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The United Nations has issued a stark warning that new emissions reductions targets promised by world leaders in December are nowhere near enough to limit an increase in global warming to 1.5 degrees and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
âTodayâs interim report from the UNFCCC is a red alert for our planet. It shows governments are nowhere close to the level of ambition needed,â said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the top carbon dioxide emitters in the US, stands in the distance in Juliette, Georgia.
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âIf this task was urgent before, itâs crucial now. This is a rare moment that cannot be lost. As we rebuild, we cannot revert to the old normal. The NDCs must reflect this reality, and major emitters, especially G20 nations, must lead the way.â
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State government agencies at war over logging forests ruined by fire
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Pressure to maintain wood supply contracts set before bushfires swept through the stateâs forests is behind new tensions between the state-owned logger and the environmental watchdog, internal documents suggest.
On Wednesday the Environment Protection Authority revealed Forestry Corp had notified that it intended to resume logging in the South Coast forests under the same rules that existed before the fires, breaking an agreement between the two agencies to abide by new conditions after the fires.
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Itâs only a little over three years ago that Elon Musk boasted he could help South Australia solve a looming energy crisis by installing a big battery in less than 100 days for under $100 million.
At the time the plan was met with scepticism by some, outright derision by others. Then-treasurer Scott Morrison compared the proposal with the Big Banana: âI mean, honestly, by all means have the worldâs biggest battery, have the worldâs biggest banana, have the worldâs biggest prawn like we have on the roadsides around the country, but that is not solving the problem.â