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CP Daily: Tuesday October 22, 2019
Canadian large emitter programme may experience offset supply dearth for 2019 -analysts
New Jersey sets November deadline for facilities to finish RGGI onboarding
California sees short-term tweaks to LCFS before more substantive amendments post-2020
The Driven Podcast: Why all delivery vans are going electric
SEA Electric boss Tony Fairweather predicts that within five to 10 years, all delivery vans in Australia will be electric.
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Australia’s hopes to expand coal exports in south-east Asia ‘delusional’, experts say
Region’s expected increase in coal-fired power plants could turn out to be ‘more fizz than boom’ as construction rates fall markedly
The number of new coal-fired power plants starting construction across south-east Asia has fallen markedly over the past two years as Australia has increasingly looked to the region to expand its thermal coal exports.
Analysis by US-based climate research and advocacy group Global Energy Monitor found work on only 1.5 gigawatts of new coal generation – equivalent to one large Australian plant – began in the region in the six months to June, all of it in Indonesia.
Continue reading...Cold Hard Facts 2019 now available
Cold Hard Facts 2019 now available
Does Victoria really need to find more fossil gas to use as plastics feedstock?
Victoria government would be better advised to encourage plastic industry to recycle waste rather than handing out more subsidies foraging for fossil fuels.
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Science Minister Karen Andrews on putting humans on Mars
Firm accused of hoarding water 'just satisfying a demand': Duxton Waters
Solar inverter company SolarEdge shifts to electric vehicle charging
SolarEdge introduces new inverter product that uses solar monitoring and electric vehicle charge scheduling to help homeowners maximise use of rooftop solar for their EVs.
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Lighthouse moved 70m on rails to save it from falling into sea
Climate explained: how volcanoes influence climate and how their emissions compare to what we produce
Drought-hit farmers ask government to help pay council rates and offer exit packages
National Farmers’ Federation sends a list of demands for immediate drought response to the commonwealth
Farmers have sent a list of key demands for immediate drought response to government, including a call for the commonwealth to pay council rates for affected businesses and to offer exit packages for those wanting to leave the land.
Releasing its national drought policy on Wednesday, the National Farmers’ Federation will outline its priorities for a new national framework, while also listing a set of demands for farmers affected by the current drought.
Continue reading...Climate: 100% organic farming would boost emissions
A crude awakening for modern art world | Letter
The demonstration entitled Crude Truth by Extinction Rebellion at the National Portrait Gallery should be recognised as an art work of considerable significance and beauty in itself (Fake oil spilled in art gallery protest over BP sponsorship, 21 October).
It is in fact a group portrait of three semi-nude demonstrators which brings together issues of the vulnerability of flesh with the socio-political significance of oil and its corrosive influence in our world, in the best tradition of the event art and happenings of the 1960s. It is the Three Graces of our time.
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Melting glaciers reveal five new islands in the Arctic
Russian navy discovers yet-to-be-named islands previously hidden under glaciers
The Russian navy says it has discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic.
An expedition in August and September charted the islands, which have yet to be named and were previously hidden under glaciers, said the head of the northern fleet, Vice-Admiral Alexander Moiseyev.
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