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Oil rich Nigeria has unveiled its energy transition plan that targets an end to energy poverty by 2030 enshrines a 2060 net zero emissions goal, with key focus on power sector reform, gas and solar growth, and securing $10 billion of foreign investment per year to meet the climate neutral target.

Surge of about 20% this year due to system that concentrates power and profits in hands of few companies

Food price rises around the world are the result of a “broken” food system that is failing the poor and concentrating power and profits in the hands of a few, food experts have said.

Rising food prices are causing widespread suffering in developing countries, and even in the rich world the combination of high food and fuel prices threatens hardship for millions.

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A carbon credit rating agency has given a Verra-certified agroforestry project its lowest possible grading in its latest update.

CEFC has spent nearly $10 billion advancing the green energy transition, but still has $4.5 billion to spend and likely more coming for grid expansion.

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Surge in festivals after Covid lull risks making green spaces elitist as councils try to offset tightened budgets

Cash-strapped councils are increasingly hiring out their green spaces to festivals, an expert has warned, blocking them off from residents for weeks at a time, damaging grass and causing congestion.

Councils were “more desperate than ever” to attract commercial income to supplement their reduced budgets after a pandemic hiatus, risking making public parks “more exclusive and more elitist” in the process.

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Carbon struggled to reverse the losses of the previous two sessions on Wednesday morning as buyers were thin on the ground, while energy markets were mixed amid continuing uncertainty over winter supplies.

Civil society groups say covert screening process excluded government’s critics

A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate summit by a covert registration process that filtered out groups critical of the Egyptian government.

Egypt’s foreign, environment and social solidarity ministries privately selected and screened NGOs that would be permitted to apply for one-time registration for Cop27, a separate process from applications for official observer status, which closed last year.

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Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and will consider the construction of next-generation reactors to ensure energy security, marking a major policy shift amid domestic opposition to nuclear energy a decade after the Fukushima disaster, media reported Wednesday, citing government officials.

Environmental activists take action at Cobham services in Surrey, Clacket Lane in Kent and Thurrock in Essex

Environmental protesters have blocked three service stations on the M25 in a second day of action this week attempting to put pressure on the government to end new oil and gas projects.

According to the Just Stop Oil campaign, 32 of its supporters took action from 5am at Cobham services in Surrey, Clacket Lane services in Kent and Thurrock services in Essex.

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Flavorings made from mealworms could one day be used on convenience food as a source of protein

Insects can be turned into meat-like flavors, helping provide a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional meat options, scientists have discovered.

Mealworms, the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, have been cooked with sugar by researchers who found that the result is a meat-like flavoring that could one day be used on convenience food as a source of protein.

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A Canadian carbon removal tech firm has signed a contract with a major Seoul-based construction company to roll out its carbon mineralisation technology in South Korea.

A recently launched initiative to facilitate access to carbon markets for low carbon hydrogen projects will involve the development of a methodological framework and a stakeholder engagement platform as part of the aim to introduce the use of carbon credits to accelerate the decarbonisation of hard to abate sectors with hydrogen use.

A new study - completed on Wednesday - using real time data finds renewables can meet 98.8% of demand over the year, with just five hours storage.

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APA unveils climate plans that appear to undermine - under a 1.5°C scenario - its own massive investment plans and emissions rhetoric.

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Ukrainian campaigners call for immediate end to investments, to cut funds to war and help avoid climate breakdown

US and UK financial institutions have been among the leading investors in Russian “carbon bomb” fossil fuel projects, according to a new database of holdings from recent years.

Campaigners in Ukraine said these institutions must immediately end such investments, to limit the funding of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to avoid climate breakdown.

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New 150MW wind farm in WA wheatbelt region waved through by environmental body.

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Blending green hydrogen into residential gas supplies is dumb on many levels, but a new report says it would send home energy costs skyrocketing even higher.

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Tips, tricks and what's new in solar safety with Erik Zimmerman from SiteTech Safety.

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Scientists develop new resin which can be turned into many things, including gummy bears. One scientist ate one to prove the point.

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