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The biggest single energy consumer in Australia, the Tomago smelter, is about to launch a massive tender for wind and solar. It says nuclear is too expensive.

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Rio Tinto’s Vik Selvaraja on why Australia’s biggest smelters - and biggest single energy consumers - are choosing wind and solar. Plus: Coalition’s nuclear nonsense.

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Electric vehicles have long come at a premium. But as cheaper models arrive, outer suburban residents are taking to EVs to save on petrol Park Thaichon, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Taiwan's unprecedented drought has not only caused a great economic impact on the global semiconductor industry, but also significantly changed the carbon sequestration capacity of the domestic forest ecosystem, a study has found.

Woodside this week cited market uncertainty over the climate science as a reason to delay its green investments.

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A survey of giant redwoods growing in the UK reveals the trees are doing well - and growing fast.

Record Western Australian rainfall has closed the Eyre Highway that links Perth to the eastern states and flooded outback stations, including Australia’s largest operating sheep station Rawlinna. Parts of WA experienced more than half a year's rain in 24 hours over the weekend, with more than 155mm of rain recorded at Rawlinna

• WA floods: ‘serious welfare concerns’ for seven people, including four children, missing amid heavy rain

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The first round of Victoria's beefed up 100 neighbourhood battery program will fund six projects.

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The UK government's plan to build up carbon capture, usage, and storage is based on outdated and unrealistic assumptions and risks locking consumers into expensive and fossil fuel-based technologies when cleaner alternatives exist, according to analysis released on Wednesday.

Governments can effectively target carbon emissions without implementing explicit carbon taxes, economists have demonstrated, offering policymakers new tools amid rising public backlash against greenhouse gas pricing policies worldwide.

The EU's revised CO2 regulation for cars, which bans the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles as of 2035, is "the single most important emissions reduction measure" necessary to hit the bloc's 90% GHG reduction target by 2040, according to a new study.

The Texas wildfires impacted a ranch used to generate grassland soil carbon credits, but the project developer said the soil carbon levels were likely only minimally impacted, if at all, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

A non-profit research team has released a publicly viewable database of global offset projects, streamlining pockets of incomparable information from various registries to help improve monitoring of the voluntary carbon market.

Gold mining giant to spend $296 million on wind and solar and transmission to slash power costs of its St Ives mine in Western Australia by two thirds.

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A New York-based startup that aims to extract natural gas by injecting captured CO2 has grown quieter amid intensified legislative resistance against CO2-based fracking in the Empire State.

A California-based carbon removal firm announced Tuesday the completion of its $80 million Series A financing, with investment participation from the venture capital arms of industry heavyweights.

We reviewed evidence on traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change, and found much of it was scientifically plausible. Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast Roselyn Kumar, Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The European Commission outlined plans on Tuesday for the 27-nation bloc to better anticipate and manage extreme weather events following the publication the day before of the EU's first-ever EU Climate Risk Assessment Report.

Airlines are relying on production processes for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that are not yet ready to scale to avoid paying for their carbon emissions under the first phase of CORSIA, warns a report.

Germany has started the first bidding process for a 'climate contracts' funding programme worth up to €4 billion, whereby EU ETS-covered energy-intensive firms can apply for 15-year funding for large green transformation projects.