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Bill Hare says claim by emissions reduction minister is ‘grossly exaggerated’

Claims by the energy and emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, that Australia’s liquefied natural gas exports are reducing global emissions are “grossly exaggerated”, one of Australia’s most renowned climate scientists has said.

Bill Hare, who has worked in climate science for 30 years, including on UN negotiations, has questioned Taylor’s statement that Australia’s LNG exports cut global emissions by up to 148m tonnes because they replace higher-emission alternatives such as coal.

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Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Oliver Yates and what the public doesn’t know appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

Photographer Tom Skipp visited Chernobyl and nearby Pripyat, its replacement town Slavutych, and the abandoned sites of the region – meeting the people behind the disaster: from the liquidators who worked at the fallout site, to the resettlers and the community who live and work in the area now

I arrived in Ukraine on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. I had not intended for it to be the focus of my time in Kyiv, but leading up to my departure it became an obsession. My arrival in Kyiv on 25 April 2018 was maybe happenstance of planning but I was impelled to head straight from the airport to Slavutych. This was the town built to replace Pripyat and host the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl power plant, after the decision was made to continue power production following the disaster. All of the Soviet republics were called upon to hurriedly help with the construction of what would eventually be the last atomic town.

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This massive red gum has stood for 300 years, as if in defiance of the modern world and the development that has encircled it. Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Total Eren on the equity sell-down, project financing and construction of Stage 1 of the Kiamal Solar Farm, located in Ouyen, approximately 100km south of Mildura, Victoria and with a generation capacity of 200MWac.

The post Herbert Smith Freehills advises Total Eren on the largest solar farm to achieve financial close in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO confirms plans to model "step change" scenario that will include dramatic emissions reductions and an accelerated transition to a clean energy grid.

The post AEMO to model “step change” in energy transition and major emission cuts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Japanese utility and hydro specialist J-Power takes $25m stake in Genex Power, to help deliver the pumped hydro component of the Kidston solar and storage project.

The post Japan utility takes stake in Genex, to fast-track Kidston pumped hydro project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New NSW energy minister wants federal Coalition colleagues to stop pitting ideology and populism against science, and asks them to support a full National Energy Guarantee that includes emissions.

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‘It’s definitely not birds, and it’s not bats. But we’re still not sure if it’s ladybugs,’ National Weather Service meteorologist says

The internet is abuzz with talk of ladybugs.

On Tuesday, the San Diego office of the National Weather Service tweeted that it had picked up an odd radar echo that evening.

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Court of Appeal reserves judgment on Queensland government bid to have controversial solar rules reinstated, after they were ruled invalid by Supreme Court.

The post Queensland solar industry on tenterhooks, as decision on rule change reserved appeared first on RenewEconomy.

COAG Energy Council signs off on package of reliability measures that have emerged from the wreckage of the National Energy Guarantee.

The post Australia gets half a NEG as COAG signs off on reliability obligation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Even a small chunk of the desert could indeed power much of the world, in theory. But how would this be achieved?

The post Solar panels all over the Sahara desert? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The number of planned or implemented carbon pricing mechanisms worldwide has grown to 57, but without expanded coverage and higher prices they won’t be sufficient to help meet the temperature goals in the Paris Agreement, a World Bank report said Friday.

Ladybirds do not have tails because they have no backbones. Heshani Edirisinghe, PhD student, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The two largest outbreaks of the disease have been in the past five years.

Special protections are planned for minke whales and basking sharks in their feeding grounds around Scotland.

It's not just the Coalition who are confused about what EVs can and can't do. Thankfully, actual Australian electric car drivers are here to clear things up.

The post Newsflash: You can drive from Melbourne to Sydney in an electric car appeared first on RenewEconomy.

1.3MW of rooftop solar installed across 19 Western Sydney Catholic schools, to cut grid power supply by 25%, save a collective $1 million a year on electricity.

The post Sydney Catholic schools install 1.3MW “power generator” worth of solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Can VW deliver on its electric car dreams? 20,000 pre-orders and an electric Mii are a decent starting point.

The post VW’s electric car push gathers speed with 20,000 ID.3 orders appeared first on RenewEconomy.