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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners launches spin-off company to specialise in "critically important" solar and battery project development across North America.

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Australia on Tuesday confirmed it is planning major changes to its market-based climate policy package, which would include reforms like crediting Safeguard Mechanism entities, award credits to carbon capture and storage projects, and allow the use of renewable energy credits for voluntary offsetting.

Energy minister says Coalition’s approach is ‘not to have a target without a plan’ to achieve it

Angus Taylor says it is not Australia’s policy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, despite signing up to the Paris agreement, because the Morrison government will not adopt a mid-century target in advance of a plan to achieve it.

The energy minister said on Tuesday that signatories to the Paris agreement, including Australia, had agreed to hit net zero “in the second half of the century”. But scientists say in order to meet the central Paris goal of keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5C – a commitment Australia adopted in 2015 – signatories need to hit net zero by 2050.

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Our environmental laws work in the favour of mining interests – even when the industry itself claims otherwise. Chris McGrath, Associate Professor in Environmental and Planning Regulation and Policy, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

JinkoSolar takes aim at the super-competitive global utility-scale solar market, with the launch of an industry-leading 580W PV module.

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Decision to lift blocks on wind and solar projects has boosted ‘attractiveness’ ranking

The UK has become more attractive to renewable energy investors following the government’s decision to lift its block on financial support for onshore wind and solar projects.

Related: New renewable energy capacity hit record levels in 2019

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Two RGGI power plants surrendered allowances last year for past carbon obligations in the Northeast power sector ETS, programme officials confirmed Monday.

Climate change is changing Antarctic krill habitat. The repercussions for the Southern Ocean food web are huge. Devi Veytia, PhD student , University of Tasmania Stuart Corney, Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Queensland's new human rights act has opened the door for a flood of climate change litigation. Justine Bell-James, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

UK-based Liberty House Group sold more than €100 million worth of EUAs in January and February, opting to offload units only months after the expansion of its steelmaking division across Europe.

The elaphrosaur roamed Australia 110 million years ago and was related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The Senior Analyst position in Portfolio Management is anticipated to perform portfolio analysis associated with managing PG&E’s commercial activities involving RA, RPS, energy, CRR, GHG, and LCFS procurement and support various compliance reporting obligations to the CPUC, CEC, CARB, and CAISO. 

The Senior Analyst will join the BPC Energy Project policy team, a dynamic and fast-moving group that is focused on the development of pragmatic, durable federal policies that responsibly transition the U.S. to a low-carbon economy, invest smartly in the next generation of energy technologies and infrastructure, and maintain economic growth.

NCEL is currently seeking a program manager to lead NCEL’s state policy work on clean energy and climate adaptation. Their primary policy focus will be on the deployment of renewable energy and efficiency, and they will also oversee work on topics related to just transition, beneficial electrification, and climate resilience.

Morrison government also plans to allow businesses to bid for carbon capture projects via the $2.55bn emissions reduction fund

The Morrison government has promised new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including introducing an incentive scheme to allow big industrial polluters to earn revenue by emitting less than an agreed limit.

It also plans to allow businesses to bid for funding from its main climate policy, the $2.55bn emissions reduction fund, for projects that capture emissions and either use them or store them underground.

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Price reporting agency Argus Media has cancelled its Biofuels and Carbon Markets Summit in California this autumn due to COVID-19, but the company said Monday that it may offer a digital version instead.

Attorneys general from seven refining-heavy states on Friday asked the US EPA to waive Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) blending requirements this year due to coronavirus-induced economic impacts, as the federal agency sent its 2021 biofuel quotas for White House review.

Scientists make a surprising discovery about the Red Planet by playing with mud in the laboratory.

A rise in electric-bikes would extend the range of cyclists using them to commute, a study finds.