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CP Daily: Tuesday June 28, 2022
Great Solar Business Podcast: Marketing and PR for PV companies
Olivia Smith from PositiveGood discusses where and how PR fits into your marketing toolkit.
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Climate change: UK heading for failure on climate goals - report
Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard regulation omits DAC, EOR for credit eligibility
One in six UK adults doubt human link to climate change - report
Five things we have learned about the UK’s path to net zero
Committee on Climate Change report paints a dire picture of Britain’s progress in reducing farm emissions and homes insulation
There are currently no credible plans to help the majority of households to improve their energy efficiency, the progress report from the Committee on Climate Change concludes: a gaping policy hole that is costing the UK dear, not just in climate terms but in unnecessarily high energy bills for our leaky homes. Insulating buildings would be the quickest and most effective way to counter soaring gas prices, but has been largely ignored by the government after the botched “green homes grant” was scrapped last year. Even our new homes are not efficient: at least 1.5m homes have been built in recent years that will require expensive retrofitting. “It’s a complete tale of woe,” said Chris Stark, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change.
Continue reading...Government policy failures are obstacle to UK net zero target, advisers warn
Progress report from the Climate Change Committee suggests ministers could renege on greenhouse gas emissions commitment
The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in a damning progress report to parliament.
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) voiced fears that ministers may renege on the legally binding commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, noting “major policy failures” and “scant evidence of delivery”.
Continue reading...UK climate polices only enough to cover 40% of net zero effort -advisors
New generation and storage pipeline reaches 150GW as AEMO prepares its plan
AEMO revealed new generation and project proposals now total more than 150GW, as it prepares to release latest 20-blueprint of how to connect it all to the grid.
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Spanish police bust major F-gas smuggling ring
The water regulator finally wakes up to the stench of the sewage scandal
With half the sector now in its sights Ofwat is right to start talking tough
Has Ofwat woken from its slumbers? There are encouraging signs. On the troubled issue of sewage – specifically, the vast quantities of the stuff pumped into rivers – the water regulator in England and Wales is suddenly talking as if it means business.
“From what we have seen so far, the scale of the issue here is shocking,” said David Black, chief executive, in unusually strong language as he added South West Water, owned by quoted group Pennon, to the list of firms targeted with enforcement cases connected to the management of treatment works.
Continue reading...Voluntary Carbon Solutions Originator, Energy Marketing, Mitsui Bussan Commodities Limited – London (Hybrid)
Offset ratings agency downgrades REDD project, keeps on “ratings watch”
CME adds trailing futures to pick up VCM offsets outside of the roll
‘Mammoth’ DAC plant in the works as removals firm looks to splash equity raise
How Labor might transform Abbott’s climate policy and actually cut industrial emissions
Labor will rely on Abbott-era climate policy to deliver the bulk of emissions cuts to hit its 2030 target. It must avoid making the same policy mistakes.
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