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CP Daily: Tuesday November 21, 2023
Imagine if netball mums ran the world. They’d turn up and do the work rain, hail or shine | Antoinette Lattouf
Netball mums are the unsung heroes of community sport – and it’s time they took their well-honed political, economic and social skills to the world stage
Beyoncé had the right idea about who should run the world (girls!), it’s just that she wasn’t quite specific enough.
For years we’ve been talking about the need for more women in leadership roles, yet change and progress has been glacial. As a result, I believe, we need to cast a different, more distinct, net.
Continue reading...More or less than expected? Analysts mixed over impact of 2024 EUA auction volume announcement
Canada sets aside up to C$7 bln to issue carbon contracts for difference
Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes
Rhode Island uses RGGI funds, US DOE monies for energy conservation grant programme
Pennsylvania governor will appeal RGGI court ruling
New 130MW solar farm energised in northern Victoria
The 130MW Glenrowan solar farm has been energised in northern Victoria and will soon begin generating enough electricity to power 45,000 homes.
The post New 130MW solar farm energised in northern Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sharp rise in value of land with natural capital potential bucks wider year-over-year downturn in UK commercial forestry -report
Liddell to host giant battery after AGL and Akaysha win Australia’s biggest capacity tender
BlackRock's Akaysha to build Australia's biggest four hour battery, and AGL to install a huge battery at Liddell after winning tender to fill gap from Eraring closure.
The post Liddell to host giant battery after AGL and Akaysha win Australia’s biggest capacity tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Regulators announce increase to Swiss-EU ETS allowance transfer days for 2024
RGGI compliance entities’ permit shortfall widens after Q3 auction
Northvolt hails sodium-ion battery breakthrough for storage and electric vehicles
Northvolt hails breakthrough in sodium ion batteries, providing big advances for battery storage and ultimately for electric vehicles.
The post Northvolt hails sodium-ion battery breakthrough for storage and electric vehicles appeared first on RenewEconomy.
US IRA will fund $2 billion in climate justice grants
Far-right, anti-climate policy party’s sudden ascent disrupts Dutch election campaign
EU pesticides bill reignites nature divisions among lawmakers
California’s power emissions increase in October, YoY decline slows down
The Guardian view on festive marketing: stop spending like there’s no tomorrow | Editorial
Between Black Friday and Christmas we will see adverts encouraging people to desire things that don’t reveal what they could cost the planet
Late in November 1998, a British newspaper alerted its readers to a strange quirk of American culture. At 5am on the day after Thanksgiving, queues were forming at US shopping malls, and the roads were busy with more would-be shoppers. It was called “Black Friday”, explained the reporter, the day when retailers could expect to see their bottom lines magically go from red to black. And what was selling this year? Fluffy robots called Furby dolls. By 6.05am, the main toyshop inside one mall in Boston had sold out of its entire stock of Furby dolls. The Guardian’s librarians believe that this is the first mention of Black Friday in any British national newspaper. A quarter of a century later, your Furby may be a relic but Black Friday has gone global.
Marketing changes our norms, and the eight weeks of Christmas broadcasts are the industry’s yearly jamboree. It’s forecast that this month and next, a record £9.5bn will be blown on advertising, more than the UK government spends on prisons in a year. This is the philosophy of “spending like there’s no tomorrow” – literally, given the climate crisis. Once Christmas has passed, the adverts will offer up many alternative ways to fry the planet.
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