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The world wasn't ready for a Green New Deal in 2009. Today, it may be | Larry Elliott
There is no easy route to a greener global economy. But since coronavirus hit, politics and business are thinking again
Timing matters. Early 2020 saw an economic collapse the likes of which have not been seen in living memory. Growth has collapsed, unemployment has soared, poverty has increased.
Yet in different circumstances the past few months would have been dominated by calls for countries to do more to cut carbon emissions. As 2019 drew to an end, everybody from the managing director of the International Monetary Fund to the governor of the Bank of England was warning of the threat of global heating.
Continue reading...Global carbon market sees modest growth in 2019, strong interest in forestry -World Bank
New electric vehicles that Australia needed yesterday
If uptake of EVs is to gain hold in Australia, they need to be fit for purpose - here's a list of what we should expect to see in coming years.
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New Trump public land rules will let Alaska hunters kill bear cubs in dens
The ‘amazingly cruel’ move by the National Park Service reverses Obama-era regulations which also affect wolves and coyotes
The Trump administration is finalizing rules that will allow hunters in Alaska’s national preserves to shoot bears and wolves, and their cubs and pups, while they are in their dens.
Related: A proposed mine in Alaska will endanger brown bears – and much more
Continue reading...Animal feedlots are a likely threat to drinking water in Minnesota, says report
Manure from the state’s 80 million farm animals risks overloading its rivers and lakes with nitrogen and phosphorus
Millions of tons of manure from Minnesota’s animal feedlots is a risk to consumer health as it threatens to raise nitrate and phosphorus levels in the state’s rivers, lakes and drinking water, a study has found.
Meat and dairy production in the US is dominated by the use of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) where animals are raised or fattened in close confinement.
Continue reading...Australia sets ERF auction date, moves to take out price manipulation risk
NZ Market: NZUs hold as compliance deadline nears
My community loved Dad until he retired from football and needed a job | Sorrell Ashby for IndigenousX
The role colonisation has played in the exclusion of Aboriginal people shows why we need economic reform
My dad and his family grew up in a tin humpy on the banks of the Namoi River in Walgett, New South Wales. My grandmother worked on a station, raising the station manager’s children, and never received her pay during her lifetime.
Growing up my father was denied an education and instead given a football; he left school at 15 and later in life was drafted with five other Aboriginal men to play rugby league for the Gundagai Tigers. That year Gundagai saw their first grand final win. Gundagai loved Dad until he retired from football and needed a job.
Continue reading...New Zealand government ignores expert advice in its plan to improve water quality in rivers and lakes
UK urged to tie green recovery from Covid-19 crisis to Cop26 summit
Climate experts push Britain, as talks host, to work on ‘zero carbon’ route from pandemic
The UK government must urgently set out clear plans on a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis if the delayed UN climate summit is to be a success, say leading experts.
The climate talks known as Cop26 and scheduled to be held in Glasgow, are expected to be postponed by a year from their original date this November, dashing hopes that the summit would be swiftly reconvened. A formal decision on the delay will be taken by the UN Thursday evening.
Continue reading...Australian regulator flags new “reliability” rules for wind and solar farms
Regulator flags new "reliability" rules to affect wind and solar farms, as ESB considers tightening Australia's reliability standard to 99.9995 per cent.
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Networks can now replace costly poles and wires with solar and storage micro-grids
AEMC sets new rules to open up the option of stand alone power systems to remote and fringe-of-grid communities as network alternative.
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Sun Cable’s solar and battery mega-project may be first of many
Sun Cable says the $20 billion solar and storage project planned for the Northern Territory likely to be just the first of many.
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EU unveils “green” Covid recovery plan, leaves Australia wallowing in coal dust
Europe unveils $A1.2 trillion Covid-19 recovery plan that has renewables and climate as the centrepiece, casting Australia even more starkly as a backwards-looking global laggard.
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France puts electric cars at centre of $13.2bn plan to kickstart auto industry
France to jumpstart local auto industry decimated by Coronavirus pandemic with €8 billion plan including major boost for electric vehicles.
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Great Britain’s power grid emissions hit record lows as renewables hit new highs
Carbon emissions from Great Britain’s power grid hit lowest levels last weekend, thanks to a decrease in demand and a big increase in renewable energy.
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IEA: Coronavirus ‘accelerating closure’ of ageing fossil-fuelled power plants
This year will see the largest ever drop globally in both investment and consumer spending on energy as the coronavirus pandemic hits every major sector, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The crisis is accelerating the shutdown of older fossil-fuelled power plants and refineries, with the agency saying it could provide an opportunity to...
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Let’s talk about battery storage, and why it’s so much easier than pumped hydro
Battery storage is really easy to do if the economics are supportive, but pumped hydro is incredibly difficult to do.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Sun Cable’s $20 billion solar and storage plan
Sun Cable CEO David Griffin joins Energy Insiders to discuss the latest update for the $20 billion plan to build the world’s biggest solar farm and biggest battery storage plant in the Northern Territory.
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New Zealand's plan for action on seabirds is strong on rhetoric but light on action | Jessica Desmond
Vision for commercial fishing to reduce deaths to zero is right, but implementation will fall short
From our hotly contested Bird of the Year competition, to the constant updates from backyard bird watchers during lockdown, it’s safe to say New Zealand is a nation of avian obsessives.
It’s hardly surprising given our history. This small island nation has been shaped by bird life like no other, with endemic species part of our national identity. From the Kākāpō to the Kiwi, we share our home with some of the most unique feathered creatures on the planet.
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