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AEMO imposes price cap on electricity market for first time since 2009

Renew Economy

The post AEMO imposes price cap on electricity market for first time since 2009 appeared first on RenewEconomy. AEMO intervenes to impose price cap on Queensland, which has been suffering the country's highest prices for nearly a year, and warns of supply crunch.

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Earth has lost 14% of its coral reefs in less than a decade

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new report released by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network found that up to 14% of the world's coral reefs have been depleted due to climate change between the years 2009 and 2018. In the period under review, mass coral bleaching events were experienced due to warming waters.

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State of the Profession 2022 Report

GreenBiz

What wasn’t clear was whether the pandemic would negatively affect corporate sustainability efforts in the same way as during the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis. In early 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread globally, it became clear that this pandemic would not be short-lived.

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Why collaboration is the missing ingredient in food system reform

GreenBiz

In 2009, scientists at the China Agricultural University moved their research to a village in Hebei province. A collaborative process involving the private sector, regulators, scientists and others could produce a unified, trusted label that would drive real change.

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In a first, a solar microgrid will directly power an industrial plant

Canary Media

But in 2009, Century Aluminum idled the facility then permanently closed it six years later, and the 2,000-acre site became an empty expanse along the bending banks of the Ohio River. For half a century, a sprawling lot in Ravenswood, West Virginia, was home to a giant aluminum smelter. Now, a different metal-making…

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Solar generation to surpass hydropower in the US in 2024

Renew Economy

Solar generation has increased at an average rate of 44% a year in the US between 2009 to 2022 – and new data shows it's on track to overtake hydro on the grid. The post Solar generation to surpass hydropower in the US in 2024 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A telework transition won't slash emissions unless we make car-free lifestyles viable

GreenBiz

We analyzed just under 1 million trips using all modes of transport recorded in travel logs filled in by over 50,000 working people in England between 2009 and 2016, as part of the government’s annual National Travel Survey. How travel patterns compare.