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UK electricity from renewables outpaces gas and coal power
In 2020 wind turbines provided almost a quarter of electricity, and in EU renewable energy outperformed fossil fuels
The UK’s renewable electricity outpaced its fossil fuel generation for the first time in 2020 and could remain the largest source of electricity in the future, according to an independent climate thinktank.
The thinktank behind the report, Ember, revealed that renewable energy generated by wind, sunlight, water and wood made up 42% of the UK’s electricity last year compared with 41% generated from gas and coal plants together.
Continue reading...Voluntary carbon market taskforce report targets quality, standardisation
California adds to DEBs supply as nearly 1 mln new credits issued
Nova Scotia GHGs exceed cap in first year of carbon market, as 2021 auction dates published
EU Market: EUAs again recover from dip below €33 as oil gains lift markets
'We can't wait any longer': Biden announces plan to tackle 'existential' climate crisis – video
In a sharp 180-degree turn from the Trump administration, Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to address the 'existential threat' of the climate crisis. Biden insisted his climate plan would create millions of new 'clean' jobs to replace those lost in the coal and oil industries
Continue reading...“It is cheaper to deal with climate crisis than to leave it:” Biden takes lead on Climate Day
A raft of major new executive orders from Joe Biden's team adds another tonne of pressure onto Australia's stagnant government.
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Butler dumped as Labor’s climate opposition collapses at a truly pivotal moment
Labor to dump Mark Butler as its opposition to Morrison's inadequate climate and energy policies evaporates.
The post Butler dumped as Labor’s climate opposition collapses at a truly pivotal moment appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Biden signs 'existential' executive orders on climate and environment
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Shipping industry seeks gradual entry into EU carbon market
Elder European Commission EU ETS policymaker moves on
On Swampy ground: a brief history of protest tunnelling in the UK
As HS2 protesters dig down in London, veteran activists explain why the tactic can be so effective
Protest tunnelling, back in the spotlight thanks to subterranean anti-HS2 demonstrations in London, became a national preoccupation in the 90s when environmental activists dug a complex series of tunnels in the path of an extension to the A30 in Fairmile, Devon, resisting attempts at eviction by police.
Swampy, the nickname of the well-known environmental activist Daniel Hooper, was one of a group of protesters demonstrating against rerouting the road, and spent seven days and nights in the tunnel. He was the last to emerge.
Continue reading...UPDATE – Biden issues raft of executive orders to signal new US climate agenda
Legal threat over bee-harming pesticide use
New mass badger culls to be banned after 2022, says minister
Drive to eradicate TB in cattle will instead focus on vaccination and limiting livestock movements
No new mass culls of badgers will be allowed in England after 2022, under government plans announced on Wednesday.
Since 2013 more than 100,000 badgers have been killed in culls that are intended to reduce tuberculosis infections in cattle. About 30,000 cattle are slaughtered each year at a cost of £150m.
Continue reading...Extinction: 'Time is running out' to save sharks and rays
Global shark and ray population crashed more than 70% in past 50 years – study
Increase in fishing since the 1970s has ravaged abundance of sharks and rays in oceans
The global population of sharks and rays has crashed by more than 70% in the past 50 years, researchers have determined for the first time, with massive ongoing losses pushing many species towards extinction.
A huge increase in fishing since 1970 has ravaged the abundance of sharks and rays in our oceans, with previously widespread species such as hammerhead sharks now facing the threat of being wiped out, the study found. Half of the world’s 31 oceanic shark species are now listed as either endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The giant manta ray is also endangered.
Continue reading...Climate crisis: world now at its hottest for 12,000 years
Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation
The planet is now hotter than it has been for at least 12,000 years, a period spanning the entire development of human civilisation, according to new research.
The analysis of ocean surface temperatures shows human-driven climate change has put the world in “uncharted territory”, the scientists say. The planet may even be at its warmest for 125,000 years, although data from that period is less certain.
Continue reading...Green groups raise concerns over Carney carbon credits plan
Campaigners say system risks becoming greenwashing exercise unless loopholes closed
The leaders of two UK environmental charities have written to Mark Carney, the UN climate envoy and former governor of the Bank of England, to raise concerns over a blueprint for carbon offsetting that could result in billions of new carbon credits being sold around the world.
Carney will present plans at the virtual Davos meeting of global business and political leaders on Wednesday evening for vast increases in the number of carbon offsets sold, aiming to expand the market from about $300m at present to between $50bn and $100bn a year.
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