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EEX opens registration for German buildings and transport ETS buyers
Firm seeks funding for ‘performance sneakers’ made from coffee waste
Finnish firm Rens says shoes made from used grounds and recycled plastic will be climate neutral
It is the typical morning routine for hundreds of thousands of Britons: have a cup of coffee and then slip on your trainers before heading for a jog. Upon returning, a quick drink of water to rehydrate before stepping into the shower.
Now, one firm has enabled one thing to beget another, by creating trainers made of recycled plastic bottles and used coffee beans.
Continue reading...UK finance giants plan to buy out fossil fuel plants in order to shut them
Climate campaigners say HSBC’s involvement is ‘cynical’ attempt to distract from investments in coal power
A group of the UK’s biggest financial institutions plan to hasten the phasing out of coal power in Asia by buying out fossil fuel plants in order to shut them down within 15 years.
Finance giants including lenders HSBC, Citi and BlackRock Real Assets together with UK insurer Prudential are working with the Asian Development Bank on the plans, according to a report by Reuters. There have also been “promising” early talks with Asian governments and multilateral banks.
Continue reading...Giraffe grandmothers are high-value family members, say scientists
As with elephants and orcas, worldly wisdom and childcare brings group-survival perks, research suggests
Pillars of family life, the community and often the workplace, grandmothers are a crucial component of human society – now researchers say they may also play an important role among giraffes.
Experts conducting a review of giraffe social behaviour say female giraffes live for about eight years after they can no longer reproduce – up to about 30% of their lives.
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NGO readies early Australian blue carbon offset scheme
NZ Market: NZUs climb to new record high as available supply remain strained
Sichuan govt backs massive scale-up of voluntary forest carbon projects
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft: A guide
Australian developer hires energy market veteran to drive DAC project
Energy Insiders Podcast: Can Australia break its wind and solar investment drought?
PowAR chief executive Geoff Dutaillis talks about big wind projects, battery storage, the ESB’s new rules and connection problems.
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Victoria greenlights six grid upgrades to act as wind and solar shock absorbers
Victorian government greenlights three new network upgrades and synchronous condensers so it can host more wind and solar.
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Suntech to only sell modules through single channel in Australia
Suntech Australia Official Statement.
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Finance firms plan to close coal plants in Asia
EnergyAustralia counts cost of Yallourn coal dramas in loss-making half
EnergyAustralia reports on a challenging six months that included forking out $65 million – and counting – to address its ongoing Yallourn coal mine problems in Victoria.
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COP26 'should be hybrid event' says former climate chief Figueres
CP Daily: Monday August 2, 2021
Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns
Over-reliance on tree-planting to offset carbon emissions could push food prices up 80% by 2050
Governments and businesses hoping to plant trees and restore forests in order to reach net-zero emissions must sharply limit such efforts to avoid driving up food prices in the developing world, the charity Oxfam has warned.
Planting trees has been mooted as one of the key ways of tackling the climate crisis, but the amount of land needed for such forests would be vast, and planting even a fraction of the area needed to offset global greenhouse gas emissions would encroach on the land needed for crops to feed a growing population, according to a report entitled Tightening the net: Net zero climate targets implications for land and food equity.
Continue reading...Australian-invented thermal storage start-up completes $8m investment raise
MGA Thermal to scale up production of thermal energy storage blocks after securing $8 million in early investment.
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