Reneweconomy

Federal independent MP Helen Haines will introduce legislation to the federal parliament on Monday in a bid to establish a new, dedicated community power agency to support investment in new community owned renewable energy projects.

7 News

Steelmaker BlueScope has reported a 78 per cent increase in its half year profit, while announcing a chief executive for climate change within the group.

The Conversation

With most of the world’s people now living in urban areas, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of urban resilience. It’s just as important for adapting to climate change.

ABC News

Expertly trained detection dogs Taz and Missy continue to play a vital role in koala research by searching the bush and finding koala droppings.

The Conversation

The military takeover in Myanmar this month is a serious setback for democratic reform. But the coup also threatens to permanently damage the Southeast Asian nation’s precious environment, and harm the people who rely on it.

ABC News

When it comes to rainfall, south-west Western Australia has been hit by climate change harder than almost anywhere on earth, according to climatologist Pandora Hope from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Yahoo News

Huge amounts of hazardous waste, including asbestos, has been dumped at a NSW property, requiring a $1 million clean-up operation.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liberal Party figures vying to win back Tony Abbott’s former seat of Warringah are tearing into their colleagues over climate policy as they position themselves for a looming preselection contest centred on the environment.

Yahoo News

The UN Security Council will hold a summit of world leaders Tuesday to debate climate change's implications for world peace, an issue on which its 15 members have divergent opinions.

The Australian

Mark Joiner says the future of the planet hangs in the balance and it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

The Guardian

The Morrison government is backing soil carbon – drawing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the land – as a major part of its response to the climate crisis.

The Sydney Morning Herald

On a summer’s evening, as the setting sun paints a flock of straw-necked ibises a glowing pink as they wing their way over Lake Cowal, it’s not hard to imagine Mal Carnegie has landed a dream job.

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Murray-Darling Basin’s biggest dam project needs 80 per cent of its costs to be subsidised by governments given its “small net benefits” and large cost, a leaked NSW cabinet document reveals.

The Sydney Morning Herald

An exquisite bracelet caught the eye of graphic designer Christine Robinson in a North Sydney retro shop 10 years ago. A beautiful piece of polished tortoiseshell – amber, brown and semi-translucent – Ms Robinson knew it was a unique item. What she didn’t know is that the jewellery was made from a critically endangered hawksbill turtle shell (Eretmochelys imbricata), one of an estimated 9 million turtles killed over the past 150 years. Inadvertently, when she bought it she broke the law.

ABC News

The United States has officially re-joined the Paris Climate Agreement, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administration plans drastic emissions cuts over the next three decades.

The Herald Sun

America’s return to the Paris Climate Agreement today starts a new era – with carbon tariffs on Australian exports increasingly likely.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Having grappled with malaria, HIV and Ebola, the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist has set his sights on solving another intractable global problem: climate change.

The Spectator Australia

The UK’s commitment to get to net zero by 2050 is going to require some difficult political choices. But it will be impossible to maintain public support for the policy if people think that climate action at home is simply leading to work moving abroad and no great reduction in the amount of carbon emitted globally. This, as I sayin the Times today, is going to become an increasingly big problem in years to come. There is mounting concern about it at the top of government. If you can’t address ‘carbon leakage’, to use the rather grim technical term, you can’t deal with climate change.

The Canberra Times

While much has changed in the four years since Scott Morrison, Barnaby Joyce, and Josh Frydenberg were pictured fondling a piece of lacquered coal in parliament some things have stayed the same.

Sky News Australia

Sky News host Rowan Dean says those pandering to the greenhouse theory “garbage” are either cowards, crooks or clowns who are “playing us for fools”.

Insurance Business

Lobby group Market Forces, through a shareholder resolution to be lodged in coming weeks, will be calling on QBE Insurance Group to align its underwriting practices with the Paris Agreement.

Yahoo News

The boss of the world's biggest shipping firm has told the BBC people would be willing to pay a little bit more for their goods if it helps tackle climate change.

The Australian

The clean companies are winning...but how to get started

The Age

The first time Annelie Holden saw this patch of bushland, an hour north of Melbourne, it was thick with vegetation, far from people and had no water or shelter.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Pressure to maintain wood supply contracts set before bushfires swept through the state’s forests is behind new tensions between the state-owned logger and the environmental watchdog, internal documents suggest.

Yahoo News

The White House says a severe winter storm engulfing Texas is the type of extreme weather event that climate change is triggering, rejecting assertions by Texas officials that "green energy" caused widespread power outages.

Independent Australia

With sinking coal profits and a position as one of Australia's leading polluters, energy giant AGL is rethinking its business strategy, writes David Ritter.

The Sydney Morning Herald

You might think that the decision of Bill Gates to throw his resources, energy and intellect into the infernal problem of climate change would be universally welcomed by those who have been battling the issue for a generation.

The Age

Older Australians want the Morrison government to create special green infrastructure bonds so they can direct their growing concern about climate change into a financial investment.

Financial Standard

The exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider has announced it is set to launch a fund that will provide exposure to companies focused on climate and environmental challenges.

Financial Standard

Close to 80% of institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.

Financial Standard

Woodside Petroleum's annual results, with a $US4.028 billion net loss for 2020, are food for thought for super funds, according to divestment activists.

Yahoo News

Facebook said Thursday it would expand its climate information hub and direct its users to experts to debunk myths and hoaxes in a ramped-up effort to fight misinformation.

The Conversation

With each passing day, the grave future of Earth becomes more stark. The disruption of COVID-19 has not been enough to shift the trajectory, nor has it prompted polluting sectors of the economy to reconsider the harms they inflict on the planet.

Reneweconomy

The number of battery storage and hydrogen electrolyser projects in Australia soared in 2020, with the capacity pipeline now rivalling that of solar PV and wind energy as developers bet on a rapid transition to a renewables-dominated grid.

Reneweconomy

Gold and nickel miner Province Resources has unveiled plans to build 1 gigawatt of wind and solar capacity in Western Australia, from which it plans to manufacturer green hydrogen.

Reneweconomy

Danish wind energy giant Vestas, through its corporate venture capital arm Vestas Ventures, has invested in Swedish wood technology company Modvion, which specialises in making wooden wind turbine towers that it claims are “stronger than steel”.

The Guardian

Australia risks being left in a “parallel world” with petrol cars as the rest of the world turns to electric vehicles in an effort reduce carbon emissions.

Sustainability Matters

So-called ‘pollution-eating’ pavers with the ability to significantly improve surrounding air quality have arrived on the Australian market.

The Age

Australian grasses and wildflowers are swaying in the wind. There is standing water and “fallen” logs. Stones lay scattered. But don’t be fooled – nothing here has come about by chance. This is a highly contrived garden atop a decades old, three-level building at Victoria University in Footscray.

The Conversation

The koala is a much-loved species and lucrative tourism drawcard. Yet, for all its popularity, koalas are forecast to be extinct in NSW within 30 years.

Cosmos

If you are a fish and want to watch TV, this might be the invention for you. Researchers from the University of Queensland have developed an ultraviolet “television” display specially designed for fish. This could help them learn more about how fish and other animals see the world, they suggest in their paper, published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

The Conversation

The world experienced a few centuries of apocalyptic conditions 42,000 years ago, triggered by a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles combined with changes in the Sun’s behaviour. That’s the key finding of our new multidisciplinary study, published in Science.

The Australian Financial Review

Australian-listed companies with declared ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have their annual progress published annually in a push by the government to ensure they are paying more than lip service to climate change.

The New Daily

The European Union will become more assertive in trade talks and push for its international partners to include combatting climate change in future deals, its trade commissioner says.

Inside Waste

The global waste-to-energy (WTE) market is expected to witness expansion as a result of the rapid depletion of conventional energy sources which contribute to harmful emissions. In terms of value, the waste-to-energy market stood at A$32,514.09m in 2019 and is expected to reach A$47,031.56m by 2025.

The Conversation

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