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Australia’s climate debate has transitioned from obsessing over coal to obsessing over gas. And this week the ABC gave it an unchecked platform.

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German's $A210 billion stimulus package contains steps to further the country's landmark energy transition, including a focus on green hydrogen and electric vehicles.

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New Zealand is pumping millions of dollars into environment projects as part of its COVID-19 recovery. Australia's recovery plan seems more destructive than reconstructive. Lachlan G. Howell, PhD Candidate | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle John Clulow, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle John Rodger, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle & CEO FAUNA Research Alliance, University of Newcastle Ryan R. Witt, Conjoint Lecturer | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Finding the glue for room-temperature superconductors is the next million-dollar question in the quest for sustainable, net-zero emissions energy supplies.

The post The hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionise energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Telstra, one of the biggest energy consumers in the country, is back in the market looking for new wind and solar projects to help get it to its 100 per cent renewables target by 2025. Ben Burge joins Energy Insiders to give his take on the Australian PPA market, as well as explain the “thumbprint”...

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Hawaii leads way in "deep" battery storage, with 16 new grid scale battery projects confirmed including one with eight hours storage.

The post Hawaii leads way in long duration battery storage on road to 100% renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists want people to send them recordings of their wildlife experiences under the lockdown.

A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing.

Walcha Energy tests market interest in massive renewables and storage project in northern NSW - the biggest in Australia's main grid.

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The Senior Associate works with the Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance Secretariat in formulating and executing strategy to support the Midwestern Alliance states (at present Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) in developing and implementing climate policy within their states and across the region.

A federal judge will not hear oral arguments this month in deciding on whether the California-Quebec ETS linkage is a violation of the US Constitution’s Foreign Affair Doctrine, and has also rejected the state's request to delay the court timeline to July.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices slid on the secondary market following the Q2 auction despite a legislative push to require an ETS rulemaking next year, while RGGI prices rose ahead of the programme's own quarterly sale.

The fate of a Queensland mine extension could be sealed today with a ruling on the ongoing case by Australia's highest court. Justine Bell-James, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Covid crisis is putting the survival of one of the UK's largest zoos at risk.

In the latest installment of our Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we speak with former RGGI Commissioners Justin Johnson and David Littel about the upcoming 2021 programme review for the Northeast US power sector cap-and-trade scheme.

Ours to Save identified 308 species and subspecies but only 10% considered ‘globally secure’ or ‘apparently secure’

There are few animals more iconically Canadian than the moose and the beaver, and few plants more closely associated with the country than the maple leaf.

But while those species have long considered part of the nation’s ecological identity they are also found elsewhere.

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Raising the EU's 2030 GHG emissions target may prove risky as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a potential rebound cannot be properly estimated, according to senior Polish experts.

Eight houses have been swept into the sea in Norway after a powerful landside near the town of Alta. The landslide was filmed by a local resident, Jan Egil Bakkedal – one of the houses that was lost belonged to him – who said he ran for his life when he realised what was happening. 

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Bipartisan Senate legislation unveiled on Thursday would help rural US stakeholders participate in carbon markets, building on heightened attention this year for driving climate change mitigation in the country’s agriculture and forestry sectors.