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Germany to oblige ships to turn off engines in ports and use power grid instead
Ships entering German port cities will have to turn off their combustion engines for the duration of their stopover and use electricity from the local grid instead.
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Germany adopts major new climate law, set 98GW solar target for 2030
German cabinet settles on climate action plan which includes target of 98GW of solar by 2030, and zero emissions target for 2050.
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Spark Infrastructure appoints Miles George to board of directors
As part of its succession planning, the Board undertook a search process which identified Mr George as a new Director. Mr George will stand for election to the Board at the AGM in 2020 as a new independent Non-Executive Director with the unanimous support of the Board.
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Infigen says Lake Bonney big battery energised and registered
Infigen says new Tesla big battery at its Lake Bonney wind farm finally energised and registered, and should be fully commissioned by end of the year.
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CP Daily: Thursday October 10, 2019
Tax CO2 from largest emitters $75/t by 2030 to avoid 2C temperature rise, says IMF
Extinction Rebellion protesters in Melbourne have bail conditions revoked
Victory follows similar win by Sydney protesters, including former senator Scott Ludlam
Extinction Rebellion activists charged in Melbourne with blocking streets as part of the “Spring Rebellion” climate change protest have won a battle to have their bail conditions revoked, following a similar court victory in Sydney.
The bail conditions placed on those charged in Melbourne were not as onerous as those for the Sydney protesters, including the former Greens senator Scott Ludlam. But according to the bail conditions document seen by Guardian Australia, police were seeking to prevent the protesters from participating in similar protests blocking roadways in Melbourne while on bail.
Continue reading...Coal barons say the darndest things: St Baker rattles off dubious claims about future of coal
Coal baron Trevor St Baker has the ear of the PM and the energy minister, and he is again rattlling off dubious predictions about the energy sector.
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Australia will fail to meet Paris target even with carbon price of US$75 a ton, IMF says
Fund says tax more cost-effective in mitigating climate crisis than ‘feebate’ models
Australia will fail to meet its Paris agreement emissions reduction target even with a carbon price of US$75 a ton, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
The IMF made the observation in a report on mitigating climate change which concluded that a carbon tax is still a more cost-effective solution than “feebate” models, which impose fees on activities with above-average emissions and subsidise those with below-average emissions.
Continue reading...Can renewable hydrogen become the ‘Netflix of the energy sector’?
ARENA CEO Darren Miller hopes hydrogen can become the 'Netflix of energy', driving a fundamental shift in the energy system.
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How much new dispatchable generation does Australia need?
Australia is facing numerous coal plant closures but no one really knows how much new dispatchable generation is needed to replace it.
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Trump administration's new lead rules in water dismissed as 'window dressing'
Critics say rules give water systems decades more time to replace dangerous pipes and fail to boost urgency for cleaning up lead
The Trump administration is proposing new rules for lead in drinking water, overhauling the regulations for the first time in three decades, following crises in Flint, Michigan, and other US communities, but critics say the changes appear to give water systems decades more time to replace pipes leaching dangerous amounts of toxic lead.
The Environmental Protection Agency would require water systems to notify customers if levels exceed 15 parts per billion. And it would require water testing at schools and daycares.
Continue reading...NA Markets: RGGI prices rise after Pennsylvania ETS announcement, California allowances creep lower
Ontario slow to implement climate plan -report
Restaurants' contribution to air pollution revealed
US survey found particle pollution downwind of eateries was higher than from major roads
Many of us have a favourite cooking smell. Maybe yours is baking bread or frying bacon but new types of equipment are revealing how restaurants contribute to our air pollution.
Problems were initially found with meat barbecuing, grilling and charbroiling but we now know that other cooking methods are implicated. Particle pollution from cooking was first identified in the air in London and Manchester about 10 years ago. Predictably, this was greatest at lunchtime and in the evenings; a phenomenon confirmed by more recent measurements.
Continue reading...Newcastle's mine closures: the lessons to be learned
Coal miners and urban greenies have one thing in common, and Labor must use it
EU Parliament wants bloc’s budget to reflect higher climate ambition
Smells like clean spirit: Washington’s Puget Sound releases draft LCFS rule
Where the blame lies for the climate crisis | Letters
Your article (Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all global carbon emissions, 10 October) highlights the biggest polluters and contributors to the climate crisis over the last half-century – the “uncooperative crusties” of capitalism. It is these companies that are standing in the way of progress. But we shouldn’t just look at the carbon they have pumped into the atmosphere, but also the money – our money, in banks and pension funds – that they have invested and the power that huge amount of capital gives them. They can choose to either transform their businesses into something positive for the planet or to extend the shelf life of a carbon-based business model well past its best-before date.
This week, the Treasury select committee asked me, ShareAction and the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association what investors can do about the oil and gas industry. My answer was that we need to use more than just persuasion. Our money can shape the strategies of these companies directly. Savvy investors should back those that respond to change, not the ones who deny the urgency.
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