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China released Wednesday a 15-year roadmap for hydrogen production, setting production goals for green hydrogen for the first time.

The latest wave of climate deniers claim green schemes are ‘unaffordable’. Success stories from around Europe prove that’s not true

While all eyes were on another horror, our war against the living world went nuclear. Over the weekend, temperatures at some weather stations in the Arctic rose to 30C above normal. Simultaneously, at certain weather stations in the Antarctic they hit 40C above normal. Two events, albeit off the scale, do not make a trend. But as part of a gathering record of extreme and chaotic weather, these unprecedented, simultaneous anomalies are terrifying.

On their heels came news of another horrific event: mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef during a La Niña year. La Niña is the cool phase of the Pacific cycle. Until now, widespread bleaching had happened only during the warmer El Niño years. The likely impacts of the next El Niño are too awful to contemplate.

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US oil and gas company Occidental has signed an agreement with a South Korean trading company for the supply of “net zero oil” in a five-year deal that involves the use of direct air capture (DAC) technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere to abate the lifecycle emissions of the oil sold, the company announced.

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Prof Andrew Macintosh says the system, which gives credits for projects such as regrowing native forests after clearing, is ‘a fraud’ on the environment, taxpayers and consumers

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A whistleblower who spent years working on the integrity of the Australian government’s carbon credit system has launched an extraordinary attack on the scheme, describing it as a fraud that is hurting the environment and has wasted more than $1bn in taxpayer funding.

Prof Andrew Macintosh, the former head of the government’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee, said the growing carbon market overseen by the government and the Clean Energy Regulator was “largely a sham” as most of the carbon credits approved did not represent real or new cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Africa CSW was set up as an alternative to the Commission on the Status of Women, so we can ensure no one shuts us down

At the UN headquarters in New York, ministers, activists, feminists and advocates are meeting to discuss gender equality and women’s rights. But the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) – the UN’s biggest global gathering to discuss these issues – is an event African women and girls struggle to attend and participate in.

If it is not visa denials (this year saw little or no attempt from embassies to help facilitate visas to the US), it’s the lack of adequate resources to fly to New York and stay for the meetings; if it’s not language problems, then it is the minimal time and space granted to deliberate our unique issues.

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The Hong Kong subsidiary of a major Chinese investment bank on Wednesday launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that will track EU carbon futures.

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There’s new advice for gardeners on how to tackle this little beetle which doesn’t involve pesticides

The first sign of black vine weevils, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, is usually when one of your favourite pot plant wilts and dies in the spring. The larvae, small creamy white sickle-shaped grubs, devour plant roots and then the base of the stems until the plant keels over. The grubs are a major pest in nurseries where there are many plants in containers. Out in gardens they attack many varieties of ornamentals including rhododendrons and camellias plus crops such as strawberries. Although outdoor attacks are seldom fatal they weaken the plants.

When adult beetles emerge in April they are only 10mm long and nocturnal. The adults cannot fly but can run fast and climb plants at night, feeding by taking bites out of leaves. By day they hide under any debris on the soil surface to avoid being eaten by predators which include birds, frogs, toads, shrews, hedgehogs and other beetles. In the autumn they lay eggs in the soil, the larvae then munching away unseen all winter.

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The parent company of Germany's European Energy Exchange (EEX) has invested in and partnered with Singapore-based AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) to help develop and scale the voluntary carbon market (VCM), the companies announced Wednesday.

More participants in Australia's carbon markets have called on Angus Taylor to delay a controversial overhaul of the Emissions Reduction Fund.

The post More carbon traders join call for Taylor to delay ERF contract overhaul appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With energy storage project developers searching for new revenue streams, could a capacity market help ensure enough storage comes online?

The post Could a capacity market be key to bringing energy storage to market? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plastic waste is a huge problem. To fix it, we need systemic change, not just a focus on picking it up or recycling plastic once it becomes rubbish. Sabrina Chakori, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Ammar Abdul Aziz, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Martin Calisto Friant, PhD Researcher, Utrecht University Russell Richards, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Daniel Flannigan from US company Erthos discusses their revolutionary solar mounting system.

The post Great Solar Business Podcast: Down and dirty with ground mounts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen says surging lithium prices may delay some battery storage projects, calls for more market signals to support the multiple services batteries can deliver.

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Turnbull labels latest gas industry subsidies "surreal", and says energy sector has been united by Angus Taylor: "Everyone disagrees with him".

The post “Everyone disagrees with him”: Turnbull takes aim at Angus Taylor appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL says Bayswater coal plant could close by 2030 and Loy Yang A by 2040 if new energy hubs built and market conditions met.

The post AGL says energy hubs and offshore wind could bring early closure of coal plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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