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Sydney councillors have unanimously supported a motion to mobilise city resources to reduce carbon emissions and minimise the impact of future change.

The post Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 27 June 2019 until 31 July 2019.

The public consultation period for assessment for ongoing export accreditation will be open from 27 June 2019 until 31 July 2019.

Upgraded Tesla Raven with longer range and 200kW charging rate spotted in-store in US.

The post “Raven” Model S spotted instore with upgraded range, motors and suspension appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Leaving hedgerows untouched offers an important lifeline for night-time biodiversity, such as insect-eating bats, a study says.

The makers of Australia's (in)famous XXXX beer have installed a $2 million project, 690kW solar array on their 140-year-old Milton brewery.

The post More solar beer as XXXX brewers install 690kW of PV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

"Electric car that charges itself" - Prototype for world's first long-range solar-integrated EV unveiled by developers, Lightyear, at the company's base in the Netherlands.

The post World’s first long-range solar production car unveiled by Lightyear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Brief for Henry Dimbleby is exploration of sustainable ‘farm to fork’ strategy

Henry Dimbleby, a co-founder of the restaurant chain Leon, has been appointed by the government to lead a landmark review of Britain’s food system to determine a national strategy lasting decades beyond Brexit.

Dimbleby said he was so determined to have an impact he was setting aside four days of his working week without pay for one year to work on the study.

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Tata-owned Cheshire plant to turn 40,000 tonnes of CO2 a year into useful products

The UK’s biggest carbon capture project will soon block thousands of tonnes of factory emissions from contributing to the climate crisis, by using them to help make the chemicals found in antacid, eyedrops and Pot Noodle.

Within two years a chemical plant in Cheshire could keep 40,000 tonnes of carbon from the air every year, or the equivalent of removing 22,000 cars from the UK’s roads.

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There is an epic search underway in Antarctica for the world's oldest ice, which may help unlock some major riddles of Earth's climate history.

The Canadian environment ministry and California signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday to promote cooperation on the former’s development of a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), along with other measures to promote zero-emission vehicles and alternative fuels.

California regulator ARB issued nearly 600,000 offsets (CCOs) this week across four protocols, while Quebec handed out its first credits in more than seven months, according to regulator data released Wednesday.

Analysts have cut their EUA prices forecasts for the remainder of the year by 9-13%, as Brexit risks loom larger and investor interest drains from the market.

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Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is completing work to fix numerous errors on its RGGI regulation identified by a legislative committee, with the aim of sending the final proposal back for approval later this summer.

Switzerland’s carbon credit procurement agency has selected three GHG-reducing activities for its initial call for proposals, aiming to tie up its first emission trade deals under the Paris Agreement's market-based Article 6.

Climate Coalition and Greener UK rally urges MPs to act over critical loss of nature

Thousands of people, including primary school children and members of the Women’s Institute, have lobbied MPs, calling for urgent action to tackle the climate emergency and critical loss of nature.

About 12,000 people gathered in Westminster on Wednesday to put pressure on politicians, according to the organisers the Climate Coalition and Greener UK, whose members include aid agencies, social groups and conservation organisations.

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Scotland’s major environment and conservation bodies call for legislation to tackle the climate emergency. Plus letters from Penelope Maclachlan, Charles Young, Dr Joseph Hanlon and Neil Blackshaw

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has acknowledged that our planet faces a climate emergency. Inextricably linked to this is the growing ecological crisis. We must not let Brexit derail us from tackling these global challenges head-on. Whatever the outcome of the political uncertainties, we need robust, binding targets for the recovery of Scotland’s natural environment to safeguard both nature and people. This is why we have come together from across Scottish society to ask the first minister to bring forward a new Scottish environment act.

Ensuring our world is rich in nature is the best insurance we have against dangerous climate heating. Protecting, restoring and enhancing Scotland’s natural environment would help limit temperature rises and help us adapt to changes that we cannot avoid. It would also give us so much more.

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• In April, renewables provided 23% compared to coal’s 20%
• ‘The fate of coal has been sealed. The market has spoken’

The US generated more electricity from renewable sources than coal for the first time ever in April, new federal government data has shown.

Related: Shell is not a green saviour. It’s a planetary death machine | George Monbiot

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