DAILY QUICK READ - APRIL 27, 2016

Global CO2 emissions decoupled from economic growth driven by the rapid growth of renewable power globally.

In the more than 40 years in which the IEA has been providing information on CO2emissions, there have been only four periods in which emissions stood still or fell compared to the previous year. Three of those – the early 1980s, 1992 and 2009 – were associated with global economic weakness. But the recent stall in emissions comes amid economic expansion: according to the International Monetary Fund, global GDP grew by 3.4% in 2014 and 3.1% in 2015.

Despite strong protests it is open season on endangered species in Malta.

The Maltese government chose to open the hunting season in spring even though the Turtle Dove has been declared as a vulnerable species and although it is known that there is a strong presence of individuals who kill protected birds. .

Also, open season on anyone shining a light on this annual slaughter.

Packham, who presents the nature show Springwatch on BBC, had monitored the 2014 spring hunting season in a video diary entitled ‘Malta-Massacre on Migration’. However, his visit ended on a sour note when the police held him for five hours, following complaints by hunting federation FKNK that he had breached their privacy and “defamed the hunting fraternity”.

When the media move on, the story must be over. Right?

Six years ago this month, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew its top and broke the Gulf of Mexico. Like so many things, this was a very big story until the day that it wasn't. All that ended was the coverage.

Maybe not so over.

…the most poignant revelation in this report has to do with the disaster's effects on pelicans. Evidence of oil contamination, or contamination by the chemical dispersants used in the spill's aftermath, was found in 80 percent of pelican eggs.

In Minnesota.

That's where the pelicans winter.

Coydogs, Lynxcats and Pizzlies. Hybridization - nature wins or disaster ahead.

Some scientists and conservationists see the coywolf as a nightmare of the Anthropocene — a poster child of mongrelization as plants and animals reshuffle in response to habitat loss, climate change and invasive species.