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The Singapore government has said it will cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% below 2030 levels by mid-century and is eyeing use of the international carbon market as one of three pillars to meet that goal.

Genex says its pumped hydro plans at Kidston remain "an outstanding opportunity for large-scale energy storage,” in a half-year result marred only by Kidston solar plant outage.

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Windlab shares enter trading halt after Kennedy Energy Park write-down contributes to substantial loss in half-year results.

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Tasmania eyes renewable hydrogen exports within a decade with $50 million, 10-year renewable hydrogen action plan.

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Evidence suggests improving housing is one of the most cost-effective ways to cut carbon emissions.

The Equinor project has died in the Bight; so let's have a post mortem now, rather than exhuming the corpse when its waters are threatened once more.

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A trio who met as engineering students seek to commercialise hydrogen production tech that could convert brewery waste waster into clean fuel.

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New report from Australia Institute says trend will bring with it longer and hotter bushfires, more heatwaves and crop damage

Australia’s summers are getting longer and winters have become shorter as a result of global heating, according to a new report from the Australia Institute.

The discussion paper, to be released on Monday, said that trend was “highly likely” to continue and would bring with it longer and hotter bushfire seasons, more heatwaves, while agricultural crops will be damaged, livestock will suffer and entire ecosystems will be placed at risk.

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New weather data analysis says climate change has led to major increases in summer temperatures.

One of Scott Morrison’s key messages is that radical action to reduce emissions could damage Australia’s economy. But what about the effects of inaction? The cost of the climate crisis is already becoming clear for the wine industry. In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to environment reporter Lisa Cox about how winemakers are racing to adapt to the climate crisis

Read more .... From grape to grain: how a warming climate is changing what we eat and drink

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Temperatures have not fallen far enough for grapes to freeze on the vine as process requires

A warm winter means that for the first time in years Germany’s vineyards will produce no ice wine, an expensive golden nectar made from grapes left to freeze on the vine.

The German Wine Institute said on Sunday that temperatures had not dropped to the prerequisite low of -7C (19F) in any of the country’s wine regions.

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The forestry industry wants to remove damaged logs from native forests after the bushfires. But our wildlife needs them now more than ever. David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Doug Robinson, Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia is known for its fresh food and great wine – but that could change as the weather becomes hotter, drier and more unpredictable. One winemaker is racing to adapt

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Government departments will be required to consider recycled content when purchasing goods as environment groups call for 100% recycled mandate for plastic packaging

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, will announce an overhaul of Commonwealth procurement rules to increase demand for recycled products, as the government lays out details of its new recycling policy on Monday.

Morrison, who will make the announcement at the national plastics summit in Canberra, has flagged the need to increase demand for recycled product so that “industry will respond”.

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Nasa satellite images show decline as industrial activity slows in effort to limit coronavirus

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Nasa satellite images show a dramatic decline in pollution levels over China, which the US space agency believes is “partly related” to an economic slowdown due to the coronavirus.

Nasa scientists said the reduction in nitrogen dioxide levels, the noxious gas emitted from motor vehicles, power plants and industrial facilities, was first evident near Wuhan city, the source of the outbreak, but then spread across the country.

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The environment was the winner in court: but what will happen when No 10 is determined to force a project through?

Live by the greenwash, die by it too. Barely six days after Heathrow Airport declared it had been certified carbon neutral, its third-runway ambitions were trapped in a peat bog. The court of appeal decided that UK aviation policy had not sufficiently made reference to the Paris climate change agreement; and the government declared with a straight face that, committed as it was to a greener future, it would simply have to bow to the judge.

However much the law has spoken and campaigners have won a famous victory, it is once again opportunistic politics, above legal judgments and environmental concerns, that will doom the scheme.

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Scientists say pollution on the highest mountain in England and Wales must prompt action.

The Tesla big battery has reshaped thinking about a renewables grid - it has cut prices, kept the lights on and has yet more tricks up its sleeve.

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Your chance to put questions to climate scientists and academics as well as experts on controlling bushfires

From unprecedented bushfires in forests that used to be too wet to burn to warming seas that have killed giant underwater forests, Australia is experiencing the effects of the global climate crisis more rapidly than much of the world.

Over the past three weeks, Guardian Australia has told these stories in a major six-part series that was paid for by readers.

10am-11am: Prof Lesley Hughes, ecologist, distinguished professor of biology and pro-vice-chancellor (research) at Macquarie University, and Climate Councillor. Hughes has expertise on the impact of climate change on species and ecosystems.

11am-12pm: Greg Mullins, former commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, volunteer firefighter and Climate Councillor.

12pm-1.30pm: Prof Michael Mann, climatologist, geophysicist and director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University. Mann is currently based in Sydney.

2pm-3pm: Assoc Prof Donna Green, from the University of New South Wales’ climate change research centre. Green has expertise in the health effects of climate change and air pollution.

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Forecasting the future is a complex business and can’t be based on a single legal case

On Thursday, when climate activists spilled on to the road, singing “We’ll take climate change seriously” to the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, they felt confident of a big victory.

Heathrow’s expansion had been declared illegal because it is incompatible with legislation committing the government to zero carbon emissions by 2050. The proposal, which would have brought 260,000 new flights a year to the airport, was dead and campaigners celebrated because similar schemes were now doomed.

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