls, and why pigs really can’t fly
Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web
NT government urged to reject ‘speculative’ licence for largest private water allocation in state
Aboriginal title holders are alarmed that Fortune Agribusiness is seeking to use more than 40,000 megalitres of water each year for irrigation
Dry run: the wet farming experiment that could sow seeds for future crops
Cambridgeshire project trials plants that thrive in more extreme weather, including sphagnum moss and bulrush
Pests, pathogens and pandemics: Australia’s biosecurity needs an overhaul, CSIRO warns
Covid-19 crisis offers ‘unique opportunity to make transformational changes’
Cider maker swamped by apples as orchard renaissance starts to bear fruit
Volunteers are reviving a legacy of fruit trees in the UK that stretches back to the Romans, hugely increasing biodiversity – and drinks production
Murray-Darling Basin: fight looms over NSW plan to license floodplain harvesting
Greens warn legalising the capture of floodwaters and diverting it to primarily irrigate cotton ‘spells end of the lower Darling river’
English vineyards introduce new grapes due to global heating
Warming temperatures make pinot noir a staple of English winemakers although unpredictable weather threatens quaffability
The Guardian view on animal welfare: keep it up
Hard-won protections for both humans and livestock are under threat – and worth fighting for