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Moving towards a clean power supply in Europe with more than 90% of electricity from low-emission sources can be done at comparable costs to current policy, a new study has found.

Europe could have a clean power system at no extra cost by 2035

Europe can achieve a clean, reliable and expanded power system by 2035 with no extra cost compared to current more polluting plans.

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Why tech workers are quitting great jobs at companies like Google to fight climate change

Tech workers are giving up jobs at places like Google for opportunities to put their skill set to work fighting climate change.

"Since the climate jobs website Climatebase launched in June 2020, more than 600,000 people have used it."

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WA government to exit coal power with billion-dollar push towards green energy

Western Australia's government calls time on its involvement in coal power, declaring the state will exit the market before 2030 and plough

"Mr McGowan said the change was needed because the proliferation of renewable energy sources meant coal power was becoming more expensive.

He said without a shift, household power bills could rise by around $1,200 a year by 2030."

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Philippines will be the home of the world’s largest solar power facility | NoypiGeeks

What does it take to build the planet’s biggest solar power facility? As of writing, a Philippine billionaire, it seems. Enrique Razon, one

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Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness 'Limitless' Energy

Deep beneath the waves there's a source of power quite unlike any other. To tap into it, Japanese engineers have constructed a true leviatha

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New EU rule will require all phones and electronics to use a standard charger

Apple and other smartphone makers will be required to support USB-C as part of a single charging standard for mobile devices across the Euro

One charger to rule them all

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The world's first CO2 battery for long-duration energy storage is ready for global launch

Italian startup Energy Dome today announced the launch of the world's first CO2 Battery, and it can be quickly deployed anywhere in the worl

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Interior Department to phase out single-use plastics on all public lands

Agencies including the National Park Service will have until 2032 to eliminate them.

This will "help stem the flow of ocean-bound plastic pollution by limiting the [use] of single-use plastic products and packaging across hundreds of millions of acres of federal land — including national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, and more."

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Climate change is all about power. You have more than you think.

Think less like a consumer and more like an activist.

"To understand our power, we have to take a close, thoughtful look at who we are in the world. The key is thinking in terms of collective power — like a climate activist — to make a difference."

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Capitalism in the right hands: How a tech bro just rewrote Australia's climate future - Climate and Capital Media

Australian tech entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes just took over a coal-burning power company and showed billionaires everywhere what real cl

"He is kind of like you Jeff, though his style is more tech bro than Silicon savvy. But with one other big difference: He is addressing climate change."

Written as a letter to Jeff Bezos, this piece is brilliant.

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Biden announces new executive actions to spur domestic solar, clean energy development

President Joe Biden to authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of several forms of clean energy, the White House anno

"Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers, and equipment like electrolyzers and fuel cells."

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First on CNN: Climate groups join for first-of-its-kind, $100 million push to mobilize midterm voters | CNN Politics

In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $10

"The messaging to voters will include both economic arguments about inflation and switching to cheaper renewable energy, as well as the impacts of extreme heat, wildfires and extreme weather worsened by rising global temperatures."

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This battery is about the size of four fridges, covered in art and is being billed as the way of the future

A community battery that will take excess energy from local solar panels is unveiled in Melbourne and welcomed as a "fabulous" step towards

The community battery will store excess power from local solar panels and feed it back to the entire neighbourhood at night

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Tata Power is setting up the world’s largest rural electrification sustainability project

Microgrids in 10,000 villages

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Fossil fuel giants would pay New York $30 billion under new climate bill

DEC would use emission formulas to charge companies

The Climate Change Superfund Act would require coal, oil and natural gas companies pay a share of the cost for green infrastructure projects to remediate environmental harm 

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Merino sheep grazing under solar panels produce better wool, trial shows

Two farmers running merinos on solar farms in NSW's Central West say their sheep thrive under solar panels, while wool quality has increased

"He said his sheep were slightly lighter stocked than the average in the district but were cutting an "amazing" amount of wool."

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Can we cut the US’s carbon emissions in half this decade?

There are multiple routes to drop carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.

"The good news is that all of the models found reasonably economical routes to get greenhouse gasses down by half."

The focus needs to be on two major contributors: transportation and the electric grid.