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Fossil fuel industry asks Morrison government for more support for CCS
Fossil fuel groups are asking for more support for troubled carbon storage projects as the federal budget looms.
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Ampol reveals strategy and team to lead its push into energy retailing
Ampol's application to become an energy retailer reveals details of its executive team and more about its strategy to deal with the energy and transport market convergence
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“Unmanaged energy”: WA gears up for solar switch-off rules, to probe Christmas blackouts
Western Australia launches independent investigation into blackouts that left tens of thousands of households without power during a four-day Christmas heatwave.
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Our hospitals are at greater risk of flooding as the climate changes. We need better evacuation plans.
New electric vehicle sales triple in Australia with Tesla outstripping other makers
US company’s Model 3 makes up almost two-thirds of electric cars sold in Australia in 2021, as EV market share grows to 2.39%
The number of new electric vehicles in Australia has tripled after years of lagging sales, off the back of incentives introduced by state governments to support their uptake.
Australia recorded 24,078 EV sales in 2021, a significant increase from the 6,900 sold in 2020, which means electric cars now make up 2.39% of the new car market.
Continue reading...Australian regulator finds large-scale emissions misreporting by coalminer Peabody
US giant agrees to hire auditors after calculation errors, poor record-keeping and inconsistent data collection discovered
US coalmining giant Peabody Energy has repeatedly submitted incorrect greenhouse gas emissions reports to the Australian government, prompting questions about the reliability of national climate data based on company assessments.
The Clean Energy Regulator found Peabody had a history of filing inaccurate reports required under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act due to calculation errors, poor record-keeping and inconsistent data collection and analysis.
Continue reading...UK windfarms generate record amount of electricity during Storm Malik
Wind speeds of up to 100 miles an hour recorded in Scotland helped send power generation soaring
The UK’s windfarms generated a record amount of renewable electricity over the weekend as Storm Malik battered parts of Scotland and northern England.
Wind speeds of up to 100 miles an hour recorded in Scotland helped wind power generation to rise to a provisional all-time high of more than 19,500 megawatts – or more than half the UK’s electricity – according to data from National Grid.
Continue reading...The past decade has seen stunning change. The next 10 years will be breathtaking
It is now exactly a decade since RenewEconomy published its first articles. But if the last 10 years has seen extraordinary change, the next 10 years will be breathtaking.
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Can the US really cut its emissions in half by 2030? First, the good news ….
Cutting US emissions in half by 2030 - as it has promised to do - appears farfetched, at least politically. Here's why.
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The kindest cut: the Australians fighting to save humpback whales tangled in fishing nets
The humpback population has recovered miraculously from near extinction, but increasing numbers – and climate change – mean more tragic encounters with the snares left by humans
Wayne Phillips has both feet firmly on dry land as he acts out cutting a whale loose from fishing gear.
The 51-year-old head of marine sciences at SeaWorld in Queensland oversees the park’s marine rescue team – four cutters, a coordinator, a captain and a videographer – who untangle humpback whales that have become bound up in rope and net.
Continue reading...Thailand tries to contain 'disaster' oil spill from undersea pipeline – video
A beach in eastern Thailand has been declared a disaster area as oil leaking from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand continues to wash ashore and blacken the sand.
The leak, from a pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining, started late on Tuesday and was brought under control a day later after spilling an estimated 50,000 litres (11,000 gallons) of oil into the ocean about 12 miles (20km) from the country’s industrialised eastern seaboard
Continue reading...Superyacht sales surge prompts fresh calls for curbs on their emissions
Campaigners say a superyacht can produce 1,500 times more carbon than a typical family car, and the polluters should pay
The rising fortunes of the world’s billionaires during the pandemic helped fuel a record £5.3bn in superyacht sales last year, prompting calls for new curbs on their emissions.
New figures reveal that 887 superyachts were sold in 2021, an increase of more than 75% compared with the previous year. Yachting brokers say some of the demand has been from wealthy clients seeking a secure refuge from the pandemic.
Continue reading...Beachcombed sculptures made of ocean plastic – in pictures
For the past five years, Thirza Schaap has been creating delicate sculptures out of plastic debris from beaches on the South African coastline. The artist, who divides her time between Cape Town and Amsterdam, has named the project Plastic Ocean. “The objects are disgusting and ugly in a way, but sometimes they could also look pretty,” she says, “because of the time they’ve been in the ocean, with colours faded by the sun.”
The series is meant as a stark reminder of the dangers of plastic waste. “It’s easy to think that it’s not your fault. But if you start to realise that the rubbish could have been yours, you can make a difference by not buying the item in the first place.”
NFU president: farmers are pawns in Brexit negotiations
Minette Batters decries trade deal with Australia and New Zealand
The president of the National Farmers’ Union has accused the government of using British food producers as a “pawn” in post-Brexit trade deals.
Minette Batters, who has led the organisation representing British farmers since 2018, said “the most prized food market in the world” had been “handed over for nothing” by ministers, in their rush to sign wide-ranging free-trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand after the UK’s departure from the European Union.
Continue reading...Montana moves to limit wolf hunts around Yellowstone national park
Hunting and trapping will end after 82 wolves killed but commissioners won’t reinstate quotas ended by Republicans
Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday moved to shut down gray wolf hunting in around Yellowstone national park, amid mounting criticism over a record number of animals shot or trapped after roaming across the park boundary this winter.
But commissioners rejected calls to revive quotas that would limit the number of wolves killed along Yellowstone’s northern border to just a few annually. Those longstanding quotas were lifted last year after Republicans passed laws intended to drive down the wolf population by making it easier to kill the animals.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday January 28, 2022
South Africa releases draft framework to develop new domestic carbon offset standards
EU lawmakers propose raft of amendments seeking to weaken MSR, curb carbon prices
Financial players’ CCA position collapses by most since start of pandemic, compliance holdings boom
Cap trajectory, industry allocation proving contentious in Washington carbon market rulemaking
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