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Fortescue will be biggest customer of its proposed gigawatt scale solar factory
Fortescue says the gigawatt scale solar PV manufacturing facility planned for Queensland would service mostly its own needs.
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Morrison government hasn’t finished writing net zero modelling, department says
Government officials tell senate estimates hearing the Morrison government can't publish its net zero modelling because it hasn't finished writing it.
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Engie weighs changes to NSW wind farm after deluge of public submissions
The 400MW wind farm that inspired its very own anti-wind acronym attracts deluge of submissions, prompting Engie to modify its plans.
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World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds
Pace of emissions reductions must be increased significantly to keep global heating to 1.5C
Every corner of society is failing to take the “transformational change” needed to avert the most disastrous consequences of the climate crisis, with trends either too slow or in some cases even regressing, according to a major new global analysis.
Across 40 different areas spanning the power sector, heavy industry, agriculture, transportation, finance and technology, not one is changing quickly enough to avoid 1.5C in global heating beyond pre-industrial times, a critical target of the Paris climate agreement, according to the new Systems Change Lab report.
Continue reading...Solar Insiders Podcast: Australia aims for $15/MWh solar
Out of the blue, Australia is targeting ultra low cost solar to underpin its green industrial transition.
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Who’s who in Glasgow: Your quick guide to the COP26 climate talks
Who's going? What will they talk about? RenewEconomy's guide to COP26 in Glasgow.
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Households willing to switch off appliances during heatwaves, survey finds
New data finds 74% Australian households willing to reduce energy use “as much as possible” to relieve stress on the grid – and most would do it for no reward.
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New carbon fund to target Asian, Australian buyers
Will methane cuts cause cattle culls and ruin the gas industry? Or is it just hot air from the Coalition?
The Morrison government released its net zero plan and Angus Taylor penned a scary piece about methane, but both lacked substance
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Will cutting emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane by a third really spark mass culls of Australian cattle, ruin the gas industry and “make life harder for everyday Australians”?
If you ask the the emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor, the answer is a resounding yes, smothered in extra scary sauce.
Continue reading...Congress constraints mean the US and Australia aren’t so far apart on climate after all | Simon Jackman
Joe Biden’s exhortations for major economies to do more may not match what he is able to legislate
“The Australian Way” was the title of the Morrison government’s rollout of its “whole-of-economy Plan” for net zero emissions by 2050, the phrase used at least eight times in Tuesday’s press conference.
Repeatedly reminding us of the “Australian” character of the plan serves multiple purposes for a government preparing for re-election. It can’t help but signal defiance, designed to head off international criticism of Australia’s climate aspirations before the Glasgow summit. As Scott Morrison elaborated: “We won’t be lectured by others who do not understand Australia. The Australian way is all about how you do it, and not if you do it. It’s about getting it done.”
Continue reading...Australian investor completes 5MW solar project to help power Aspen ski resort
Quinbrook company completes a 5MW solar farm that will help power the famous ski town of Aspen in Colorado.
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Climate change: Human activity makes forests emit carbon
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World’s chief scientists urge Cop26 attendees to step up low-carbon policies
Signatories include scientists from US, EU, India and African and South American countries
Chief scientists and presidents of the national science academies of more than 20 countries including Sir Patrick Vallance have written to world leaders ahead of the Cop26 climate summit, urging them to set out policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply, to limit global heating to 1.5C.
Governments must rapidly step up their policies to deploy low-carbon energy and other technologies and address emissions from the main high-carbon sectors of the economy, as well as bring forward innovative technologies, the signatories urged.
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Wildfires, deforestation and global heating turn 10 Unesco forests into carbon sources
World heritage sites in US, Australia and Russia among those that have emitted more carbon than they absorbed since 2001
Forests in at least 10 Unesco world heritage sites have become net sources of carbon since the turn of the millennium due to wildfires, deforestation and global heating, says a new report.
Protected areas such as Yosemite national park in the US, the Greater Blue Mountains area in Australia and the tropical rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia are among the sites that have emitted more carbon than they absorbed since 2001 as a result of human activities, according to research by the World Resources Institute, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Unesco. The analysis found more sites were expected to switch from sinks to sources of carbon in the coming decades.
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