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Commentary

Perry’s claims about reliability of renewables immediately debunked by regulator
US energy secretary says “baseload” coal is critical to functioning of the grid. Energy regulator says that is “absolutely not” the case.
Mark Hand

Jun 28, 2017

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Commentary

Australia ignores risks, shirks moral responsibility on climate
Climate risks are either not understood or wilfully ignored at leadership level in Australia, a profound failure of imagination, and far worse than that which triggered the GFC in 2008.
Ian Dunlop

Jun 22, 2017

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Policy & Planning

It’s so hot in Phoenix, Arizona, planes can’t take off
In a sign of just how hot things are getting, American Airlines cancelled 50 flights out of Phoenix because the planes can’t operate above 118°F.
Brian Kahn

Jun 22, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Oil majors risk trillions in stranded projects in 2⁰C world
New report finds that $2.3 trillion worth of projects are inconsistent with goals and objectives of limiting global warming to 2⁰C.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 22, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Business, investors still ignoring 1.5°C climate target
Many in financial and corporates sectors remain unaware of importance of 1.5°C target, or can’t gauge its relevance and apply it to business and investment.
Kate Mackenzie

Jun 22, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

New Asian lender should unlock clean billions, and not for coal
Scarce public finance should invest in generation assets of the future, not relics of the past at risk of being stranded.
Jay Vontobel

Jun 20, 2017

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Policy & Planning

India joins the renewable energy revolution, accelerates targets
Two days after President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Modi and Macron pledged to achieve emissions reductions beyond their nations’ commitments.
Arun Agrawal

Jun 15, 2017

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Policy & Planning

The 3-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change, with a sting in the tail
A short video to put recent climate change and carbon dioxide emissions into the context of the past 800,000 years.
Ben Henley & Nerilie Abram

Jun 13, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Donald Trump sparks a new American climate change movement
It’s been a week since President Trump announced he was pulling US out of Paris Agreement. In that time, a remarkable transformation has taken place.
Brian Kahn

Jun 9, 2017

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Policy & Planning

New York to procure $US1.5 billion worth of renewables
The largest-ever state renewable energy solicitation is just one of the moves Cuomo Administration has taken in response to Trump exiting Paris Agreement.
Christian Roselund

Jun 7, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly high in May
It’s official: carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly record. A sobering reminder that humans are pushing the climate into a state unseen in millions of years.
Brian Kahn

Jun 5, 2017

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Commentary

Trump’s argument for quitting Paris deal contains multi-trillion dollar math error
The economic study Trump uses to justify the US leaving the Paris climate accord fails to factor in one massive cost: human-caused climate change.
Samantha Page

Jun 2, 2017

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