Feed aggregator

California power consumption climbed throughout July as the Golden State experienced continued hot weather, while grid operator California Independent System Operator (CAISO) reported much higher Q2 emissions this year due to an increase in carbon-emitting sources.

As a tree scientist who works with urban trees, I can assure you some large, old trees are well worth leaving alone, even you find them annoying sometimes. Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Allegra Stratton cites time taken to recharge on long journeys, despite average electric vehicle now having range of over 200 miles

Boris Johnson’s climate spokesperson has criticised the infrastructure that she says is putting people like her off switching to an electric car.

Allegra Stratton, the prime minister’s former press secretary, revealed she drove a “third-hand” diesel Volkswagen Golf.

Continue reading...

Leak of potent greenhouse gas is currently small but further research is urgently needed, say scientists

The Siberian heatwave of 2020 led to new methane emissions from the permafrost, according to research. Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas are currently small, the scientists said, but further research is urgently needed.

Analysis of satellite data indicated that fossil methane gas leaked from rock formations known to be large hydrocarbon reservoirs after the heatwave, which peaked at 6C above normal temperatures. Previous observations of leaks have been from permafrost soil or under shallow seas.

Continue reading...

The UK government has set the trigger price for the UK ETS Cost Containment Mechanism for the period from August to October at its highest level to date, raising the likelihood that no additional allowances would come into the market before the end of the year.

The Ukrainian government agreed on Friday the country’s upgraded nationally-determined countribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement, although its new 2030 climate objective is already well within reach.

Emissions regulated under Massachusetts’ Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme soared for the second consecutive quarter as the removal of coronavirus restrictions led to an uptick in power demand, according to data.

Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company News Corp announced Monday it will acquire commodity price reporting agency Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), as the media giant aims to incorporate news on carbon credits and the global energy transition into its intelligence offerings.

EUAs kicked off August on a strong note on Monday morning, climbing to their highest in more than two weeks as the energy complex continued to gain ground.

ExxonMobil and Suncor face lawsuits in the western state but big oil’s apologists say the US consumer is to blame for emissions

More than a decade after the Fourmile Canyon blaze drove even the firefighters out of Gold Hill, blackened hillsides and scorched trees attest to the Colorado mountain town’s close shave with destruction.

“Because of the wind and the dryness, it took off,” said Chris Finn, who volunteers as the town’s fire chief when he’s not running the local inn. “That day in 2010, I felt that my business and my house might not be here any more.”

Continue reading...

We need products we can repair, reuse and recycle – not ones deliberately built to become obsolete

Never have we wanted, owned and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction – trainers barely worn, ignored AI-powered digital assistants gathering dust, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so rapidly transform into meaningless junk?

Related: From fashion to field: shredded cotton clothing used to help grow future crops

Continue reading...

China’s recently launched national emissions trading system (ETS) has been both lauded and loathed by pundits. Some see it as hugely important, while others see it as little more than virtue signalling. The reality is somewhere in the middle, writes TransitionZero's Matthew Gray.

Jilin Electric Power said Sunday night that it will build a provincial voluntary carbon reduction market, with the help of the Shanghai environment exchange, the latest local effort to participate in the country’s emerging but still unclear voluntary market.

Scientists, ecologists and artists have collaborated to showcase global work to protect seeds in an exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & art gallery (Ramm) in Exeter.

Seedscapes: future-proofing nature runs until 5 September

Continue reading...

Lemon, blacktip, bonnethead and nurse sharks retreat from sea as state struggles to contain pollution problem

• Florida red tide: is fertilizer plant spill making it worse?

Hundreds of coastal sharks have taken refuge in a Florida canal, apparently to escape the effects of a toxic red tide outbreak killing hundreds of tons of marine animals.

Related: Sexy secret life of basking sharks uncovered in Hebrides

Continue reading...

Labor to support parts of Angus Taylor's re-issued ARENA regulations, including funds for sustainable transport, metals and microgrids.

The post Labor softens stance on Taylor’s changes to ARENA regulations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EnergyAustralia allowed to divert 3,500 megalitres a day – roughly 1,400 olympic-sized pools worth of water – from Morwell River to save Yallourn coal mine.

The post “Best way out of bad situation:” Major river diversion for coal mine repairs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers find fragments in innards of species that have adapted to develop in open ocean, which has highly polluted areas

Young marine turtles are swallowing large quantities of plastic, with ocean pollution changing habitats that were once ideal for their development into a risk, researchers have found.

The impact of plastic on wildlife is a growing area of research, and studies have revealed harrowing cases of marine animals sustaining injuries or dying after ingesting such material or becoming entangled in it.

Continue reading...

Origin might as well take advantage of federal government support of the gas industry and get out of gas while it can still find buyers.

The post Origin should get out of gas while it can, and shift to green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hydro Tasmania CEO Evangelista Albertini has announced that Amy Childs, Managing Director of Hydro Tasmania’s mainland energy retailer Momentum Energy, has resigned.

The post Hydro Tasmania announces resignation of Momentum Energy Managing Director Amy Childs appeared first on RenewEconomy.