Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions up for four years in a row

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 rose for a fourth year in a row, an increase at odds with the country's Paris climate pledge, according to a government submission to the United Nations.

Yallourn Power Station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.
The power sector has been one of the few to show falling
emissions as renewables increase their share.

The National Inventory Report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change showed emissions last year were 537 million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (which include all greenhouse gases), based on preliminary figures.

Read the story from The Age by Peter Hannam - “Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions up for four years in a row.”

UK runs without coal power for three days in a row

The UK has been powered without coal for three days in a row, setting a new record and underlining the polluting fuel’s rapid decline.

 Drax power station in North Yorkshire said it
expected to go without coal on Tuesday.

Coal has historically been at the cornerstone of the UK’s electricity mix, but last year saw the first 24-hour period that the country ran without the fuel since the 19th century.

New records were broken last week when zero power came from coal for nearly 55 consecutive hours.

Read Adam Vaughan’s story from The Guardian - “UK runs without coal power for three days in a row.”