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California gasoline consumption neared pre-pandemic volume in May
Morrison will take catastrophic climate policy failure to COP26
The last emissions data before COP26 is out, adding to the long list of failures Morrison will be taking to Glasgow's climate meeting in November.
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Infrastructure fail: None of 30 projects proposed since 2018 adopted climate risk guidelines
Infrastructure Australia revises climate guidance in hope of driving greater adoption of risk management by major project developers.
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Young Australians ‘screaming’ for climate action but don’t trust leaders to make change, survey suggests
Foundations For Tomorrow study gives insight into young people’s concerns for environment and government response
Young Australians overwhelmingly want to see immediate action on climate change but have little faith their leaders will do anything significant, a new survey suggests.
The survey from Foundations For Tomorrow, an initiative of the World Economic Forum and supported by AwareSuper, received 10,000 responses from Australians aged under 30.
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Energy and Carbon Market Analyst, RepuTex – Melbourne
Police wield batons during XR’s London Bridge bus blockade
Move on ninth day of latest protest campaign appears to mark change in use of force against the group
Police in London wielded batons and threw punches against Extinction Rebellion protesters as they battled to gain control of an open-top bus blocking London Bridge on Tuesday, in a step-change in their use of force against the group.
On the ninth day of XR’s latest protest campaign, the Guardian witnessed officers from the Metropolitan police climb the sides of the bus parked across the junction at the south of the bridge, striking and wrestling with protesters.
Continue reading...Virginia state agency suspends Dominion’s RGGI rate adjustment ahead of Sep. 1 implementation
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Western economies can’t return to ‘business as usual’ after the pandemic | Michael Jacobs
Today’s challenges demand radical action. The old orthodoxy of free markets and hands-off government won’t cut it
As western economies emerge from the pandemic, their governments face a choice: do they seek to address the profound problems that Covid exposed, or try to return to “business as usual” as quickly as possible? Their problem is that many of the issues exacerbated by the pandemic, such as wage stagnation, precarious work and rising inequality are not bugs in an otherwise well-functioning system, but inevitable outcomes of the way that western economies are now organised. So a business-as-usual approach simply won’t work. Much more fundamental change is needed.
The US government seems to recognise this. Joe Biden’s economic plans are a radical departure from the era that stretches from Reagan to Obama, when governments sought to keep taxes and public spending low and focused principally on globalised trade and the education and training of the workforce. Unlike his predecessors, Biden is pursuing large-scale public spending and taking advantage of ultra-low interest rates to borrow for infrastructure investment. His stimulus plans target the climate crisis while creating green jobs and expanding health, education and childcare – the “social infrastructure” that is essential to the economy but has often been ignored by mainstream economists.
Continue reading...Vegan activists block dairy distribution centre in Buckinghamshire
Animal Rebellion activists demand that Arla become plant-based by 2025
Vegan environmental activists have blockaded a dairy distribution centre in Buckinghamshire, which they say handles a tenth of the milk supply in the UK, while a dozen other activists have sought to occupy the headquarters of WWF.
About 50 activists from Animal Rebellion, a sister group to Extinction Rebellion, blocked the gates to the Arla distribution centre near Aylesbury, locking on to bamboo structures and concrete barricades to stop lorries from gaining access.
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Beagle breeding protesters arrested in Cambridgeshire
“Era of record low solar bids may be over”: Solar investor warns market
Australian solar investor New Energy Solar warns that global factors could see solar project costs rise for the first time in a decade.
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Australian greenhouse emissions down 5% in a year of Covid, but rebound expected
Angus Taylor says Australia on track to meet Paris agreement climate commitments but analysts say data largely reflects impact of pandemic
Australia’s national greenhouse gas emissions increased fractionally in the first quarter of 2021 but dropped about 5% across the previous year as the pandemic dramatically slowed transport and some heavy industry, official data says.
The latest official quarterly greenhouse gas inventory released by federal energy department officials is the first to cover a full year in which Covid-19 was affecting the country.
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Greta Thunberg: Scotland 'not a world leader on climate change'
CleanCo signs up to new 180MW Queensland wind project as Octopus extends reach
CleanCo signs contract for new 180MW wind farm in Queensland, only the second wind farm to reach financial close in last 18 months.
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Gorgon CCS failures push Australia’s emissions higher, but renewables clean up the grid
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions rose in the first three months of the year, driven higher by carbon capture failures and a recovering economy.
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