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As part of the Consultancy team, you will support the successful and efficient implementation of our projects for our clients in the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management field. You will be responsible for carrying out GHG inventories and support in writing the associate reports for our clients.

Coalition MPs vote for NEG designed to stop wind, solar and battery investments, while Turnbull hails possibility of a new coal fired generator to provide "baseload" power.

The post Coalition votes to kill renewables, encourage new coal generation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brisbane-based EV charger maker Tritium has notched up some pretty significant installs lately, but this one is perhaps the coolest.

The post NASA plugs into Australian electric vehicle chargers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Norwegian EV drivers have snapped up the first shipment of Hyundai's all-electric CUV, with pre-orders reportedly capped at 20,000.

The post Hyundai exports first Kona electric CUVs to Norway, and they are already all sold out appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Grantham Research Institute has an active policy analysis team that complements its highly regarded academic research programmes. We are looking for a Policy Analyst to carry out policy-oriented analysis aimed at decision-makers in the public, private and third sector.

We have an opportunity for a Senior climate change and energy efficiency policy specialist to support business development and delivery within our Policy, Strategy and Economics Practice.

Plunking yourself into a bath fairly full with water makes the water level rise — and overflow. What about ships and the ocean?

Government confirms that there was no detailed modelling for NEG, raising further questions – and outrage – over its claimed benefits.

The post Outrage over lack of NEG modelling as government regurgitates old release appeared first on RenewEconomy.

National Farmers’ Federation says US court ruling that weedkiller causes cancer sets a ‘reckless precedent’

Australia’s National Farmers’ Federation has rejected the finding of a US court that the weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, saying it set a “reckless precedent” that could harm agriculture.

On Monday, Greenpeace urged the Australian government to start restricting the sale of Roundup – which is widely available in supermarkets and hardware stores – after a Californian court found it caused the cancer of a terminally ill man.

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Large-scale expansion of palm oil in Africa will very likely risk the lives of primates, a study finds.

Woolnorth owns and operates three wind farms leveraging Tasmania’s world class wind resources to generate approximately 9 percent of Tasmania’s electricity needs.

The post Woolnorth wind farms set to receive weather guidance from MetraWeather Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As groundwater supplies dwindle in rural India, farmers turn to wastewater to grow crops like mulberry, which is used to make silk.

As part of our weather coverage for Science Week, Life Matters takes you behind the scenes of Australia's Bureau of Meteorology — the national hub of forecasting, emergency response and climate science.

As part of our weather coverage for Science Week, Life Matters takes you behind the scenes of Australia's Bureau of Meteorology — the national hub of forecasting, emergency response and climate science.

Blogger Mamalina gives five tips on reducing your plastic dependence if you have young children.

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CERPD Inc. seeks a candidate to fill the position of carbon project developer at our Seattle office. As a developer, the suitable candidate will be responsible for identifying commercially viable project opportunities and managing internal resources to finalize and execute projects.

The position would entail business development and marketing for various Carbon commodities such as CERs, VERs, etc from the company’s portfolio, with an emphasis on building relationships and networks with end-users and buyers of such commodities. The person would also be responsible for building the firm’s Climate consulting & advisory customer base.

US interior secretary Ryan Zinke blames environmentalists for the devastation in California and calls for an increase in logging

The US interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, has blamed environmentalists for California’s ferocious wildfires and claimed, contrary to scientific research, that climate change had “nothing to do” with them. Instead, he said the fires were worsened because of limits on logging.

“America is better than letting these radical groups control the dialogue about climate change,” Zinke told KCRA, a TV station in northern California, on Sunday. “Extreme environmentalists have shut down public access. They talk about habitat and yet they are willing to burn it up.”

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The number of RGGI allowances (RGAs) held for compliance purposes remained at historically low levels in Q2, according to a report published Monday.