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EnergyAustralia to build first “green hydrogen” gas generator in NSW
EnergyAustralia to build the country's first "green hydrogen" capable gas generator in NSW, helping fill market gap created by closure of Liddell.
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Colombian carbon tax reform package halted amid protests
Curious kids: do whales fart and sneeze?
New York financial firm adds new US-based environmental trader
US EPA proposes trading system in HFC phase-down rule
EPA moves to restrict powerful planet-heating gases in air conditioners and fridges
Environmental Protection Agency proposes rule to cut production and import of HFCs in the US by 85% over the next 15 years
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to restrict the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), extremely powerful planet-heating gases found in refrigerators and air conditioning units that are the target of an international push for phasing out.
In the first move by Joe Biden’s administration to directly cut a greenhouse gas, the EPA has proposed a rule to drastically reduce the production and import of HFCs in the US by 85% over the next 15 years. The step is a significant one as Biden seeks to cut total US emissions in half by the end of the decade.
Continue reading...Massachusetts GWSA emissions surge as coronavirus restrictions eased
How rising sea levels are threatening my home
Air pollution spikes may impair older men’s thinking, study finds
Even short, temporary increases in airborne particles can damage brain health, research suggests
Temporary rises in air pollution may impair memory and thinking in older men, according to research that indicates even short-term spikes in airborne particles can be harmful to brain health.
Scientists found that the men’s cognitive performance fell following rises in air pollution during the month before testing, even when peak levels remained below safety thresholds for toxic air set by the World Health Organization and national regulators.
Continue reading...Brussels confirms delay of EU 2030 climate package release to July 14
Santos, Eni eye offset generation from carbon capture in Timor-Leste
Germany aims to launch carbon contract-for-difference support for industry this year
Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear
Global phenomenon known as river piracy demands urgent adaptation from ecosystems and people who rely on their flow
As glaciers around the world recede rapidly owing to global warming, some communities are facing a new problem: the sudden disappearance of their rivers.
River piracy, or stream capture, is when water from one river is diverted into another because of erosion or, in this case, glacier melt.
Continue reading...‘Certainly life-threatening’: 80-year-old Australian survives 30-minute boat ride with tiger snake
Fisherman Bob Thatcher was a long way from shore when he noticed a one-metre tiger snake was sharing his tiny tinnie
Most people would back well away at the site of a potentially deadly tiger snake – one of the world’s most venomous snakes.
But when 80-year-old Australian retired banker Bob Thatcher saw a one-metre tiger snake he had nowhere to go.
Continue reading...Nature can be a cure – but we shouldn’t misjudge its destructive power | Julian Sheather
The natural world is a place of both bluebells and deadly viruses. Over-sentimentalising it is dangerous
It was a near-perfect day on the south coast – blue sky, blue sea, enough breeze to offset the heat of the sun. The beach may have been a little full, but it wasn’t long before I was in the water. I’m an OK swimmer and struck out easily for a couple of hundred yards. With an offshore breeze, there wasn’t much in the way of waves. It was lovely being away from people, at ease in the undemanding, light-shot sea, my body moving in the slight surge of an old swell.
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Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet
Morrison government confirms clash with AEMO over “gas recovery” assumptions
Morrison government confirms it clashed with AEMO over gas price assumptions.
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Westpac takes ‘small first step’ towards oil and gas divestment
Westpac has told oil and gas producers it will no longer accept them as new customers unless they have clear strategies aligning them with the Paris goals.
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Labor probes Snowy Hydro gas plant land deal with Liberal party donor
Officials deflect questions on land deal for proposed Snowy Hydro gas plant, with the Kurri Kurri block owned by Liberal party donor Jeff McCloy.
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