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Global renewable capacity set to double over next five years, says IEA | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/global-renewables-capacity-set-double-over-next-five-years-says-iea-2022-12-06/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221206&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
Interactive: How much of your country’s electricity in renewable? | Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/interactive-how-much-of-your-countrys-electricity-is-renewable-infographic#:~:text=About 30 percent of the,solar and wind among others.&text=The demand for energy is growing fast.
US utilities to triple battery storage capacity in 2025 - EIA | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-utilities-triple-battery-storage-capacity-by-2025-eia-2022-12-08/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221209&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
UK coal mine approval sparks global fury and hypocrisy claims | Climate Change News: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/08/uk-coal-mine-approval-sparks-global-fury-and-hypocrisy-claims/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221209&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
Onshore wind rules to be relaxed after Tory revolt | BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63880999
‘Burn everything’: Poland chokes on the smog of war | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/burn-everything-poland-chokes-smog-war-2022-12-08/
EU agrees new law to kick deforestation out of supply chains | Euractiv: https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/eu-agrees-new-law-to-kick-deforestation-out-of-supply-chains/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221206&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
Alberta regulator withholding list of dangerous oil and gas sites | The Narwhal: https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-energy-regulator-list/
Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/oil-spills-business-texas-kansas-us-environmental-protection-agency-eda391fc0924b34a08ff840615a7bc58
In historic move, Los Angeles bans new oil wells, phases out existing ones | LA News: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-02/in-historic-move-l-a-bans-new-oil-wells-phases-out-existing-ones
California’s biggest cities ban polystyrene | Grist: https://grist.org/beacon/californias-biggest-cities-ban-polystyrene/
Vanguard Quits Net-Zero Group, Marking Biggest Defection Yet | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-07/vanguard-quits-net-zero-alliance-marking-biggest-defection-yet?srnd=green
UN official ‘alarmed’ by jailing of climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/03/un-official-alarmed-by-jailing-of-climate-activist-who-blocked-traffic-on-sydney-harbour-bridge?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221205&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
Violet Coco: Climate activist’s jailing ignites row in Australia | BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63883430
Queensland’s indigenous women rangers given Earthshot Prize for protecting Great Barrier Reef | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/03/queenslands-indigenous-women-rangers-given-earthshot-prize-for-protecting-great-barrier-reef?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221205&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
Honorable mentions:
Heavy rains triggers floods in Portugal’s capital, one dead | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/heavy-rains-trigger-floods-portugals-capital-one-dead-2022-12-08/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221208&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
New study details Coca-Cola’s big influence on public health organizations, conferences, and events | Environmental Health News: https://www.ehn.org/coca-cola-science-2658834091.html