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Emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor says commenting on draft IPCC report doesn’t equate to running interference, as Greenpeace claims

Australia pushed back against a finding in a major climate report that fossil fuel power stations be urgently phased out, and requested the country be removed from a list of the world’s leading producers and consumers of coal, Greenpeace has said citing leaked documents.

Australia was among a handful of major fossil-fuel exporting nations that sought to weaken the conclusions of the report, due to be released at the Glasgow summit that begins later this month, Greenpeace’s investigative arm, Unearthed, said on Thursday.

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As a farmer I produce meat and cheese from animals that graze in my orchard on diverse, carbon-sequestering grasslands

Last week, I went to the funeral of an old farmer named Brian. Until he died, Brian managed his farm, with its traditional orchards, hedgerows, and meadows, as an ecosystem. I could see from the age of the farmers who came to pay their respects that this way of farming was dying out and being replaced by a farming system that is one of the greatest contributors to the climate and nature crisis we face. However, there is hope. My husband and I, like the many new farmers emerging, learned our approach from these old farmers, who have been through drastic changes in the farming industry, yet have managed to keep alive their knowhow.

Our family-run farm in Dorset produces meat, cheese, vegetables and apple juice, using many of these same agroecological farming methods. Agroecological farming means we nurture the soil, insects, grassland, plants, animals and trees on our land to provide healthy affordable food for our local community. For us, farming isn’t just a business, and it isn’t just about feeding human beings – it’s about feeding all living things on the planet.

Jyoti Fernandes is a farmer based in Dorset

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Corporate Carbon is seeking a Chief Agricultural Officer to oversee the operational activities and build and manage the cattle and agricultural production business across the growing portfolio of properties.

Greenpeace says law enforcement failures led to Unesco sites and land mapped for orangutan habitats being turned into palm oil plantations

Almost one-fifth of the land used for Indonesian oil palm plantations is located in the country’s forest estate, despite a law banning such activity, according to a study by Greenpeace.

The report, produced by Greenpeace and TheTreeMap, describes a catastrophic failure of law enforcement that has allowed swathes of land, including Unesco sites, national parks and areas once mapped as habitat for orangutan and Sumatran tigers, to be turned into oil palm plantations.

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Spot credits in Australia’s offset market traded up another 3% on Thursday, while a coalition of big-emitting companies said more than 100 million ACCUs would be required annually by 2030 to meet demand.

"200kW in a box:" Orders open for 5B Maverick, the latest iteration of the Sydney company's plug-and-play solution for rapid deployment of big solar.

The post 5B unveils more powerful, quicker to install Maverick solar solution appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The recent crisis exposed deep flaws in the way the market was structured, top executive says.

Leaked documents show Australia trying to water down influential UN-backed climate report, as Morrison government refuses to release its net zero modelling.

The post Morrison refuses to release net zero modelling, as Australia outed for fudging climate report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gupta plans to launch massive Greensteel investment in Whyalla, with possible involvement of Fortescue, as Morrison prepares to head to Glasgow.

The post Gupta’s Greensteel plant at Whyalla could be Morrison’s COP26 get out of jail card appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Buying from investors, intermediaries and corporates have caused the price of carbon credits in Australia to double in the past 12 months.

The post Australia’s carbon credits leap above $33 a tonne in new surge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sydney Trains transitions its network to zero net emissions, after inking a deal with Red Energy to buy renewable energy certificates.

The post Sydney Trains goes zero emissions, with renewable certificate deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge another $1.5 billion towards renewables and philanthropic projects helping cap global warming at 1.5°C.

The post Cannon-Brookes to inject another $1.5 billion into renewables and climate push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rabbits destroy huge numbers of critical regenerating seedlings over more than half the continent. This has devastating flow-on effects for the rest of the ecosystem. So how do we control them? Pat Taggart, Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Brian Cooke, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.

Watching your land wither before your eyes is gut-wrenching, so we’ve been listening to the science and responding. But we can’t do it alone

Just so we’re clear: rural Australians are not the backwards-looking, climate denying hicks some of our political “representatives” make us out to be.

But if I wasn’t embedded in the farming community and living in rural Australia, I would probably be cursing people like me too. The narrative coming from some politicians has the propensity to make one believe that rural Australians are as uneducated and unaware as the duelling banjo players from the movie Deliverance.

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Iberdrola announces £6 billion investment in 3GW offshore wind energy hub to kick off UK's aim to build 40GW of offshore wind to meet net zero target.

The post Iberdrola commits £6 billion to develop 3GW offshore wind hub in UK appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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