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Exclusive: congestion climbed above 2019 levels in August as people went back to using cars after lockdown

Road traffic congestion in outer London is now far higher than it was last year as people have gone back into their cars after lockdown, according to new data.

Congestion climbed above 2019 levels in August, and has increased to nearly a fifth on average above last year, in roads outside the capital’s central congestion charging zone, even while it has dropped sharply in the centre of the city.

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Firms join Apple and Microsoft in committing to put no excess carbon into the atmosphere

Facebook and Google are becoming carbon neutral businesses, joining competitors Apple and Microsoft in committing to put no excess carbon into the atmosphere, both companies have independently announced.

But the details of the two companies’ ambitions differs greatly. At Google, which first committed to going carbon neutral in 2007, the announcement sees the company declaring success in retroactively offsetting all carbon it has ever emitted, since its foundation in 1998. It has also committed to being powered exclusively by renewable energy by 2030.

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The Coalition has royally stuffed up energy policy when Australia should be moving to fuels of the future

It really is remarkable, to have lived through the bushfire season at the start of this year, and emerge from that as a political leader stronger in your conviction that the answer is locking in more fossil fuels, for longer.

Mind-boggling, in truth.

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The one piece of good news from the Coalition's gas plan was $250 million in funding to accelerate three new transmission links critical for big renewable energy projects.

The post Taylor promises $250 million to advance renewable network priorities appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There is nothing accidental or haphazard about the Coalition's latest threat to the energy industry, and the attempt to force-feed more gas generation into Australia's main grid.

The post Australia should be very afraid of Morrison’s sinister fossil fuel decree appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EVO Power taps SwitchDin to provide monitoring, management and advanced grid support functions for its PRIME energy storage systems.

The post SwitchDin primes EVO Power for its new energy storage systems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Starting this week, a planned environmental flow will be released into the lower Darling/Baaka giving fish their first chance to breed in several years.

The NSW Liberals now look like koala saviours – but green groups say much more is needed to save the animal from extinction in the state by 2050

Last week the leader of the New South Wales Nationals, John Barilaro, brought the state’s Coalition government to the brink of collapse over koala protections. Within days, the Liberal premier, Gladys Berejiklian, had stared him down and Barilaro retreated from his threats.

In comparison with the Nationals, who want to repeal new legislation aimed at protecting koala habitat, the Liberals now seem like the animals’ saviours.

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The first output from what will be Australia's biggest solar farm to date sent to the grid.

The post Australia’s biggest solar farm sends first output to the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Korea's Hana Financial inks deal to finance 162MW Columboola solar project in Queensland, and says looking for more projects in Australia.

The post Hana seals finance for first Australia solar farm, says more projects planned appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal Monday evening on the California-Quebec ETS linkage case after a lower federal court ruled earlier this year that the cross-border agreement did not violate the Constitution.

Modified animals could improve sustainable meat production, but safety and ethical issues remain.

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A full-size, crewless research ship is to make one of the world's first autonomous transatlantic voyages.

California will look into moving forward its GHG reduction and clean energy targets after the state registered its largest wildfire season in history this year, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) said Friday.

California-registered forestry offset projects moved through regulator ARB’s approval process faster over the past two months after experiencing lengthy timelines at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to registry and state data.

Canada’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) will include several cost containment measures with price levels near those of California and British Columbia’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS), according to a government presentation.

Watching California’s horrific wildfires spread into many other states in the US, it was tough not to be reminded of Australia’s Black Summer. Watching the ensuing misinformation campaign, and the political stoush playing out right now, one important thing immediately came to mind. As I previously wrote at RenewEconomy, Australia’s government responded to the climate-intensified...

The post Morrison casts dark shadow over energy transition with massive gas intervention appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There are fundamental knowledge gaps around coral in the Great Barrier Reef, including how many species live there and where they're found. Our new study finally starts to fill those gaps. Tom Bridge, Senior Curator - Corals, James Cook University Andrea Quattrini, Researcher, Smithsonian Institution Andrew Baird, ARC Future Fellow, James Cook University Peter Cowman, Research Fellow in Ecosystem Dynamics, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The European Parliament is likely to agree this week to fast-track the expansion of the EU ETS to include emissions from all ships using the bloc's ports, defying industry warnings that the move risks undermining efforts to regulate the maritime sector at a global level.