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Andrew Forrest fires another salvo at energy minister Angus Taylor as he and Mike Cannon-Brookes push the case for green energy.

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The news that almost all of us are breathing in unacceptable levels of pollution shows the government’s complacency

In these inflationary times when money is tight, are you preoccupied with rising – or dropping – house prices? First, take a deep breath. Or better still, don’t. Last week, we learned that almost every home in the UK suffers from air pollution above the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, according to the most detailed map of dirty air to date. Using the excellent addresspollution.org to check pollution levels at a click – produced by the Central Office of Public Interest (Copi), run by civic-minded creatives and makers of commercials – my house, or, rather, its position, minutes away from London’s south circular, has a percentile rating of 96 relative to other UK addresses, exceeding WHO guidelines by an alarming three times.

Those levels will be similar to those found in many areas in cities across the UK: the air that urbanites breathe can promote cancer, cause asthma, trigger bronchitis and kill. Living on fresh air begins to take on a wholly benevolent meaning.

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German consumers will no longer have to pay the renewables surcharge on the power price as of July 1, 2022, saving families $A450 a year.

The post Germany drops renewables surcharge, household bills to fall by €300 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sydney to Melbourne in a petrol car would have cost over $150 but was just $12.74 in ‘short-range, second-hand EV’

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When Sharee McCammon and her partner set out for Sydney on a road trip the price of petrol in cities along the east coast had spiked to more than $2 a litre.

But the couple made the 2,751km journey from their home in Huonville, south of Hobart, for the total fuel cost of $43.38.

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Hundreds of mills could be converted to generate clean electricity – but the Environment Agency as just raised application fees by up to 790%

New hydropower schemes to help transform and preserve some of the country’s historic watermills face being wrecked by a huge increase in application fees, energy campaigners warn.

Some watermills have already had turbines installed to generate clean electricity, but campaigners say there are hundreds more across Britain which could be converted to hydropower to help conserve the sites and power the nation.

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Offset registry Climate Action Reserve (CAR) on Friday issued guidance for reforestation credits issued for forecasted emissions reductions to transition into the standard’s more traditional offset programme.

The Netherlands government set out wide exemptions to its carbon tax for industries for its inaugural year of 2021, with firms likely to face no additional financial burden for the period.

Countries made more progress over the past fortnight towards handing out this year’s free carbon permit allocations under the EU ETS, though a handful of governments have still not started the annual process, meaning emitters in those nations weren’t able to borrow from this year’s quota for 2021 compliance use.

Regulated entities reduced their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings this week for the first time since late March, while financial players saw their collective net long position inch up, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Protesters charged with causing criminal damage of more than £5,000, Surrey Police said

Four climate activists have been charged after protests at two motorway service stations in Surrey.

Nathan McGovern, 22, Amber Alexander, 18, Louis Hawkins, 22, and Rosa Sharkey, 22, have been charged with causing criminal damage of more than £5,000, Surrey police said.

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The dazzlingly bright planets will appear extremely close together in the dark sky on Saturday.

The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) recorded its biggest quarterly surplus in the 11-year history of the programme during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to data published by state regulator ARB Friday.

From high-octane racing to airport queues, Elvis tributes and a hot air balloon gone astray, Guardian Australia looks back at the images of April

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EU member states want more flexibility over how they spend their carbon market auction revenue, according to a leaked draft document that suggests governments are pushing back on a proposal to earmark all EUA auction proceeds for climate purposes.

Production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will fail to scale quickly enough to meet soaring demand for flying over the next three decades, leaving the industry still relying on carbon offsets to meet net zero pledges by 2050, according to analysts at an investment bank.

Discussions on preferred trade flows have become front and centre since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with ideas on how to protect domestic production, ban imports, and increase energy independence shaking the foundation of WTO rules that would govern carbon border adjustments.

A large European agricultural goods firm and shipping company have completed a biofuel trial that involved transporting a full cargo of orange juice from Brazil to Belgium as part of a voyage bundled with carbon credits that is claimed as the world’s first carbon-neutral shipment of its kind.

Attorney general has launched an inquiry into fossil fuel companies’ role in causing global environmental crisis

California’s attorney general has subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind broader investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis, allegations that the company called meritless.

Attorney general Rob Bonta said on Thursday that the industry for decades has encouraged the development and use of petroleum-based plastic products while seeking to minimize public understanding that their widespread use harms the environment and public health.

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New-York based Climate Emergency Fund donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to activists

Just Stop Oil’s disruptive protests, blamed for petrol shortages across parts of England, have been funded by US philanthropists who say they want to incite a global “spring uprising” over climate change.

The environmental activists, whose oil terminal blockades have enraged ministers and rightwing commentators, have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the New York-based Climate Emergency Fund (CEF).

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