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From solar outlier to 1TW a year: New report tips stunning perovskite progress
New analysis predicts perovskite solar will become a serious player in global PV markets by the end of the decade and account for 85% of industry output by 2040.
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Chandrayaan-3: How important are India's Moon mission findings?
Climate activists block Federal Reserve bank, calling for end to fossil fuel funding
Action came as world leaders begin arriving in New York for the UN general assembly and after Sunday’s march to end fossil fuels
One day after the largest climate march since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of climate activists blockaded the Federal Reserve Bank in New York to call for an end to funding for coal, oil and gas, with police making scores of arrests.
“Fossil fuel companies … wouldn’t be able to operate without money, and that money is coming primarily from Wall Street,” Alicé Nascimento, environmental campaigns director at New York Communities for Change, said hours before she was arrested.
Continue reading...People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office
Study in US shows one day a week of remote working cuts emissions by just 2% but two or four days lowers them by up to 29%
People who work remotely all the time produce less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of office workers, according to a new study.
Employees in the US who worked from home all the time were predicted to reduce their emissions by 54%, compared with workers in an office, the study found. But hybrid workers did not reduce their emissions so dramatically, according to the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Continue reading...'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team
Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track
What this country needs more than anything right now is NUCLEAR POWER EVERYWHERE! | First Dog on the Moon
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How to be more productive? I am taking lessons from my eight-legged life coach | Emma Beddington
The spider in my office is constantly web-building, fly-wrapping, fly-eating and darting around. Her industry is highly motivating
Before I left X (Twitter’s branding change achieved what years of time-wasting couldn’t), there was a phase when people posted their most cancellable opinions. As September cools, I am realising that mine might be that I love spider season. Social media is full of hysterical teens with great makeup threatening to set fire to stuff, leave the country or never sleep again as their homes become “the spider-verse”, but that first faceful of web in the garden in autumn is my pumpkin spice latte moment. Webs glistening with dew in the dawn sun, industrious architects crouched at their heart, are as Instagrammable for me as russet and golden leaves. Mmm #autumnvibes.
It is not just webs; I think spiders are really great guys. I love that moment, as we are watching TV in the early autumn, when the first gerbil-sized specimen scuttles across the rug in front of me, chunky and heavy enough to startle the dog. I love the way there is always one squatting in the shower in the mornings, delivering a wake-up more effective than a ristretto. I love how they are suddenly absolutely everywhere: my son found one in his noodle salad this week. I hurt my neck recently, so have spent lots of time lying on the floor watching scuttlefest 2023, and the spectacle is even more majestic down at pedipalp (that’s the feely bit on the front of the spider) level.
Emma Beddington is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...Tilt taps Fluence to build big two hour battery in heart of Victoria coal country
Fluence will build its second big battery in Victorian coal country, with construction set to begin on Tilt Renewables 100MW two hour battery in the Latrobe Valley.
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Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid
Rooftop solar effectively eliminated grid demand in South Australia on Saturday as it accounted for all but a few megawatts of demand in the world's most renewable grid.
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First Nations groups demand immediate stop to killing dingos as control method
Declaration signed by more than 20 Indigenous groups says dingoes are a ‘cultural icon’ and killing them is ‘killing family’
First Nations people around the country have called for the immediate end of lethal dingo control, following an inaugural national dingo forum held in Cairns on Friday and Saturday.
A national dingo declaration signed by representatives from more than 20 First Nations groups says “lethal control should never be an option”.
Continue reading...Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here's how to to prepare
Redflow batteries tapped to power US air force base, in military microgrid trial
If successful, the prototype solar and zinc bromine flow battery microgrid could be rolled out to US Department of Defense facilities around the world.
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‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women
New research finds evidence that exposure to PFAS and phenols increases odds of certain ‘hormonally driven’ cancers for women
Women exposed to several widely used chemicals appear to face increased odds for ovarian and other certain types of cancers, including a doubling of odds for melanoma, according to new research funded by the US government.
Using data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a team of academic researchers found evidence that women diagnosed with some “hormonally driven” cancers had exposures to certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are used in thousands of household and industrial products, including in stain- and heat-resistant items.
Continue reading...Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the crowd must become ‘too big and too radical to ignore’ as Biden came under fire for oil projects
Tens of thousands of climate activists took to the streets of New York City on Sunday in a “march to end fossil fuels”, with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez telling the crowd that the movement must become “too big and too radical to ignore”.
To cheers from the crowd, the progressive Democrat criticized the US continuing to approve fossil fuel projects, something which the Biden administration did earlier this year with the controversial Willow project in Alaska.
Continue reading...“Lies and fantasies:” Bowen puts $387 billion price tag on Dutton’s nuclear plans
Bowen releases costings of the Coalition's nuclear push, saying that it flies in the face of economics and reason, and climate science.
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Thousands expected to attend New York City march calling for end to fossil fuels – live
Demonstration falls days before the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit, at which Joe Biden is expected to be a no-show
Actor and climate activist Susan Sarandon opened her speech by congratulating the students of New York University on the news of their university divesting from fossil fuels after years of pressure, as the Guardian first reported last week.
Addressing the crowd, she said, “You guys give me hope,” adding: “What we have to do is take responsibility and press those that are at the top to finally step up.”
Continue reading...Guardian reporter among winners of climate journalism awards
Covering Climate Now cites Damian Carrington for investigating ‘carbon bombs’ and super-emitting methane leaks
Covering Climate Now, the global journalism collaboration, is announcing its media awards this week at a time when audiences need to know how and why “the planet is on fire” and what can be done, judges said.
CCN’s climate journalists of the year for 2023 are Damian Carrington of the Guardian, Manka Behl of the Times of India and Amy Westervelt, the founder of the Critical Frequency podcast network.
Behl of the Times of India was praised by judges for reports “from the frontlines of the crisis in one of the world’s most climate-important countries” and for her interviews with leaders.
Carrington of the Guardian was credited for science-based reporting that “explains that politics and corporate power, not a lack of green technologies, are what block climate progress”, and cited for leading a reporting team on investigating “carbon bombs” and super-emitting methane leaks.
Westervelt was described as a prolific, multiplatform reporter for Critical Frequency whose work exposes how fossil fuel companies continue to mislead the public and policymakers alike.
Continue reading...Rooftop solar sends coal to record low, and peaks at nearly half of all grid demand
Rooftop solar continues to have major impact on the grid, meeting nearly half of all demand and sending black coal output and operational demand to record lows.
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