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Tesla Megapacks lifted into place at Australia’s biggest battery project
Neoen confirms that Australia's biggest battery project is midway through construction near Geelong as Tesla Megapacks are lifted into place.
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Video: The new electric SUV from Mercedes
We test drive the second electric offering from Mercedes in Australia - the EQA 250.
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Federal Court says minister owes duty of care to young people over carbon emissions
Federal Court orders federal environment minister must consider the risks posed to Australia's young people when granting approvals to coal projects.
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Australia’s de-facto carbon price at record high, may reach $50 per tonne
Australian carbon credits tipped to jump to $50 per tonne, riding surge in corporate demand even as federal government sits idle on climate policy.
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Australian government must protect young people from climate crisis harm, court declares
Environment minister has 28 days to appeal historic ruling that carbon emissions from coalmine should not cause young people ‘personal injury or death’
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Australia’s federal court has formally declared the nation’s environment minister has a “duty to take reasonable care” that young people won’t be harmed or killed by carbon dioxide emissions if she approves a coalmine expansion, in a judgment that could have wider implications for fossil fuel projects.
In the federal court case, brought by eight schoolchildren and an octogenarian nun, Justice Mordecai Bromberg on Thursday also ordered the minister pay all costs.
Continue reading...Solar Insiders Podcast: Why the solar coaster never stops
Rooftop solar systems are getting bigger, thanks to business interest, but the market still remains tough, and complicated.
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New Zealand proposes rules to limit overallocation to industrials in ETS
Coalition granted $21m to Liberal party donor to frack Beetaloo Basin
Environmental groups criticise grant to Empire Energy, which had lobbied ministers for information on funding, as a ‘brazen misuse of taxpayer funds’
The Coalition handed three grants for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin to a political donor and Liberal-linked company, which had earlier lobbied federal ministers for information on the funding scheme.
On Wednesday, resources minister Keith Pitt announced that Imperial Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Empire Energy, would receive $21m in grants through the $50m Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program.
Continue reading...Four ways rooftop solar and household batteries can help the grid
Regulator spells out four ways that rooftop solar and distributed energy benefit the grid.
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“New chapter:” Construction begins on first subsidy-free offshore wind farm
Construction begins for a 1.5GW project off the coast of the Netherlands, the first offshore wind farm to be built without subsidies.
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“World first” wind, solar and battery project finally starts production after 3-year wait
Nearly three years after it was built, the world first solar, wind and battery hub at Kennedy is finally sending power to the grid.
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New co-regulatory arrangements approved
Cancellation of co-regulatory arrangement administered by Electronics Product Stewardship Australasia Pty Limited (EPSA)
Nature: Backyard moth spotting rises during lockdown
Climate change: US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming
CP Daily: Wednesday July 7, 2021
Climate Action Reserve commences development of US-based biochar offset protocol
Should slaughterhouses have glass walls? The campaign for greater farm transparency goes to the High Court
Euro Markets: EUAs lose further ground after rout
Cash for carbon offsets escaping offshore due to Australian climate policy uncertainty
Cost of Australian-based climate offsets is soaring but 90% of local purchases are for overseas projects
Pledges from major companies to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions are driving up prices for Australia-based climate offsets to levels not seen since the 2014 repeal of the carbon pricing scheme.
Prices for Australian carbon units have topped $20 a tonne with demand up 20% in the past 12 months, with analysis released today saying prices could rise to $50 by the end of the decade.
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