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There are many Australians currently working in the energy sector – particularly in coal mining – who risk being left behind by the clean energy revolution.

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Proposed 4GW solar and wind project in NSW – that would produce twice the output of the state’s soon-to-be retired Liddell coal power plant – is seeking to add pumped hydro as its energy storage component.

The post Biggest wind and solar project on main grid seeks to add pumped hydro appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns the rise of nationalism is hurting efforts to tackle global warming.

The Clean Energy Council is proud to announce its fourth annual Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Scholarship has been awarded to Allison Hawke, Chief Operating Officer at ESCO Pacific.

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The world’s longest running sustainability awards are certified carbon neutral

Why one of Europe's last great beech forests is facing the chop.

Next week's NSW Smart Energy Summit comes at an exciting time for energy politics, as state energy minister Don Harwin and opposition spokesman Adam Searle outline their visions for renewables.

The post Clean energy politics, engineering and economics on show in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries to provide cost-effective, safe, energy dense storage for renewable capacity firming and energy time shifting.

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Deadly heatwaves and spread of diseases affect people’s health today, report says

People’s health is being damaged today by climate change through effects ranging from deadly heatwaves in Europe to rising dengue fever in the tropics, according to a report.

Billions of hours of farmwork is being lost during high temperatures and global warming is damaging the ability to grow of crops, it warns.

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Compliance entities and speculators took a less aggressive bidding approach to the November WCI current vintage auction because of the market's growing allowance surplus and limited ability or desire to hold that length, numerous traders told Carbon Pulse.

One of the largest projects in California’s offset programme saw its invalidation period shrink to three years as California and Quebec issued a total of 338,000 new offsets this week, according to state data.

Critical water supplies will become harder to manage, as droughts and flooding continue to intensify

• Key findings No 2: some pollution action is far better than none
  
• Key findings No 1: air pollution kills

The Trump administration published a major report on climate change the day after Thanksgiving. We will explore the key findings each day this week.

Donald Trump doesn’t believe his own government’s major report on climate change – which the administration tried to bury over the Thanksgiving break. It warns that rising temperatures are already harming America and will cause huge damage globally.

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The UK aims to get its first big carbon capture, storage and use (CCSU) facility operational in the mid-2020s, but the government was coy on how the facility would be funded.

Radical overhaul in farming and consumption, with less meat eating, needed to avoid hunger and climate catastrophe

The global food system is broken, leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight and driving the planet towards climate catastrophe, according to 130 national academies of science and medicine across the world.

Providing a healthy, affordable, and environmentally friendly diet for all people will require a radical transformation of the system, says the report by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). This will depend on better farming methods, wealthy nations consuming less meat and countries valuing food which is nutritious rather than cheap.

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US biofuels credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) received a boost on Tuesday after a media report said the Trump administration was temporarily halting the issuance of compliance waivers for an agency review.

The European Commission adopted an updated climate strategy on Wednesday, outlining a “realistic” pathway to net zero emissions by 2050 without the use of international credits.

42.6C temperature in Cairns broke a November record that has stood since 1900 by 5.4C

A record-breaking heatwave in north Queensland will further increase above-average marine temperatures, heightening the risk of another coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef next year, scientists say.

Dozens of record November temperatures have been recorded in the region, most along the reef coastline, this week.

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Specialist diving group teams up with British conservation charity to lower impact of scuba tourism on threatened reefs

The threat posed to coral reefs by scuba diving in Egypt and Thailand is so serious that officials have banned certain operators or suspended the sport altogether, but now moves are afoot to make diving tourism more sustainable.

A partnership between the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (Padi), the world’s largest training group, and the UN-backed Reef-World Foundation, a British conservation charity, will encourage the industry to sign up to the Green Fins scheme, which helps dive centres to reduce their environmental impact and mitigate the damage the burgeoning sport causes to coral reefs worldwide.

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EU carbon prices briefly tumbled below €19 on Wednesday after a bumper UK auction cleared at a record discount, but some traders said there may be more to the bearish result than weak demand.