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A city in southwestern India is planning to seek carbon credits for its metro rail system that has been operational for almost six years, and have contracted a large project developer to help guide it through the process.

Institutional investors and an activist group on Wednesday called directors of oil and gas firm Woodside to be held accountable for failing to establish a credible climate strategy, while project developer AgriProve Solutions had nine more soil carbon projects approved by the Clean Energy Regulator.

Thermal power generation in China declined in the first two months of 2023 despite continued coal expansion, while total generation growth saw a minor increase from a year ago, government data showed Wednesday.

The UK's accession to a trade partnership with multiple Asia-Pacific countries would see concessions on nature such as the slashing of tariffs on palm oil imports from Malaysia, according to people involved in the talks as reported by the Financial Times.

The forest-rich Malaysian state of Sarawak aims to play a key regional role in the pursuit of net zero goals through the promoting of carbon trading and developing carbon storage capacity, the state’s premier announced in a keynote address at a conference on Wednesday.

Indonesia’s biggest stock exchange is targeting an August launch date for its carbon trading platform, and will feature four pilot projects to start off with, according to an industry leader.

Nuclear submarines may offer protection – but they will leave us with a high-level nuclear waste headache Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

All they wanted was a woke endangered animal safe space but Rambo ruined everything

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By speeding up the shift to distributed solar and wind, networks can protect against major outages caused by future "inland tsunamis" and record heatwaves.

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South Australia to study project proposals for world-leading green hydrogen plans, with Fortescue joining a hungry pack of suppliers looking for government funding.

The post Crunch time for South Australia’s bold green hydrogen play as bids close appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The diets of Tasmanian devil are narrowing in areas where humans have changed the landscape. This has big implications for conserving the species. Anna C. Lewis, PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney Tracey Rogers, Professor Evolution & Ecology, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Experts liken act known as ‘ICEing’ to parking at a fuel bowser, and say high penalties are necessary to encourage EV uptake

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Drivers could be fined as much as $3,200 for parking in spaces for electric vehicles as part of little-known penalties introduced in four states and territories.

The fines, some of them added to road rules late last year, range from $3,200 in the Australian Capital Territory to $369 in Victoria.

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What is the future for vanadium redox flow battery installations? China is showing big interest and companies hope that enthusiasm will flow into Australia.

The post Vanadium electrolyte factory to be built in Australia, with high hopes for flow batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sun Cable voluntary administrator says sales process has attracted "multiple" bidders, including parties who are not Andrew Forrest or Mike Cannon-Brookes.

The post “Multiple bidders” circle Sun Cable, giving Cannon-Brookes competition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An Australian made megawatt-scale green hydrogen fuel cell generator has been installed for off-grid use in a desert in Saudi Arabia.

The post World-first, Aussie made hydrogen generator powers race in Saudi desert appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Consumers pay price of fossil fuel addiction with retail electricity prices set to jump again in July across all of the mainland NEM states.

The post Consumers pay the hefty price of Australia’s fossil fuel addiction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New data released Wednesday by a climate disclosure organisation indicates that only 41% of those reporting track value chain emissions, and significantly fewer are aware of their impact on nature.

For more than 200 years, European farmers have killed dingoes to protect livestock. But living alongside dingoes benefits nature - and actually helps graziers Dr. Louise Boronyak, Research Affiliate, University of Technology Sydney Bradley Smith, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New Zealand on Wednesday did not sell any of the 4.475 million NZUs on offer, as bids failed to meet the government’s confidential reserve price.

American tech icon works up the next variant of its Haliade-X wind turbine, with plans already underway to deliver a 17 or 18MW offshore model by 2025.

The post GE starts work on massive 18MW offshore wind turbine appeared first on RenewEconomy.