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For the past five years, Sadiq’s bold climate agenda has made a real difference. Why throw that away by electing Shaun Bailey?

With the crucial Cop26 summit in Glasgow taking place in November, we are in a vital year of the decisive decade for the climate emergency. And deciding next month who runs England’s capital city will also be a defining question in whether we can win the fight against the accelerating climate crisis.

For the sake of the climate agenda alone, we need Sadiq Khan to be re-elected for a second term. Sadiq has been a true climate leader as mayor right from day one. He’s pushed ahead with the boldest and most ambitious plans of any major city in the world to tackle air pollution, which have already helped cut toxic air by nearly half in central London. He’s delivered a fivefold increase in protected cycle lanes. He’s launched the first stage of his green new deal for London with £10m invested in projects to secure more than 1,000 green jobs, targeted at those who need them the most. And he was the first mayor of any comparable city in the world to commit to becoming zero-carbon by 2030.

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ACT's network utility warns local consumers face higher bill for 100% renewable electricity - as locked in wind and solar prices offset wholesale price falls.

The post ACT consumers face rise in energy costs due to locked in wind and solar deals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Earth should be safe (and habitable) for a few billions of years, but we still need to worry about the impact now of just a few degrees of global warming. Laura Revell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Electric cars and aircraft among technologies in line to benefit from Swedish structural battery breakthrough using ultra lightweight carbon fibre materials.

The post “Massless” battery breakthrough promises to help electric planes take off appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Perth-originated Bombora partners with TechnipFMC to demonstrate a 6MW hybrid wave and offshore wind generator on a shared floating platform.

The post Floating wind and wave power project to use Australian wave technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar owners will not be forced to pay every time they export to the grid under proposed rule change on rooftop.

The post A step towards ‘More Sun for Everyone’ and a fairer energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The New Zealand EPA is looking for a Senior Analyst to provide high quality multi-disciplinary analysis, advisory and implementation services that support the business as usual operations and change initiatives relating to the Emissions Trading Scheme and the New Zealand Emission Trading Register.

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull pulled from NSW net zero advisory role just days after appointment, after calling for a halt to new coal mines.

The post Turnbull pulled from NSW net zero advisory board, after calling for halt to new coal mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One impact of lockdown is that there has been a big reduction in light pollution in some areas.

Voluntary emission reduction (VER) prices largely continued their downward trend this week on lower activity, even as data showed voluntary carbon market (VCM) issuances and retirements surged in the first quarter of the year compared to 2020.

Green group The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is undertaking an internal review of its improved forest management (IFM) carbon offset protocols in response to questions of environmental integrity, but a project developer is defending the stringency of the underlying methodologies.

Cheaper transport costs means that green ammonia is likely to be a thing well before green hydrogen at large scale.

The post Ammonia may be the crucial first step towards the green hydrogen economy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Canada-based bank opened a RGGI CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS) account over the past week, breaking a recent trend of only compliance entities opening general market accounts in the Northeast US power sector carbon market.

Though there's still far to go, 2020 ended up being a record-breaking year for renewables after predictions of a COVID-19 downturn. What comes next?

The post New report hails the decade of renewables as 2020 hits capacity record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The grisly discovery of a disembodied foot on a NSW beach was a tragic twist in the mystery of missing woman Melissa Caddick. Such tragedies can also reveal hidden currents connecting the planet. Shane Keating, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Oceanography, UNSW Moninya Roughan, Professor in Oceanography, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists previously underestimated aquatic methane emissions. We must use this new information to stop methane derailing our attempts to stabilise the Earth’s temperature. Judith Rosentreter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Yale University Alberto Borges, Research Director FRS-FNRS, Associate Professor at ULiège, Université de Liège Ben Poulter, Research scientist, NASA Bradley Eyre, Professor of Biogeochemistry, Director of the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The far-right president has given Covid-19 and the razing of the Amazon free rein. Now it looks like he plans to cling on whatever voters say

The prospect of the rightwing extremist Jair Bolsonaro becoming Brazil’s president was always frightening. This was a man with a history of denigrating women, gay people and minorities, who praised authoritarianism and torture. The nightmare has proved even worse in reality. Not only has he used a dictatorship-era national security law to pursue critics, and overseen a surge in deforestation of the Amazon to a 12-year high, he has allowed coronavirus to rampage unchecked, attacking movement restrictions, masks and vaccines. More than 60,000 Brazilians died in March alone. “Bolsonaro has managed to turn Brazil into a gigantic hellhole,” Colombia’s former president, Ernesto Samper, tweeted recently. The spread of the more contagious P1 variant is imperilling other countries.

With a poll last week showing 59% of voters rejecting him, Mr Bolsonaro appears to be preparing for an unfavourable outcome in next year’s elections. Last week he sacked the defence minister, a retired general and longstanding friend who nevertheless appears to have taken exception to Bolsonaro’s attempts to use the armed forces as a personal political tool. The commanders of the army, navy and air force were also fired – reportedly as they were poised to resign.

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WCI emitters increased their net California Carbon Allowance (CCA) length last week as the March futures contract expired, boosting compliance entities’ current holdings to a 14-week high, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

National parks in sea could bring greater protections for habitats, says Blue Marine Foundation

National parks should be created in the waters around the UK coast to help conserve fragile marine habitats and give people access to more of Britain’s natural heritage, a marine conservation group has said.

Blue Marine Foundation has identified 10 areas around the coast that it said could be designated national parks within the next 10 years. Designation could bring greater protections for habitats, help attract funding, and would require local authorities to make access easier for people.

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A manure spill at a Wisconsin offset project caused the dairy farm to violate its permit, leading California regulator ARB last week to launch an investigation into more than 30,000 carbon credits issued to the digester, according to records obtained by Carbon Pulse.