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RGGI Q2 emissions likely bolstered by waning coronavirus restrictions, warmer weather
Brazil formalises voluntary REDD+ market from UN-backed programme
Electric cars have few downsides except price. One company is looking to change that
‘They’re so damn reliable’, says veteran mechanic Craig Salmon. In the second Green Recovery feature, we look at what’s stopping Australia from embracing EVs
Craig Salmon rattles off the benefits of electric cars with the swagger of a veteran car mechanic and the zeal of someone who is watching a profound historic change play out on his workshop floor.
Related: This builder used to be sceptical about green homes. Now he’s a convert
Continue reading...The Green Recovery: how to put more electric vehicles on Australia's roads – video
Electric cars are quieter, cheaper to run, more reliable and better for the environment than petrol cars. So why aren’t we all driving them? Well, they’re expensive for starters. Most Australians also worry electric vehicles won’t get them where they need to go. What happens if you run out of charge on a busy highway, or halfway to work? The government could easily address these problems. Here's how
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EU seeks to ‘green’ little-known fund for coal and steel research
Chemicals firm BASF to publish CO2 footprint of all its products
Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance robot poised for launch
Covid-19: Infectious coronaviruses 'circulating in bats for decades'
EU Market: Strong Polish auction vaults EUAs back above €26, as investment funds pull back
AEMO says batteries will be cheaper and cleaner than new gas plants
The Integrated System Plan confirms that the gas lobby claims of gas as a transition fuel is tenuous - on both economic and environmental grounds, and because there are smarter alternatives.
The post AEMO says batteries will be cheaper and cleaner than new gas plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.
World’s fastest energy transition: AEMO maps path to 94 per cent renewables
AEMO says Australia is going to experience the most rapid energy transition in the world, like it or not, and it could deliver 94 per cent renewables 2040.
The post World’s fastest energy transition: AEMO maps path to 94 per cent renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Gas subsidies: Covid Commission asked to explain backflip on evidence to Senate committee
Chair of the National Covid-19 Commission faces calls to explain why a pro-gas working group report contradicts evidence provided to a parliamentary committee.
The post Gas subsidies: Covid Commission asked to explain backflip on evidence to Senate committee appeared first on RenewEconomy.
South Korea MPs move to ban public investments in overseas coal
Virus surges risk EU airline Wizz Air’s rapid recovery
It's time for the US to reassert climate leadership. It starts with voting | Michael Mann
Individual efforts are important, but we need collective action and systemic change. And we can only get that at the ballot
In a world with so many problems, it’s easy to feel helpless. And particularly right now in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, quite alone. But even as we practice social distancing, we have an opportunity to work together to solve the greatest problem that humanity faces. No, I’m not talking about coronavirus. I’m talking about climate change.
Related: I’m bewildered that Trump would imperil America by abandoning the Paris agreement | Ban Ki-moon
Continue reading...Feral livestock driving decline in native mammal numbers across the Northern Territory
Research has found feral cattle, horses, buffaloes and donkeys are destroying the habitats of smaller mammal species
A sharp fall in native mammal numbers in the Northern Territory over the past 30 years is significantly due to feral cattle, horses, buffaloes and donkeys destroying their habitat, government-backed research has found.
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Continue reading...Airbus to build 'first interplanetary cargo ship'
How bad can deep sea mining be? Coronavirus is going to look like a picnic compared to what's coming | First Dog on the Moon
We continue to trash the oceans and it is not going to end well
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Food waste increases in UK as coronavirus restrictions ease
Levels are still below those recorded before lockdown, says government advisory body
Household food waste in the UK has increased by nearly a third as coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been eased and could spiral further, new research has warned.
The government’s waste advisory body, Wrap, said self-reported food waste was up by 30%, reversing progress made at the start of the pandemic as consumers threw away less food while confined to their homes.
Continue reading...UK's biggest pension fund begins fossil fuels divestment
National Employment Savings Trust to shun firms involved in coal, tar sands or arctic drilling
The UK’s biggest pension fund, the government-backed National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) scheme with nine million members, is to begin divesting from fossil fuels in what climate campaigners have hailed as a landmark move for the industry.
The fund will ban investments in any companies involved in coal mining, oil from tar sands and arctic drilling. But the move puts Nest – a public corporation of the Department for Work and Pensions – potentially at odds with the current pensions minister, Guy Opperman, who earlier this month condemned divestment as “counter productive”.
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