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DAC hopeful designs digital twin for speedier deployment of the real thing
Insurer launches product to cover both physical and political risks of buying carbon credits
China thermal power generation continues to outpace total electricity output
Non-profit calls on the EU to come up with a dedicated CO2 removal strategy
Study calls for broader definition of blue carbon ecosystems to help finance conservation efforts
Finally, good news for power bills: energy regulator promises small savings for most customers on the ‘default market offer’
As a child, I roamed Dartmoor – and it shaped me. But across England, that freedom is being trampled on | Rosie Jewell
How can we expect people to care for the countryside if they are denied access to it? We must fight for our right to roam
When people ask me where I’m from, I wryly tell them “the middle of nowhere”. So, imagine my surprise when I saw that my old landlord and the remote place where I grew up were making national headlines over a court battle for the right to wild camp on Dartmoor.
Alexander Darwall bought the 1,619-hectare (4,000-acre) Blachford estate on southern Dartmoor in 2011. Dartmoor is the only place in England where wild camping is allowed, in designated areas, without permission from a landowner. Darwall successfully contested this right in court, arguing that the right to wild camp – as opposed to walking or picnicking – on the moors never existed. Then an appeal restored it. Now, he’s taking the case to the supreme court.
Continue reading...ID Market: National carbon exchange remains dormant, but int’l trade expected to be allowed in second half of 2024
Two groups sign on for low carbon, synthetic fuel collaborations
US, Japanese gas giants join for CCS study
Ruling further erodes climate activists’ right to protest in England and Wales
Court of appeal’s removal of ‘consent’ defence means defendants on trial for criminal damage can no longer use it
It took a matter of minutes in the court of appeal, where demonstrators were strangely absent, for the dial to shift once more on the rights of protest in England and Wales.
The decision taken on Monday by the court of appeal to, in effect, find in favour of the attorney general, the Conservative government’s premier legal officer, has removed a defence for climate protesters that had been available on the statute books since 1971.
Continue reading...New bifacial solar technology generates more power at much reduced cost
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Rooftop solar ducks would eat nuclear’s lunch. So will Coalition slow PV or pay to store it?
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Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds
Almost all countries failing to meet mark for PM2.5, tiny particles expelled by vehicles and industry that can cause health problems
Only seven countries are meeting an international air quality standard, with deadly air pollution worsening in places due to a rebound in economic activity and the toxic impact of wildfire smoke, a new report has found.
Of 134 countries and regions surveyed in the report, only seven – Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand – are meeting a World Health Organization (WHO) guideline limit for tiny airborne particles expelled by cars, trucks and industrial processes.
Continue reading...Ampcontrol signs deal to power industrial sites entirely with NSW wind and solar
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The government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects – that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity
Consumers to get “marginal” bill relief despite rooftop PV driving big falls in wholesale power prices
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Construction starts on second biggest battery in world’s most renewable grid
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Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis? | Adam Morton
We should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it
A missing element from much of the debate about whether Australia should embrace nuclear power is that – unless the Labor rank-and-file have an extraordinary change of heart – the issue is already dead on arrival.
John Howard and Scott Morrison knew the score on this. Unless there is bipartisan support, a nuclear industry has virtually no chance of being developed. And as things stand there is no chance of the ALP changing its position.
Continue reading...Singapore’s Metis kicks off Australia renewable plans with first big solar project
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