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Government commissioned modelling shows extending the life of Liddell as one of the worst options for ensuring cheap and reliable power in NSW.

The post Liddell extension ‘one of the lowest ranked’ options, government modelling says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Experts call for urgent action to protect England's smallest freshwater sites, from ponds to streams.

For the first time, scientists have used high-definition underwater cameras to identify a new species. The small gelatinous blob known as Duobrachium sparksae is a type of ctenophore, or comb jelly. Scientists from the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discovered the creature in an underwater canyon north-west of Puerto Rico in April 2015 but it has only now been described in a research paper

• Scientists identify deep-sea blob as new species using only video

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Singapore’s approval of chicken cells grown in bioreactors is seen as landmark moment across industry

Cultured meat, produced in bioreactors without the slaughter of an animal, has been approved for sale by a regulatory authority for the first time. The development has been hailed as a landmark moment across the meat industry.

The “chicken bites”, produced by the US company Eat Just, have passed a safety review by the Singapore Food Agency and the approval could open the door to a future when all meat is produced without the killing of livestock, the company said.

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Norwegian energy company Equinor and Irish renewables developer SSE Renewables reach financial close on first two phases of massive Dogger Bank Wind Farm.

The post World’s biggest offshore wind farm reaches financial close appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK government grants planning consent to Scottish company InterGen to develop largest battery storage project in UK and Europe, and one of the largest in the world.

The post Europe’s biggest battery project – 640MWh – approved in the UK appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A sugar hit of COVID-hit transport, growing renewables and suspicious revisions - all the hidden bits in Australia's new emissions data

The post Hidden secrets that Angus Taylor tried to bury in Australia’s latest emissions data appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Progressive female independents hold three once-safe Liberal seats. Their victories are templates for further change

On 11 November, Joe Biden received congratulatory phone calls from Scott Morrison and Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga. The office of the president-elect published brief summaries, readouts, of the calls.

This is diplomacy at its most conventional. But a friend of mine in Washington picked up a not so subtle difference in the two readouts.

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California’s cap-and-trade regulated entities decreased their offset usage at this year’s interim compliance deadline for 2019 obligations, while indirect power sector emissions dropped year-on-year, according to data published by state regulator ARB on Tuesday.

Starting from January 2021 we are looking for someone to fill a new position of Policy Officer. This person will be responsible for carrying out a written, in-depth analysis of EU legislative processes around the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies in the Green Deal, to be shared with ECVC members and leadership.

Traders anticipate the RGGI auction on Wednesday will settle near secondary market pricing levels, with some questioning whether regulated parties may bid more aggressively as the Northeast US cap-and-trade scheme transitions to the post-2020 period.

The high-elevation tree – a key source of food for grizzly bears – is vulnerable to climate crisis, beetles and disease

Climate crisis, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some grizzly bears across the US west.

Whitebark pine trees can live up to 1,000 years and are found at elevations up to 12,000 feet (3,600 meters), conditions too harsh for most trees to survive. The trees grow in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and western Canada, but have been all but wiped out in some areas.

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The cap-and-trade auction floor price in the California-Quebec carbon market will rise to $17.71 in 2021, as the total WCI-linked auction supply will climb by 2%, state regulator ARB confirmed Tuesday.

A UK high court judge on Tuesday ruled that a climate campaigner could sue the government for excluding waste incinerators from greenhouse gas pricing, teeing up a case that could help set a precedent for the EU.

CarbonCure is look for a Director of Carbon Finance who will build out and scale the company's carbon credit program. 

Over spring and early summer, jacarandas and their purple haze line many Australian streets. But how much do you really know about them? Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The telescope was used in decades of astronomical discoveries and as a backdrop for Hollywood films.

Free allocation of carbon allowances to intra-EU flights should be scrapped and revenues from auctioning them used to support innovation and the deployment of cleaner aviation fuels, said an NGO report released this week.

• Duobrachium sparksae is a type of ctenophore, or comb jelly
• Video identification without specimen ‘can be controversial’

Scientists have for the first time identified a small gelatinous blob in the deep sea as a new species, using only high-definition underwater cameras.

Continue reading...