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Greens will vote in favour of Labor’s climate bill, Adam Bandt says – video
Greens leader Adam Bandt has revealed his party will support Labor's climate bill but signalled a further fight for a climate trigger to block new fossil fuel projects. 'The fight begins now to get Labor to stop opening coal and gas mines,' Bandt said while addressing the National Press Club. Prime minister Anthony Albanese welcomed the move, saying it was 'a good day for Australia'. Climate change minister Chris Bowen said the climate wars may not be over, 'but they are suddenly in retreat, under this government'
- Greens give crucial support to Labor's climate bill for 43% emissions reduction by 2030
- Australian politics updates
Bill Gates leads $US44m funding round to automate and accelerate solar PV construction
Bill Gates' clean energy fund leads fund raising for technology that automates and accelerates development, construction, and operation of large scale solar plants.
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Construction and transmission work begin on delayed wind farm in Victoria
Transmission and balance of plant works finally begin on delayed wind project near Port Fairy in Victoria.
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Wind energy records tumble as storms sweep across southern Australia
Wind output records tumble on Wednesday as a series of storms sweep across southern Australia, taking prices down with them.
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Australian oil & gas company secures rights to Zimbabwean REDD+ projects
Rebooted coal power could deliver major emissions blow-out in Germany
As Germany turns to coal to get through the gas supply crisis, estimates suggest emissions may have increased by 10m tonnes in the first half of the year.
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Solar is the cheapest power – a lightbulb moment showed we can cut costs even further
Illuminating new research suggests we can rethink the type of silicon needed to make high-efficiency solar cells.
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Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar selfies, and the world’s cheapest green hydrogen
Solar installers are now required to take selfies during installations, and we speak to the CEO of Hysata, an Australian start-up claiming the world’s lowest cost green hydrogen electrolyser technology.
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CP Daily: Tuesday August 2, 2022
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Massachusetts Q2 GWSA emissions edge higher, on track to exceed 2022 adjusted cap
RFS Market: RIN prices near 2-mth high on import buying
Asset manager Kepos raises $76 mln for new carbon fund
US company advances VCS project to mainstream carbon credits from agricultural land
Troubling new research shows warm waters rushing towards the world's biggest ice sheet in Antarctica
Poorer children warned off playing in shared spaces in London development
Families in social housing flats in multimillion pound One Tower Bridge site told games in corridors ‘breached tenancy agreements’
Children living in social housing flats in a multimillion pound riverside development in London have been warned off playing in shared spaces on the site by their landlords.
Parents received letters from City of London council telling them that children playing in the corridors had been recorded on a “noise nuisance app” by a neighbour, and that the games were “a breach of tenancy agreements”.
Continue reading...Southern Water challenged over request to take more water from River Test
Fish populations in the Hampshire chalk stream would be harmed if EA gives drought permit, says Fish Legal
Southern Water is being challenged on Wednesday over its attempts to resort to a drought permit to take more water for its customers from a chalk stream as the dry conditions continue, even as the company leaks approximately 88m litres of water a day from its pipes.
The water company is asking for permission to remove more water from the River Test because of drought conditions in the south of England. But Fish Legal has asked for a formal hearing to challenge the attempt to abstract more water. The campaigning legal group says the company has not done enough to reduce water usage by customers or come up with a way to protect fish populations in the river before resorting to a drought permit.
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