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EU carbon headed higher in light trading on Tuesday morning as the market extended the recent channel between €82.50-€85.50 for a sixth day, while energy prices were lifted by reports that French nuclear plants may have to trim operating rates as temperatures were forecast to soar across most of western Europe next week.

The party’s climate-sceptic right wing is succeeding in its campaign to push candidates away from climate pledges

This weekend, I received a call from a well-known green Conservative, telling me to stop using the phrase “net zero” in my articles and tweets about the leadership election. It has become too toxic, he said.

While this was shocking, it wasn’t completely unexpected. None of the leadership candidates so far have made the positive case for green jobs and cheap renewable energy. Instead, the only ones speaking out about climate change are culture warriors Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch, who wish to scrap net zero targets.

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George Eustice reassures public as he announces 50 landowners have applied to rewilding programme

Fifty landowners have applied to a government scheme to rewild their land, the environment secretary has said, as he reassured green Tories that the net-zero target will be protected by the next administration.

Speaking at the Conservative Environment Network’s summer party, George Eustice acknowledged that people who care about the environment feel “apprehensive and anxious” about the Conservative leadership election.

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New agreement to fast-track climate solutions signed as countries underscore need for diversified supply chains

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The US and Australia have stressed the importance of breaking the near-complete reliance on China for zero emissions technology supplies while signing a new agreement that promises to accelerate the development of climate solutions.

In a joint press conference in Sydney, the US energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, and the Australian climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, announced a “net zero technology acceleration partnership”, including an initial focus on long-duration energy storage and digitising power grids.

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Forestry Corp launches formal tender for renewable and storage projects in state pine forests after receiving nearly 50 different proposals.

The post NSW Forestry gets 2.5GW of wind project proposals for state pine forests appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Research puts US ahead of China, Russia, India and Brazil in terms of global damage as climate expert says numbers ‘very stark’

The US has inflicted more than $1.9tn in damage to other countries from the effects of its greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new analysis that has provided the first measurement of nations’ liability in stoking the climate crisis.

The huge volume of planet-heating gases pumped out by the US, the largest historical emitter, has caused such harm to other, mostly poor, countries through heatwaves, crop failures and other consequences that the US is responsible for $1.91tn in lost global income since 1990, the study found.

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Australia’s government-backed green investment bank has partnered with an airline superannuation fund to launch a A$100 million ($67 mln) green tech fund, while the Clean Energy Regulator has registered nine new offset projects.

Multi-award winning solar pioneer Professor Renate Egan outlines the secrets to getting grants.

The post Great Solar Business Podcast: Are grants worth the effort? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK households recycle just 12% of single-use plastic, says Greenpeace

UK households throw away nearly 100bn pieces of plastic packaging a year, according to a survey by Greenpeace.

The results of one of the largest voluntary research projects into the scale of plastic waste show that only 12% of the single-use packaging used by households is sent for recycling.

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Reserve trader mechanism activated in Queensland last week paid a handsome $65,000 a megawatt hour to ensure the lights stayed on.

The post Nice work if you can get it: $65,800 a megawatt hour to keep the lights on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The new federal government wants to supercharge state renewable targets. But financial headwinds pose real challenges to the rapid rollout. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia and the US, led by their premier science agencies, will collaborate on clean tech development, to accelerate the net zero transition.

The post CSIRO, NREL boost collaboration as net zero becomes “centrepiece” of Aus-US alliance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Foot and mouth disease hasn’t been on our doorstep since the 1980s. Keeping it out of Australia is a new national priority. Michael Ward, Chair of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Western Australia has taken its first concrete step towards establishing a battery materials supply chain in the state.

The post WA takes first step towards creating huge battery supply chain industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

"No country has ever been held hostage to access to the sun." US energy secretary says switch to renewables could be world's best peace plan.

The post US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal government green bank makes cornerstone investment in fund to support Australian SMEs working to “meaningfully” reduce carbon emissions.

The post CEFC tips $50m into Packer-backed fund to support carbon abatement “enablers” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Video showing dozens of beachgoers running and jumping out of the way of sea lions has gone viral online. The video from the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park has sparked conversations about whether the animals were chasing people or reclaiming parts of the beach. A sea lion expert, Eric Otjen of SeaWorld, said what he saw was normal sea lion behaviour for this time of year, when males are sparring over females as breeding season gets under way

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Australia was missing out on massive "once in a generation" green energy opportunities under the Coalition, Albanese tells major energy forum in Sydney.

The post Australia must seize “once in a generation” opportunity on renewables, says Albanese appeared first on RenewEconomy.