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Morrison government confirms $11m injection to fast-track CopperString 2.0
Federal government tips $11m CopperString 2.0 transmission network upgrade, that will open up new regions of northern Queensland for renewable energy investment.
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US biofuel commodity trader files for bankruptcy after flurry of lawsuits
After Brexit ‘divorce’, UK-EU carbon market linkage will take time -academic
Engineers have built machines to scrub CO₂ from the air. But will it halt climate change?
Expect the new normal for NZ's temperature to get warmer
EU Market: EUAs dip back below €33 as gas rebound stalls
RFS Market: RIN prices jump after outgoing Trump EPA foregoes waiver dump
Wild lynx could be reintroduced into Scottish Highlands
Study tests public support for bringing back species after 500-year absence, while farmers fear for sheep
A consortium of conservationists that hopes to release wild lynx into the Scottish Highlands has launched a year-long study to see whether the public supports their reintroduction.
The study, part-funded by two billionaire Danish estate owners in the Highlands, Anders Povlsen and Lisbet Rausing, will test whether farmers, landowners and rural communities will agree to a pilot project in a remote area of Scotland.
Continue reading...Virginia says court should dismiss industry’s RGGI lawsuit
Offset developers assess options following CDM suspension
Biden recommits US to Paris Agreement as part of inaugural climate orders
*Policy Officer, Carbon Market Watch – Brussels
Oxford animal-only antibiotic lab could prop up intensive farming, critics say
New research centre to tackle overlap of livestock and human medicines, but campaigners fear “techno-fix” for factory farming
An initiative to develop bespoke antibiotics for livestock has raised fears that it could be a “techno-fix” for more intensive farming.
Mixed reactions have followed news that Ineos, a global petrochemical manufacturer, has donated £100m to establish the Ineos Oxford University Institute (IOI) for antimicrobial research.
The institute said it would focus on designing novel antimicrobials solely for animals because the majority of global antibiotic consumption by volume was in agriculture, and antibiotic use in animals was contributing significantly to their lessening effectiveness in humans.
US business group open to carbon pricing in change to climate stance
Limiting air pollution 'could prevent 50,000 deaths in Europe'
World Health Organization estimates air pollution kills more than 7 million people each year
Limiting air pollution to levels recommended by the World Health Organization could prevent more than 50,000 deaths in Europe annually, according to research.
The WHO estimates air pollution kills more than 7 million people each year and is one of the leading causes of sickness and absence from work globally.
Continue reading...Principal, Carbon Analysis, BHP – Singapore
Take a peak: the mountains and mysticism of Nepal – in pictures
Despite no real climbing experience, photographer Bastiaan Woudt went in search of the Himalayas’ highest peaks … and himself
Continue reading...Plastic petition by UK nine-year-old gains over 70k signatures in under a week
After studying how microplastics damage the oceans, schoolgirl Lizzie wants the government to stop sending waste to developing countries
A petition by a nine-year-old schoolgirl calling on Boris Johnson to stop shipments of plastic waste to developing countries has received more than 70,000 signatures in less than a week.
Lizzie A*, who is studying plastic pollution in year 4, said she began the petition because sending Britain’s unsorted plastic waste to poorer nations is “unfair” and wrong. She took action last week after her mother, Esther, showed her a piece in the Guardian’s Seascape series, revealing the UK will continue to ship plastic waste to developing countries despite an EU ban on the practice from this month.
Continue reading...Macquarie taps into California grid-scale battery bonanza
Macquarie Green Investment Group to take stake in esVolta, developer and owner of US big batteries including 600MWh of contracted projects mostly in California.
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New front in transmission war, as TransGrid flags Snowy 2.0 network upgrades
NSW ministers called on to prevent "wholesale destruction" of Kosciuszko National Park by Snowy 2.0 transmission line works.
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