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Energy market analysts warn that the 'only way is up' for electricity prices, as Covid-19 will have a temporary role in pushing prices down.

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When coral bleaching was suspected in a pristine reef, scientists turned to some unlikely surveyors.

AEMO says it urgently needs power to shed rooftop solar "as a last resort" to help deal with increasingly complex grid issues.

The post AEMO sees urgent need to have power to switch off rooftop PV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Concern mounts that bill won’t include promised new national environmental standards

The Coalition is being urged to not push through changes to conservation laws that would transfer more development approval powers to the states unless it plans to also introduce promised new national environmental standards.

There is growing concern a bill due to be introduced to parliament this week will not include the new standards, which were promised last month by the environment minister, Sussan Ley.

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Carbon credit demand under the global aviation offset mechanism CORSIA may plummet if nations agree to extend this year’s emissions baseline alteration over the entirety of the programme’s 15-year lifespan, analysts said.

Republicans at the convention did not lay out a plan for climate change, nor even acknowledge it

The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed some conservatives who warn the party risks being left behind by voters.

Convention speeches have included Eric Trump praising the beauty of the Grand Canyon, a region his father’s administration is open to mining for uranium, while several speakers have attacked Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, as a threat to oil and gas worker jobs.

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California Carbon Offset (CCO) issuances hit a two-month high this week as regulator ARB granted over 1 mln credits, with the programme’s largest project gaining nearly half of the new offsets, according to state data published Wednesday.

Researchers have collated measurements made by satellites, field sensors and people, to get a picture of the nature's recovery while we've been in lockdown. Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Report based on state government modelling calls for urgent resumption of large-scale solar and wind energy auctions, or risk renewables development falling off a cliff.

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The EU's trade chief, one of the members of the EU Commission in charge of designing the bloc's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), resigned on Wednesday over uproar that he breached COVID rules.

EUAs extended a six-week high above €29 on Wednesday but later fell back, consolidating their late August surge after one of the month's bigger sales cleared comfortably.

The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) programme’s new standard for combating tropical deforestation may start yielding carbon credits as soon as next year, depending on the status of negotiations with potential partner governments, a webinar heard Wednesday.

The remote Western Australian town of Kalbarri could find itself at the bleeding edge of a renewables revolution

Brandon Bickford is only in town for the weekend. The 26-year-old has come back home to Kalbarri, the tiny Western Australian town where he grew up, with his fiancée to visit family. He’ll be making the 574km drive back south to Perth on Monday morning.

The young man with an athletic build says growing up here was like living in the flipside of a postcard. In his teenage years he “ran amok” between the ancient cliffs that hug the coast and the rugged natural landscape that stretches out to the horizon.

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Australia loves coal. About 60% of our electricity still comes from polluting, coal-fired power plants, while only 20% comes from renewables. Successive governments have told us that decommissioning coal-fired power would hurt the economy and cause a wave of unemployment. But that's not actually true. In fact, there are enormous opportunities to create jobs and wealth in renewable industries in Australia, including in exporting to countries without the sun and space we enjoy here

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Australia loves coal. About 60% of our electricity still comes from polluting, coal-fired power plants, while only 20% comes from renewables. Successive governments have told us that decommissioning coal-fired power would hurt the economy and cause a wave of unemployment. But that's not actually true. In fact, there are enormous opportunities to create jobs and wealth in renewable industries in Australia, including in exporting to countries without the sun and space we enjoy here

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Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’

A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems, biodiversity, soil and carbon stores – has prompted the creation of what aims to be the world’s largest investment firm dedicated to projects that help the planet.

Multinational financial services giant HSBC and Pollination, a boutique climate advisory and investment firm, announced a joint venture that they predicted would meet a multi-billion dollar demand for environmentally friendly investment beyond renewable energy.

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California’s heatwave this month pushed power consumption above levels for the same period in 2019, with much of the increase filled by carbon-emitting sources, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data.

The discovery of 17 of the mammals raises questions and causes sadness and anger among locals.