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The truth is Tory voters are onboard for net zero. What’s really worrying them is how we get there | Sam Hall
The case for environmental action is clear, but there are fears about personal freedom and who will bear the financial burden
In less than three decades, the UK must reach net zero to avoid the worst impacts of climate crisis for our economy and national security. We’re already halfway there, having almost halved our emissions since 1990. But to achieve this momentous goal, we must now build support for the individual policies required, while preserving the cross-party consensus on the need to act. Conservatives want to protect our planet, but that doesn’t mean they’ll agree on every policy campaigners propose to get there. The public wants the debate to focus on how, not if, we reach carbon neutrality.
There is a conservative route to net zero. It’s not a contradiction in terms. The UK has a long and rich history of conservative environmentalism. In 1989, Margaret Thatcher became the first world leader to raise the spectre of climate change in a global context. Another Conservative prime minister, Theresa May, fired the starting gun on the race to net zero by 2050, enshrining the target in law.
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I was a champion of fake meat: but I’m not surprised people are losing their taste for it | Aine Carlin
Sales are falling due to nutritional and environmental concerns – but also because it just doesn’t taste that good
Faux meat is failing. Once championed as a way to fight the climate emergency, protein alternatives are now struggling, with plant-based pioneers Beyond Meat reporting net revenue losses of nearly 31% in the second quarter of this year.
I could say I’m surprised, but the truth is I’m only amazed that our collective love affair with fake meat lasted as long as it did. I was once a fan, but standing in front of a towering wall of hyper-processed meat alternatives in my local supermarket last year, I couldn’t help but think: are vegan burgers that bleed really the answer to our meat consumption woes?
Aine Carlin is a vegan food writer and blogger
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New Zealand foresters call on government to scrap ETS review
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AEMC sets new “rules of engagement” for community consultation on transmission projects
Australian Energy Market Commission flags changes to rules on community consultation for transmission projects, as opposition to "crucial" grid upgrades hits a new high.
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Quitting gas at home and petrol in the car can slash annual energy costs by up to $4,000
Another 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
Too expensive, too slow: Australia’s biggest coal generator says no to nuclear
AGL 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
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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Australia’s seed industry underfunded, understaffed, and unprepared for surging carbon, biodiversity market demand
Incremental environmental change can be as hazardous as a sudden shock – managing these ‘slow-burning’ risks is vital
Global wind turbine industry is a mess, and scared of solar: But it will get better
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
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
German wind industry decries “sabotage” as turbines blocked by Autobahns, told to use barges
Germany’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
More than 600,000 flights between Sydney and Melbourne could be powered by fuel made from agricultural waste in 2025.
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