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Nigel Morris talks about the transition to electric motorbikes with animator and film-maker and electric motorcycle YouTuber Sam Baker.

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese tells Minerals Council it needs to focus on technologies that support transition to renewables, not fossil fuels.

The post “Running dead on renewables:” Albanese slams Morrison in clean energy pitch to Minerals Council appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Coal shipped out of Australia's ports last year carried 897 million tonnes of embedded CO2 emissions, almost double Australia's domestic emissions.

The post Australia’s monster coal exports emit more C02 than entire German economy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BP snaps up pipeline of 9GW of solar projects in US in transaction hailed as biggest green energy deal to date.

The post BP acquires 9GW solar pipeline in US in biggest green power deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

GE unveils concept for a 12MW floating wind turbine, comparing the challenge to putting a bus on a tall pole, and then sticking it in the ocean.

The post “Like putting a bus on a tall pole:” GE unveils 12MW floating wind turbine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Here's some new scenarios for 100 per cent renewables. We will need more wind than solar, but gas won't be needed if we have green hydrogen.

The post We will need more wind than solar for 100 pct renewables, and lots of storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Opposition among UK farmers is rising towards the trade deal close to being concluded with Australia.

WWF report finds puffins, penguins and many other species will face issues such as habitat loss and food insecurity

Corals will bleach, penguins will lose their Antarctic ice floes, puffins around the UK coast will be unable to feed their young, and the black-headed squirrel monkey of the Amazon could be wiped out if the world fails to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Beyond a 1.5C rise, many species will face increasing problems finding food or surviving, according to a report from WWF on the effects of climate breakdown on 12 key species across the world.

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New data comes amid warning that world’s growing awareness of coal exports’ impact risks further damaging Australia’s reputation on climate

Emissions from coal mined in Australia but exported and burnt overseas were almost double the nation’s domestic greenhouse gas footprint in 2020, according to new data.

Australia and Indonesia were the biggest exporters of coal for making steel and burning in power stations, together accounting for 59% of the world’s seaborne coal market.

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Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices this week maintained their upward trajectory seen over late spring, with voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants continuing to attribute the uptick to large buyers scooping up low-cost renewables credits.

Switzerland intends to procure carbon offsets from Thailand under a joint statement signed by the two nations on Friday, marking the fourth arrangement for Paris-era international emissions trade orchestrated by Bern to date.

One of Australia's biggest gas companies is ramping up its PR battle through targeted sponsorship - but it may not have checked the details.

The post Woodside sponsored a building that ditched gas due to climate impacts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The president will suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Why breathe life back into one of Australia's most heavily polluting technologies? Queensland's big broken coal plant should be replaced with new tech.

The post Callide’s future is a test of climate ambition and urgency for Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

After more than 300 years of effort, scientists have documented fewer than one-third of Australia's species. The remaining 70% are unknown, and essentially invisible, to science. Kevin Thiele, Adjunct Assoc. Professor, The University of Western Australia Jane Melville, Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EUA prices lifted above €52 in thin trade on Tuesday amid higher prices in energy and equity markets and as traders said Brussels appears to have made limited progress in handing out this year's free allocations.

Climate crisis makes mammoth task of recording all of Australia’s species over the next 25 years critical, academy says

Australia needs to embark on an urgent mission to formally document more than half a million undiscovered plants and animals before they are lost to science and the planet.

The Australian Academy of Science says some $824m will be needed over the next 25 years to complete a mammoth task becoming more urgent as the climate crisis puts more species at risk of extinction.

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California regulator ARB initially viewed a non-compliance issue at a Wisconsin dairy farm as a significantly longer period than it ultimately determined, with the offset project developer arguing the position would result in a financial loss of more than $600,000.

Carbon contracts for difference (CCfDs), an increasingly touted measure across the EU to decarbonise heavy industries, could have “potentially distortive effects” on the bloc’s carbon market, according to a network of European energy exchanges.