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Most large multinational automakers are struggling to electrify their fleets and secure access to critical battery materials despite these firms setting ambitious net zero emissions goals, a report has found.

ESB paper says EV charging could easily eclipse electricity demand from any other technology – but if managed well could also result in cheaper power for consumers.

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Countries are meeting in Montreal for a once-a-decade opportunity to put nature on the path to recovery.

Fining and jailing Indonesian fishers taking shark fin is a knee-jerk solution. As long as sharks keep vanishing and demand for shark fin soup remains high, illegal fishing will continue. Anthony Schuyler Marinac, Lecturer, College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Moama’s council forced to reassure residents water is filtered and safe to drink after complaints over colour on social media

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Brown filtered water is likely to persist for months in Murray River towns from New South Wales down to South Australia, as communities continue to deal with the aftermath of major flooding.

The Murray River council in Moama was forced to reassure residents its filtered water supply was safe to drink after a string of social media complaints over murky tap water.

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Federal energy minister Chris Bowen to present new capacity mechanism that will look more like a storage target or NSW energy roadmap than a prop for coal plants.

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Sydney Uni researchers claim their new battery offers four times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries and is far cheaper to produce.

The post Sydney Uni hails low cost, long life sodium-sulphur battery with “super-high capacity” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Two small but prominent energy retailers suspended from trade as fossil fuel driven energy market turmoil continues.

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Global biodiversity summits have so far lacked a clear target, but this could change if COP15 agrees on the 30x30 initiative to protect 30% of land and sea by the end of this decade. Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Prices aren't seen to drop under the crucial $US100/kWh level until 2026 - two years later than expected.

The post Lithium-ion battery pack prices rise for first time since 2010, hurting EVs and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

'Multinational corporations are filling their bank accounts while emptying our world of its natural gifts,' says the UN secretary general António Guterres, as he opens the Cop15 biodiversity conference. 'This conference is our chance to end this orgy of destruction.' 

 Governments will begin formal negotiations for this decade’s UN biodiversity targets at the conference. At the Montreal opening ceremony, the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, urged countries to agree on a target to conserve 30% of Earth for nature in the final agreement

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed C$350 million ($256.4 mln) in funding for biodiversity conservation efforts in developing nations as he officially opened COP15 in Montreal Tuesday, though green groups say the amount falls well short of what Canada should contribute.

A mammoth offshore wind auction is underway in the US which will spur at least 4.6GW of floating turbine projects off California's coast.

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Leaders announce partnership to reduce global dependence on Russian energy

Joe Biden has agreed a deal to ramp up gas exports from the US to the UK as part of a joint effort to cut bills and limit Russia’s impact on western energy supplies.

Sunak and Biden announced an “energy security and affordability partnership” and set up a joint action group, led by Westminster and White House officials, with the aim of reducing global dependence on Russian energy.

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The flight takes less than one hour and yet there are few environmentally friendly alternatives

If a flight is so short you don’t have time to finish your complementary cheese and biscuits before having your rubbish whisked away for landing, chances are there’s a more environmentally friendly and convenient way of getting to where you’re going.

The French government’s recent decision to ban short-haul domestic flights between cities that are connected by a train or bus trip of less than two and a half hours has sparked some energetic debate this week about whether Australia could follow the French in moving away from short-haul flights.

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Low-cost airline JetBlue on Tuesday announced it will next year end its strategy to automatically offset emissions from all domestic flights, and instead invest that capital in destination-specific nature-based carbon credits and reducing GHGs from its own operations.

Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy swoops in to buy CWP Renewables and become dominant player in Australian renewables industry.

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New Zealand on Wednesday sold all the allowances on offer at the final ETS auction of the year, with the sale clearing below NZ$80 ($50.57) amid a slight dip in demand.

Wind and solar set new records for market share in half hour and monthly periods in W.A., and the world's biggest isolated grid.

The post W.A.’s isolated grid sets new instantaneous and monthly records for wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.