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Sky-high European energy prices must not get in way of the EU’s climate action but rather spur the bloc to accelerate the low-carbon transition, EU climate chief Frans Timmermans told the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Paul McCartney and Cara Delevingne also collaborate on picture stories to highlight species and ecosystem loss and fund projects

Ricky Gervais is the latest celebrity to join an ambitious year-long storytelling campaign called Rewriting Extinction with the launch of a comic called Bullfight.

Since it launched in June, more than 300 celebrities, environmental experts and storytellers have collaborated to design more than 150 comics that tackle issues such as deforestation and overconsumption. Actor and writer Gervais created Bullfight with artist Rob Steen. “A beautiful animal, literally tortured to death as entertainment. Psychotic. Fuck anyone who enjoys or defends it,” said Gervais.

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Australian oil and gas firm Santos has signed an agreement with the Timor-Leste government to progress with a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the offshore Bayu-Undan gas field, the company announced on Tuesday.

Campaigners say draft regulation contains many loopholes, including exclusion of Cerrado and Pantanal

The fragile Cerrado grasslands and the Pantanal wetlands, both under threat from soy and beef exploitation, have been excluded from a European Union draft anti-deforestation law, campaigners have said, and there are many other concerning loopholes.

The European Commission has pledged to introduce a law aimed at preventing beef, palm oil and other products linked to deforestation from being sold in the EU single market of 450 million consumers. But campaigners said a leaked impact assessment reveals “significant omissions” in the plans, including the exclusion of endangered grasslands and wetlands, as well as products that raise environmental concerns, such as rubber and maize.

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BHP board backs shareholder push to review membership of industry groups opposed to climate action - but will it change anything?

The post BHP board backs shareholder call to review membership of pro-coal industry groups appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An “overheating incident” at California's Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage facility has taken the 300MW/1200MWh first phase of the project out of service.

The post World’s biggest battery sidelined after “overheating incident” in California appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Over half of respondents in a survey believe humanity is doomed and governments are failing to act.

Report by climate groups found more than three-quarters of projects were discarded after the deal was signed

The global pipeline of new coal power plants has collapsed since the 2015 Paris climate agreement, according to research that suggests the end of the polluting energy source is in sight.

The report found that more than three-quarters of the world’s planned plants have been scrapped since the climate deal was signed, meaning 44 countries no longer have any future coal power plans.

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Global survey finds most 16-25 year olds worry a lot about the future, and many feel failed by governments

Four in 10 young people around the world are hesitant to have children as a result of the climate crisis, and fear that governments are doing too little to prevent climate catastrophe, a poll in 10 countries has found.

Nearly six in 10 young people, aged 16 to 25, were very or extremely worried about climate change, according to the biggest scientific study yet on climate anxiety and young people, published on Tuesday. A similar number said governments were not protecting them, the planet, or future generations, and felt betrayed by the older generation and governments.

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Experts say effective subsidies for new gas boilers run contrary to government targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions

Energy bill-payers will be asked to subsidise the installation of tens of thousands of new gas boilers across the UK under government plans, at a time when experts say gas boilers should be urgently phased out.

Experts said it was baffling that ministers should be promoting the installation of new fossil fuel boilers, instead of low-carbon dioxide alternatives such as heat pumps.

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The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) is subject to the same rules as irrigators in relation to carryover, allocations and trade.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) is subject to the same rules as irrigators in relation to carryover, allocations and trade

The way we use fossil fuels is wasteful and inefficient. A world based on renewable energy would need half as much as we produce now. Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Norwegian voters on Monday threw out its centre-right government after eight years in office, paving the way for a centre-left coalition to take over, but although its policy platform is yet to be negotiated it is unlikely there will be major changes to the nation’s climate and energy policies.

The changing dynamic between Borneo’s pigs and Indigenous people is a powerful reminder of the fragility of the human-nature connection. Matthew Luskin, Lecturer in Conservation Science, The University of Queensland David Kurz, Postdoctoral fellow in Environmental Science, Trinity College Fiffy Hanisdah Saikim, Senior lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sabah’s Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Indigenous Knowledge Matthew D. Potts, Professor, S.J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics, University of California, Berkeley Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Surging prices in voluntary market means that carbon abatement projects are now likely to be funded by companies rather than the government.

The post Australia’s hidden carbon market: New options allow companies to out-bid government appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal will struggle to remain economically viable beyond 2030. Companies with a heavy exposure, like AGL, need to act quickly to survive.

The post Baseload coal is rapidly losing value, and poses biggest risk to Australian utilities appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New US Department of Energy report finds solar power could generate up to 45% of America's electricity supply by 2050. But what it would take to meet this target?

The post Biden’s proposed tenfold increase in solar power would remake US electricity system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Conservative UK government releases details of “biggest ever,” all technologies renewable energy support package, including a massive £200m targeting offshore wind.

The post UK invites mammoth offshore wind proposals in “biggest ever” renewables auction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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