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Water bottles, cigarette lighters and fishing nets were among garbage found on Djulpan beach, Sea Shepherd says

Further evidence that plastic does not discriminate as it spreads across the planet: the marine conservation organisation Sea Shepherd said it is washing up in large quantities on a remote Australian beach.

Sea Shepherd joined Indigenous rangers in picking up more than seven tonnes of marine plastic pollution on a two-kilometre stretch of Djulpan beach, in northeastern Arnhem Land.

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Townsville "gigafactory" for battery production moves forward with NAB coming on board as financial advisor and help in search for funding.

The post NAB backs Queensland battery gigafactory plans as financial advisor appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BHP says shareholder resolution to leave industry groups at odds with climate stance is unnecessary, as review is under way

BHP’s board has rejected as unnecessary a shareholder resolution requiring it to suspend its membership of organisations, including the Minerals Council of Australia, that are at odds with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.

The miner said the resolution, backed by investors including tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and a group of pension funds, was not needed because, as the Guardian has previously reported, it is already reviewing its membership of industry bodies.

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Behyad Jafari, Paul Cox and Stephanie Bashir wrap up the Electric Vehicle Transition conference and look at what’s ahead.

The post The Driven Podcast: Bright Ideas & Blind Ideology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Experts say the animals become agitated and go into the water, which could lead to them not returning.

A new report from Carbon Tracker reveals that oil and gas companies have approved US$50 billion (AU$73 billion) of investments for new projects that undermine climate targets and threaten shareholder returns, and no major oil company is currently investing to support the Paris Agreement goals of keeping global warming well below 2˚C. Carbon Tracker, a...

The post No major oil companies investing to support Paris deal, appeared first on RenewEconomy.

India will try to land a rover on the Moon, but how will it get there and why does it matter?

Forest fires are raging in many parts of the world but are there more than ever?

Scientists hope a new test will help millions of people in Bangladesh avoid arsenic in their water.

Biggest fossil fuel extractors warned they risk wasting $2.2tn ‘in a low-carbon world’

Major oil and gas companies have invested $50bn (£40.6bn) in fossil fuel projects that undermine global efforts to avert a runaway climate crisis, according to a report.

Since the start of last year, fossil fuel companies have spent billions on high-cost plans to extract oil and gas from tar sands, deepwater fields and the Arctic despite the risks to the climate and shareholder returns.

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An upcoming court decision on Washington state’s blocked Clean Air Rule could spark further debate on progressing a WCI-modelled cap-and-trade bill in the legislature next year, stakeholders said.

AEMO's chief executive speaks on the challenges posed by the rush to develop new solar and wind projects, as Australia meets its renewable energy target ahead of schedule.

California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) will request feedback from regulator ARB before endorsing a possible metric for tracking the amount of surplus allowances in the state’s WCI-linked ETS, members said Thursday.

Some $US1.3 trillion has been tipped into solar installations in last decade, pushing it above coal and forcing prices down dramatically.

The post Solar tops coal as world’s biggest source of new capacity over past decade appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RGGI allowances (RGAs) rose by double digits this week ahead of the September auction results, as California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices dipped on the secondary market amid increased spread trading.

Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) jurisdictions could release a carbon market draft design framework this month, but that document could lack substantive details, such as price levels or potential annual caps, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

The team that took the first ever image of a black hole announces plans to take a "razor sharp" full colour video of the one at the centre of our galaxy.

The crowded 2020 Democratic presidential field outlined their ideas for decarbonising the US economy on Wednesday night, with the candidates’ presentations revealing a split on carbon pricing and on when the country should hit net-zero emissions.

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