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TCI could finish carbon market framework by mid-December, as new polling shows opposition
RFS Market: RIN prices slide in holiday-shortened week
Eurotunnel dog travel clampdown sparks concerns from rescue charities
Organisations say dogs due to be rehomed could suffer after decision to cut number of animals allowed per vehicle
Dog rescue organisations are appealing for Eurotunnel to clarify new rules clamping down on the rising numbers of animals being brought into the UK.
Rescue organisations said dogs due to be rehomed could suffer as a result of the decision to cut the number of animals allowed to travel in each vehicle from 20 to five, drastically increasing the costs for rescue operations.
Continue reading...Utility Enel to cut CO2 by nearly a third over next 3 years, plans earlier coal phaseout
Australia Market Roundup: Victoria announces carbon sequestration cash, ERF delivery holds steady
Denmark excludes increased carbon levy in ‘green’ taxation reform
Revealed: Trump officials rush to mine desert haven native tribes consider holy
Administration seeks to transfer ownership of Arizona area to mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site
Since January, San Carlos Apache tribal member Wendsler Nosie Sr has been sleeping in a teepee at a campground in south-eastern Arizona’s Oak Flat, a sprawling high desert oasis filled with groves of ancient oaks and towering rock spires.
It is a protest in defense of “holy ground” where the Apache have prayed and performed ceremonies for centuries.
Continue reading...1% of farms operate 70% of world's farmland
Researchers warn land inequality is rising with farmland increasingly dominated by a few major companies
One per cent of the world’s farms operate 70% of crop fields, ranches and orchards, according to a report that highlights the impact of land inequality on the climate and nature crises.
Since the 1980s, researchers found control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings.
Continue reading...Charles Darwin: Notebooks worth millions lost for 20 years
“Let’s not kill EVs”: Main car lobby slams Victoria’s electric vehicle tax
News that Victoria will join SA in introducing electric vehicle tax is met with strong opposition with industry stakeholders saying it is "backwards" and "will kill off" the fledgling EV industry.
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Victoria budgets $540m to develop six new Renewable Energy Zones
Victoria sets aside $540m in 2020/21 state budget to develop renewable energy hubs across the state in "unprecedented" public spend on greening the grid.
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SMA signs agreement with Sterling and Wilson for the second largest solar farm in Queensland
SMA has closed a contract with Sterling and Wilson for the 162MW Columboola Solar Farm, the second largest solar farm in Queensland, Australia.
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“We will pay a heavy price for this”, Turnbull savages Morrison and Taylor over climate
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull eviscerates Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor's stance on climate, saying Morrison over-channelled Trump.
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Vestas wind turbine topples in Sweden at unfinished project
A 230m tall Vestas wind turbine tower has collapsed in northern Sweden, in latest of series of accidents and malfunctions involving the Danish giant's hardware.
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CWP and Partners target more than 2GW of wind, solar and storage after merger
CWP Renewables and the Swiss-based money manager Partners Group to merge the bulk of their Australian assets and will target more than two gigawatts of new wind, solar and storage.
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Coal and gas lobbies take aim at NSW renewable energy plan
Australia's coal and gas lobby has come out all guns blazing against the New South Wales government's renewable energy transition plan.
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Renewables were sole source of new US generating capacity in last quarter
Renewable energy sources were the sole source of new capacity added to the US grid between June and September.
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Investors head offshore as lack of zero emissions target delays Australian transition
Investors say the Morrison government's refusal to adopt a zero emissions target is holding back investment and the transition away from fossil fuels.
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