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Gas price crisis: Government to pay millions to restart CO2 supplies
INEOS to convert UK petrochemical complex to hydrogen
Great Solar Business Podcast: Differentiation and how to find it
Kon Flaherty from Green Energy Technologies in Queensland shows how to find a point of difference in an increasingly crowded solar market.
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China delivers “killer blow” to coal as Morrison courts Joe Biden
China deals "killer" blow to Australian coal exports, Biden doubles global climate finance, while Morrison announces he has a plan for a plan.
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Specieswatch: the necklace ground beetle – an endangered and flightless friend to farmers
England is one of the last strongholds of this beautiful insect but it is at risk due to excessive pesticide use
Organic farming is probably the best hope for the survival of one of Britain’s least known but valuable wild creatures, the necklace ground beetle, Carabus monilis.
Once widespread but now on the red list as endangered because of excessive pesticide use and changing farming practices, it needs help to survive. Since it eats many insects that feed on farm crops and the seeds of weeds that farmers want to control any help it gets to thrive will be richly rewarded.
Continue reading...Developing nations welcome US climate finance pledge but warn more is needed
Rest of G20 should follow Joe Biden’s lead on funding commitments, says climate envoy
Developing countries and campaigners welcomed the offer of increased climate finance from the US president, Joe Biden, at the UN on Tuesday, but warned that rich countries needed to do more to ensure the poorest received the assistance they need.
Biden, speaking to the UN general assembly in New York, said he would ask the US Congress to double to $11bn (£8m) a year by 2024 the financial assistance the US offers to developing countries to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather.
Continue reading...AGL gets climate action lesson from angry investors and inspired teenager
A majority of AGL shareholders support motion calling for a Paris aligned business transition, as bid by teenager for board seat falls short.
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China pledges to stop building new coal energy plants abroad
We need lithium for clean energy, but Rio Tinto's planned Serbian mine reminds us it shouldn't come at any cost
Up to a fifth of Australian carbon credits are ‘junk’, report claims
Australia “ripe” for floating wind farms, as 4GW earmarked for NSW coal ports
New study says Australia is "ripe" for offshore wind, and could use its expertise to tap into floating platforms and use coal plant infrastructure.
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Gas price spike: How UK government failures made a global crisis worse
UK consumers are having to pay the cost of confused government policy, and this winter promises to be particularly challenging.
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CP Daily: Tuesday September 21, 2021
China to end overseas investment in coal plants in major shift
Life at 50C: Heat hitting home in Australia
Old PPE masks find new life fighting plastic waste
Edify wins planning approval for 1GW green hydrogen and battery facility
Edify wins planning approval for 1GW green hydrogen project, including large scale and behind the meter solar and storage, in new eco industrial precinct.
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