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EU Midday Market Brief

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2019-08-28 21:12
EUAs made gains in early Wednesday trade as a recovery in oil prices boosted the energy complex and potentially could pull carbon out of its weak technical hole.
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Amazon fires: Brazil governors push Bolsonaro to accept aid

BBC - Wed, 2019-08-28 20:42
The plea from the governors comes after a spat between President Bolsonaro and the French president.
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Western Australia keeps international credits in play in draft emissions policy

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2019-08-28 19:50
The Western Australian government on Wednesday set out a draft carbon emission policy for major resource projects based on an aspirational state target to hit net zero emissions by 2050, with the option to buy domestic or international offsets remaining on the table.
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Greta Thunberg sees land ahead as she approaches New York

The Guardian - Wed, 2019-08-28 19:50

Swedish climate activist nears end of her Atlantic crossing on zero-carbon yacht

Greta Thunberg is likely to arrive in New York soon after crossing the Atlantic in a zero-carbon yacht.

“Land!! The lights of Long Island and New York City ahead,” the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist tweeted on Wednesday.

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'Starhopper': SpaceX engine testbed makes minute-long jump

BBC - Wed, 2019-08-28 18:37
The Californian rocket company demonstrates its new methane-burning engine in Texas.
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Infigen, Nexif lease S.A. back-up generators to pair with wind farms and batteries

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2019-08-28 17:56

Nexif, Infigen agree to lease S.A. government's back up diesel generators, convert them to gas and pair with their wind farms and battery storage units.

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NSW plan to stave off 'fish Armageddon' a Band-Aid solution, experts warn

The Guardian - Wed, 2019-08-28 16:50

Agriculture minister hopes ‘Noah’s ark’ plan will prevent severe fish kills, but critics accuse Nationals of tending to ‘self-inflicted wound’

The New South Wales government says it is planning a $10m “Noah’s ark”-style plan to stave off a “potential fish Armageddon” facing the state this summer, but critics say the Coalition is sticking a Band-Aid on a gaping self-inflicted wound.

The Berejiklian government’s plan aims to combine better research and increased breeding with fish rescue operations to save some of the state’s native fish from a forecast ecological disaster as the drought drags on.

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This is why nuking a hurricane will not work, Mr Trump

The Conversation - Wed, 2019-08-28 16:34
At best, nuking a hurricane will do nothing, and at worst it will spread radioactive fallout around the world. Liz Ritchie-Tyo, Associate Professor, School of Physical, Environmental, and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Why we need to protect the extinct woolly mammoth

The Conversation - Wed, 2019-08-28 14:23
Melting Siberian permafrost is exposing long-dead mammoths, creating a new trade in mammoth ivory. Zara Bending, Associate, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Small modular reactors and the nuclear culture wars

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2019-08-28 14:02

As another Australian journalist wades into the nuclear culture wars – this time spruiking small modular reactors – it's a good time for a fact-check on this fabled technology.

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New Zealand bans swimming with bottlenose dolphins after numbers plunge

The Guardian - Wed, 2019-08-28 13:36

Conservation research shows humans are ‘loving the dolphins too much’ in Bay of Islands region

The New Zealand government has banned tourists from swimming with bottlenose dolphins in an attempt to save the struggling species.

According to the department of conservation [DoC] research has shown that humans were “loving the dolphins too much” and human interaction was “having a signifiant impact on the population’s resting and feeding behaviour”.

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Australia’s leading clean energy & renewables event announces 2019 conference line-up

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2019-08-28 11:36

The conference program for All-Energy Australia, the leading Australian clean and renewable energy event, has been announced for 2019, with over 200 speakers across two days.

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Can climate science be communicated without compromising the science?

ABC Environment - Wed, 2019-08-28 11:30
There is undoubtedly a great need for climate science research to be communicated to the public in a manner that is clear, compelling and that cannot readily be captured, let alone dismissed, by partisan politics. Andrew Pitman joins us to discuss whether climate research can be communicated without pandering to the epistemological and political deficiencies of our time.
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Victoria government triples number of home solar rebates for September

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2019-08-28 10:53

Victoria Labor government yields to calls to fix troubled rooftop solar rebate, with raft of changes including almost tripling number of applications open for September.

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Smart use of air-conditioners can avoid blackouts this summer

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2019-08-28 10:22

Forecast blackout threats for this coming summer in Victoria could be avoided with a highly targeted, aggressive demand reduction air conditioning upgrade program.

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Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked?

BBC - Wed, 2019-08-28 09:55
Plastic carrier bags were made illegal, so how has the government enforced the ban?
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How fire shaped humans, and forged the modern economy

BBC - Wed, 2019-08-28 09:09
If you rule out everything made by fire, we would not be left with much of an economy at all.
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Mitsubishi invests in UK company to bring off-grid solar to Asia

The Guardian - Wed, 2019-08-28 09:00

Japanese conglomerate backs solar utility BBOXX to expand service in south Asia and Africa

A British energy firm lighting up homes in Africa with pay-as-you-go solar power has secured £40m to extend its reach to Asia with the help of Japan’s Mitsubishi.

The conglomerate has taken a stake in off-grid solar company BBOXX through the start-up’s latest funding round, which will power the Africa-focused company deeper into Asia.

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Federal Coalition is white-anting Australia’s electricity governance

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2019-08-28 08:22

electricity network coag energy councilThe Coalition is deliberately white-anting Australia's electricity governance, and the result will likely be a slower transition, and an increased risk of blackouts.

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CP Daily: Tuesday August 27, 2019

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2019-08-28 08:21
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