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Explainer: How offshore floating wind farms work
Floating offshore wind farms are becoming a commercial technology, but there are still technical challenges that need to be solved.
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National Food Strategy: Tax sugar and salt and prescribe veg, report says
Climate change: 'No more excuses' at COP26 climate summit - poor nations
The UK won’t meet its ambitious climate goals by making spending cuts | Larry Elliott
Boris Johnson may talk a good game on the climate crisis, but ordinary people need financial support to make changes
There are many reasons why the government’s decision to cut the aid budget is dumb. High among them is the failure to see the link between poverty and climate change. If you want to convince people of the need to save the planet, it is a good idea to make sure first that they are not going hungry, have access to running water and can put their children through school.
The link between social justice and the green agenda applies domestically as well. Millions of people in Britain count the pennies each week because they are struggling to get by. Exhorting them to change their lifestyles or pay more to heat their homes is not enough. If the government is to meet its ambitious targets people who are less well-off are going to need plenty of help, but as things stand they are not getting it.
Continue reading...Former Rio Tinto exec joins ARENA board, CEO Miller gets three more years
ARENA CEO Darren Miller reappointed for another three years, as Taylor names former Rio Tinto executive to the board.
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Pitt labels AEMO’s 100pct renewables prediction “absolute nonsense”
AEMO's plan to make the grid ready for 100 pct renewables by 2025 has not gone down well with the federal Coalition government.
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Andrew Bray and Goldwind among winners of CEC clean energy industry awards
The 2021 Clean Energy Council Award winners announced today shine a spotlight on the leaders of the Australian renewable energy industry and reward the organisations’ contribution to furthering the development of clean energy in Australia.
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Move faster to cut emissions, developing world tells rich nations
More than 100 poorer nation governments demand action from rich world before Cop26 climate talks
Rich countries must move faster to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide financial assistance to their less wealthy counterparts to cope with the climate crisis, governments from the developing world have said.
Poor nations have been frustrated with the slow progress at the recent G7 leaders’ summit and meetings of the G20 group of major economies.
Continue reading...China June thermal power generation up 10.1% YoY
“Fossil fuel economy has reached its limits”: EU to slash emissions and drag Australia with it
Australian exporters to the EU face prospect of $80+ tonne carbon price under an ambitious EU plan to halve emissions by 2030.
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From coal to inverters, AEMO’s engineering vision is ambitious and necessary
This is AEMO’s sunshot - an ambitious plan to develop and deploy the systems and technologies that will make 100 per cent renewables happen.
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Breakthrough! AEMO acknowledges energy transition needs social licence
The vast majority of Australians are yet to engage with or be exposed to new ways of thinking about and using energy.
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CP Daily: Wednesday July 14, 2021
Food strategy for England calls for big cut in meat consumption
The government-commissioned review lays out the damage our diet and farming system wreaks on the environment
The new food strategy for England, commissioned by the government, lays out in stark detail the damage the current food and farming system wreaks on the environment, as well as our health. It is the biggest destroyer of nature and a major source of climate warming, it says.
The report takes aim at overconsumption of meat. “Our current appetite for meat is unsustainable,” it says. “85% of farmland is used to feed livestock [and] we need some of that land back.”
Continue reading...Australia’s biggest emitter and coal generator says its customers are “strong green”
AGL's next CEO says energy policy should be guided by customers – and says one-third of the coal generator's customers are "strong green."
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Climate denial still features in fossil fuel-funded education materials
The fossil fuel industry has long used its influence on education to downplay climate threats. It's getting worse, and is even turning up at Questacon.
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Nasa zeroes in on cause of Hubble's trouble
California offset issuance jumps to six-month high with new forestry project
Associate, Project Development, Nature Based Solutions – UK
S&P Global Platts carbon analyst joins DC-headquartered energy consultancy
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