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Taiwan plans mid-year launch of carbon exchange
Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast
Queensland doubles electric vehicle rebate, becoming nation’s most generous scheme
Government to give $6,000 rebate to drivers switching to EVs worth up to $68,000
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Queensland has doubled incentives for drivers to get behind the wheel of electric cars, making it the most generous state in Australia for switching to EVs.
Drivers will now be eligible for a $6,000 subsidy under the Zero Emission Vehicle Rebate Scheme when they buy an electric vehicle worth up to $68,000.
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Continue reading...CP Daily: Thursday April 20, 2023
Northern elephant seals sleep in the deep to avoid predators
Australia grid rides through solar eclipse, but the next one will be a “doozy”
Solar eclipse casts shadow over Australian grid and its world-leading share of solar PV, but the next one will cross over major population centres.
The post Australia grid rides through solar eclipse, but the next one will be a “doozy” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Japan schedules J-Credit auction for mid-May
WCI Markets: CCAs prices strengthen to 7-month highs, WCA values remain elevated near $70
One jailed and three others fined over Insulate Britain roadblock protest
Four activists, who sat in the road at Bishopsgate in London in October 2021, were found guilty of causing a public nuisance
One protester has been jailed for five weeks and three others given fines and community service for their part in a protest to demand government action on insulation.
Daphne Jackson, 72, Beatrice Pooley, 65, and two protesters who have outstanding court cases sat in the road at the Bishopsgate junction in London during an Insulate Britain protest on 25 October 2021. The four were convicted of causing a public nuisance earlier this year and sentenced on Thursday.
Continue reading...Whale-watching guidelines don't include boat noise. It's time they did
'Extinct' lion spotted in Chad national park
Earth Day climate action organisers promise family-friendly protests
Coalition of groups behind Big One demonstration intend focus on collective expression, with disobedience on hold
People do not need to glue themselves to anything in order to protest about the climate crisis this weekend, say the organisers of a large-scale planned climate emergency action.
The Big One, planned by a coalition of groups brought together by Extinction Rebellion to coincide with Earth Day on Saturday, will be four days of protest and events that they say will be “family friendly” and “engaging”.
Continue reading...Emissions from WA gas project with world’s largest industrial carbon capture system rise by more than 50%
The Chevron development off the Pilbara coast was approved on the condition the company store about 4m tonnes of CO2 a year
Emissions from Chevron’s Gorgon gas development off Western Australia have increased by more than 50%, despite it being home to the world’s largest industrial carbon capture and storage system.
There has been a sharp drop in the amount of CO2 stored underground at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant over the last three years, data released by Chevron showed.
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Continue reading...Green energy is a bigger opportunity for Australia than the resources boom. Let’s not waste it | Rod Sims
The logic is simple. Australia has world class wind and solar resources, and an abundance of minerals and land needed in the transition to renewables
If Australia seizes the opportunity offered by the world’s transition to zero net emissions it can repeat the experience of the China resources boom that peaked about 10 years ago. But this time the opportunity can be sustained for some decades – rather than boom and bust – and we can manage it better for productivity and broadly based development.
The logic is simple.
Continue reading...Total solar eclipse 2023: rare hybrid eclipse reaches totality over Western Australia – video
The 2023 total solar eclipse is captured through telescopes at the Perth Observatory and Learmonth Solar Observatory, south of Exmouth on the west coast of Australia. A total solar eclipse was visible in some parts of the world, including Exmouth and Barrow Island in the Ningaloo region of Western Australia, eastern regions of Timor-Leste and West Papua in Indonesia
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Continue reading...Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Murray are environmentally dubious. Here’s a better option
‘Frightening’: record-busting heat and drought hit Europe in 2022
Continent set for further drought in 2023, scientists say, as unstoppable impacts of climate crisis mount
The climate crisis had “frightening” impacts in Europe last year, with heatwaves killing more than 20,000 people and drought withering crops, an EU report has found.
Its writers said drought was already baked in for many farmers in 2023. The only way to limit the rising damages of global heating was rapidly to cut carbon emissions, they said.
Continue reading...Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggests
Move suggested to tackle rise in plastic grass and paving, which exacerbate wildlife loss, flooding and summer heat
Eco-friendly gardeners should be given a cut in their council tax, scientists have recommended, as research shows cities may have lost as much as 50% of their green garden space over the past two decades.
Paving over gardens and using plastic grass has become a trend in recent years, which contributes to rising urban temperatures and biodiversity decline.
Continue reading...Sun, moon and Earth align: watching the total solar eclipse in Australia – in pictures
The town of Exmouth in Western Australia was the only place in the world to see the totality of Thursday’s astronomical phenomenon
Continue reading...Solar eclipse: Thousands flock to remote Australian town for rare celestial event
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