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'This is nuts': Hawaii declares state of emergency after flooding and landslides – video
Hawaii has declared an emergency after heavy rains brought floods, landslides and fear of dam failures in the US state.
Authorities ordered the evacuation of several thousand people from communities threatened by rising waters.
The move came after a dam overflowed on the island of Maui, forcing evacuations and destroying homes.
Continue reading...The Green New Deal's time has come – but where has Labour's radicalism gone? | Adam Tooze
The party risks a dead end with its ‘Little Britain’ thinking, in marked contrast to the bolder path taken by Joe Biden
What a difference power makes.
The past 18 months saw political defeats for the left on both sides of the Atlantic. Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party came to an end after a resounding Conservative victory. The Bernie Sanders campaign went down at the hands of the Democrat establishment. And yet the bitter irony of 2020 was that just as the political hopes of the left were dashed, the strategic analysis of the Green New Deal – the centrepiece of its policy vision – was spectacularly vindicated.
Continue reading...Massive $3 billion wind, solar and battery project approved in South Australia
Massive Goyder South wind, solar and battery storage project in South Australia gains planning approval, with first stage to begin construction later this year.
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Hundreds of sewage leaks detected thanks to AI
New Zealand adopts contested CO2 auction reserve price mechanism
Covid fallout 'undermining nature conservation efforts'
NSW to go it alone on vehicle emissions standards to avoid becoming 'dumping ground'
Leaked document reveals plan to harmonise regulations with European standards and encourage electric vehicle uptake
Plans are in the works for New South Wales to go it alone on vehicle emissions regulations after nearly two decades of inaction by the federal government.
The details were revealed after a draft copy of the New South Wales 2020-2030 Clean Air Strategy, outlining proposals for stricter regulations around noxious emissions and CO2 standards for vehicles sold within the state, was leaked to the media.
Continue reading...Video: Coal is out, batteries are in
The energy industry has decided that coal is out and wind, solar and big batteries are in. The biggest road block is the federal energy minister.
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Europe votes in favour of carbon border tax, could hit Australian exports
The European Parliament has given a bold tick of approval to a proposal to start taxing imports from countries without a carbon price, like Australia.
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Funds have $1 trillion to spend on renewables, but are scared of Australia’s policy chaos
Big global pension funds have a huge and growing appetite for renewables, but they need policy stability, and Australia's policy chaos is scaring them away.
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Queensland mobilises expert hydrogen team
The Palaszczuk Government has appointed a specialist hydrogen team of industry experts to unleash Queensland’s hydrogen potential and the thousands of jobs that will flow from it.
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Northern Beaches Council goes 100 pct renewable, puts wind up Abbott
The Sydney Local Government Area that is home to anti-wind crusader Tony Abbott is now powered almost entirely by wind.
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Environment groups say Victorian gas import terminal not needed after gas use cuts
Gas import terminal in Victoria may not be needed as new analysis suggests energy efficiency programs could eliminate predicted gas shortfalls.
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Schott says Taylor’s threat of intervention on Yallourn closure “not helpful”
ESB chief Kerry Schott warns Taylor against market interventions following Yallourn closure announcement, saying such threats are "not helpful".
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Angus Taylor has failed as a politician and energy minister. He should be moved on
Yallourn closure will be quickly followed by others, and Taylor's response shows the Coalition government has nothing to offer and doesn’t even understand what's happening.
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Global wind capacity grows by nearly 100GW in 2020, GE takes lead
Nearly 100GW of new wind capacity was commissioned in 2020, with GE and Siemens overtaking Vestas as the biggest turbine makers.
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Japan's triple disaster 10 years on: The day ‘tomorrow didn’t come’
Bill Gates backs $1/kg green hydrogen water splitter technology
Bill Gates venture fund leads funding round H2Pro, which is developing a potential game-changing low cost green hydrogen technology.
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