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Western Australia creates new fund to kickstart renewable hydrogen industry
WA Labor government announces tens of millions in new funding for the state’s renewable hydrogen industry, including a $50 million fund.
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BP sizes up former oil refinery as industrial renewable hydrogen hub
The site of what was once Australia’s largest oil refinery in WA is being sized up as domestic renewable hydrogen hub by BP.
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Potash mine to build wind, solar and battery micro-grid for most of its power needs
Proposed new potash project looks to source two thirds of its power needs from wind, solar and batteries to slash costs and emissions.
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Green hydrogen could help solve the puzzle of getting to 100 pct renewables
The hardest part of achieving 100 per cent renewables is the last five or 10 per cent. Green hydrogen is now being viewed as a cheap and effective solution.
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Australia can achieve rapid, deep and cheap emission cuts from tech we have now
There is a superhighway to rapid elimination of 80% of Australian greenhouse emissions, using low-cost, existing technology from vast production runs.
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Australia’s Woodside more than triples carbon offset partnership scope
CP Daily: Monday September 6, 2021
More global aid goes to fossil fuel projects than tackling dirty air – study
Air pollution kills more than malaria, HIV/Aids and TB combined but receives only 1% of development aid
Governments around the world gave 20% more in overseas aid funding to fossil fuel projects in 2019 and 2020 than to programmes to cut the air pollution they cause.
Dirty air is the world’s biggest environmental killer, responsible for at least 4m early deaths a year. But just 1% of global development aid is used to tackle this crisis, according to an analysis from the Clean Air Fund (CAF).
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Third of shark and ray species face extinction, warns study
Number of species of sharks, rays and chimaeras facing ‘global extinction crisis’ doubles in a decade
A third of shark and ray species have been overfished to near extinction, according to an eight-year scientific study.
“Sharks and rays are the canary in the coalmine of overfishing. If I tell you that three-quarters of tropical and subtropical coastal species are threatened, just imagine a David Attenborough series with 75% of its predators gone. If sharks are declining, there’s a serious problem with fishing,” said the paper’s lead author, Prof Nicholas Dulvy, of Canada’s Simon Fraser University.
Continue reading...Climate impact of a transatlantic flight could cost global economy $3,000
Economic cost of climate crisis has cut 37% from global GDP this century, say researchers
A return flight from the UK to New York could cost the global economy more than $3,000 (£2,170) in the long run, owing to the effects of the climate crisis, according to a report.
Researchers examined the economic cost of the climate crisis and found it cut about 37% from global GDP this century, more than twice the drop experienced in the Great Depression.
Continue reading...Hurricane Ida: nearly 350 reported oil spills investigated in Gulf – Coast Guard
Storm wreaked havoc on offshore oil production platforms and onshore oil and gas processing plants
The US Coast Guard on Monday said it was investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the US Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Hurricane Ida’s 150 mile per hour winds wreaked havoc on offshore oil production platforms and onshore oil and gas processing plants. About 88% of the region’s offshore oil production remains shut and more than 100 platforms unoccupied after the storm made landfall 29 August .
Continue reading...Australia’s public health already being hit by climate change, professionals say
Vast majority of Australian health professionals say climate change is a serious problem, and better information needed on links between climate and health.
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Electric fences found to protect beach-nesting birds from dog-walkers
Measures at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, hailed a success after strong breading season and return of flora
Electric fences to protect nesting birds from people walking their dogs have been hailed a success, as popular beaches work to reduce damage from trampling.
The beach at Holme-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk has breathtaking views, making it incredibly popular with visitors and dog-walkers.
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