NSW unveils $32bn renewable energy plan with focus on pumped hydro.
Roadmap could increase share of renewable energy in state from 16% today to more than 60% by 2030.
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Mauritius oil spill: fears for island’s marine life after initial tests fail to resolve fuel mystery.
Calls for transparency grow as scientists say substance is ‘unlike anything we’ve seen spilled before’
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020.
We are facing a global fight to address one of the biggest challenges of our time. Five years after committing to eradicate hunger we are not on track to reach our goals by 2030.
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In first for Fed, U.S. central bank says climate poses stability risks.
The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report, and warned about the potential for abrupt changes in asset values in response to a warming planet.
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Green bank shouldn’t fund gas-fired power, ex-officials tell federal MPs.
Former senior officers of renewable energy agencies say government’s bill would undermine Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s independence.
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Climate crisis: Remote glaciers in China melting at ‘shocking’ pace, risking water shortages.
Scientists say largest glacier in world’s ‘third pole’ has retreated by 450 metres, as temperatures rise.
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2020 Atlantic hurricane season shatters record.
With the formation of tropical storm Theta, 2020 has now logged more tropical cyclones than ever recorded.
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Renewable energy defies Covid-19 to hit record growth in 2020.
International Energy Agency expects green electricity to end coal’s 50-year reign by 2025.
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Tripling Renewables Investment to Reach Climate Goal
New report confirms global investment rise in 2013-2018, but calls for considerable mobilisation of capital to recover from COVID-19 and build a climate-safe world
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Outskirts of Somalia’s Capital is Under Siege by Damaging Locusts.
The outskirts of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is under siege by swarms of locusts that officials fear will ruin vegetation and potentially impact tourism.
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Ellen McArthur Foundation publishes new progress report on plastic use.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has released it’s 2020 Progress Report on the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
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Earlier springs could cause common bird species to become extinct by end of the century, scientists warn.
‘It could be that the apparent stability today is hiding a future collapse’. A rapidly warming climate will spell disaster for swathes of life on earth, including many bird species.
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Trump removes scientist who led sweeping climate change report and other officials.
Dr Michael Kuperberg was executive director of the US Global Change Research Program for the past five years.
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Mini-nuclear plants may be an experiment worth exploring.
Roll-Royce gave an eye-catching pitch but the economics of nuclear power needs further inspection
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Five post-Trump obstacles to a global green recovery.
Joe Biden’s win gives the globe a better chance of averting climate catastrophe, but major obstacles remain
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Rolls-Royce vows to create 6,000 UK jobs with nuclear power station plans.
Engineering firm is part of consortium pushing for government backing.
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No more natural gas in new San Francisco buildings starting next year.
“The world is changing,” Keighran said. “I came to see that buyers will want this. Buyers will expect this. The mind-set of the younger demographic is to want and demand this.
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We Are Not All In The Same Boat.
COP26 Coalition releases statement signed by over 100 international civil society organisations which urges caution over government climate rhetoric and demands acti
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High fossil fuel costs and unnecessary power developments like Lamu will lead to expensive electricity bills for Kenyans.
Kenya should make the most of its abundant renewable energy resources and reduce costs for consumers The belated release of Kenya Power’s financial resul
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Primeval Greenland lake found buried beneath a mile-thick slab of ice.
Scientists have discovered an ancient lakebed buried under more than a mile of ice that may hold secrets to Greenland's past climate.
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