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Gerard Rennick met with scorn, derision and plenty of corrections over viral tweet and claim that scientists are ‘cancelling gravity’

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An Australian senator has attempted to undermine the entire theory of the greenhouse effect with a bizarre viral claim that scientists have been ignoring gravity’s role in heating the planet.

The tweet from the Queensland senator Gerard Rennick, a member of the conservative Liberal National party of Queensland which is part of the main opposition Coalition, has gone viral this week and has been met with scorn, derision and plenty of corrections from high-profile climate scientists.

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Goldman Sachs report forecasts combined capacity from China solar and wind will far outstrip the government’s current 2030 target of 1.2TWh.

The post China on track to triple its terawatt-scale wind and solar target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The role is new and will be the first hire in DelAgua’s carbon sales team, presenting an opportunity for the successful candidate to shape a key contributor to DelAgua’s future. The successful candidate will be expected to monetize and trade the company’s carbon assets through different sales channels.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) on Tuesday published a stakeholder discussion document detailing its intent to implement a Clean Heat Standard (CHS) as quickly as 2024.

A US-based environmental non-profit released an analysis of the RGGI programme on Tuesday, finding that participation significantly contributed to efforts to reduce CO2 pollution and benefitted consumers, while urging RGGI states to direct improvements arising from the ongoing third programme review towards environmental justice communities.

An offset registry and standards body on Tuesday countered criticism from a recent academic study that alleged over-crediting in improved forest management (IFM) protocols used in both voluntary and compliance carbon markets.

Energy efficiency, demand management, load shifting, electrification. These are all terms that have been around for a decade of more, but they are suddenly gaining a new importance as customers, regulators, and policy makers seek smart solutions to a grid dominated by wind and solar. A major new report – Clean Energy, Clean Demand – […]

The post Load shifting and energy spills: Secrets to smarter grid dominated by wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The discovery of the deepest fish in a Japanese trench raises the question, what else is out there? But before the mind leaps to all things dark and spooky, take a fresh look at life in the deep sea. Alan Jamieson, Founding Professor of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research centre, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Clean cookstove projects need a carbon credit price of around $10/tonne to maintain the viability of the market and drive innovation, a webinar heard Tuesday, which is far higher than the current levels for standardised spot prices for the sector.

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A Toronto-headquartered voluntary carbon credit investor is looking to diversify its existing portfolio of clean cookstove projects with an afforestation and reforestation (AR) endeavour, while reporting a net loss in the fourth quarter, according to a recent financial filing.

Why has the federal government not released a climate security report from the intelligence community? Was the government shocked by what it was told?

The post Government has a duty to be transparent about climate security risks, even if shocking appeared first on RenewEconomy.

On March 29th, a group of climate leaders including Zeke Hausfather of Stripe, Alicia Seiger of Stanford, Elizabeth Sturcken of Environmental Defense Fund, Zack Parisa of NCX, and moderator, Shyla Raghav from CO2 – TIME gathered in NCX’s “Treehouse” in San Francisco to discuss and debate the challenges facing nature-based solutions, and the voluntary carbon market. Here are a few takeaways from their discussion.

Bringing emissions from road transport and buildings into the EU ETS could result in a near 50% reduction in the economic costs of achieving the bloc's climate policies, compared to scenarios that include launching a second regional cap-and-trade market to regulate those two sectors.

Environment Agency says system trialled during strikes will continue for now despite false alarms and late warnings

The flood warning system relied on by hundreds of thousands of households in England will be put on permanent autopilot, officials have said, despite warnings it is inaccurate.

The Environment Agency has been trialling an automated flood warning system since December, when strike action by workers over years of below-inflation pay deals left gaps in incident rosters.

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At launch of cleaner water plan, minister says those who say they can end problem are ‘detached from reality’ or dishonest

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Thérèse Coffey has admitted she cannot end the sewage scandal, in what critics are calling a “complete abdication of duty”.

Launching her department’s cleaner water plan at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes in the south of the capital, the environment secretary said upgrading the sewage network to stop spills could add hundreds of pounds each to people’s bills.

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A Finnish technology company has launched an artificial intelligence-based product designed to track and monitor forest biodiversity and carbon storage in near real-time.

Australian project developer AgriProve has announced a partnership with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the Grantham Foundation to improve soil carbon monitoring protocols.

EUA prices pressed higher for a sixth session on Tuesday morning, reaching another three-week high in very thin trading as the holiday period has stripped the market of liquidity before falling back to stand broadly unchanged, while energy prices sank and gave up much of their sizeable gains from Monday.