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Quitting gas at home and petrol in the car can slash annual energy costs by up to $4,000

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 15:07

rooftop solarAnother major report details the huge cost-of-living savings Australian households can lock in by going all-electric, this time using modelling from CSIRO.

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China CO2 emissions soar in Q2 amid extreme weather events -research

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 15:00
China’s CO2 emissions grew 10% annually in the second quarter of the year, bouncing back to the record levels from two years ago as widespread drought saw coal replace hydropower generation, according to analysis released Thursday.
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Too expensive, too slow: Australia’s biggest coal generator says no to nuclear

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 14:45

defaultAGL rejects Coalition call to replace its ageing coal generators with nuclear SMRs, saying they are too costly and too slow. But the anti-renewables campaign rolls on.

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Hundreds of buildings in historic town of Lahaina destroyed in Hawaii wildfires – video

The Guardian - Thu, 2023-08-10 14:04

Wildfires fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora have burned through the town on Lahaina in Maui. The US Coast Guard had to pull a number of people from the ocean beside the town after they dived in to escape smoke and flames. 'It's like an apocalypse,' said a local resident

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Virgin Galactic: Mum, daughter and Brit, 80, count down to space flight

BBC - Thu, 2023-08-10 14:01
Virgin Galactic aims to fly an 80-year-old former Olympian, a mother and her daughter into space.
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Australia’s seed industry underfunded, understaffed, and unprepared for surging carbon, biodiversity market demand

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 12:54
Australia’s seed industry is in dire straits and in desperate need of funding to scale up if it is expected to live up to government and industry expectations of widescale ecosystem restoration driven by carbon and biodiversity markets, industry experts say.
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Incremental environmental change can be as hazardous as a sudden shock – managing these ‘slow-burning’ risks is vital

The Conversation - Thu, 2023-08-10 12:33
Not all environmental change is obvious. But incremental and cumulative changes can be just as harmful as more immediate and observable events, meaning risk management practices need to adapt. Dr Wendy Liu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Environment and Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland Anne Bardsley, Deputy Director - Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland Jennifer Salmond, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland Kristiann Allen, Associate Director, Policy and International Relations at Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland Marc Tadaki, Social scientist, Cawthron Institute Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Global wind turbine industry is a mess, and scared of solar: But it will get better

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 12:01

Wind turbine industry lost sight of basic manufacturing principals such as keeping production simple, focusing on repeatability. Perhaps it was scared of solar.

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AGL teaches its ageing coal plants how to flex around the rooftop solar duck

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 11:24

AGL is teaching its ageing coal plants how to flex and dance around rooftop solar, and for all the talk about phasing out fossil fuels, its generation will be mostly coal for years to come.

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Meet 5 marvellous mammals of the South Pacific you've probably never heard of

The Conversation - Thu, 2023-08-10 11:17
From the cuscus with the fancy coat, to the wallaby often sporting a single white glove, a wide variety of life evolved on island homes in the south-west Pacific. Tyrone Lavery, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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German wind industry decries “sabotage” as turbines blocked by Autobahns, told to use barges

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 11:02

germany wind energyGermany’s wind industry has accused the operator of the country’s motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines.

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Farm waste could fuel most domestic flights by 2025

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 09:41

Airline emissions hydrogen CSIRO plane aircraft - testMore than 600,000 flights between Sydney and Melbourne could be powered by fuel made from agricultural waste in 2025.

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Hawaii wildfires: Six deaths confirmed as blazes engulf Maui

BBC - Thu, 2023-08-10 08:55
People have jumped into the sea to escape flames from wildfires being fuelled by hurricane winds.
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Massive cranes on “tippy-toes:” Tricky sites might herald peak hub height for wind farms

RenewEconomy - Thu, 2023-08-10 08:41

Tricky sites, steep hills, narrow roads and massive turbines are pushing the limits to what is possible on some wind farm locations, contractors say.

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CP Daily: Wednesday August 9, 2023

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 08:29
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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US govt awards $13 mln to support carbon removal projects

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 08:03
US President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced it has invested over $13 mln in nearly two dozen carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects across a variety of different technologies.
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California offset issuance exceeds 250 mln with new large forestry project, as DEBs credit spread blows out past $10

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 07:52
All-time California Carbon Offset (CCO) issuances surged past the 250 million mark this week as a new improved forest management (IFM) project earned a significant credit batch, according to state data published Wednesday, while the price premium credits with direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs) rose into the double digits.
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CAR publishes draft low-carbon cement protocol for US concrete producers

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 04:52
Carbon market standards body Climate Action Reserve (CAR) released its draft cement crediting methodology on Wednesday for public consultation.
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German government agrees compromise on hike of domestic carbon price -Bloomberg

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 04:45
Germany’s coalition government has agreed to raise its domestic carbon price for buildings and transport but to a level still below its pre-energy crisis upward trajectory, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources.
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Canadian oil sands absolute emissions hold steady in 2022, despite increase in production

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2023-08-10 04:06
Reductions in GHG intensity and modest production growth contributed to a maintenance of the absolute emissions of Canadian oil sands last year, even amidst an increase in output, according to new analysis released Wednesday.
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