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The Coalition wants nuclear power. Could it work – or would it be an economic and logistical disaster?

The Guardian: Energy

Here’s what we know Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The prospect of Australia turning to nuclear power has been little more than a politically radioactive thought bubble – until the Coalition this week confirmed it wants to put reactors at the sites of soon-to-be-closed coal plants.

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A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics

DeSmogBlog

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”. It claims to have the support of 140 MPs and “key media”.

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Pricing and politics: Where next for the UK's emissions trading scheme?

Business Green

Carbon pricing has always been a thorny political issue, but as Ministers weigh how to drive the next phase of the net zero transition some experts believe it has a critical role to play. It all started with such ambition. No decisions have been taken on the expansion of the scheme.".

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Episode 246: Celebrating the sustainability profession, the 'clean fight'

GreenBiz

A trifecta of factors — the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequity and hyper-partisan politics — are reshaping how companies think about environmental, social and governance issues. New technologies are solving logistics logjams and making it simpler to sort more materials. Department of Energy and the Green Hydrogen Coalition.

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Daimler, Traton and Volvo to build a European charging network for heavy-duty trucks

Charged

The three firms plan to invest a total of 500 million euros to install and operate at least 1,700 charging points close to highways and at logistic and destination points, within five years. The agreement lays the foundation of a future joint venture, which is to start operations in 2022. Source: Daimler Truck.

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Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'

GreenBiz

New technologies are solving logistics logjams and making it simpler to sort more materials. Policy & Politics. 8 explores the potential for green hydrogen technologies, with experts from Shell, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Green Hydrogen Coalition. Sign up here. Recycling's makeover, courtesy of AI and robotics. Contributors.

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IEA: World added record renewable power capacity in 2021, despite cost and logistical challenges

Business Green

Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, welcomed growing political consensus of the role renewable energy could play in shoring up energy security during fractious times, but urged governments to step up their activities in this area.