Around The Web

After years of decline, China's coal production is now at the highest point it's been for five years. And that is not good.

The post China is trying to control its coal-fuelled electricity, but it’s not succeeding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal mine refusal is another red flag for KEPCO’s overseas coal projects.

The post Despite Bylong rejection, NSW still at risk of oversupply from new coal mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian landscape is very old and the soils in inland areas can be very fragile. Ken Doust, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management , Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If the country doubles its coal production, the Paris climate agreement goals cannot be met

António Guterres is this week hosting a major gathering of world leaders in an attempt to accelerate global action on climate change. The UN secretary general has made tackling fossil fuels, and especially coal, central to the summit’s success. He has urged governments to stop permitting new coal-fired power stations to be built and to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels.

In this context, the countries that are subsidising and facilitating the expansion of coal, oil and gas production merit just as much critical scrutiny as those that are burning these fuels. Just as it would be wrong to tackle smoking by focusing only on smokers and ignoring the efforts of Big Tobacco, it is wrong to tackle the global fossil fuel addiction by ignoring the countries that deal heavily in the product. It’s wrong to tackle the global fossil fuel addiction by ignoring the countries that deal heavily in the product.

Continue reading...

Scott Morrison is not doing the Climate Summit, but boy does he have a plan to combat catastrophic global warming: put the blame on China and recycle cardboard boxes.

The post Climate action is important, but how good is cardboard box recycling! appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carnegie relies on third party investors to help reach minimum fund raising target for the re-capitalisation of its wave energy business.

The post Carnegie Clean Energy scrapes together funds to recapitalise wave business appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Anna Skarbek, the head of ClimateWorks Australia, on the key role of electric vehicles in meeting emissions reduction targets, and why they already make financial sense for fleet owners.

The post The Driven Podcast: Why EVs already make financial sense for fleet managers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A bold global vision for dramatic reductions in embodied carbon across the built environment has been endorsed by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) with leading Australian companies also pledging their support.

The post GBCA backs new global vision for net zero carbon by 2050 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Natural historian denounces Scott Morrison’s policies, saying the bleached Great Barrier Reef is ‘a tragic sight’

David Attenborough has criticised the Morrison government’s record on climate policy and support for new coalmines.

In an interview that will air on Triple J’s Hack on Tuesday, the celebrated broadcaster and natural historian also said visiting coral reefs, such as the Great Barrier Reef, that have bleached due to warming oceans is “a tragic sight”.

Continue reading...

Researchers from around the world meet to finalise a study on the impact of warming on oceans and icy regions.

The US space agency's new polar observer could have a transformative impact in an unexpected area.

South Australia to use its abundant cheap wind and solar to make Australia's first move towards renewable hydrogen economy and multi-billion dollar export potential.

The post South Australia unveils plans for 100% renewable hydrogen economy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Jana was worried about children having to wade through rubbish - now she turns it into charity cash.

Only a fifth of the companies will remain on track, according to analysis of their disclosures

More than four fifths of the world’s largest companies are unlikely to meet the targets set out in the Paris climate agreement by 2050, according to fresh analysis of their climate disclosures.

A study of almost 3,000 publicly listed companies found that just 18% have disclosed plans that are aligned with goals to limit rising temperatures to 1.5C of pre-industrialised levels by the middle of the century.

Continue reading...

California utility PG&E's bankruptcy plan lacks the financial commitments and backing from wildfire victims that would enable the embattled company to exit court proceedings by mid-2020, bondholders and victims wrote in a court brief filed last week.

France should resume annual increases to its domestic carbon tax due to the threat posed by climate change and despite the fact that the levy helped trigger widespread and violent protests in the country, an advisory institution to the national government budget auditor said.

The US president ended up skipping the climate summit as the Swedish activist told leaders, ‘you are failing us’

Greta Thunberg briefly crossed paths with Donald Trump at the United Nations in New York on Monday.

Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, fixed Trump with a steady stare as he arrived at the UN to attend a meeting on religious freedom. The US president decided to snub a major UN climate summit, held on the same day.

Continue reading...

Slovakia is joining the growing number of member states opting to use the EU's Modernisation Fund next decade to finance the decarbonisation of energy systems in various emitting sectors.

Greta Thunberg briefly crossed paths with Donald Trump at the United Nations in New York on Monday. Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, fixed Trump with a steady stare as he arrived at the UN to attend a meeting on religious freedom. The US president decided to snub a major UN climate summit, held on the same day

• Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN
  

Continue reading...