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NSW minerals lobby advertising blitz doesn’t come clean on the dirty realities of coal mining | Temperature Check
NSW Minerals Council says that campaign aims to educate the public – but its claims of responsible, low-emissions coal mining don’t stack up
“Because in New South Wales, we mine responsibly. For today and tomorrow,” comes the proud declaration at the end of an advert from the state’s mining lobby.
The advertisement from the NSW Minerals Council, seen on streaming services including SBS, features four people wearing the logos of the majority Chinese-owned company Yancoal.
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How to ensure Bowen’s underwriting scheme doesn’t create another Snowy 2.0 debacle
Federal Labor's move to underwrite 32GW of renewables and storage is nothing short revolutionary. But abandoning market-based mechanisms carries its own serious risks.
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Australia announces major expansion to renewable energy auction scheme to turbocharge investment
Pharma giant, nutrition firm launch regenerative programme in Brazil
Chinchilla big battery connects to the grid near Australia’s biggest coal unit
One of a suite of new big batteries to soon join the grid in Queensland has been registered and officially connected, with work on commissioning to start soon.
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NSW just got three huge batteries for next to nothing – time now to dump Coalkeeper 2.0
NSW will get three big new batteries at little or no cost to consumers. It's been urged to go out and get more, and end the costly idea of paying to keep the Eraring coal generator open.
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ANALYSIS: EU’s embattled petrochemicals sector seeks out low-carbon funding
Exit polls call far-right Freedom party victory in Dutch election, but anti-Islam eurosceptic Wilders seen unlikely to be PM
WCI Q4 allowance auction clears at all-time record high settlement
If we do it right, we can replant trees and shrubs to store carbon – and restore biodiversity
Voluntary registry announces US and Canadian biochar protocol comment period
European Commission proposes forest monitoring framework for voluntary national reporting
NGOs win legal action against Romania’s polluting coal plants, prompting reforms and possible closures
UK slashes predicted takeup of electric cars by almost half
OBR analysis suggests higher energy prices and interest rates could reduce proportion of new cars sold that are electric from 67% to 38%
Britain has downgraded its forecasts for the takeup of electric cars over the next seven years as higher financing costs and rising energy prices threaten to cut the incentive for drivers to replace combustion engines.
The latest forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), released alongside the chancellor’s autumn statement, said that just 38% of new vehicles sold in the UK in 2027 would be electric, down from the 67% it predicted in March.
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Dubai Ocean Declaration urges robust monitoring standards for blue carbon removals
Ban private jets to address climate crisis, says Thomas Piketty
French economist says class inequality must be at centre of climate response and calls for progressive carbon taxes
• Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?
Questions of social and economic class must be at the centre of our response to the climate crisis, to address the huge inequalities between the carbon footprints of the rich and poor and prevent a backlash against climate policies, the economist Thomas Piketty has said.
Regulations will be needed to outlaw goods and services that have unnecessarily high greenhouse gas emissions, such as private jets, outsized vehicles, and flights over short distances, he said in an interview with the Guardian.
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