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Senate committee endorses offshore wind bill, a key stepping stone to several huge project proposals that could help kick coal out of system.

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As Nationals MPs met to see if they could make coal great again, solar delivered more than half of grid demand for first time, and coal output hit record low.

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Junior Coalition party is being briefed on Morrison government’s climate policy proposal by minister Angus Taylor

The Nationals leader, Barnaby Joyce, has suggested it is “highly unlikely” his party will agree to Australia significantly increasing its 2030 emissions reductions target, ahead of a party room meeting to discuss the Morrison government’s climate policy.

The Liberal energy minister, Angus Taylor, has been tasked with walking the junior Coalition partner through the climate proposal, with the Nationals to make a decision on what they’re prepared to support following Sunday’s presentation.

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Australia’s top economists say Australia can’t “free-ride”, allowing others to cut emissions while it gets the benefits. Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Setting this as our target would see Australia become a valued and relevant party to negotiations at Glasgow, rather than a resented freeloader. So how do we get there? Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.

White House forced to rewrite domestic bill as it makes late bid to secure backing for international deal

President Joe Biden is likely to abandon a clean energy programme that was the centrepiece of his efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions at home, US media reported, because of opposition from a swing-vote Democratic senator from a state with a historically large coal industry.

Funding to replace coal- and gas-fired plants with wind, solar and nuclear generation was part of a massive budget bill that Biden is struggling to get through Congress.

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With weeks to go before the Cop26 climate summit, documents show PM being warned about the risks of damage to the UK from green investment

Confidential documents leaked to the Observer reveal an extraordinary rift between Boris Johnson and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak, over the potential economic effects of moving towards a zero-carbon economy, with just weeks to go before the crucial Cop26 climate summit.

As Johnson prepares to position the UK at the head of global efforts to combat climate change and curb greenhouse gas emissions as host of the Glasgow Cop26 meeting, the documents show the Treasury is warning of serious economic damage to the UK economy and future tax rises if the UK overspends on, or misdirects, green investment.

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People say they don’t want to be lectured to by professional athletes, but we’re not trying to school anyone on the science

Global warming, climate change, the climate crisis. What you call it evokes different reactions. Whether it stirs desperation, fear, passion or scepticism, the impact on the environment remains the same. By now, we’re well acquainted with these expressions and are entirely unsurprised by scientific reports proclaiming the irreversible damage our way of living has had on the natural world.

Primarily the result of the burning of fossil fuels, this harm has led to an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events which, among other things, has disrupted sports across the globe. It’s no longer a problem for future generations. The world has run out of time while waiting for an uncomfortable humanity to face up to a ruinous reality of our own making. This is happening now.

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Doomist demonstrators might not have the best idea of how to win fights. But they are the future

Insulate Britain’s use of civil disobedience to fight the climate catastrophe was a catastrophe in itself. Search for the pressure group on YouTube and you see clips of delighted rightwing journalists taking apart its leaders. Sympathisers will say that a right wing that has barely recovered from its climate change denial was always going to lay into the activists. But Insulate Britain did not have to make life so easy for its foes.

The physical courage of demonstrators who walked into the speeding traffic on motorways counted for no more than the urgency of their cause. They targeted ordinary people, who were just trying to get to work or take their sick relatives to hospital, rather than fossil fuel companies and the finance industry that supports them. Their tactical stupidity left them wide open to attack.

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The mayor of Imperial Beach, California, says big oil wants him to drop the lawsuit demanding the industry pay for the climate crisis

Serge Dedina is a surfer, environmentalist and mayor of Imperial Beach, a small working-class city on the California coast.

He is also, if the fossil fuel industry is to be believed, at the heart of a conspiracy to shake down big oil for hundreds of millions of dollars.

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An insider talks about efforts to cut methane, one of the most prevalent greenhouse gases but which has had little attention

While global climate efforts have tended to focus on the fight against carbon dioxide, many other threats that attract less attention are just as dangerous to our planet.

Negotiations over these more granular issues take place away from the limelight. But the policies and agreements that emerge are some of the most vital steps in the fight against climate change.

Every week we’ll hear from negotiators from a developing country that is involved in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations and will be attending the Cop26 climate conference.

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Campaigners fear net zero strategy is being hamstrung by Rishi Sunak, who refuses to provide adequate funding

Boris Johnson faces a significant test of his leadership before the Cop26 climate summit as the chancellor and business secretary are at war over the imminent plan for reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions.

The government is poised to publish its long-awaited net zero strategy on Monday, setting out how the UK will meet its targets to cut CO2 emissions by 78% by 2035 and reach net zero by 2050. This will also include the heat and buildings strategy for insulating draughty homes and phasing out gas boilers, along with a massive expansion of offshore wind, and building electric vehicle charging networks.

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Your responsibilities as a carbon analyst will include identifying high quality projects suitable for investment and providing a technical review of projects being assessed.

The Project Development Manager will expand the 3Degrees portfolio of projects that generate environmental attributes to be sold in carbon and transportation markets. The Manager will originate and structure new project agreements.

Analysts have raised their EU carbon price forecasts across the board to reflect the surge in gas prices and the ongoing influx of new speculative capital into the ETS, though some warned of possible downside risk ahead.

The White House outlined plans Friday for how it will make US companies legally required to publicise their climate change plans, making the information auditable by financial regulators and potentially helping to increase ambition at the COP26 UN summit next month.

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