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2022 was UK’s warmest year on record, says Met Office
All four seasons were among top 10 hottest since 1884, with extreme heat likely to occur more frequently
2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK, the Met Office has confirmed, with experts warning the unprecedented heat is a sign of things to come.
It was also the first year in which a temperature above 40C (104F) was recorded in the UK. A record-breaking 40.3C was recorded on 19 July at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
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NSW mulls tiered coal royalties as it contemplates end of coal price cap
NSW considers following Queensland's tiered coal royalty scheme as it also mulls extending coal price cap.
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Green hydrogen on track to be cheaper than fossil gas hydrogen by 2030
Energy analysts at BloombergNEF expect renewable hydrogen to be a cheaper option than existing "grey hydrogen" in five key markets by 2030.
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We are watching the brutal reality of what climate scientists told us would happen. How will we respond? | Adam Morton
Amid the despair and doomism is a real climate emergency. We must act accordingly
How to respond to the avalanche of record-breaking extreme weather and temperatures terrorising the planet? For many scientists it is a moment of genuine despair, but also a time to resist climate doomism.
For British tourists still flying to Greece while it is on fire, and a few holdout news organisations, the answer seems to be to look away or deflect. We shouldn’t join them. Equally, as Michael Mann and Susan Joy Hassol have argued, there is no need to inflate the magnitude of what is happening. The reality is confronting enough.
Continue reading...Lawsuits are key tool in delivering climate justice, says UN body
Report says nearly 200 cases filed around the world in past 12 months challenging governments and firms
Lawsuits challenging government and corporate inaction on the climate breakdown have become an important driver of change, according to a UN body.
A report by the UN Environment Programme (Unep) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University says litigation is setting precedents for climate action all over the world, even beyond the jurisdictions in which cases are filed. But it warns of a growing legal backlash as cases are filed that could delay climate action and criminalise activists.
Continue reading...MPs says Marinus Link a bigger deal than AFL stadium, demand vote in Parliament
Former Liberal MP wants the $3.8 billion undersea transmission project reviewed as a project of state significance, making it subject to a vote by both houses of state parliament.
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Fortescue still aiming for 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030
Fortescue 's likely first big green hydrogen project will produce 12000 tonnes a year. It will need another 12,500 such projects to meet its 2030 targets, but insists it can still be done.
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