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Geoengineering, megafires and 'hothouse' Earth – green news roundup
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Continue reading...New Zealand carbon permit surrender increases 36% as new rules begin to bite
Flow Power contracts 50MW from proposed Queensland wind farm
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Prime Minister calls on Bill Shorten to reveal what he knew about Husar allegations
Great Barrier Reef: former board member describes $444m grant as 'unthinkable'
Michael Myer says size of grant ‘unheard of’ as Josh Frydenberg refuses to say where idea originated
The environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, would not say whose idea it was to award a $444m government grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, on the same day a former member of the foundation’s board described the allocation as “unthinkable”.
Michael Myer, of the Myer family, was a member of the reef foundation’s board from 2001 to 2004 until he became concerned at what he called the growing “corporatist” direction of the organisation.
Continue reading...States being asked to approve NEG mechanism that increases emissions
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Solar-integrated EV in works in Germany – and open to pre-order worldwide
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Graph of the Day: Tesla sales over 360,000 worldwide
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World’s biggest oil exporter bets $2 billion on electric cars
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Big little lies: The rotten core that could kill the NEG
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Jaguar says Australia interest in electric I-PACE more than any other product launch
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Trees are made of human breath
Tesla Roadster takes on gas-guzzlers at Targa West rally in Perth
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Ultra-fast EV chargers eliminate the hydrogen “advantage”
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China’s Qinghai province runs on renewables for 216 hours
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E-waste from drop-offs outside Officeworks exported, possibly breaching treaty
NGO says it used GPS units to track waste from collection points outside Officeworks to Hong Kong and Thailand
Electronic waste dropped at government-approved recycling points outside Officeworks stores was allegedly exported to developing countries, potentially breaching a global waste treaty, a non-government organisation has said.
The US-based Basel Action Network (Ban) – which embeds GPS units inside discarded electronics and monitors them – said in a report to be released on Thursday that two LCD monitors the organisation placed at Officeworks’ “Bring IT Back” drop zones in Brisbane were tracked to an area of Hong Kong’s New Territories known for “e-waste trafficking”.
Continue reading...California’s ARB clarifies plan to credit ZEV infrastructure under LCFS amendments
Beastie joys: Photographer's love of Scottish bug life
Open water swimming all year round
Reject the NEG, urge doctors
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