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Queensland coal plants hit by more huge write-downs, as failures and rooftop PV rattle market
Stanwell profits surge as CS Energy deals with Callide C failure, in a volatile year for Queensland's state owned coal plants.
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5MS explainer: The early bidder will catch the worm
5MS will encourage investment in battery storage, but it will also bring create risks for renewable generators.
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Climate change: Ministers meet in Milan for pre-COP26
NSW greenlights network link to unlock wind and solar in state’s south-west
Stage one of the new Project EnergyConnect transmission link gets NSW planning approval, set to underpin the South-west REZ.
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CP Daily: Wednesday September 29, 2021
Cutting methane should be a key Cop26 aim, research suggests
Oil and gas producers could reduce emissions at low cost or even at a profit by staunching leaks, says thinktank
Sharp cuts in methane from leaking gas drilling platforms and production sites could play a major role in the greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to fulfil the Paris climate agreement, and should be a key aim for the Cop26 UN climate talks, new research suggests.
Cutting global emissions of methane by 40% by 2030 is achievable, with most cuts possible at low cost or even at a profit for companies such as oil and gas producers. It would make up for much of the shortfall in emissions reductions plans from national governments, according to the Energy Transitions Commission thinktank.
Continue reading...CBAM impacts loom large on US businesses, as House may leave carbon stranded with reconciliation bill
Solar curtailment: You ain’t seen nothing yet
The expected growth of solar capacity needs long-term solutions. Right now, grid operators have to resort to curtailment as the last resort.
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USDA considering voluntary carbon market as part of rural sector climate initiative
Market Research Analyst, European Power and Emissions, TotalEnergies – Geneva
Green group refutes Dominion arguments in RGGI rate request petition
RFS Market: RINs bounce back as lawmakers turn up heat on biofuel volumes
Australia's threatened species protections are being rewritten. But what's really needed is money and legal teeth
Bird taxidermy: the Australian specialists who love birds in life and death
From grieving pet owners to TV shows and major museums, demand for taxidermists remains strong. And birds are a mainstay
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For Lauren Hundloe, bringing dead birds “back to life” is all in a day’s work.
The former public servant turned taxidermist used to stuff animals of all sizes, from mice to elk and everything in between. Now she deals almost exclusively with birds in her Brisbane studio.
Continue reading...US declares 23 bird, fish and other species extinct
Canada: win for anti-logging protesters as judge denies firm’s injunction bid
Judge blocks Teal Cedar Products’ extension request and says police conduct on Vancouver Island has put court at risk
A provincial court in Canada has refused to extend an injunction against protesters demonstrating against old-growth logging, ruling that police conduct has been so troubling that to extend the order would place the court’s own reputation at risk.
Related: Rescue of trapped Ontario miners involved gruelling climb to surface
Continue reading...Mont Blanc shrinks a metre since last official measurement in 2017
French experts say the mountain has lost an average of 13 centimetres in height every year since 2001
French experts say they have measured Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in western Europe, at almost a metre lower than its previous official height.
Geographical experts said that after an expedition in mid-September the mighty mountain in the heart of the French Alps was 4,807.81 metres (15,773.65ft) high, lower than their last published estimate of 4,808.72 metres (15,776.64ft ) in 2017.
Continue reading...EUAs ripe to fall amid political uncertainty, weaker natural gas after winter -analyst
Spanish, Romanian, Czech lawmakers call for EU ETS spec curbs or price cap to help control energy costs
US to declare ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more species extinct
Factors behind disappearances include too much development, water pollution, logging and competition from invasive species
The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species are expected to be declared extinct by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday.
It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists have exhausted efforts to find these 23 species and warned that the climate crisis, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common.
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