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Enel Green Power and Energy Vault want to use recycled wind turbine blades in an innovative, long-duration energy storage system.

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The Australian beetle, about 6mm to 8mm in length, was discovered by a PhD student while researching frogs in the Watagan Mountains of New South Wales. The unidentified species is believed to belong to the Hydrophilidae family of beetles, commonly known as water scavengers

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Securing community buy-in for new transmission network projects will be crucial for success of Renewable Energy Zones, the RE-Alliance says.

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New Norwegian initiative should allow project sponsors and investors to access investment capital cheaper than otherwise available in the market.

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Sri Lanka is still grappling with the consequences of the cargo ship fire, which dumped tonnes of plastic and hazardous chemicals into the ocean. Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We are seeking your feedback on the actions and targets to be included in this first Action Plan. We want to find out more about what species and places are important to you. The survey will close 26 July 2021.

The Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley, announced the release of the new 10 year Threatened Species Strategy 2021-2031.

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The “inefficient”, illiquid, and relatively small UK carbon market has yet to attract much investment in the six weeks since trading launched, experts said this week.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices stormed higher this week with rising demand from financial firms in the WCI market, and RGGI Allowances (RGAs) also ticked up to a 6-month high as compliance entities and speculators sought out new positions.

A 1600MW coal generator closes for good after just six years, and will now be repurposed to produce green hydrogen from wind energy.

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NSW offers grants to help secure 3GW of pumped hydro projects in time for next wave of coal fired power station closures.

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Sacred trees are a cornerstone of our national identity. They transcend simple economics and sit at the centre of the sacred — sentinels in ceremony, birthing and burials. Rob N. Williams, Archaeologist & PhD Candidate, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Politicians must respond to the latest warnings that climate science has underestimated risks

Last week’s shockingly high temperatures in the northwestern US and Canada were – and are – very frightening. Heat and the fires it caused killed hundreds of people, and are estimated to have killed a billion sea creatures. Daily temperature records were smashed by more than 5C (9F) in some places. In Lytton, British Columbia, the heat reached 49.6C (121F). The wildfires that consumed the town produced their own thunderstorms, alongside thousands of lightning strikes.

An initial study shows human activity made this heat dome – in which a ridge of high pressure acts as a lid preventing warm air from escaping – at least 150 times more likely. The World Weather Attribution Group of scientists, who use computer climate models to assess global heating trends and extreme weather, have warned that last week exceeded even their worst-case scenarios. While it has long been recognised that the climate system has thresholds or tipping points beyond which humans stand to lose control of what happens, scientists did not hide their alarm that an usually cool part of the Pacific northwest had been turned into a furnace. One climatologist said the prospect opened up by the heat dome “blows my mind”.

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Climate Investments Analyst to identify and form opinions on investment opportunities and to work within the Climate Investment Team on direct investments of all kind.

Responsible for overseeing, further developing, embedding and reporting on Tullow’s sustainability strategy and key initiatives across the group including the delivery of the Net Zero Plan.

Senior Policy Officer to work on analysis, development and implementation of climate change policy, including strategies and action plans.

The voluntary carbon market should have an important, if marginal, role in corporate climate action, UN climate finance envoy Mark Carney said Thursday while setting out credible offsetting buying strategies.

The European Commission will launch its second call for large-scale projects under the EU ETS-funded Innovation Fund in October, the EU’s executive announced Thursday.

Global carbon emissions from energy use dropped by the most in a single year since World War 2, as the Covid pandemic hit economic activity and fossil energy demand dropped, oil major BP said in its annual survey of the global energy sector.