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Victoria LNG Project Gets Swept Away in Australian Renewable Energy Surge
As Australian energy provider AGL officially pulls the plug on its proposed Victoria coast LNG import terminal, a new report predicts a surge in ... -
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Some Countries Commit, Others Deflect as White House Pushes for Faster Carbon Cuts
The Biden-Harris Leaders’ Summit on Climate was scheduled to open with statements from leaders of more than two dozen countries, in what the White ... -
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Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had no effect on the “relentless” increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases, but made the impacts of the ... -
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Australia Swings, Misses on Claim of ‘World-Leading’ Climate Targets
The Biden administration is expected to announce new and tougher 2030 climate targets when the U.S. plays host to a global climate leadership summit ... -
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Devastating Australian Floods Show ‘Tricky’ Connections to Climate Change
Pounding rain arriving on the heels of an unseasonably wet summer has displaced thousands of people and inundated hundreds of kilometres of Australia’s southeast ... -
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Unchecked Climate Change Could Mean $270B Per Year in Higher Interest Costs for Countries, Businesses
More than 60 countries could see their credit ratings downgraded by 2030, while countries and businesses could be in line for as much as ... -
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China Leads, Canada Places Seventh in Methane Output from Future Coal Mines
With 12 new coal mines now at a pre-construction phase, Canada has vaulted into seventh place among the countries with the highest output of ... -
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Climate Hawks in Dismay as Australian Climate Denier Named OECD Secretary General
Leading climate analysts say the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is on track to lose credibility with developing countries with the appointment ... -
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Time to Invest Now as Governments Devote Just 18% of COVID Spending to Green Recovery
The world’s 50 biggest economies devoted just 2.5% of their budgets in 2020 and only 18% of their pandemic spending to green recovery measures, ... -
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Western Australia Plans 1,000 New Microgrids Combining Solar+Storage+Hydrogen
The Labor government in Western Australia expects to save hundreds of millions of dollars with a A$259-million, five-year green manufacturing plan that will see ... -
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‘Red Alert for Planet’ as UN Report Projects Only 0.5% Emissions Cut by 2030
An initial snapshot of countries’ latest carbon reduction promises, released Friday by the United Nations climate secretariat, shows global greenhouse gas emissions on track ... -
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Great Barrier Reef Geoengineering an Expensive Smokescreen, Scientists Say
Researchers and innovators are piling on to the effort to geoengineer a way to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from a warming ocean. But ... -
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Australian Megafires Could Have Lasting Consequences on Outback Vegetation
Australia’s desperate summer of ferocious bushfires in 2019-2020 burned more than 19 million hectares, devastating plant ecosystems and razing more than 90% of the ... -
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Going All In on EV Adoption Won’t Solve America’s Car Addiction: Op-Ed
While the Biden administration’s recent pledge to replace the U.S. government’s fleet of some 650,000 vehicles with EVs is being welcomed, observers warn that ... -
Perth, Australia Bushfire Forces Evacuations Despite Pandemic Lockdown
A bushfire outside Perth, Australia has destroyed 71 homes, injured six firefighters, and forced some residents to evacuate—even though the city had just entered ...
