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EU may want earlier ETS cap reset due to smoother price path -analysts
California ARB and IEMAC members tapped for Biden administration roles
Incoming US FERC Chair Glick could open door for wholesale grid CO2 pricing
Legal bid to stop UK building Europe's biggest gas power plant fails
Plan has been approved despite environmental objections and criticism over climate leadership
A legal challenge to the UK government’s approval of a new gas-fired power plant has failed in the court of appeal.
The challenge was brought after ministers overruled climate change objections from the planning authority. The plant is being developed by Drax in North Yorkshire and would be the biggest gas power station in Europe. It could account for 75% of the UK’s power sector emissions when fully operational, according to lawyers for ClientEarth, which brought the judicial review.
Continue reading...Climate change: Trump's Paris withdrawal was 'reckless' - John Kerry
'Our futures are at stake': sport's climate crisis weakness and how to change it
Athletes don’t want to be accused of hypocrisy but the changing environment is already impacting many sports
For a sector of society so adept at harnessing communities, cities, even entire countries, sport is strangely weak at empowering action on the issue which matters most. Perhaps the pace of sport, the relentless rotation of preparing, travelling and performing, restrains us from stopping, breathing and thinking about the existence of sport as we know it.
Having globe-hopped for 25 years, reporting on Olympics, Paralympics, World Cups and tennis grand slams, I know I’ve taken sport for granted. When it stops – rain delay, postponement, pandemic – we notice. At other times, it’s just there. Silly games, essentially, for escapism and entertainment.
Continue reading...Ukraine plans to introduce national carbon market in 2025 -minister
Building a green economy could stop ‘nightmare’ degradation of Amazon
US scientist Thomas Lovejoy says the rainforest’s rich biodiversity has been undervalued compared to economic activities such as farming and mining
The Amazon will be transformed into a “highly degraded nightmare” unless a sustainable biodiversity-based economy develops which properly values ecosystem services and products produced by the rainforest, a leading scientist has warned.
Prof Thomas Lovejoy, the “godfather of biodiversity”, said if agro-industrial economic developments such as cattle farming, palm oil production and mining continue, the rainforest’s hydrological cycle will be “in tatters”, with global weather systems severely disrupted.
Continue reading...Biden raises hopes of addressing climate crisis as Cop26 nears
President has vowed to rejoin Paris agreement, cut fossil fuel reliance, and invest in low-carbon growth
Joe Biden’s pledges of strong action on the climate crisis have buoyed international hopes that 2021 can be a breakthrough year, resetting the world on a greener path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate experts cheered the inauguration of the new US president, who has vowed to rejoin the Paris agreement, rethink US reliance on fossil fuels, and devote hundreds of billions of dollars in stimulus spending to low-carbon economic growth.
Continue reading...46,000 join class action against Queensland coal plants
Australia's largest ever energy class action, brought against two Queensland government owned power companies, starts Federal Court action.
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It's not too late to save them: 5 ways to improve the government's plan to protect threatened wildlife
Ørsted offshore wind-powered hydrogen project secures funding
Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted makes final investment decision to proceed with development of a renewable hydrogen demonstration project powered by two offshore turbines.
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Solar, batteries and “EV revolution” targeted in ACT budget
The ACT government outlines a $307 million, five-year spend on new clean energy measures, including batteries, rooftop solar and electric vehicles.
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Game-changing “virtual storage” deal struck between Macquarie, Shell and Hydro Tas
A “virtual storage" contract between Hydro Tasmania and two buyers – Macquarie Group and Shell-owned ERM Power – heralds the arrival of game-changing digital energy market tools.
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Soil Carbon Program Manager, Shell – Brisbane
Biden’s big climate plans face a big problem: conservative roadblocks from within
Despite big wins for Democrats, the most conservative within the party have the power to hold back action. Just like Australia's opposition.
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Biden hits reset on US climate action – and turns up the heat on Morrison
One of Biden's first acts as president was to see the US re-join the Paris Agreement, causing pressure on Morrison to do more on climate to ramp up another few notches.
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Elephants counted from space for conservation
CP Daily: Wednesday January 20, 2021
China delivers a surprise 2020 renewable boom, but it may not last
New data suggest a mind-boggling installation rate for wind power in China in 2020, but must be maintained for many more years to cut coal.
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