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Whale filmed swimming with Australian beachgoers dies after stranding
Petro-states and fossil fuel lobby steer climate deal towards global catastrophe
The world's petrol states and the fossil fuel lobby are steering the world towards climate catastrophe. And Australia's Coalition is cheering on from the sidelines.
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CP Daily: Monday December 11, 2023
Koalas suffer in the heat – here's how to help this summer
Massachusetts’ proposed Clean Heat Standard draft framework faces pushback from propane suppliers
Washington updates proposed cap-and-invest legislation with eye on linkage
Solar costs are now nearly 30 per cent lower than cheapest fossil fuel option, EY says
EY says solar PV remains cheapest source of new-build electricity, with a global weighted average levelised cost of electricity 29% lower than the cheapest fossil fuel alternative.
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EVs and heat pumps can make 10% of German electricity demand flexible by 2035
Electric cars, heat pumps and home storage systems will be able to deliver around 100 terawatt hours of flexible electricity in Germany.
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Revealed: more than 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 access
UN organizers allow groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action to attend, watchdog finds
Influential industry trade groups, thinktanks and public relations agencies with a track record in climate denialism and misleading the public have been given access to the UN climate talks in Dubai, the Guardian can reveal.
Corporate Accountability, a transparency watchdog, has found that UN organizers greenlighted access to groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action, giving them the same or greater access to the international negotiations as Indigenous communities, human rights groups and climate justice organizations.
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Scientists call for retraction of study that questioned REDD projects
Australia’s biggest solar farm reaches peak output, now to host 6,000 sheep
New England solar farm reaches full output and now plays host to 2,000 sheep, a number that will treble in coming months, making it the biggest mob of sheep doing solar grazing in Australia.
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DOE funds US DAC technology that could scale to 1 mln tonnes annually
US Department of the Interior advances nature-based solutions to combat climate change
RGGI Markets: RGAs extend to new year highs on record auction print
COP28: Turkish ETS won’t be open to speculators initially and will feature a rising emissions cap -official
COP28: US developer, African Union agency eye huge landscape restoration projects
Cop28: Australia, US and UK say they won’t sign agreement that would be ‘death certificate’ for small islands
Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says umbrella group of countries is united in saying draft agreement is too weak
A group of countries including Australia, the US, the UK, Canada and Japan have said they will “not be a co-signatory” to “death certificates” for small island states, and have demanded a stronger agreement at the Cop28 summit to deal with fossil fuels and address the climate crisis.
A statement delivered by the Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, on behalf of what’s known as the umbrella group of countries, came as tensions flared at the United Arab Emirates over the text of a draft deal proposed by the summit presidency.
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