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New research suggests fossil fuel pollution could be responsible for as many as one-in-five deaths globally, much higher than first thought.

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A lack of meaningful climate policies could see Australian exports slapped with significant new carbon border taxes from Europe.

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Last carbon capture and storage (CCS) coal plant in the United States will shut down indefinitely from June after operators deemed it no longer economic.

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The amount of wind and solar allowed into the South Australia grid at any one time to be lifted significantly as new synchronous machines come on line.

The post AEMO to allow more wind and solar in South Australia grid, needs less gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Soil Association announces largest year-on-year increase in sales of natural products in 15 years

Organic food consumption has soared in the past year across the UK, as people have eaten in more and sought higher quality food, driving the biggest year-on-year increase in sales in 15 years.

The organic market, including food, clothing, cosmetics and other products, increased to £2.79bn, a rise of 12.6% on 2019, according to the Soil Association in its annual organic market report, released on Wednesday.

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AEMO names a UK-based Australian and an expert in renewable and grid transformation as its new chief executive.

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Another refinery closure sharpens focus on Australia's reliance on oil imports and Angus Taylor's unwillingness to accelerate EVs.

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Shell might grudgingly accept renewable growth, but it's still leaning heavily on carbon removal promises to justify continued fossil fuel extraction.

The post Shell still has a long way to go before it’s truly on board with climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Madagascar signed an agreement last week with the World Bank-led Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, becoming the eleventh country to ink a REDD deal with the fund.

Romania’s second-largest utility CE Oltenia will begin to buy Phase 3 EUAs for 2020 compliance in spot tenders starting on Wednesday, despite a probe into the company’s restructuring plans launched by the European Commission last week.

Standoff exposes tensions between large Inuit organizations with power to approve permits and residents of small communities

A group of Inuit hunters have braved nearly a week of freezing temperatures to blockade a remote iron mine in northern Canada, in protest over an expansion plan they say will harm local wildlife.

The blockade, which has prompted solidarity rallies in other Nunavut communities, has also exposed growing tensions between large Inuit organizations with the power to approve development permits – and residents of the small communities where the impact of such projects is felt.

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Two members of California’s Compliance Offset Protocol Task Force (OPTF) stepped down on Monday, arguing that the majority of the group stands to financially benefit from expanding and deregulating the state’s carbon credit programme, contradicting the wishes of environmental groups and the environmental justice (EJ) community.

Cats kill a staggering 1.7 billion native animals each year, and threaten at least 120 species with extinction. Five experts analyse a parliamentary report on the problem. Sarah Legge, Professor, Australian National University Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University John Woinarski, Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University Tida Nou, Project officer, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The European Commission must ensure the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will not “unduly” affect free EUA allocation through 2030, according to heavy industry representatives.

Councillors will reconsider the planning application in the light of climate change advice.

RGGI’s impending Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR) trigger price spurred a rise in allowance prices throughout Q4 2020, as the volume of units transferred between unaffiliated parties surged over the final months of the compliance period, according to a report released Tuesday.

The M7 was supposed to be offset by environmental protection 15 years ago. Leaked documents show that never happened

Western Sydney has seen some of the most intensive urban development in Australia in the past 20 years – and what’s known as “conservation offsets” have been used as a bargaining chip to make this rapid construction of new residential suburbs and infrastructure more palatable to the public.

But an investigation by Guardian Australia has found at least two instances where the offsets never eventuated, in one case 20 years after they were first proposed.

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Planning proposal for project near Whitehaven faces widespread opposition from environmentalists

Cumbria county council has said it will reconsider the planning application for a new coalmine near Whitehaven, which has prompted widespread criticism.

Government ministers in January declined to intervene in the go-ahead for the mine on the basis it was a local decision, but environmental campaigners have warned it undermines UK efforts to tackle climate change.

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EUAs slipped back below €38 on Tuesday as energy prices gave back some of the previous session’s gains, even as freezing temperatures continued to bite.