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Philippines emerges as Southeast Asia’s renewable power pacesetter

Changes including allowing full foreign ownership of renewable energy projects have already helped secure a pipeline of 99 gigawatts of wind and solar developments.

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Environment/Climate minister, Leonore Gewessler (Greens) “My conscience tells me unequivocally: When the healthy and happy lives of future generations are at stake, courageous decisions are needed,” That's what a proper Environment Minister does. Even in the face of criminal charges for doing so.

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Thanks to a rogue move by Austria's climate minister, the European Union has passed a first-of-its-kind law aimed at protecting nature and restoring damaged ecosystems.

Here's what it entails:

theprogressplaybook.com/2024/06/19/e...

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Labour confirms it will reinstate the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars that Rishi Sunak last year pushed back to 2035.

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Poland’s energy transition is now in full swing, new data shows

Renewables produced a record 27% of the nation's electricity in 2023. That's up from 12.8% just five years before.

Poland has long been considered a climate action laggard

theprogressplaybook.com/2024/06/11/p...

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Renewables comprise nearly 60% of Germany’s electricity output in first quarter of 2024

Wind cemented its position as Germany's main source of electricity, increasing its share from 31.8% to 38.5%.

theprogressplaybook.com/2024/06/11/r...

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Chief heat officers are developing a global playbook for deadly temperatures

From public cooling centres to planting trees, cities are helping residents adapt to intensifying heatwaves.

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Biden ending new leases in America’s top coal region.

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As the AI revolution gathers momentum, Goldman Sachs Research estimates that global data centre power demand will grow 160% by 2030. At present, data centres consume 1-2% of global electricity, but this ratio will likely rise to 3-4% by the end of the decade.

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Hyperactive 2024 Hurricane Season? Quite possibly. GFX show record warm tropical Atlantic with classic horseshoe pattern and Pacific evolving towards cool La Niña which promotes rising air over Atlantic MDR. Also, robust model agreement showing steering flow into Caribbean. All signs blinking red!

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During the evening peak period last night, big batteries discharged 7.5GW of instantaneous power into California's grid at one point, covering 28% of the state's electricity needs. Big battery capacity has doubled in a year. Gas is on its way out.

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Record-shattering ocean heat gobsmacked scientists in 2023, and it's continued into 2024. My story today on the staggering persistence of this global ocean heat, and on the alarming early projections for this year's Atlantic hurricane season: www.eenews.net/articles/his...

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Spain and Portugal had Europe's cheapest wholesale electricity prices in April. Their combined electricity mix: 71.8% renewables 15.6% nuclear 11.6% gas & related 1% coal -> Renewables & nuclear made up 87.4% of the mix in the Iberian Peninsula. - Ember data

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The world’s electricity mix in 2023: Coal 35.5% (down from 40.7% in 2013) Renewables 30.3% (up from 21.7%) Gas 22.5% (up from 21.9%) Nuclear 9.1% (down from 10.6%) Other fossil fuel 2.7% (down from 5.1%) - Ember data

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Spain's electricity mix in March: 29% wind 15.1% solar 1.4% bioenergy 22.1% hydro 17.3% nuclear 13.7% gas & related 1.1% coal -> 85% not from fossil fuels Ember data

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