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Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses
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Wind and solar provided more than a quarter of UK energy in 2020
2020 delivered another big year with big milestones in the UK, with wind and solar smashing records. Can it do it all again in 2021?
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Home battery uptake sets record highs in Victoria
New data shows Victoria closed out 2020 with records for solar battery rebate uptake and installation, as fortnightly allocations of discounted home batteries get "snapped up."
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Renewables growth blows past expectations in EU, but future must me managed
Renewable energy growth has exceeded all expectations in Europe and delivered a range of tangible benefits since 2005, a new report has found. But what comes next?
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Software to slash farming emissions secures $30m investment
Australian-designed software aimed at improving farm productivity and cutting emissions through soil carbon has secured $5m from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
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EJ groups castigate Washington cap-and-trade bill, as House offers $15 carbon tax on fuels
EU Market: EUAs jump nearly 5% on gas market reversal
ANALYSIS: Merkel’s party successor may need to show more on climate to win German elections
UK ministers gain power to allow lower-standard food imports
Trade bill vote rejects Lords amendment giving MPs greater scrutiny of trade deals
Ministers will be able to approve the import of animal and agricultural products of a lower standard than currently permitted in the UK, after attempts to amend the trade bill failed.
The government has repeatedly vowed not to allow the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef, but has refused to sign those pledges into law.
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Shark tourism and conservation off South Africa – in pictures
Conservationists are strongly critical of the system used to prevent shark attacks off the beaches of KwaZulu-Natal, an area where sharks can be viewed by divers without cages
Continue reading...Greater Manchester declares major incident in preparation for Storm Christoph
Met Office issues an amber weather warning as South Yorkshire also declares a major incident
Greater Manchester has become the latest area to declare a major incident as swaths of central and northern England brace for the arrival of Storm Christoph.
South Yorkshire has also declared a major incident in preparation for potential flooding. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning for rain between Tuesday and Thursday for an area covering Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield and stretching down to Peterborough.
Continue reading...Global sales of electric cars accelerate fast in 2020 despite pandemic
Sales of electric cars rose by 43% while overall car sales slumped by a fifth last year
Global sales of electric cars accelerated fast in 2020, rising by 43% to more than 3m, despite overall car sales slumping by a fifth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tesla was the brand selling the most electric cars, delivering almost 500,000, followed by Volkswagen. Sales of electric cars more than doubled in Europe, pushing the region past China as the world’s biggest market for them, according to data published on Tuesday by EV-volumes.com, a Sweden-based consultancy.
Continue reading...US federal court strikes down Trump administration’s power sector GHG rule
Coal mine go-ahead 'undermines climate summit'
Electric vehicles help drive green investment to new global high in 2020
Global annual investment in low carbon technologies surpassed $US500 billion ($A650 billion) for the first time in 2020, overcoming a year complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Taiwan readies carbon pricing proposal
Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced
Exclusive: first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles
Batteries capable of fully charging in five minutes have been produced in a factory for the first time, marking a significant step towards electric cars becoming as fast to charge as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles.
Electric vehicles are a vital part of action to tackle the climate crisis but running out of charge during a journey is a worry for drivers. The new lithium-ion batteries were developed by the Israeli company StoreDot and manufactured by Eve Energy in China on standard production lines.
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