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Number of large-scale, intensive farms with upwards of 40,000 birds or 2,000 pigs is increasing, driven by demand for cheap meat

• Life in the ‘poultry capital’ of Wales: enough is enough, say overwhelmed residents

New figures reveal that the number of large industrial-sized pig and chicken farms in the UK continues to rise, with close to 2,000 across the country.

In 2017, the then environment secretary Michael Gove told MPs: “One thing is clear: I do not want to see, and we will not have, US-style farming in this country.” However, the number of industrial-sized pig and poultry units in the UK has risen by 7% from 1,669 in 2017 to 1,786 this year.

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South Korea has extended deadlines for emissions reporting and compliance under the emissions trading scheme by a month amid disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, and has backloaded some of its monthly KAU auction volume accordingly.

Mass tree planting could harm the environment if badly planned, a report warns.

A proposal to include shipping in the EU ETS has gathered an "encouraging" consensus among EU lawmakers, the EU parliament’s lead lawmaker on the issue said on Monday. 

The EU must increasingly focus on reducing the steel sector’s use of coal, analysts said on Tuesday in finding that coal-fired steelmaking facilities were the top emitters in seven EU nations last year.

The British Antarctic Survey is juggling planes and ships to get its people off the White Continent.

ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek on her latest report identifying ways to rapidly decarbonise Australia’s economy. Plus: WA’s ground-breaking distributed energy plan, and falling power prices.

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New glass battery electrode patent by Goodenough-lead team could form part of new go-to power source for electric cars and energy storage.

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Enviromental groups slam Vales Point for sharp increases in particulate pollution, that may put NSW residents health at risk.

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RES buys heavily contested 100MW Springdale solar project in NSW from Renew Estate.

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Photon takes equity stake in Australia's RayGen and claims its unique solar plus storage technology is the "holy grail" for renewables.

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Australian renewable energy jobs surged to a new record in 2018-19, employing 26,850 workers, but clouds loom on the horizon.

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New IRENA report shows renewable energy capacity additions accounted for nearly three-quarters of all new power expansion in 2019, adding 176GW of generating capacity.

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GM and Honda will jointly develop two next-generation electric vehicles using GM's proprietary Ultium batteries and accompanying EV platform.

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New Zealand electric power transmission operator Transpower says the country could add 6.5GW of solar on its path to 100% renewables.

The post New Zealand looks to add 6.5GW of solar as it heads to 100 per cent renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

REPDO has announced the shortlisted bidders for the second round of the country’s National Renewable Energy Program, which included a lowest bid of 2.7c/kWh.

The post Saudi Arabia shortlists bidders for 1.47GW of solar, includes 2.7c/kWh bid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Neoen teams up with Mondo Power to propose a Victoria big battery that will be four times the size of its Tesla big battery in South Australia.

The post Neoen, Mondo plan massive 600MW Victoria big battery near Geelong appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Electricity prices on Australia's main grid have plunged on both the spot and the futures market. Is that good news or bad?

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