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Brazilian business groups ask for compliance carbon market as legislation moves through Congress
Greta Thunberg mocks world leaders' words at Youth4Climate
EU lawmakers vote to prolong fossil fuel gas subsidies until 2027
Campaigners voice dismay after rule permitting gas pipelines where energy is mixed with hydrogen
European lawmakers have voted to prolong subsidies for fossil fuel gas until 2027, opening a potential backdoor for pollution that campaigners said would be a disaster for the climate if it becomes law.
Members of the European parliament’s industry committee voted on Tuesday to allow the EU to continue subsidising natural gas pipelines until the end of 2027, as long as the energy is mixed with an unspecified amount of hydrogen.
Continue reading...RGGI outlines schedule for upcoming programme review process
ANALYSIS: Experts expect Japan to restrict voluntary offset access as it beefs up domestic mechanisms
NSW aims to cut emissions in half by 2030 with $37 billion clean energy surge
NSW to slash emissions by 50% by 2030 and become a renewable energy superpower, as state Coalition underlines divide with federal counterparts.
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Australian researchers uncover fossil of new eagle species
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Atlas V: Rocket launch creates strange lights in UK sky
'All we hear is blah blah blah': Greta Thunberg takes aim at climate platitudes – video
The climate activist Greta Thunberg has taken world leaders to task about their promises to address the climate emergency. In a speech at the Youth4Climate summit, she asked for constructive dialogue and for the media to focus on what politicians do, rather than what they say they are going to do
Continue reading...Britain’s leaky homes make the energy crisis worse. Why have governments not fixed them? | Max Wakefield
Our housing stock needs better insulation and low-carbon heating, or we’ll continue to suffer these shocks
Over the past few days the country has been thrown into panic, as soaring gas prices threaten to plunge hundreds of thousands more households into fuel poverty, joining the 2.5 million already there. For others, uncomfortably tight budgets will be further squeezed. Any country reliant on the worldwide gas market faces the risk of perennial price shocks. But let’s be clear: the extent of this crisis was not inevitable. It is, in significant part, the result of a decade of government failure to insulate us from the disastrous downsides of fossil-fuel dependency.
The UK is a difficult country to keep warm. It has some of the oldest and leakiest housing stock in western Europe, ensuring that heat dissipates through walls, windows and doors quickly after leaving radiators. Nine in 10 households rely on gas boilers, and lots of gas boilers need lots of gas: UK households consume more of it than almost all of their European peers, at around twice the EU average. In 2000, when North Sea gas accounted for 98% of overall supply, households were at little risk of price shocks. But as national production has tumbled by two-thirds in the two decades since, imports have risen from just 2% to 60% of supply to fill the gap.
Continue reading...‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis
Exclusive: Activist says there are many fine words but the science does not lie – CO2 emissions are still rising
Greta Thunberg has excoriated global leaders over their promises to address the climate emergency, dismissing them as “blah, blah, blah”.
She quoted statements by Boris Johnson: “This is not some expensive, politically correct, green act of bunny hugging”, and Narendra Modi: “Fighting climate change calls for innovation, cooperation and willpower” but said the science did not lie.
Continue reading...Man bitten by crocodile during tourist river cruise near Darwin
The victim, 60, reported to be in stable condition in Northern Territory hospital after being bitten by three- to four-metre-long crocodile
A 60-year-old man is in hospital in the Northern Territory after being bitten on the arm by a crocodile during a cruise on the Adelaide River near Darwin.
St John Ambulance officials took a triple zero call after the incident on Monday and sent a crew to rendezvous with the victim and those helping him.
Continue reading...The Nationals signing up to net-zero should be a no-brainer. Instead, they're holding Australia to ransom
NSW plans new scheme to help homes cut peak demand, including batteries
NSW government to support households and businesses shift energy use out of peak periods with new Peak Demand Reduction Scheme.
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Revealed: exploitation of meat plant workers rife across UK and Europe
Thousands of outsourced workers on inferior pay and conditions to fulfil demand for cheap meat, Guardian investigation shows
Read more: ‘The whole system is rotten’: life inside Europe’s meat industry
Meat companies across Europe have been hiring thousands of workers through subcontractors, agencies and bogus co-operatives on inferior pay and conditions, a Guardian investigation has found.
Workers, officials and labour experts have described how Europe’s £190bn meat industry has become a global hotspot for outsourced labour, with a floating cohort of workers, many of whom are migrants, with some earning 40% to 50% less than directly employed staff in the same factories.
The Guardian has uncovered evidence of a two-tier employment system with workers subjected to sub-standard pay and conditions to fulfil the meat industry’s need for a replenishable source of low-paid, hyper-flexible workers.
TransGrid fast tracks network spending to boost wind and solar in south-west NSW
TransGrid will fast track spending on a key network upgrade in south-west NSW that will support wind and solar projects – even before it has obtained regulatory approval.
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Five years after blackout, South Australia now only state with zero supply shortfalls
Five years after its blackout, South Australia has the highest share of wind and solar, is the only state without supply shortfalls, and has reduced bills.
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Origin’s big technology play pays off, as Octopus stake surges to $1.1bn
Origin's investment in an innovative customer management platform pays dividends, with Octopus Energy surging to a A$5.5 billion valuation.
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Siemens Gamesa begins installation of world’s biggest wind turbine
Siemens Gamesa begins construction of what will be world's biggest wind turbine in Denmark.
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