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English councils issue only 19 fines for wood smoke despite 18,000 complaints
Mums for Lungs writes to health secretary calling for toxic wood-burning stoves to be banned by 2027
Only seven councils in England have issued fines for toxic wood smoke, a total of 19 penalties in the past six years, despite more than 18,000 complaints.
The campaign group Mums for Lungs, which gathered the data, has written to the health secretary calling for wood stoves to be phased out by 2027 because of the deceptively high levels of air pollution they emit.
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Big tobacco got caught in a lie by Congress. Now it’s the oil industry’s turn | Mark Hertsgaard
The CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell and Chevron face a Capitol Hill hearing on their climate crisis lies – will it mirror the downfall of big tobacco?
Two weeks from today, Darren Woods will face a potential doomsday moment before the US Congress.
As the CEO of ExxonMobil, Woods was paid $15.6m last year to run the richest, most powerful private oil company in history. But his earnings and influence will be on the line when he appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on 28 October. His testimony could mark the beginning of the end of big oil escaping legal and financial responsibility for the climate crisis.
Continue reading...Canadian energy giant advances 2,600MWh pumped hydro project near Bathurst
Canadian energy giant ATCO says it is making progress with a 2,600MWh pumped hydro project near Bathurst, which it hopes to gain a spot in the first renewable energy zone in NSW to go to tender. The Central West Pumped Hydro (CWPH) project will have a capacity of 325MW, and eight hours storage, or a […]
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BRIEFING: Indonesia’s hybrid carbon trade and tax scheme explained
Prince William: great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel – video
The Duke of Cambridge has criticised the space race and space tourism, saying the world’s greatest minds need to focus on fixing the Earth instead. In an interview with Newscast on BBC Sounds before his Earthshot prize awards, Prince William also warned about a rise in ‘climate anxiety’ among younger generations. His comments come the day after William Shatner, 90, made history by becoming the oldest person in space
Continue reading...Colorado steel mill to become first to run almost entirely on solar power
New Bighorn solar farm in Colorado will enable the neighbouring steel plant to become the first in the world to be largely powered by solar.
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Forget net zero – let’s have a ‘fossil freedom day’ | Mark Lynas
Imagine if we knew that sometime in 2047 we would definitively move on from the industrial revolution
The important thing about any agenda isn’t so much what’s on it, but what is missing. And so it is with the 21st UN climate change conference (Cop26), in Glasgow. There are some crucial issues up for discussion and negotiation: the $100bn finance promise, the 1.5C target and how to raise global mitigation ambition to meet it. But I have a proposal for something that is still firmly off the agenda, even though it would arguably do more than anything else to address the climate emergency.
The problem with Cops – and I’ve been to a few – is that activity tends to substitute for action. The atmosphere is frenetic: people rush to and fro, from meeting to meeting, negotiation to negotiation, clutching bundles of paper, phones, laptops, and (if they are lucky) a hastily grabbed, limp sandwich. Some negotiators trundle everywhere with wheeled suitcases, stuffed with printed materials from every previous Cop – so they never have to miss an opportunity to refer directly to the Bali declaration or the Berlin mandate.
Mark Lynas is a freelance writer working full-time on climate change
Continue reading...Taiwan proposes carbon tax, eyes 2023 roll-out
Guatemala signs $52.5-mln carbon forestry deal with World Bank’s FCPF
Prince William: Saving Earth should come before space tourism
Ahead of COP26, Australia ranked among worst in G20 on climate action
Australia again ranked amongst the worst for climate action, lagging behind on renewables uptake, EV adoption and fossil fuel phase-out.
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Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021
What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia's prosperity, depend on it?
Snoring partners more likely to disturb sleep than wind farms, study finds
A new Australian sleep study finds residents living near a wind farm much more likely to blame road traffic, or snoring partners, for disturbed sleep.
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Webinar: Net Zero – What are we waiting for?
Join a panel of leading experts and businesses that are taking action now to find out what we need to do in this second webinar of the Energy Transformed series.
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Australia slips another place in renewables ranking, despite efforts of states
Australia slips another rank in EY renewable attractive index, but maintains top 10 position thanks to states and big corporates.
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Australia releases first draft blue carbon offset method
Australia needs up to 74 pct emissions cut by 2030 to stay on track for 1.5°C
State and Territory emissions targets offer the Morrison government a free-kick to lift its 2030 target. Will it take it?
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CP Daily: Wednesday October 13, 2021
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