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The sounds of chainsaws will haunt us forever. It adds to the intergenerational trauma shadowing our people

On Monday our biggest nightmare became a cold hard reality. The sounds of chainsaws, excessive police force, the crying of children. We feel defeated as an element of our culturally significant landscape is torn away, taken, gone forever. We are the last generation to ever be in the powerful presence of our directions tree on Djab Wurrung country.

Meriki Onus: “ I’m really saddened to see the directions tree chopped down. I feel like Victoria are dancing on our graves with doughnuts and whisky”.

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17m tonnes of carbon dioxide to be stored beneath the North Sea every year

After decades spent extracting fossil fuels from the UK’s North Sea, a consortium of oil companies is preparing to pump Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions back beneath the seabed to help meet the government’s climate ambitions.

BP has set out plans to lead an alliance of energy companies in siphoning off the carbon dioxide from factory flues under new plans in which almost half the UK’s industrial emissions will be stored beneath the North Sea from 2026.

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Vietnam has signed a deal with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) that could earn the country over $50 million from cutting greenhouse gas emissions from forests over the next five years.

Local government approves 33MW Gilberton solar and battery farm, with hopes it will attract high-tech, low carbon industries to the northern Gold Coast.

The post Solar and battery “microgrid” approved for development by Gold Coast Council appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian company fined $500,000 for illegally importing a synthetic greenhouse gas that is thousands of times worse than carbon dioxide in its contribution to global warming.

The post Australian company fined for importing potent greenhouse gas, 1000s times worse than CO2 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Marian Wilkinson weaves a narrative through decades of political ineptitude and cynicism, and the role of activists funded by the fossil fuel industry in stopping climate policy.

The post Carbon Club: The backroom lobbyists and corporate titans who helped kill climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It's not only nuclear bomb tests that disrupt the atmosphere, there are a number of natural events that can do the same. But how long does any damage last? Brett Carter, Senior lecturer, RMIT University Rezy Pradipta, Research scientist, Boston College Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Queensland Competition Authority urges solar households to compare electricity retailers, saying the best feed-in tariffs may not lead to the lowest bills.

The post Why the best solar tariffs are not always best option for solar households appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BHP to integrate renewables into nickel mine that may supply Tesla batteries, including an 18.5MW solar and battery system.

The post BHP turns to renewables for nickel mine that may supply Tesla, starting with solar and battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Many Asian nations are shunning fossil fuels, presenting a huge opportunity for Australia's renewables sector. And one massive project has stepped up to the plate. John Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University Elizabeth Thurbon, Scientia Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Hao Tan, Associate professor, University of Newcastle Sung-Young Kim, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

High profile Australian investors tip $5m into Sydney start-up SunDrive, in support of its quest to make a new breed of cheaper, more efficient solar cells.

The post Cannon-Brookes backs UNSW solar cell start-up, founded in a Maroubra garage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla Model 3 takes first position in 130 class of Targa West rally, almost 10 minutes ahead of a lineup of fossil-fuelled competitors.

The post Tesla Model 3 takes out Targa West rally, beating fossil fuel rivals by huge margin appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hundreds of dolphins beach each year, but this US team has dramatically improved survival rates

Community battery storage could make Australia's networks smarter and cheaper, and bring their technology into the same century as the clean energy transition.

The post Community battery storage will help “dumb” networks catch up with energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU says electrification of homes, options for decarbonising transport and "energy justice" they key to meet its more ambitious emissions reduction targets.

The post EU says home electrification, clean transport, and energy justice key to higher targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Japan joins China in announcing a net zero emissions target. This is a big deal for Australia, which depends on fossil fuel exports, but its political leaders are not listening.

The post Australia’s carbon customers ramp up escape plans, but Morrison isn’t listening appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oil major BP has agreed to buy carbon credits from a new forestry project in northern Wisconsin, adding to the company’s growing procurements of voluntary market offsets from US-based initiatives.

EUA prices tumbled back below €24 on Monday, giving back all of Friday's 5% surge on another weak auction and technical selling over wider market weakness due to rising coronavirus infection rates.

A lawsuit challenging Virginia’s cap-and-trade regulation is not expected to disrupt the state’s entrance into the Northeast US RGGI carbon market next year, according to regulatory and government sources.