Good climate news this week
1 China ups support for ditching petrol cars
2 Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for deforestation damage to Amazon
3 UK's Great British Energy to work with the Crown Estate, which owns most of the country’s seabed (!), to help speed development of offshore windfarms
4 South Africa passes its 1st sweeping climate law
5 US EPA in $4.3b funding for 25 climate projects
6 China’s installed solar up 51.6%, wind capacity up 19.9% in 1st half of 2024
7 China approves massive plan by Shanghai to build 29GW of offshore wind
8 China's cement sector headed to weakest year since 2009
9 China sets ambitious green targets for data centers
10 USA to seek to curb nitrous oxide in the next phase of its national climate strategy
11 Vietnam ok's corporates buying green power directly
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