'Renewable energy' agency to invest in fossil fuels
Thursday, 5 August 2021
In today’s news, Labor and the Greens have failed in a fresh push to remove the ability of Australia's green bank to invest in fossil fuel technology, with the Coalition redrafting rules to allow investment in the myth of carbon capture and storage and hydrogen made with fossil-fuel generated energy.
A new report warns governments that relying on technology alone will not be enough to address the growing climate emergency, rebutting the rhetoric of the Morrison government’s preferred ‘technology not taxes’ approach.
And did you know that Australia has a population of giant bird-eating centipedes that kill and eat seabird chicks
TODAY'S TOP CLIMATE NEWS
Coalition advances plans for renewable energy agency to invest in coal
Labor and the Greens have failed in a fresh push to remove the ability of Australia's green bank to invest in fossil fuel technology.
Technology won’t be enough to tackle climate emergency, researchers say
A group of leading international researchers have issued a stark new warning to governments that relying on technology alone will not be enough to address the growing climate emergency, saying that presumptions that economic growth can continue unchecked should be challenged.
More firefighters needed to protect Victoria's snow gums, report recommends
"More regular and more intense fires" are putting snow gums in Victoria's High Country under stress and could alter the alpine landscape, a report has found.
New Victorian buying group seeks 68GWh of wind power in virtual PPA
Barwon Water, Barwon Health and GeelongPort said on Wednesday that they had pooled their collective buying power to attract competitive deals from wind farm developers, which would then help the organisations transition to renewable energy and net-zero emissions.
TODAY'S TOP ENVIRONMENT NEWS
Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem
On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific's Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island centipede population can kill and eat up to 3,700 seabird chicks each year.
Baby turtles ingest more plastic than adults due to how they eat, where they live
A new study has found hatchlings and juvenile turtles often inadvertently ingest microplastics they mistake for food, which can lead to malnutrition, internal injuries and suffocation.