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Chevron concedes CCS failures at Gorgon, seeks deal with WA regulators

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 15:30

Gorgon lng gas project chevron carbon capture storage CCS - optimisedChevron seeks deal with WA regulators after conceding its Gorgon carbon capture and storage project is falling well short of targets.

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Wind output nears record levels as two big wind farms join the grid

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 15:28

Australia's main grid came close to a new record for wind energy output over the weekend, as two new wind projects began production for the first time.

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Swiss researchers offer salt solution to perovskite solar’s toxic problem

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 14:44

New Swiss study proposes salt solution to pave way for solar's most promising emerging technology: perovskite-based cells.

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Corporate and investor activity driving prices higher in Australian carbon market

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 14:29

Australia's carbon market driven to new highs due to increasing corporate voluntary activity and investor participants.

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Olympic flame to use renewable hydrogen as Tokyo makes pitch for ‘carbon free future’

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 14:27

Both the Olympic and Paralympic flames are being fuelled by renewable hydrogen in Tokyo. (supplied)Japan wants the Olympics to be a vision for a 'carbon free future', including by fuelling the Olympic cauldron with renewable hydrogen.

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Pedal to the floor: Electric vehicles sales are taking off around the world

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 13:49

Electric vehicles sales are taking off around the world. Can Australia seize the opportunity?

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Chinese Unesco official defends plan to list Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’

The Guardian - Mon, 2021-07-19 13:34

Tian Xuejun rejects Australia’s ‘groundless accusations’ that China influenced the finding to score political points

The Chinese host of a United Nations world heritage committee has defended a proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, and rejected Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons.

It came as the Morrison government sought to use a new report by Australia’s marine science agency to argue there had been widespread coral recovery on the reef.

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Enel Green Power Australia joins Monash University to support the next generation of sustainability leaders

RenewEconomy - Mon, 2021-07-19 13:24

Enel Green Power Australia (EGPA) has partnered with Monash University to support the launch of its innovative and award-winning Green Steps program for 2021.

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Climate crisis: 50 photos of extreme weather around the world – in pictures

The Guardian - Mon, 2021-07-19 09:07

As temperatures rise and pollution increases, wildfires, floods and extreme winds have battered many parts of the world in the last six months

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Using plastic waste to help solve sand shortages

BBC - Mon, 2021-07-19 09:06
With construction sand in short supply crushed plastic is being used as an alternative.
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Politicians from across world call for ‘global green deal’ to tackle climate crisis

The Guardian - Mon, 2021-07-19 09:01

New alliance urges governments to work together to deliver a just transition to a green economy

People around the world need a “global green deal” that would tackle the climate crisis and restore the natural world as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of politicians from the UK, Europe and developing countries has said.

The Global Alliance for a Green New Deal is inviting politicians from legislatures in all countries to work together on policies that would deliver a just transition to a green economy ahead of Cop26 UN climate talks in Glasgow this November.

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Wind farm overlooking closed Hazelwood coal plant seeks public approval

RenewEconomy - Sun, 2021-07-18 20:15

delburn wind farmPlans for a 33 turbine wind farm overlooking the site of the former Hazelwood coal-fired power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley have been put on public exhibition.

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Seven years after carbon price was scrapped, Australia’s policies still baked in denial

RenewEconomy - Sun, 2021-07-18 13:10

carbon repealThis weekend marks the seventh anniversary of when Coalition MPs danced with joy at the repeal of the carbon price. Their policies are still baked in denial and stupidity.

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Severe floods shut hydro, coal plants across Germany -RWE

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2021-07-18 06:42
Severe floods have impacted German hydropower stations and a lignite mine and power plant, utility RWE announced Saturday.
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Four arrested at McDonald’s factory protest in Lincolnshire

The Guardian - Sat, 2021-07-17 22:28

Animal Rebellion activists began blockade of Scunthorpe site on Thursday over fast food chain’s meat products

Four activists have been arrested at a protest that began more than 48 hours ago at a McDonald’s burger factory in Scunthorpe.

About 50 activists from Animal Rebellion have been preventing meat products leaving the factory, urging the fast food chain to move to a meat- and dairy-free menu by 2025.

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Regulate business to tackle climate crisis, urges Mark Carney

The Guardian - Sat, 2021-07-17 17:00

Former Bank chief says governments must act as free markets will not reduce emissions alone

Governments must step up their regulation of businesses to tackle the climate crisis, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has urged, because the financial free markets will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions alone.

Carney, who left the Bank of England last year before the first Covid-19 lockdown, is now one of the most influential figures working on Cop26, the vital UN climate talks to be held in Glasgow in November. He is a UN envoy on climate change and Boris Johnson’s finance adviser on the climate.

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CP Daily: Friday July 16, 2021

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2021-07-17 11:37
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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UK looks to extend ivory ban to hippos and other animals

BBC - Sat, 2021-07-17 10:25
Ministers say elephants are not the only animals at risk from hunters, as they launch consultation.
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Mystery 19th Century botanist tracked down following appeal

BBC - Sat, 2021-07-17 09:16
Pressed flowers and a poem found inside a centuries-old botany book sparked a quest to find the owner.
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Ros Atkins on… the North America heat waves

BBC - Sat, 2021-07-17 09:00
Ros Atkins explains the link between climate change and recent heat waves in the US and Canada.
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