Most recent 40 articles: Guardian - Energy
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England could produce 13 times more renewable energy, using less than 3% of land – analysis - Guardian - Energy (Apr 9) |
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Apr 9 · Onshore wind and solar could provide 226GWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth
England could produce 13 times more renewable energy than it does now, while using less than 3% of its land, analysis has found.
Onshore wind and solar projects could provide enough electricity to power all the households in England two and a half times over, the research by Exeter University, commissioned by Friends of the Earth (FoE), suggested.
Currently, about 17 terawatt hours of electricity comes from homegrown renewables on land. But there is potential for 130 TWh to come from solar panels, and 96TWh from onshore wind.
These figures ... Read more ...
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World’s biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations - Guardian - Energy (Apr 9) |
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Apr 9 · G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds
The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate.
The G20 group of developed and developing economies, and the multilateral development banks they fund, put $142bn (£112bn) into fossil fuel developments overseas from 2020 to 2022, according to estimates compiled by the campaigning groups Oil Change International (OCI) and Friends of the Earth US.
Canada, Japan and South Korea were the biggest sources of such finance in the ... Read more ...
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Shower power: Australian bathrooms are wasting energy and increasing your costs - Guardian - Energy (Apr 6) |
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Apr 6 · Experts say 'bare minimum’ building codes and a lack of interest from builders are making Australian bathrooms less energy-efficient
A long shower at the end of the day might be a relaxing escape from reality, but there is a reason to stay alert. Energy efficiency experts say the way Australian bathrooms are being built will drain your wallet – and the environment.
Alan Pears, a senior industry fellow at RMIT who helped develop Australia’s appliance energy star ratings, describes showers as “almost perfectly designed to waste energy and make you feel uncomfortable”. He says bathrooms lack “basic design principles” and are often cold and poorly ventilated, which ... Read more ...
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Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean - Guardian - Energy (Apr 5) |
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Apr 5 · A few years ago, as age began to take its toll, Rosa Velásquez decided it was time to leave the restaurant she owned in the coastal town of Cabo de la Vela and move back home for a peaceful retirement.. However, when she returned to the tiny rural community of Jotomana, on the arid plains of Colombia’s northernmost tip, she found the place she and her ancestors had called home for generations littered with giant wind turbines.
Towering white turbines punctuate the horizon a few miles from Cabo de la Vela. The region, in the northern state of La Guajira, is home to all of Colombia’s windfarms and its largest Indigenous population, the Wayúu.
“We live among turbines. The ... Read more ...
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China braced for rise in air pollution deaths - Guardian - Energy (Apr 5) |
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Apr 5 · Country needs to speed up environmental response to protect its ageing population, multinational study finds
In 2005 Beijing was crowned the smog capital of the world. Concerns about air pollution and athlete health overshadowed preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games and required industry and traffic shutdowns to clean the air during the event itself.
Now, a team of researchers at Chinese, German and Canadian universities have tracked the impacts of deteriorating air at that time. They found that particle pollution deaths in China were increasing at about 213,000 a year and peaked at 2.6mn people in 2005.
More positively, the impact of rapid improvements in ... Read more ...
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Mercury pollution at Eraring power plant rose 130% in 12 months - Guardian - Energy (Apr 3) |
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Apr 3 · Environment groups say increased pollution levels means it would be 'absurd and harmful’ to extend life of Eraring, which is due to close in August 2025
Mercury and particulate pollution from Australia’s largest coal-fired power station soared last year, prompting an environmental group to argue it would be “absurd and harmful” for the New South Wales government to extend its operations.
Origin Energy’s 2,880-megawatt Eraring power station, slated by the company to close in August 2025, reported mercury pollution jumped 130% in 2022-23 compared with the previous year, according to data from the national pollution inventory. The heavy metal permanently damages brains and ... Read more ...
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The age of extinction - Guardian - Energy (Apr 3) |
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Apr 3 · Up to a third of Africa’s great apes are threatened by a boom in mining projects for minerals required for the renewable energy transition, new research shows.
An estimated 180,000 gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees are at risk due to an increase in demand for critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt, a study has found. Many of those minerals are required for clean energy technologies such as wind turbines and electric cars. Researchers say the boom in demand is driving destruction of tropical rainforests which are critical habitats for Africa’s great apes.
“Africa is experiencing an unprecedented mining boom threatening wildlife populations and whole ... Read more ...
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US aiming to 'crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale - Guardian - Energy (Apr 2) |
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Apr 2 · Recent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050
A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at scale has proved challenging. Now, a combination of new techniques, government support and the pressing need to secure continuous clean power in an era of climate crisis means that geothermal energy is finally having its moment in the US.
Until recently, geothermal has only been viable where the Earth’s inner heat simmers near the surface, such as at hot springs or geysers where hot water or steam can be easily drawn to drive turbines and generate ... Read more ...
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Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage? - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · Start-ups turn to heat over batteries as they aim to industrialise the practice
Think of battery ingredients and lithium, cadmium and nickel come to mind. Now think again. What about salt, air, bricks, and hand-warmer gel? In our electricity-hungry future they’re set to provide heat to manufacturers who need it, and to help keep the lights on at times when energy is short.
Energy storage has a dual purpose: it plugs gaps when the wind drops or the sun stops shining, and it allows users to buy cheap off-peak power and use it when they need it.
Until now, the focus of storage for industry has been mainly on giant conventional batteries, which National Grid hopes to ... Read more ...
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'An energy war is being waged’: former oil boss warns of price rises after Ukraine infrastructure attacks - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · Andriy Kobolyev calls for more weapons after Russia destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants
A dramatic rise in European energy prices is inevitable if the Russian destruction of Ukrainian energy infrastructure continues unabated, the former chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned oil company has warned.
Andriy Kobolyev, a former head of Naftogaz, said in an interview with the Guardian: “Russia is trying to wage a global energy war and Ukraine is part of that war and if the markets perceive that Russia is winning that war the consequences will be very serious. You will see a spike in prices all round the globe”.
He said there would be no point holding any ... Read more ...
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Industry to face 'strict tests’ for public funding to incentivise green energy, Jim Chalmers says - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · Treasurer offers more detail on forthcoming Future Made in Australia plan after concerns raised by productivity commissioner
Tax breaks and subsidies may be offered to industry as part of the government’s yet-to-be-detailed Future Made in Australia plan – but Jim Chalmers says there will be “strict tests” on public funding for the green energy strategy.
The treasurer says there must be “generational change” in Australia to match similar major green economy programs being undertaken by other nations including the US.
“We’re looking for where we can make our businesses more competitive, build the capacity of our people and our regions,” Chalmers told the ABC’s ... Read more ...
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Protesters slam gas group’s use of customers’ money to thwart climate efforts - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda.
“Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts at a gathering at the US Capitol. “They shouldn’t have to pay the salaries of those who are fueling it.”
The event marked the launch of a campaign by the non-profit Gas Leaks Project targeting the American Gas Association, the largest trade group for gas companies which represents some 200 utilities.
In an emailed statement, the CEO of the American Gas Association, Karen Harbert, said: “Any ... Read more ...
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Shell says it 'lobbies for energy transition’ during climate ruling appeal - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019
Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling.
The fossil fuel company is fighting the decision of a Dutch court in 2021 that forces it to pump 45% less planet-heating CO2 into the atmosphere by 2030 than it did in 2019. In court on Friday, Shell argued the ruling is ineffective, onerous and does not fit into the existing legal system.
Lawyers for Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), which brought the case against Shell, repeated their calls for the company to ... Read more ...
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UK heat pump adopters open up homes to encourage others to ditch gas boilers - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · VisitAHeatPump service allows householders to look and ask questions about low-carbon system
UK householders considering swapping their gas boiler for an electric heat pump could see how they work by visiting an early adopter in their area.
A new service aims to help would-be heat pump owners to book a visit with households that already have one installed, through a website launched by the innovation charity Nesta.
The site, VisitAHeatPump.com, allows users to locate one of 150 households that have signed up to host interested visitors to look at their low-carbon heating systems.
Currently London and central Scotland have the highest concentration of heat ... Read more ...
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World’s coal power capacity rises despite climate warnings - Guardian - Energy (Apr 1) |
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Apr 1 · Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures
The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency.
A report by Global Energy Monitor found that coal power capacity grew by 2% last year, driven by an increase in new coal plants across China and a slowdown of plant closures in Europe and the US.
About 69.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal plant capacity came online last year, of which two-thirds were built in China, according to the report. There were also plants built in Indonesia, India, ... Read more ...
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Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s - Guardian - Energy (Mar 8) |
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Mar 8 · The oil industry has fought against government support for clean technologies for more than half a century, the Guardian can reveal, even as vast subsidies have propped up its polluting business model.
It lobbied lawmakers to block support for low-carbon technologies such as solar panels, electric cars and heat pumps as far back as the 1960s, analysis shows. Trade associations in the US and Europe stymied green innovations under the guise of supporting a “technology neutral” approach to avoiding the damage done by burning their fuels.
The same incumbents were happy to lobby for government support when they were getting started, and had continued to benefit from it since, ... Read more ...
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The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster? - Guardian - Energy (Mar 7) |
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Mar 7 · The prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Here’s what we know
The prospect of Australia turning to nuclear power has been little more than a politically radioactive thought bubble – until the Coalition this week confirmed it wants to put reactors at the sites of soon-to-be-closed coal plants.
Energy experts have previously derided the idea, saying some of the technologies being touted did not exist, and that nuclear would be too slow, too expensive and unnecessary in a country with so much free solar and wind available to harness.
But as the Coalition promises to take a pro-nuclear policy to ... Read more ...
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UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge - Guardian - Energy (Mar 7) |
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Mar 7 · Potential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain
Britain’s under-pressure green power industry has received a surprise fillip after a renewables developer pledged to plough £10bn into what would become the largest portfolio of battery storage projects in the country.
NatPower, a UK startup that is part of a larger European energy group, is poised to submit planning applications for three “gigaparks”, with a further 10 to follow next year.
Battery storage projects are seen as a key part of the jigsaw to decarbonise Britain’s power grid, allowing electricity generated by wind turbines and solar panels to be stored ... Read more ...
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Hunt faces Scottish MPs’ revolt over energy firm windfall tax extension - Guardian - Energy (Mar 6) |
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Mar 6 · Scottish Conservatives leader vows to vote against chancellor’s decision to lengthen levy to 2029
Jeremy Hunt is facing a revolt by the Scottish Conservative leader and at least one junior minister after he ignored their pleas and extended the windfall tax on energy companies.
Douglas Ross, who is also the MP for Moray, near Aberdeen, said he would vote against the chancellor’s “deeply disappointing” decision to prolong the tax until 2029 because it damaged Tory claims to champion North Sea oil and gas jobs.
It was “a step in the wrong direction”, Ross said, winning support from Andrew Bowie, a junior energy minister who holds the neighbouring seat of West ... Read more ...
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Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds - Guardian - Energy (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan
Campaigners have been given permission to challenge plans for a new oilfield in an area of outstanding natural beauty – which they say threatens one of England’s “hidden rural treasures”.
The proposed oil-drilling operation is in Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an important habitat for nature and wildlife that has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
The plans were rejected by the local council in 2021 but the oil company Egdon appealed against the decision and in November it was overturned by the ... Read more ...
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Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures - Guardian - Energy (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, Darren Woods, chief executive of oil giant ExxonMobil, has claimed – prompting a backlash from climate experts.
As the world’s largest investor-owned oil company, Exxon is among the top contributors to global planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions. But in an interview, published on Tuesday, Woods argued that big oil is not primarily responsible for the climate crisis.
The real issue, Woods said, is that the clean-energy transition may prove too expensive for consumers’ liking.
“The dirty secret nobody talks about is how much all this is going to cost and who’s willing to pay for it,” he ... Read more ...
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Seascape: the state of our oceans - Guardian - Energy (Mar 4) |
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Mar 4 · To a visitor driving through Polesine in north-east Italy on a winter morning, the area might seem blessed with an abundance of wildlife. The biodiversity is among the richest in Italy, with 400 species of bird, lagoons, marshes and reed beds that have created a true natural labyrinth. Yet, it soon becomes obvious that something is not right: houses and fields are all lower than the road, visibly sunken, protected by embankments about four metres high. The reason? Without those barriers, they would be under water.
The entire area of Polesine, a strip of land between the Po delta and the Adriatic Sea, has long suffered the consequences of subsidence, but it was aggravated by ... Read more ...
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'It’ll be a shortlist of one!’ Villagers in England fear nuclear dump proposal - Guardian - Energy (Mar 3) |
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Mar 3 · Plans for a new wave of atomic power have not factored in local concerns over the safety of the waste sites the schemes entail
When Ian Harrison returned to the Lincolnshire coast to care for his parents a decade ago, he didn’t expect to spend his own retirement fighting plans to dig a £50bn nuclear waste dump near the beaches of his childhood.
Harrison, 67, lives a mile from the village of Theddlethorpe, one of three sites in England being examined for a possible geological disposal facility (GDF) to handle decades of nuclear waste from the power and defence industries. The cavernous dump will feature a series of tunnels and vaults dug 200-1,000 metres underground, ... Read more ...
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ExxonMobil accused of 'greenwashing’ over carbon capture plan it failed to invest in - Guardian - Energy (Mar 3) |
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Mar 3 · Investigation reveals project oil giant promoted may never leave drawing board and has received no licence or government support
Motorists concerned about the impact on the planet of petrol and diesel cars may be comforted by Esso’s marketing campaign on “thoughtful driving”.
One of its most eye-catching initiatives is a proposal to trap carbon dioxide at a vast oil refinery and petrochemical complex on the south coast and store it under the seabed of the English Channel.
The oil refinery at Fawley, a village in Hampshire, is operated by the US firm ExxonMobil, Esso’s parent company. The oil firm says the scheme will mean drivers can “fill up with less impact” and ... Read more ...
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AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · The computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis
One of the most pernicious myths about digital technology is that it is somehow weightless or immaterial. Remember all that early talk about the “paperless” office and “frictionless” transactions? And of course, while our personal electronic devices do use some electricity, compared with the washing machine or the dishwasher, it’s trivial.
Belief in this comforting story, however, might not survive an encounter with Kate Crawford’s seminal book, Atlas of AI, or the striking Anatomy of an AI System graphic she composed ... Read more ...
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Government documents 'blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not
Previously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new coalmine in Cumbria.
When Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, approved plans to build the Woodhouse Colliery near Whitehaven in December 2022, he said the UK would need the coal in order to carry on making steel.
But the newly revealed documents, drafted around the same time at the then Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), say the opposite. According to these papers, officials predict with “high certainty” that ... Read more ...
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'Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study shows
Europe’s “tone-deaf” expansion of fossil gas is accelerating climate breakdown and increasing reliance on hostile regimes, campaigners have warned.
Just four of Europe’s gas-fired power plants have a retirement plan and new projects will increase the continent’s gas generation capacity by 27%, according to analysis from the campaign group Beyond Fossil Fuels.
It argues that the dash for gas contradicts the International Energy Agency’s recommendation that rich countries decarbonise their electricity grids in the next 10 years to stop the planet from heating 1.5C. Read more ...
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A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Shuttering of New York facility raises awkward climate crisis questions as gas – not renewables – fills gap in power generation
When New York’s deteriorating and unloved Indian Point nuclear plant finally shuttered in 2021, its demise was met with delight from environmentalists who had long demanded it be scrapped.
But there has been a sting in the tail – since the closure, New York’s greenhouse gas emissions have gone up.
Castigated for its impact upon the surrounding environment and feared for its potential to unleash disaster close to the heart of New York City, Indian Point nevertheless supplied a large chunk of the state’s carbon-free electricity.
Since ... Read more ...
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Calls for international criminal court to end 'impunity’ for environmental crimes - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Campaigners say activities leading to severe environmental harm usually also violate human rights
The international criminal court (ICC) has been urged to start investigating and prosecuting individuals who harm the environment.
Academics, lawyers and campaigners from around the world have sent expert opinions to the court outlining what they call its current regime of “impunity” for serious environmental crimes.
The comments were made in response to an invitation by the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, who announced in February that his office was developing a new policy paper on environmental crimes.
Khan said the paper, due to be published by the end of ... Read more ...
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Climate-conscious investors put nuclear dead last on list of desirable Australian ventures - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Fewer than one in 10 investors exploring new investments in the technology, with most preferring renewables
Nuclear energy ranks last on the list of climate technologies that big institutional investors want exposure to, according to a survey of climate conscious investors with $37tn under management.
Fewer than one in 10 investors were exploring new investments in nuclear technology in the survey of the Investor Group on Climate Change, whose 100 members include super funds and asset managers looking after the funds of 15 million Australians.
The survey found a rebound in confidence in Australia’s climate policy but a growing appetite for clear timelines for the ... Read more ...
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Earth Hour 2024 – in pictures - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Major landmarks, businesses and households in cities around the world turned their lights off for one hour at 8.30pm local time on Saturday 23 March to raise awareness of the climate crisis and show support for renewable energy
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Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Global witness analysis suggests 11.5 million deaths could be caused by burning of fuel produced by 2050
The emissions from burning oil and gas produced by the world’s leading fossil fuel companies could cause millions of excess heat deaths before the end of the century, according to a new analysis.
The study from Global Witness found that the combined emissions from fossil fuels produced by Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Chevron up to 2050 could result in 11.5 million excess deaths from heat by 2100.
The findings represent the first attempt to quantify heat deaths resulting from planned oil production by big oil and add weight to calls to drastically ... Read more ...
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Here’s why there is no nuclear option for Australia to reach net zero - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Any call to go directly from coal to nuclear is effectively a call to delay decarbonisation of our electricity system by 20 years
The battle lines have been drawn over Australia’s energy future.
With the nation signed up to net zero emissions by 2050, the Albanese Labor government is committed to renewables. The Coalition wants nuclear.
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has a vision for meeting Australia’s energy needs that would include large-scale nuclear power plants and small modular reactors, a technology that is not yet proven, but which the shadow minister for energy, Ted O’Brien, says could be “up and running within a 10-year period.”
While nuclear ... Read more ...
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Is Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil-fuel cash? - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Museum’s funding by Indian energy group sparks controversy – with activists calling for boycott of 'tainted’ partnership but others in full support
It is intended to be an exploration of humanity’s past and future efforts to decarbonise the way we live. Historical objects mixed with interactive displays will show how environmentally friendly energy systems are shaped by imagination and innovation.
But the new Science Museum gallery, Energy Revolution, the Adani Green Energy Gallery, has gone down badly – with environmentalists.
Last week they picketed the gallery’s private opening party and confronted guests with banners denouncing the London museum’s decision ... Read more ...
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Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled 'window dressing’ - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · First Nations activists call legislation 'a betrayal’ while Greens leader tells parliament Labor are 'climate con artists’
The Albanese government and the Coalition have voted to cut short debate on Labor’s offshore gas bill, which the crossbench and environment groups have labelled “window dressing” that fails to prevent new rules watering down First Nations consultation.
Seeking to clear the decks before Easter, the government is expected to reveal tweaks to its proposed vehicle efficiency standards this week. And on Monday Labor introduced amendments to add safeguards to the offshore gas bill after widespread concerns, including from within it own ranks.
After ... Read more ...
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MPs and activists challenge claim North Sea oil and gas supports 200,000 jobs - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Government has repeatedly used figure to justify more fossil fuel developments despite climate crisis
Are 200,000 jobs really supported by the oil and gas industry in the North Sea? Campaigners and MPs are questioning the longstanding government claim.
Ministers have repeatedly used the 200,000 jobs figure as justification for pushing ahead with more fossil fuel developments despite the escalating climate crisis and widespread opposition from scientists and energy experts.
But campaigners say the figure, which includes indirect employment and comes from the oil and gas industry, has not been scrutinised by the government. They point out that the most recent Office ... Read more ...
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Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a 'gamechanger’ - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Plan follows slashing of £28bn green pledge, which Ed Miliband denies having considered resigning over
Labour’s plan for state-backed offshore windfarms will be a “gamechanger”, Keir Starmer has said, as the party seeks to regain the initiative on green policy after the slow-motion ditching of its £28bn investment pledge.
Speaking to broadcasters after a visit to Holyhead port in north Wales alongside Vaughan Gething, the country’s new first minister, Starmer insisted that a transition to sustainable power was still “one of my central missions”.
In a separate interview the shadow climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, who also took part in the visit, insisted that ... Read more ...
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Surge in WA emissions puts Australia’s net zero targets in doubt - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · Exclusive: State’s 2024 total on track to reach about 20% above 2005 levels, modelling obtained by Guardian Australia shows
Western Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising with little sign that the main power grid can decarbonise rapidly, leaving other states to make bigger cuts if Australia’s legislated carbon reduction goals are to be met.
Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, or about 20% above 2005 levels.
Australia’s emissions reached 459m tonnes CO2-e in the year to December ... Read more ...
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Surge of new oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals - Guardian - Energy (Mar 2) |
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Mar 2 · World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds
The world’s fossil-fuel producers are on track to nearly quadruple the amount of extracted oil and gas from newly approved projects by the end of this decade, with the US leading the way in a surge of activity that threatens to blow apart agreed climate goals, a new report has found.
There can be no new oil and gas infrastructure if the planet is to avoid careering past 1.5C (2.7F) of global heating, above pre-industrial times, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has previously stated. Breaching this warming threshold, agreed to by governments in ... Read more ...
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