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Canberra Struts Its Renewable Energy And Emissions Reduction Stuff
A new report from the ACT Government highlights its many actions during this year to drive down greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate uptake of renewables.
An annual climate action report states the ACT Government has slashed emissions from its operations by 17% since 2012-2013. The Government has committed to being emissions-free in the next four years.
In addition to its world-leading and award-winning 100% renewable energy target, there has also been a push for improved energy efficiency among Canberra’s households.
Energy Efficiency Improvement Scheme (EEIS) initiatives have now reached 70,000 households and through the use of items such as high efficiency light globes, standby power controllers and door seals, 670,000 tonnes of abatement has been achieved in the nation’s capital.
Also highlighted in the report is a battery storage initiative that will see more than 36 MW of new-generation solar batteries…

How Rising Ocean Acidity Could Send Us Into A Downward Spiral.
Our oceans are getting more acidic, and it’s having big effects on some very small animals—with worrying implications.
Ocean acidification, a result of excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, can disrupt plankton blooms, according to new research published in Nature Geosciences. It’s a troubling finding, scientists say, because those blooms are helping mitigate some of the effects of carbon dioxide pollution.

The plankton in question are coccolithophores, single-celled organisms smaller than the pixels on your monitor that make their energy with photosynthesis. Coccolithophores are known for their scaly armor of round calcium carbonate plates, the stuff of sea shells. They produce about half of all the calcium carbonate in the oceans.
Calcium carbonate, as the name suggests, is part carbon. Animals like coccolithophores get that carbon by ingesting carbon dioxide, which dissolves from the atmosphere into seawater. That’s where…