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AEMC to review smart meter rules as uptake lags behind expectations
AEMC launches review of smart meter rules, after its last reforms failed to stimulate the market.
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Foals’ keyboardist Edwin says 'tour differently' to help climate
Spain’s Gransolar wins contract to build 200MW solar farm in Queensland
Gransolar wins EPC contract for 200MW solar project in Queensland, its fifth large scale solar contract in Australia.
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'Ditch high definition and new tech to fight climate change'
Covid crisis offers a chance to act on climate, report says
Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change calls for green recovery from pandemic
The devastation caused by Covid-19 presents an opportunity for countries to rebuild their economies in a way that is environmentally responsible, researchers say.
“The only way you can meet the Paris agreement is by taking advantage of this moment … by combining the recovery from Covid-19 with the response to climate change,” said Dr Nick Watts, the chief sustainability officer for the NHS.
Continue reading...Europe can reach net-zero emissions by 2050 at “net-zero cost,” report finds
While Australia's federal government continues to claim a net-zero emissions target would kill the economy, a major new EU report has found the opposite to be true.
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CP Daily: Wednesday December 2, 2020
Angus Taylor’s EV and transport plan will present false narrative on “choice”
The Australian government's upcoming EV transport strategy will probably be more of the same: vague tech investments instead of real, consumer-focused change
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Corporate demand for wind and solar hits record level of $2.4bn in 2020
Corporate and government demand for wind and solar contracts hit record levels in 2020 in Australia.
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EU Market: EUAs bounce back to close at 2.5-mth high, as data shows building investor interest
Climate change: PM aims for world-leading UK emissions cuts
UK readies plans to raise climate ambition while urging more from others
'Severely threatened and deteriorating': global authority on nature lists the Great Barrier Reef as critical
'Unjustifiable': new report shows how the nation's gas expansion puts Australians in harm’s way
UK’s domestic land offsetting schemes merge as demand takes off
US man pleads guilty to orchestrating carbon credit investor fraud
European Council eyes stronger carbon market to win over EU leaders on 2030 climate target -draft text
Frydenberg proposed delisting wetland to allow Queensland's Toondah Harbour development
Exclusive: Letter obtained under FoI shows Frydenberg wanted to change Ramsar protections but maintain ‘ecological character’
The former federal environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, proposed removing protections from an area of internationally significant wetlands after he was lobbied by a developer wanting to build 3,000 apartments at Moreton Bay in Queensland.
A letter, obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws, shows Frydenberg wrote to the Queensland government in 2017 about Walker Corporation’s proposed Toondah Harbour apartment and retail complex to suggest the two governments jointly create a proposal to delist part of the Moreton Bay Ramsar wetland.
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