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The Morrison government is expected to sign off on a new gas fired generator in the Hunter, ignoring critics who argue there's no clear need for it.

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Pacific Energy subsidiary signed up to design, install and commission two battery energy storage systems totalling 42MW for Fortescue's Pilbara operations.

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Businesses have long been a big part of the climate problem. They shouldn't scale back environmental initiatives when it all feels too hard. Sukhbir Sandhu, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Ethics, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Potsdam Institute says new EU climate targets will result in elimination of coal generation from Europe, and a sharp decline in gas power.

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NSW opposition calls for wider inquiry into state’s environment offsets scheme in wake of Guardian Australia revelations

Federal Labor is demanding the Morrison government “urgently explain” more than $30m in offsets it bought for the western Sydney airport, joining the Greens in calling for an investigation.

And the New South Wales opposition wants a wider inquiry into the management of the state’s environmental offsets scheme and tens of millions of dollars in offset credits purchased from properties linked to consultants whose company advised the government on development in western Sydney.

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First the fires, then the pandemic. It’s not just the damage to infrastructure, houses, environment and farmland that makes recovery difficult; the emotional and physical toll is often gruelling too. Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University Roger Jones, Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AEMC dumps "do no harm" rule that caused chaos in the grid and forced many wind and solar farms to install expensive machinery.

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Scott Morrison visited a solar farm for the first time, but he couldn’t see, or hear, the Forrest for the trees.

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Four new solar farms started production in latest quarter, and others were registered or were fully commissioned, but still no sign from the country's biggest wind project.

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The Awa, who have been called "the most threatened tribe on earth", face fresh challenges in Brazil.

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Australia's NEM emissions reductions are accelerating, but how long until the grid is fully decarbonised?

The post A health check on Australia’s grid transition show it must go faster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Large US industrial timber companies are beginning to embrace reforestation through carbon finance, leaving small forest owners and government agencies key to scaling up offset efforts, a conference heard Wednesday.

Large stationary installations regulated under Canada’s ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS) will likely not use any Alberta offsets for compliance against 2020 emissions, as higher prices and political risk make such purchases difficult, a panel heard Wednesday.

California regulator ARB issued roughly 63,000 new compliance offsets to two livestock projects this week, while Quebec divvied out over 40,000 credits for use in its cap-and-trade programme, according to data published Wednesday.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) of various types is technologically ready to be deployed at scale but needs streamlined permitting, increased tax incentives, and broad public outreach to do so, a conference heard on Wednesday.

A bipartisan group of Senators approved a resolution on Wednesday that would nullify Trump-era regulations on methane emissions for the oil and gas sector, effectively reimposing Obama-era rules that sought to cut output of the climate-warming pollutant.

I’ve seen lots of demergers and most have been more or less successful at creating value. AGL’s effort so far is a case study in how to stuff it up.

The post Past, present and future: AGL is making a mess of its clean energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dominion Energy argued its auction-centric RGGI procurement strategy is a prudent approach to meet compliance obligations at a electricity rate hearing Wednesday, while adding the Virginia-based utility is also working on a multi-year secondary market purchase to cover CO2 output.

Two billion people already eat 'prawns of the land', so why don't many Australians? A new CSIRO industry roadmap on edible insects explains why we should bring bugs into mainstream diets. Bryan Lessard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO Rocio Ponce-Reyes, Research Scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.