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Environment groups, councils and London mayor challenge airport expansion in high court

The decision to expand Heathrow airport with a third runway was unlawful because it failed to consider the full impacts of climate change and the need for more stringent targets to avoid catastrophic global warming, the high court has been told.

Friends of the Earth on Wednesday accused the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, of acting unlawfully when he agreed to the expansion, which is contained in the government’s airports national policy statement.

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The UK is considering forcing all transportation providers to offer “genuinely additional” carbon offsets to give passengers more opportunity to achieve carbon neutral travel, the government announced Wednesday.

Traders anticipate the quarterly RGGI auction to settle below current price levels, bucking the recent trend of above-secondary market results.

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New Zealand carbon permits gained another 0.4% in Wednesday trade to hit a 4-month high, just 5 cents below the market’s all-time record level.

Over a quarter of the allowances on offer at Wednesday’s South Korean CO2 auction went unsold due to the tighter bid limits introduced last week.

Air quality has become a key political issue after record pollution levels hit the country last week

South Korea has passed emergency measures to tackle the “social disaster” being unleashed by air pollution, after record levels of fine dust blanketed most of the country in recent weeks.

The national assembly passed a series of bills on Wednesday giving authorities access to emergency funds for measures that include the mandatory installation of high-capacity air purifiers in classrooms and encouraging sales of liquified petroleum gas vehicles, which produce lower emissions than those that run on petrol and diesel.

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Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous nation, wants to deliver electricity to all of its 260 million. Here's how it can do a lot of this through renewables.

The post How renewables can help electrify Indonesia’s sprawling island nation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar farms warned their output could be cut to zero for up to 100 days over next year due to grid upgrades.

The post Wind, solar farms to be blacked out for up to 100 days due to grid upgrade appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A legal stoush that has been unfolding in Europe and the US between some of the world’s biggest solar PV manufacturers has reached Australian shores.

The post Solar patent battle spreads to Australia, as Hanwha files complaint in Federal Court appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW commission approves 165MW solar farm to be built near Gunnedah.

The post NSW approves new 165MW solar farm
 near Gunnedah appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hydro Tasmania has revealed the three sites selected for further investigation into their pumped hydro potential.

The post Pumped to announce three most promising sites appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Despite gruesome lyrics, death metal does not desensitise fans to images of violence, a study shows.

A $450m wind project by UK-based developer RES Group has won Queensland state planning approval and may add solar.

The post Queensland approves new 240MW wind farm for Western Downs region appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trevor St Baker says deputy governor’s speech warning of risks to Australia’s economy is ‘totally inappropriate’

The coal baron and Liberal National party donor Trevor St Baker has blasted the Reserve Bank deputy governor, Guy Debelle, for sounding the alarm on climate change, branding a significant speech on Tuesday warning of risks to Australia’s financial stability “totally inappropriate”.

The politically connected founder of the business electricity retailer ERM Power, who has approached the Morrison government to underwrite new coal developments in Victoria and New South Wales, including a high-efficiency plant on the site of the AGL-owned Liddell power station, told the ABC on Wednesday Debelle’s intervention was out of order.

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RBA deputy governor uses "My Country" - a favourite poem of climate deniers - to highlight climate threat to Australia's financial stability, and opportunities in wind, solar, battery technologies.

The post RBA turns Dorothea McKellar’s “My Country” right back on climate deniers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 50th Formula E electric car race took place in Hong Kong this weekend, challenging traditional motor sport paradigms and pushing the boundaries of electric mobility.

The post Formula E: More than a motor sport – it’s the future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After announcing plans to move all EV sales online, Tesla decides to keep “significantly more” retail outlets open, and to raise prices by 3% worldwide.

The post Tesla backflips on retail store closures, flags raise in EV prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.