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California-based VC firm closes $10-mln fund to support climate-tech startups
Six water firms in England ‘overcharged customers by up to £1.5bn’
Firms underreported true scale of sewage pollution for 10 years, which allowed them to set higher bills, tribunal told
Six water companies overcharged customers between £800m and £1.5bn by “significantly or systematically” underreporting the true scale of their sewage pollution of rivers and waterways, a tribunal has heard.
In the first environmental competition class action against water companies in England, lawyers argued that the privatised firms had abused their monopoly position to mislead regulators over the amount of sewage they were discharging from their assets over the past 10 years.
Continue reading...Temporary ‘off-ramps’ could assist countries on decarbonisation journey -academics
Waste giant says emissions cuts on track for 1.5C-aligned climate target
Create ‘positive tipping points’ with climate mandates, governments urged
Requiring key sectors to switch to clean energy sources could trigger benevolent cascades, report claims
In the terminology of the climate and ecological crises the phrase “tipping point” is loaded with dreadful implications.
It evokes a climate breakdown supercharged by the mass escape of methane locked in Siberian permafrost, or the great currents of the oceans smothered by freshwater melting from the Greenland ice sheet, or the Amazon turning from great rainforest to parched savannah after the felling of one too many trees.
Continue reading...Nature SDGs urgently need addressing, report says
Swiss voters reject plan to boost biodiversity conservation
New French minister pledges to continue fight for energy sovereignty
Taiwan sports good blue carbon potential, but more local datasets required, study says
LATAM Roundup: Ecuador, Bolivia open to carbon markets as business grows in Brazil
Safeguard Mechanism baselines likely to tighten in upcoming review, bank predicts
Dutton says Coalition will release nuclear power plan costings 'at a time of our choosing' – video
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, detailed the Coalition’s nuclear power plan in a speech in Sydney but did not announce its cost, saying it is coming 'in due course'. 'Our nuclear plan requires a significant upfront cost, and you can look at the international examples to see as much. But a whole new and vast transmission network and infrastructure won’t be needed under the plan that we’re putting forward,' Dutton said
Continue reading...Hundreds of watchdog job cuts 'put nature at risk'
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan still has no costings, and no grid connection: It’s a political hoax
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Electric car model breaks $31,000 Australian price barrier in EV sale
Price of electric cars falls again with the MG4 hatchback cheapest at $30,990 but experts warn high-end EV sales may stall
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Electric vehicles have broken through another price barrier in Australia, with the cost of one new model reduced to less than $31,000 for the first time.
But industry experts say the fierce price battle is only playing out among cheaper and smaller electric cars, with Australian taxes reducing competition at the other end of the market.
Continue reading...EnergyAustralia signs landmark deal to buy nearly half the output from Golden Plains stage 2 wind farm
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Boat damaged after collision with turbine at Hornsea offshore wind farm
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Chubb review in the spotlight as lead scientist calls CER’s interference “entirely inappropriate”
More renewable energy records tumble across the grid as solar and wind flex their muscles
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