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Almost two-thirds of Australia's coal-fired generation will be out by 2040, Aemo says
Rooftop solar capacity to double or even triple to replace existing thermal generation, new assessment by the energy market operator predicts
Australia’s ageing coal-fired power plants could be shuttered earlier than expected if competition from renewable generators and carbon budgets render them uneconomic, according to a new assessment by the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Aemo will, on Thursday, publish a new draft integrated system plan which snapshots the unfolding revolution underway in Australia’s energy market. The energy market operator predicts rooftop solar capacity will double or even triple, providing up to 22% of total energy by 2040.
Continue reading...Mystery as hundreds of starlings found dead on road in Anglesey
Welsh police ask government experts to examine birds after ‘very strange’ discovery
Police are investigating the discovery of several hundred dead starlings on a road in Anglesey.
More than 200 birds were found near Llyn Llywenan in Bodedern on Tuesday afternoon, with several others on hedges on the side of the road but none in the nearby fields.
Continue reading...European Green Deal will change economy to solve climate crisis, says EU
Everything from travel to air quality has been looked at in order to create ‘a growth that gives back’
Nearly every major aspect of the European economy is to be re-evaluated in light of the imperatives of the climate and ecological emergency, according to sweeping new plans set out by the European Commission on Wednesday.
The comprehensive nature of the European Green Deal – which encompasses the air we breathe to how food is grown, from how we travel to the buildings we inhabit – was set out in a flurry of documents as Ursula von der Leyen, the new commission president, made her appeal to member states and parliamentarians in Brussels to back the proposals, which would represent the biggest overhaul of policy since the foundation of the modern EU.
Continue reading...On the front line of the climate emergency – in pictures
As COP25 takes place in Madrid, this collection of photographs from Getty Images highlights the climate crisis around the world, from Greenland’s melting ice sheets to rising seal levels in Alaska and Louisiana, the forest fires in the Amazon and Indonesia and the impact of forests and the Lobster fishery in Maine
Continue reading...Don't invest in Brazilian meat, warn deforestation campaigners
Open letter signed by Global Witness and Greenpeace Brasil cautions potential investors on risk of deforestation in supply chains of JBS and Marfrig
An international group of 30 non-profit groups published an open letter on Wednesday warning investors considering buying shares in two Brazilian meat giants of their exposure to deforestation.
Billions of dollars of shares held by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in JBS and Marfrig – two of the world’s biggest meat companies – will reportedly go on sale next year. The letter says that both companies have been linked to destruction of the Amazon forest – where deforestation soared this year while fires reached a nine-year record. BNDES declined to comment.
Continue reading...Brussels unveils its ‘moonshot’ European Green Deal
Which parts of Australia deliver the cheapest wind and solar?
AEMO says south west Queensland and South Australia deliver lowest cost solar, while Tasmania has the lowest cost wind resource.
The post Which parts of Australia deliver the cheapest wind and solar? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
COP25: UN’s CORSIA advisory panel to make aviation offset recommendations in January
AEMO maps out path to 90 per cent renewables for Australia by 2040
Australia will need at least 30GW of new wind and solar capacity to replace expected coal generator retirements, over the next two decades, and up to 47GW in the case of a "step change" scenario.
The post AEMO maps out path to 90 per cent renewables for Australia by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
No legal or moral basis for Australia’s Kyoto accounting fudge, new analysis shows
New analysis raises questions over legitimacy of Australia's 'Kyoto carryover' plans, with ClimateAnalytics challenging its legal and moral justifications.
The post No legal or moral basis for Australia’s Kyoto accounting fudge, new analysis shows appeared first on RenewEconomy.
'It's my generation’s future': the voteless young climate activists
Many activists who are too young to vote are working hard to get message across to those who can
Although school prevents him from campaigning as much as he would like, Hasan Patel has been spending every weekend canvassing for Labour during the campaign.
This week he’s just finished his exams and is off door-knocking in Kensington, then Chingford and Woodford Green, both marginal seats and high on Labour’s list of priorities. At 16 years old, Patel can’t vote himself, so he’s keen to utilise his skills where they’ll be of most use.
Continue reading...Climate change: Methane pulse detected from South Sudan wetlands
Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of 'creative PR' at climate summit
Greta Thunberg : 'Almost nothing is being done'
Sydney climate protest: thousands rally against inaction amid bushfire and air quality crisis
Protesters wore face masks, asking the government to act on the role global heating had on the longer and more devastating bushfires
Thousands of people have rallied in Sydney to protest against inaction on the climate crisis, after months of bushfires and hazardous smoke in New South Wales and Queensland.
On Tuesday, the level of dangerous PM2.5 particles in Sydney’s air was as high as 10 times normal, and fires have burnt through nearly 3 million hectares of land across NSW and Queensland this season.
Continue reading...EU aims to stir global action with pledge on climate crisis
Brussels sets goal to halve emissions by 2030 and become first climate-neutral continent by 2050
The EU will attempt to revive the world’s flagging attempts to tackle the climate crisis with a historic proposal from Brussels to halve emissions by 2030, and reach net zero carbon by mid-century.
Wednesday’s announcement is seen as the vital first step towards gathering a “coalition of ambition” among key countries to fulfil the pledges of the 2015 Paris agreement, which is in danger of languishing amid deadlocked UN talks.
Continue reading...SK Market: Korean auction clears at new record highs on strong demand
Former Greens leader Bob Brown welcomes NSW Environment Minister's climate change comments
Is sustainable fashion really helping?
Farmers in NSW's Bylong Valley fear for water and prime land if coalfields developed
State’s powerful advisory body has recommended development of Wollar and Hawkins-Rumker coalfields
Farmers and activists in NSW’s Bylong Valley say they are concerned about the damage to water quality and prime agricultural land in the area if development of two coalfields is given the green light by the state government.
The NSW deputy premier, John Barilaro, has confirmed to locals Guardian Australia’s report in October that the state’s powerful advisory body for strategic release has recommended opening up for development two coalfields in the area: Wollar and Hawkins-Rumker.
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