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Guy’s and St Thomas’ charity will fund low-traffic neighbourhood to tackle air pollution and obesity in Lambeth and Southwark

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The health and social benefits of reducing motor traffic are so substantial that a hospital charity is paying to install temporary low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) measures in a London borough.

Southwark council will be given £250,000 by the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charitable Trust to install planters and removable bollards in three areas.

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Discovery is ‘extremely concerning’ for water insects, and fish and birds that depend on them

Highly toxic insecticides used on cats and dogs to kill fleas are poisoning rivers across England, a study has revealed. The discovery is “extremely concerning” for water insects, and the fish and birds that depend on them, the scientists said, who expect significant environmental damage is being done.

The research found fipronil in 99% of samples from 20 rivers and the average level of one particularly toxic breakdown product of the pesticide was 38 times above the safety limit. Fipronil and another nerve agent called imidacloprid that was found in the rivers have been banned from use on farms for some years.

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As the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon is not only an important carbon sink, but also home to thousands of species of plants and animals and a crucial part of the water cycle. Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Industry superannuation-backed property funds manager sets carbon positive target for 2025 after being certified 100% carbon neutral for its base operations this year.

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The four astronauts who left Earth on Monday have arrived at the 410-km orbiting outpost.

Luxury Saudi tourism resort next to Red Sea to be 100 per cent renewable, with more than 200MW of wind and solar and a 1,000MWh battery.

The post Huge luxury Saudi resort goes 100pct renewables with one of world’s biggest batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Recycling rates soar in Christchurch after council rewards the best households and confiscates bins of laggards

A recycling scheme in New Zealand modelled on rewards familiar to kindergarten children has seen tonnes of additional recycling head to the sorters every week, instead of landfill.

Following the coronavirus lockdown in March and April, Christchurch city council saw recycling rates plummet, with material from only 48% of recycling trucks able to be processed in June due to frequent contamination issues, the result of poor sorting by residents.

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Origin looks at huge green hydrogen project in Tasmania, using hydro and wind resources to produce both ammonia and hydrogen.

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Victoria commits nearly $800m to kick gas appliances out of homes, improve efficiency and fast-track roll out of household solar and battery storage.

The post Victoria fast-tracks rooftop solar and battery rollout, part of $800m energy savings package appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW government locks in $50 million in recoverable grants to accelerate the construction of new pumped-hydro energy storage projects across the state.

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NSW's coal-heavy Hunter Region to be declared host of the next Renewable Energy Zone, as the Berejiklian works to legislate its energy transition strategy.

The post NSW to transform Hunter coal region into state’s next renewable energy zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fossil fuels keep losing out in Europe, even as energy demand returns to normal.

The post Graph of the day: As EU demand recovers, zero carbon takes the lions share appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Victoria to spend $20 million to kick off three-year trial of electric and other zero emissions buses.

The post Victoria to spend $20 million on three-year trial for zero emissions bus fleet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It was meant to be the year of gas, but a drumbeat of news has made it the fuel to forget.

The post From bridge fuel to background noise: Another blow for gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values will rise off the WCI auction reserve price in the first half of the decade, with the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and COVID-19 pandemic playing a critical role in the linked cap-and-trade programme’s future supply-demand balance, a conference heard Monday.

Emitters slashed their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) position last week ahead of the Nov. 17 WCI auction and as prices increased on the secondary market, while speculators kept their holdings nearly unchanged, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Monday.

California’s cap-and-trade programme should play a central role in the state reaching its carbon neutrality goal, with more stringent CO2 allowance budgets necessary to hit this long-term abatement target, business group IETA said in a report published Monday.

The Quebec government on Monday announced that it will phase out the sale of gasoline-powered new vehicles on the same timeline as WCI partner California, as the province’s environment ministry handed out more than 4 mln additional V19 permits.

Traders anticipate the California-Quebec cap-and-trade auction on Tuesday will sell out after the last two consecutive sales went undersubscribed, with the current vintage price expected to settle at a discount to the secondary market.