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Cannon-Brookes meets AGL chair and CEO before launching campaign against demerger and slow pace of coal exit.

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Which party really has young interests at heart? Let’s look at where the major players stand on youth and climate change policy. Hannah R. Feldman, Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Charity’s report says nearly all targets set since 2000 have been missed, revised or quietly ignored

The international aviation industry has failed to meet all but one of 50 of its own climate targets in the past two decades, environment campaigners say.

A report commissioned by the climate charity Possible assessed every target set by the industry since 2000 and found that nearly all had been missed, revised or quietly ignored. The charity says the findings undermine a UK government plan to leave airlines to reduce their emissions through self-regulation.

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Proposed Sub sea interconnector from Tasmania and Victoria appoints insurance and risk management company to underpin massive project.

The post Marinus Link locks in insurer to underpin $3.5 billion undersea cable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Only the Greens and 'teal' independents have climate policies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, new analysis shows.

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Researchers found barriers to a productive conversation in Australia about the just transition – not least, an almost complete absence of the federal government in talking about or planning for it. Gareth Edwards, Associate Professor, University of East Anglia Robert MacNeil, Lecturer in Environmental Politics, University of Sydney Susan M Park, Professor of Global Governance, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If batteries are to prove their worth as the Swiss Army Knife of grid infrastructure, greater innovation, nuance and optimisation must occur.

The post Four things needed to de-risk value stacks of large-scale battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A collaboration of major global banks announced on Tuesday it had facilitated a carbon offset trade between a corporate client and project developer through a new settlement platform due to be fully operational by the end of the year.

The total cost of Kurri Kurri has blown out to more than $1 billion, it won't have much storage, and it won't use hydrogen.

The post Kurri Kurri gas folly: Cost blowout, limited operation, not hydrogen-ready appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The WMO warns of 50/50 chance that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees within next five years.

The post There is 50:50 chance global warming will exceed 1.5°C before 2025, WMO says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Campaigners say the aviation industry cannot be relied on to tackle their role in climate change.

Scientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026.

Energy Vault says it has begun construction of a "world first" gravity energy storage system next to a wind farm in China.

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The rapidly declining cost of renewable energy with battery storage, coupled with increasing volatility in gas prices, now reflect that it is cheaper to make the switch from coal to clean sources of electricity than it is to shift from coal to gas-fired power, research released on Tuesday has found.

Analysis says countries can save money by switching from coal straight to renewable energies

Countries should move from coal to renewable energy without shifting to gas as a “transition” fuel to save money, as high gas prices and market volatility have made the fossil fuel an expensive option, analysis has found.

Natural gas has long been touted as a “transition” fuel for economies dependent on coal for their power needs, as it has lower carbon dioxide emissions than coal but requires similar centralised infrastructure, and gas-fired power stations take only a couple of years to build. Earlier this year, before Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Commission angered green campaigners by including gas as a “bridge” to clean energy in its guidebook for green investment.

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US carrier Delta Air Lines will shift much of the focus of achieving its CO2 neutrality goal to solutions other than offsets after spending $137 mln on voluntary emissions reductions for its GHG output last year, the company said in a recent report.

CO2 emissions from California’s electrical grid decreased year-over-year in February and March despite rapidly deteriorating hydro levels across the US West, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data published Monday.

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Weak demand for technology-based voluntary emissions reduction (VERs) credits kept prices pointing to the downside over the past week, while nature-based offsets offered relatively greater resilience, moving sideways or to marginal week-on-week gains.