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FoI request to DfT reveals 10% most frequent flyers took more than half of flights abroad in 2018

Just 1% of English residents are responsible for nearly a fifth of all flights abroad, according to previously unpublished statistics.

The figures, published in a Department for Transport survey, also reveal that the 10% most frequent flyers in England took more than half of all international flights in 2018. However, 48% of the population did not take a single flight abroad in the last year.

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New technology designed to protect eagles from being injured or killed by wind turbines farms is ready to be tested at Tasmania’s 144MW Cattle Hill project.

The post Cattle Hill wind farm set to test new eagle protection technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

20 big investors warn that new wind and solar projects won’t go ahead without changes to marginal loss factors process. Group chairman Rob Grant explains why.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Is this the end of the wind and solar boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ClimateWorks research reveals less than half of Australia's major property companies have emissions targets aligned with Paris, and one in 10 have no targets at all.

The post Less than half of Australia’s biggest property companies have zero emissions targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The PM further aligns his climate rhetoric to deniers, urging kids and striking school students to adopt the mantra from the old song, "Don't worry, be happy".

The post Morrison to youth on climate change: Don’t worry, be happy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plastic waste is flowing into our oceans at ever increasing rates. Only a global, industry-led solution can turn off the tap. Andrew Forrest, PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia David Tickler, PhD Candidate in Marine Ecology, University of Western Australia Jessica Meeuwig, Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Prices for cellulosic biofuel credits (D3 RINs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will climb back to historical higher levels if the US EPA resets the fuel type’s annual volume quotas to account for carryover credits, according to new analysis.

Global solar PV additions in 2019 are set to drive greater double-digit renewable power capacity growth, according to the International Energy Agency.

The post Global solar to drive double-digit renewable power capacity growth appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Early investor offloads 18.4% stake in Windlab as speculation grows around whether new shareholder has takeover ambitions.

The post Investment firm snares major stake in Windlab – could a takeover offer follow? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Billionaire Atlassian co-founder confirms financial backing of $25bn dollar plan to build world's biggest solar farm, and the world's biggest battery too.

The post Cannon-Brookes confirms investment in world’s biggest solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Everyone assumes that the electric vehicle transition will happen anyway. But Alina Dini, from the Institute of Future Environments, asks: Has anyone asked the consumer what they want?

The post The Driven Podcast: Electric vehicles – Do we know what the consumers want? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Are there reasons to act in a particular way, to willingly make some sacrifice, do something which may be good, and which we may even be committed to, when our actions (or lack of action) are likely to be of no consequence? Is size detrimental to democratic community? Professor Roger Crisp joins us to discuss whether the free rider problem highlights the limitation of moral philosophy.

The German government's new 2030 climate plan will likely be overhauled to increase its ambition, according to media reports, after a wide array of critics slammed the strategy released last Friday for being too lenient.

BHP reportedly endorses Morrison government use of Kyoto carry-over credits to effectively halve the ambition of its 2030 Paris climate task.

The post BHP joins Morrison’s “Quiet Australians”, with support of dodgy carbon accounting appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Connecticut’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee (LRRC) passed the state’s revised RGGI regulation to incorporate post-2020 changes on Tuesday, making it the penultimate member of the Northeast US ETS to do so.

Central Queensland farmers are furious about a decision to release more than 100,000 megalitres of water from a key dam in the drought-stricken region, arguing the precious resource will be wasted.

The jay doesn’t just eat acorns but apparently cultivates saplings to feed the new leaves to its young

The English oak, Quercus robur, our national tree, has lots of admirers but only one “best friend”, the jay Garrulus glandarius – which roughly means the “chattering acorn gatherer”.

This month jays have been busy stripping hundreds of acorns off a nearby oak and carefully burying them for future consumption in lawns, flowerbeds and handy crevices. The jays are credited with remembering where all the acorns are but each spring oak saplings appear all over the neighbourhood, so some were either not needed or forgotten.

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International emission trade under a well-functioning Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could save as much as $250 billion per year by 2030 and improve the chances of meeting the pact’s climate goals, according to a study published Tuesday.

Australia is installing renewable energy at more than ten times the global average. This is excellent news, but raises serious questions about integrating this electricity into our grids. Matthew Stocks, Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Ken Baldwin, Director, Energy Change Institute, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.