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Netherlands publishes free EU carbon allowance list, expects to disburse in August
Euro Markets: EUAs extend 5-week peak as fuels push higher
Astronomers work out when the first stars shone
EU lawmakers give final approval to climate ‘law of laws’
‘War in the woods’: hundreds of anti-logging protesters arrested in Canada
Activists seeking to halt cutting of ancient trees have chained themselves to trunks in remote woodland
Police in western Canada have arrested more than 270 people as a conflict over old growth logging in British Columbia’s ancient rainforests continues to grow.
At the protest blockades in the remote woodland, hundreds of activists have been chaining themselves to giant tripods made from the trunks of felled trees, suspending themselves in trees for days or more at a time, and even securing their arms inside devices called “sleeping dragons” cemented into the roadway.
Continue reading...Australia and 11 other countries lobby Unesco over Great Barrier Reef decision-making
Letter sent to director general over what Scott Morrison calls ‘absolutely appalling’ process of recommending reef for in-danger list
Twelve international ambassadors to Unesco, including Australia’s, have written to the UN body to “share collective concerns” about its decision making, ahead of a crucial meeting that could see the Great Barrier Reef placed on a “world heritage in danger” list.
A former Australian government world heritage official said the letter, sent to Unesco’s director general, Audrey Azoulay, on Wednesday, should be seen as part of the country’s promised lobbying effort as it desperately tries to avoid the reef being included on the list.
Continue reading...Australian firms team up to launch global nature-based carbon business
Climate change: Large-scale CO2 removal facility set for Scotland
Intermediaries increase ACCU holdings as Australia’s offset market gets busier
Mystery illness strikes down birds across US south and midwest
Scientists are trying to find the cause of an affliction that leaves victims with crusty eyes, swollen faces and the inability to fly
A mysterious illness is killing birds across several states in the south and midwestern US, and wildlife scientists are rushing to try to find the cause, with many victims suffering from crusty eyes, swollen faces and the inability to fly.
Wildlife managers in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia first began receiving reports of sick and dying birds with eye swelling and crusty discharge, as well as neurological signs in late May, according to a statement from the US Geological Survey, which added: “No definitive cause of death is identified at this time.”
Continue reading...Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we're still depending on cars — and that's a huge problem
UK connects its first grid-scale “big battery” in Oxford
The 50MW lithium-ion battery is the first component of a major hybrid storage hub that will combine lithium-ion and vanadium redox flow systems.
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Building new solar now cheaper than keeping existing coal plants open: BNEF
Plunging costs of solar could prompt coal plants in India, China and much of Europe to be shutdown early, delivering another blow to Australia's huge thermal coal export industry.
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NTCRS co-regulatory arrangements annual reports for 2019-20
US Republicans form new Conservative Climate Caucus – and talk up gas
New GOP group claims Republicans care deeply about the Earth, but insists fossil fuels can be a major part of the global solution to climate change. Sound familiar?
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Vale Chloe Munro: Clean energy pioneer and “true leader” of Australian renewables
Tributes flow for Chloe Munro, the inaugural chair of the Clean Energy Regulator and leading Australian energy market expert, who died this week from cancer.
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Global offshore wind farm pipeline balloons by 200GW since 2020
New data shows the global offshore wind pipeline has ballooned by more than 200GW since 2020, but completion of all these project is expected to be much slower.
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The RET is met but it’s corporate demand driving renewables growth, regulator says
Clean Energy Regulator says commitments from major energy users, including Australia's three largest supermarket chains, is spurring demand for renewable energy certificates.
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Gulf between PM's promises and action on climate change, advisory group warns
An offset loophole could be the saviour for high emissions fossil hydrogen
Will hydrogen be a blessing or a curse? Probably a bit of both, but the fossil fuel industry is fighting for much more of the second.
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