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Exxon sues activist group to block emissions-cutting shareholder resolution
Economic analysis calls for £26-bln boost to annual UK spend on climate and nature
NSW reboots and streamlines access rights to help wind and solar secure space on the grid
NSW reboots and streamlines access rights for new wind, solar and storage projects to ensure that first renewable energy zone is delivered on time to allow more coal exits.
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Why battery freight trains could boost resilience for Australia’s storm battered economies
Battery freight trains could provide huge amounts of mobile storage to boost the grid and provide resilience to Australia's storm battered economies. And cut the need for new transmission.
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It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate
Labour MP stirred by disappearing Antarctic ice and her father’s legacy
Anna McMorrin says Labour ‘absolutely determined’ on net zero after visiting Antarctica and finding report by her father, a polar researcher
When Anna McMorrin MP visited the Antarctic as part of a government inquiry, she stumbled upon a report in the Rothera Research Station library that her father, a polar researcher, had written in 1962.
It described the Larsen ice shelf, a beautiful stretch of thousands of miles of thick, white, crystalline snow – which has now almost completely melted away.
Continue reading...Rishi Sunak facing renewed pressure over plans to ‘max out’ North Sea oil
Dithering on renewable energy and insulation will leave people in Britain ‘colder and poorer’, campaigners warn
Rishi Sunak is facing further attacks on his plans to expand oil and gas exploration in the North Sea this week. The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill – to be debated in the Commons on Monday – has already triggered widespread protests, including the resignation of Chris Skidmore, a former Conservative energy minister.
The bill aims to boost fossil fuel extraction by establishing a new system under which licences for North Sea oil and gas projects will be awarded annually.
Continue reading...Nuclear goes backwards, again, as wind and solar enjoy another year of record growth
Nuclear power went backwards last year despite the renaissance hype. Meanwhile, renewables enjoyed record growth and within two years both wind and solar will overtake nuclear.
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I fulfil Wiradyuri tradition by tree-hugging with purpose. Each hug aims to leave some love behind
I discovered the Roma Street parkland as a place to run. It’s a wondrous oasis. Tip: there’s quite a bit of my love left on Banyan Lawn
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Maiwar is the heart of Meanjin in summer. It’s running or walking along its banks under the shady canopy of the jacaranda and poinciana trees of the West End, past the vibrant, human-made beach at South Bank, and around the winding, bustling paths at the base of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, where the whiff of mangroves reminds me of their place in the ecosystem, holding the banks in place.
I run at daybreak in summer to beat the humidity, yet beads of sweat still form before I hit my first kilometre. And while anxiety often plagues me, the sky’s reflection in the glassy river offers tranquillity and calm in an otherwise turbulent world.
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Continue reading...Memo to ministers: Brexit was not a vote to trash our environment | Stella Creasy
With foul rivers and polluted soil, the ‘conserve’ in Conservative clearly does not extend to our natural world
As we sip our pints of wine, clutching our blue passports, we could be forgiven for taking a deep breath when told of the benefits of Brexit. Yet this could become increasingly hard to do, as the promise to maintain or even enhance our environment now that we have left the EU is being broken.
While no campaign bus was ever emblazoned with promises of foul rivers and polluted soil, post-Brexit it is becoming clear that the “conserve” in Conservative doesn’t extend to our natural world. European directives previously accounted for 80% of our laws in this area – creating shared standards we helped write to prevent contamination, reduce emissions and preserve habitats. By working collectively, we could also ensure no country was economically harmed because no border can stop pollution.
Stella Creasy is the Labour and Cooperative MP for Walthamstow
Continue reading...UK ‘used to be a leader on climate’, lament European lawmakers
MEPs react to ‘tragic’ findings revealing UK falling behind EU in key environmental policies since Brexit
- Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s environmental protections
- Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe due to lack of governance’
- Explainer: UK environmental protections dropped since Brexit
European lawmakers have lamented the UK’s decision to weaken environmental rules since leaving the EU, after the Guardian revealed it is falling behind in almost every policy area.
One Green group MEP said the findings were “tragic” while a centre-right MEP said the divergences were “particularly bad” for companies that want to do business on both sides of the Channel.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday January 19, 2024
California’s power emissions fall to lowest November in a decade, extending YoY decline
Almost 350,000 offsets used against subnational Mexican carbon tax -official
Speculators continue to build CCA holdings as emitters reduce, amid ongoing WCA CFTC reporting hiatus
1 billion people left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring
Largest known deep-sea coral reef mapped off US Atlantic coast
Reef, which extends for 310 miles from Florida to South Carolina and at some points is 68 miles wide, called ‘breathtaking in scale’
Scientists have mapped the largest known deep-sea coral reef, stretching hundreds of miles off the US Atlantic coast.
While researchers have known since the 1960s that coral is present off the Atlantic, the reef’s size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology made it possible to construct 3D images of the ocean floor.
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