BHP plans to replace coal with renewables at two huge copper mines in Chile
Mining giant says contracts will cut energy prices by 20% and save 3m tonnes of carbonThe mining giant BHP has signed four renewable energy contracts that will replace coal-fired power at two of its...
View ArticleUK to use £1bn meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina
Documents show government’s plans to prioritise loans in support of major oil companiesThe UK is planning to invest in Argentina’s controversial oil shale industry using a £1bn export finance deal...
View ArticleAustralia's emissions to start falling thanks to renewables boom, researchers...
Deeper cuts through the 2020s to meet the Paris target will depend on governments supporting further expansionAustralia’s greenhouse gas emissions will stop rising and gradually start to fall over the...
View ArticleLabour unveils plans for carbon-neutral energy system by 2030s
Strategy includes 30 recommendations including insulation upgrades for every home in UKLabour will unveil plans to create a carbon-neutral energy system by the 2030s including insulation upgrades for...
View ArticleThe smart money is on clean energy – but Australia must play to win | Kane...
We can’t assume the renewable energy boom will simply continue. Only clear, coordinated policy will ensure it doesWhen Donald Horne coined the phrase “the lucky country”, he did not mean it as a...
View ArticleOffshore windfarms 'can provide more electricity than the world needs'
Supplies from turbines will prove to be the next great energy revolution, IEA predictsErecting wind turbines on the world’s best offshore sites could provide more than enough clean energy to meet...
View ArticleGlobal emissions and Labour’s green plans | Letters
Ordinary citizens must be informed of the dramatic lifestyle changes and costs they face, says Geoffrey Hammond, and Tim Walker focuses on the area of new solar panels that will be requiredThe ambition...
View ArticleAnthony Albanese flags a jobs 'revolution' as new direction for Labor
Opposition leader’s first vision statement says a shift to clean energy will unlock new economic opportunitiesLabor leader Anthony Albanese has pledged to tackle skills shortages and industrial...
View ArticleCoalition pumps $1bn into clean energy projects to stabilise grid
New money for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will go to projects such as pumped hydro, batteries and gasAn extra $1bn is being handed to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in projects...
View ArticleScottish Power blames weather and price cap for 80% drop in profits
Energy supplier loses 165,000 customers but wind-based renewables business growsScottish Power’s profits have slumped by almost 80% after the big six energy supplier lost about 165,000 customers in the...
View ArticleYes, there's still hope Australia can cross the bridge to a low-carbon world...
If we all understood the economic value of a transition to renewables, we could move from policy incoherence to hopeThere is a chasm between a world that quickly breaks the link between modern economic...
View ArticleGlobal investment in cutting greenhouse gases fell by 11% in 2018
Climate mitigation effort ‘cancelled out’ by outlay on fossil fuels finds CPIInvestment in greenhouse gas emission reduction fell last year despite the growing urgency of the climate crisis, and the...
View ArticleRenewables meet 50% of electricity demand on Australia's power grid for first...
For a brief moment solar, wind and hydro combined to deliver more than half the power into the National Electricity MarketAustralia’s main electricity grid was briefly powered by 50% renewable energy...
View ArticleNever knowingly undersoiled – John Lewis trucks to run on cow manure
Retailer’s fleets will use carbon neutral renewable biomethaneHundreds of John Lewis delivery trucks will begin running on cow power from 2021 as the retailer weans its fleet off polluting diesel fuel...
View Article2040 review – an optimist's guide to saving the world
Damon Gameau’s likable documentary charts the ways we tackle a climate emergency, from solar power to progressive farmingThis interesting film by the Australian environmentalist Damon Gameau is an...
View ArticleAfrica poised to lead way in global green revolution, says report
Continent is set for massive urbanisation but can avoid relying on fossil fuels, says IEAAfrica is poised to lead the world’s cleanest economic revolution by using renewable energy sources to power a...
View ArticlePoorly planned Amazon dam project 'poses serious threat to life'
Operator faces choice of weakening 14km barrier or potentially devastating a biodiversity hotspot The biggest hydroelectric project in the Amazon rainforest has a design flaw that poses a “very...
View ArticleLabor has to shame the Coalition into action on climate change | Greg Jericho
How to transition to zero emissions is daunting – but the answer is not to put up a white flagThis week was a pretty big one for climate change, the drought and the ALP, and they were all somewhat...
View ArticleAustralia's climate response among the worst in the G20, report finds
Brown to Green report highlights Australia’s poor response on deforestation, transport, energy supply and carbon pricingAustralia’s response to climate change is one of the worst in the G20 with a lack...
View ArticleCornish homes take part in trial to supply clean power to grid
Project links solar-fitted premises in ‘milestone’ to form a mini virtual power plantHundreds of homes and businesses in Cornwall have started selling electricity to their local energy network and the...
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