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Climate science may not be front and centre in the election campaign to date, but its impact on consumers – and voters – still rears its head

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Polls suggest voters want action, but the climate crisis – what it is doing to our world and what it demands in response – has not been front and centre in the election campaign. A search through the major party leaders’ public appearances over the past week reveals little-to-no discussion of climate science, how the country should adapt to deal with worsening extreme events or the news that 91% of reefs surveyed on the Great Barrier Reef recently bleached.

But climate change policy, and its impact on consumers, still rears its head. With nine days ago, here are some of the claims being made by Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese in press conferences, interviews and debates, and how they stack up.

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Reluctant to join the political fray, Zoe Daniel says failures to act on climate change and integrity in politics motivate her challenge to Tim Wilson.

The post Meet Zoe Daniel: Journalist turned independent fighting for climate, integrity and gender equality appeared first on RenewEconomy.

From fisheries collapse to dead rivers, official body urges government to urgently turn ambition into action

Environmental tipping points are fast approaching in the UK, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has said.

Potential tipping points – where gradual decline suddenly becomes catastrophic – include loss of wildlife, fisheries collapse and dead, polluted rivers, the watchdog said. The OEP is a new official body set up after Brexit to hold the government to account. Its first report, published on Thursday, says ministers have shown ambition but that action is too slow.

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Japanese trading house Mitsui has taken a 33.7% stake in one of Australia’s biggest carbon credit developers, its third big investment in the Australian offset market in just a year.

New Zealand, which gets more than 80% of its electricity supply from renewables, has very little solar in that mix. But that is about to change.

The post Big solar on a roll, as 1GW project pipeline firms up in New Zealand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Albanese heads to Gladstone to pledge $100 million to kick-start Australian battery manufacturing, and even making electric cars.

The post Albanese pledges $100 million for “Australian made battery plan” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two NSW universities win funding to fast-track manufacture of cutting edge Australian clean energy and recycling technologies.

The post Low cost printed solar fast-tracked in Australian “trailblazer” program appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Directing public funds to native forest logging is bad for the economy, the climate and biodiversity, and will increase bushfire risk. David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Brendan Mackey, Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University Heather Keith, Senior Research Fellow in Ecology, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Origin gets planning approval for 2,800MWh Eraring battery that will at last partially replace the country's biggest coal generator.

The post Origin gets approval for 2,800MWh battery to replace Australia’s biggest coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The NSW government says it has received dozens of offers to build the massive 700MW Waratah 'super battery'.

The post Dozens of bidders line up to build NSW’s massive Waratah ‘Super Battery’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New data is out on the top performing large-scale renewable energy generation assets in Australia for month of April.

The post Graph of the Day: Australia’s top performing solar and wind farms in April appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Across the NEM wholesale spot prices are surging to ten times higher than normal. Why is it happening and what can be done?

The post Electricity prices are spiking – here are some educated guesses as to why appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HSBC is looking to enter the carbon market focusing on voluntary offsets. While this market is still relatively small and fragmented, it is bound to grow as more and more organizations pledge to be net-zero carbon by 2050.

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The number of big firms setting climate targets reaches a 'critical mass' say UN-backed researchers.

Brazil will soon create a carbon market by presidential decree, bypassing legislation that has stalled in Congress since last fall, a media outlet reported Wednesday.

AEMO declares new system strength shortfalls in NSW and Victoria, and will turn to advanced inverters and syncons to solve them.

The post AEMO identifies new system strength shortfalls with early coal exit appeared first on RenewEconomy.