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An orchestra, a village, an entire country: the movement to rein in greenhouse gas emissions is growing

We are all doomed, it is said. Carbon dioxide is amassing in the atmosphere at levels not seen for millions of years when there were trees at the South Pole and Florida was under water. We have barely a decade to make amends. Protesters are on the streets.

But huge numbers of people have not given up. Not yet. Call them the carbon cutters. They are companies and cities, niche groups and nations. They are commuters and communes, off-gridders and off-setters, investors and institutions – and countless individuals, cutting their meat intake, installing solar panels, eschewing gas guzzlers and long-haul flights.

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New Zealand’s ETS consultation process has drawn support for allowing ETS companies to buy a limited amount of carbon credits from abroad, but a significant minority wanted restrictions such as having the government make the purchases or banning international units outright.

The bones of the huge creature belong to a new species which roamed east Africa 20 million years ago.

A woman and two men are charged over the Extinction Rebellion protest at Canary Wharf in London.

Australia's big emitters would have to buy carbon credits abroad to the tune of A$25 billion ($18 bln) if the opposition Labor party wins the country's election next month, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said Thursday.

Three charged over protest that halted DLR services, as climate action enters fourth day

Three people have been charged over an Extinction Rebellion protest in which activists climbed on the top of a train at Canary Wharf station in east London, British Transport Police have said, as demonstrators held their four roadblock sites in central London for another night.

Cathy Eastburn, 51, from south London, Mark Ovland, 35, from Somerton in Somerset, and Luke Watson, 29, from Manuden in Essex, were charged with obstructing trains or carriages on the railway by an unlawful act, contrary to section 36 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 over the protest on Wednesday, which halted Docklands Light Railway (DLR) services. They were due to appear at Highbury Corner magistrates court on Thursday.

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator again issued nearly 400,000 carbon credits this week, nearly twice the long-term average rate, but the influx of new projects has almost ground to a halt amid uncertainty over the domestic offset market’s future.

Nine years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trump administration is exacerbating the industry’s ‘systemic failures’, report warns

Offshore oil and gas drilling in the US is plagued by “systemic failures” in oversight that are being worsened by Trump administration attempts to expand drilling and roll back safety requirements, a new report has warned.

The analysis of public documents by the conservation group Oceana found that while some minor improvements have been made since the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, a system of lax oversight, paltry fines and overstretched inspectors risks further major oil spills.

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Better public awareness about Australian jellyfish is vital, especially as many Aussies head to the beach for likely the last time this Easter. Lynda Crowley-Cyr, Associae Professsor of Law, University of Southern Queensland Lisa-ann Gershwin, Research scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Works begin on University of Queensland-owned solar farm that will make UQ world's first major university to offset 100% of its electricity through its own renewables assets.

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Australia can do much better on EVs – mass popularity is likely to take years. And that's a shame, because in economic terms, EVs beat ICE cars hands down.

The post Bottom line is that electric vehicles in Australia still face barriers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar industry confronts Queensland government over new installation rules, with warnings that it could threaten state's 50% renewables target.

The post Solar industry vents its anger at Queensland government, pleads for review appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Jinko Solar has won the 5th All Quality Matters Award for PV Module Energy Yield Simulation

The post JinkoSolar wins the 5th All Quality Matters Award from TÜV Rheinland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Senvion signs EUR 100m loan agreement with its lenders and main bond holders.

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Booming national markets – including Australia's – helped deliver nearly 100GW of new PV installations in 2018, and took the global total past the 500GW mark.

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Independent Senator Tim Storer has decided not to nominate for re-election, citing consideration of his young family.

The post Chair of EV Senate Inquiry and climate champion Tim Storer to quit politics appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UNSW researchers are combining desalination technology with solar, targeting those in need of secure supplies of fresh water who are also disconnected from electricity grids.

The post UNSW looks to solar-powered desalination to help bust droughts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Report into Victoria load-shedding in January highlights failure of brown coal generators, and how renewables performed better than forecast.

The post Brown coal generators failed the grid in Victoria heat-wave, blackouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Creditors of embattled wave power company Carnegie Clean Energy vote unanimously to accept restructuring plan to save the company and re-list it on the ASX.

The post Carnegie gets to ride the wave again, as creditors vote to save company appeared first on RenewEconomy.