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Matt Canavan’s false wind meme is linked to the fossil fuel industry
Another viral, inaccurate meme about wind turbines that's got the attention of Matt Canavan has links to the fossil fuel industry.
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EU Market: EUAs slip below €39 after failing to set another record
Water injustice runs deep in Australia. Fixing it means handing control to First Nations
The Guardian view on Germany's Greens: opportunity knocks | Editorial
Election year could deliver the best result in the party’s 40-year history, and send a message on climate targets from Europe’s most powerful state
Pre-pandemic, Europe’s green parties were on a roll. In France last summer, supporters hailed a “green wave” after regional polls handed the Europe Ecology party control of showcase cities such as Lyon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Austria’s Greens are the surprise junior partners in a conservative-led coalition government, delivering pioneering measures to curtail short-haul air travel. In the 27 EU member states, five governments now have Green members sitting at the cabinet table.
If ambitious net zero targets are to amount to more than earnest virtue signalling, this infiltration of the political mainstream is both overdue and necessary. And now comes the biggest test – and the greatest opportunity – of all. Consistently running a comfortable second in the polls to Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, and already governing in coalition in 11 states, Germany’s Greens are well-placed to form part of the country’s first “black-green” coalition after September’s federal elections. The CDU’s recent endorsement of the centrist Armin Laschet as its new leader suggests it sees such an alliance as a likely route to staying in power, as Ms Merkel steps down after 16 years in office. The Greens will decide this spring which of its two co-leaders should be its candidate for the top job: the media-savvy and charismatic Annalena Baerbock, or the equally ambitious moderniser Robert Habeck, talked up in some quarters as Germany’s Emmanuel Macron.
Continue reading...Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought
US poultry plant workers complain of intimidation after fatal chemical leak
Foundation Food Group allegedly asked workers to sign blank sheets of paper, and impeded compensation and healthcare claims
Meat plant workers who were injured and displaced after a fatal accident in the US last month are alleged to have been intimidated and offered limited medical care.
A liquid nitrogen leak at a Foundation Food Group poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia, killed six people in January and hospitalised at least 11 others.
'Development should stop': serious flaws in offsets plan for new western Sydney airport
The site chosen to offset the massive Badgerys Creek project was already earmarked for protection. Experts accuse the government of ‘double-dipping’
There are serious flaws in the environmental offsets being used to compensate for the new western Sydney airport now under construction in Badgerys Creek, a Guardian Australia investigation has found.
All up, 1,780ha of bushland will be razed to make way for the new travel hub – an area bigger than the Adelaide CBD.
Continue reading...AI used to 'predict the next coronavirus'
Heritage Group takes stake in US-based offset developer ClimeCo
Offset developer ecosecurities tilts to forestry as market shifts toward removals
Finland mulling domestic carbon market to tackle transport emissions
Wood burning at home now biggest cause of UK particle pollution
Fires used by just 8% of population but cause triple the particle pollution of traffic, data shows
Domestic wood burning has become the single biggest source of small particle air pollution in the UK, producing three times more than road traffic, government data shows.
Just 8% of the population cause this pollution by burning wood indoors, according to a separate government-commissioned report. It found almost half of those burning indoors were affluent and many chose a fire for aesthetic reasons, rather than heat.
Continue reading...Video: Don’t be afraid, it’s just an electric vehicle
New research shows that electric cars reduce emissions, in a coal-dominated grid, and Australia should embrace them.
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Degrees of racism: how heat is radically altering Americans' lives before they're even born – video
Even before a child is born in the US, their race plays a huge part in how they'll experience heat and pollution.
It starts with America's history of racist housing policies that segregated families of color into undesirable neighborhoods – and we can actually see the effects of those policies today: lots of pavement, little green space, and ultimately more heat. Meanwhile, in areas where white families live, the neighborhoods tend to have a lot more trees and shade, which leads to less heat. And as the climate warms, it's black families who are most likely to be stuck in extremely hot areas.
Recent research is showing us that this isn't just about being uncomfortable. Heat has an effect on everything – from pregnancies to our long-term health to our ability to learn.
As part of our environmental justice series, the Guardian's Alvin Chang and Oliver Milman explain how the climate criss and race have become inextricably linked in the US
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COVID offered some relief to gas prices, but cartel will ensure it won’t last long
COVID-19 has pushed gas prices down, but lack of competition and opacity of price-setting means it won't last long, says the ACCC.
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BHP says long goodbye to thermal coal, looks to solar, wind and battery metals
BHP is abandoning the thermal coal markets, but sees strong demand for other metals thanks to growth in wind, solar and battery storage.
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Tesla hikes price of Powerwall home battery, again, in Australia
Tesla has raised the retail price of the Powerwall 2 for the second time in four months, as demand for the 13.5 kWh home battery system continues to outstrip supply.
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UNSW to advise NSW government on how to use excess wind and solar
UNSW to led new research consortium, to advise the NSW government on the opportunities for using excess wind and solar to produce green fuels and chemicals.
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Solar and battery hybrid to power Jabiru as uranium mining stops
EDL wins tender to build solar and battery hybrid plant for Jabiru to replace diesel generators operated by uranium mining company.
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