Around The Web
Even in a 'water-rich' country like New Zealand, some cities could face water shortages this summer
Garnaut’s Sunshot to create Australia’s first renewable energy industrial park
Ross Garnaut's Sunshot Energy plans renewable energy industrial park in Queensland in what could be a template to revive fortunes of rural Australia.
The post Garnaut’s Sunshot to create Australia’s first renewable energy industrial park appeared first on RenewEconomy.
California offset developer may face ongoing issuance halt following invalidation, emails suggest
SLS: Crucial test for Nasa's 'mega-rocket'
New carbon budget report reveals the vast danger of a gas-fired recovery
A new carbon budget report shows Australia's government is pouring money into all the wrong places.
The post New carbon budget report reveals the vast danger of a gas-fired recovery appeared first on RenewEconomy.
EV calendar: The new electric car models coming to Australia in 2021
More than ten electric car models will enter the Australian auto market in 2021, giving drivers who are looking to switch to clean transport a little more choice.
The post EV calendar: The new electric car models coming to Australia in 2021 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Delayed EU ETS Phase 4 carbon allowance auctions to start in late January
UPDATE – Four TCI jurisdictions sign on to final framework for regional US fuel sector carbon market
Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss – research
World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes
The global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land animals set to lose some of their habitat by 2050, new research has found.
A study published in the journal Nature Sustainability shows that unless the food industry is rapidly transformed, changing what people eat and how it is produced, the world faces widespread biodiversity loss in the coming decades.
Continue reading...California power sector emissions rise in October to reach parity with 2019
EU Midday Market Briefing
'They're liars': activists say Brooklyn residents were not informed of fracked gas pipeline
Environmentalist groups say the pipeline, intended to funnel gas from Pennsylvania to north Brooklyn, is an example of environmental racism
Pati Rodriguez grew up in Bushwick, a historically industrial, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. She has worked as a community organizer for years, and at 38, she knows the neighborhood inside and out. So she was surprised last year to learn about a natural gas pipeline being built a block away from her daughter’s school, more than two years after its construction had begun.
Rodriguez says she learned about the Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure (MRI) project – more often referred to as the North Brooklyn pipeline by local activists – from the anti-fracking advocacy group Sane Energy Project, which for the last year has held neighborhood meetings to raise awareness of the construction.
Continue reading...How the Guardian covered 2020 – the year that changed the world
This year was the most challenging and extraordinary year for news. Our journalists worked tirelessly throughout 2020, from the very start of the year with the Australian bushfires, through the struggle for Hong Kong, the Harvey Weinstein verdict to the death of George Floyd, and the dramatic and divisive US presidential election. But of course, the Covid-19 pandemic was the dominant global story of the year. The Guardian's coverage sought to foreground the science and the latest data, hold the government and the scientific establishment to account and expose incompetence, and bring empathy and humanity to the stories of the victims. Here are some of the highlights of our journalism over that time.
• Show your support for the Guardian’s powerful, open, independent journalism in 2020 and the years ahead
Australia Market Roundup: ACCU issuance holds up, regulator extends Safeguard baselines
Time for some home truths about deforestation | Laura Spinney
A powerful French book punctures the myth that countries in the global south are largely responsible for habitat destruction
To prevent future pandemics, we must stop deforestation and end the illegal wildlife trade. Do you agree? Of course you do, because what’s not to like? The buck stops with the evil other. The question is, will doing those things solve the problem? And the answer is, probably not. They will help, but there’s another, potentially bigger problem closer to home: the global north’s use of natural resources, especially its reliance on livestock.
The story that epidemics are punishment for upsetting the natural order of things is not new. But it’s a peculiarly modern, postcolonial twist on it to imagine that the source of that upset is somewhere far away from most of us – to wit, the parts of the world that were forested, until recently, and that conveniently coincide with the poorer bits. And it turns out that this narrative may be interfering with our attempts to protect ourselves from novel diseases, as well as with efforts to tackle climate change and the erosion of biodiversity.
Continue reading...Partnership call opens: seeking partner to establish solar systems product stewardship scheme
Wangaratta solar farm sold, paving way for construction
A 30MW "shovel-ready" solar project in north-east Victoria has been sold and will begin construction soon.
The post Wangaratta solar farm sold, paving way for construction appeared first on RenewEconomy.
AGL slashes profit guidance after Liddell fire leaves $25 million damage bill
AGL slashes profit guidance by $80-$100 million while confirming details of a fire that has taken out a unit of Liddell power station.
The post AGL slashes profit guidance after Liddell fire leaves $25 million damage bill appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Australia should hold auction to hasten coal closures, says conservative think tank
A Liberal-aligned think tank has called on the Morrison government to consider paying ageing coal plants to close early.
The post Australia should hold auction to hasten coal closures, says conservative think tank appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Dundonnell wind farm approved to move to near full output
Tilt Renewables says Dundonnell cleared to move to next level of production, lifting output to 295MW and using all 80 turbines.
The post Dundonnell wind farm approved to move to near full output appeared first on RenewEconomy.