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An increase in beached whales across the US coastline has baffled researchers and environmentalists.

Major environmental plan includes tackling sewage spills and restoring wildlife habitats but critics question lack of funding

• Farmers will be key to plan to restore England’s green spaces and wildlife

Every household will be within a 15-minute walk of a green space or water, under a major environmental improvement plan for England set out by the government on Tuesday.

The long-awaited measures will include commitments to restore at least 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of wildlife habitat, and 400 miles of river. This will include 25 new or expanded national nature reserves and 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of new woodland along England’s rivers. A new species survival fund will target some of the most threatened wildlife, including hedgehogs and red squirrels.

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EU power sector emissions rose 4% year-on-year in 2022 as weak winter demand and surging renewable output dampened the impact of much higher coal burn, according to data collated by an environmental think tank.

Joyce attacks new wind project in NSW, one of the biggest in the state, and suggests a nuclear reactor would be a better idea.

The post “A packet of poo tickets:” Barnaby’s beef with wind power goes nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A federal court on Friday reversed the US EPA’s decision last year to deny compliance obligation exemptions to a pair of small refiners under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), sending biofuel credit (RIN) prices lower even as judges have yet to rule on the merits of the case.

GHG output under the Nova Scotia cap-and-trade programme exceeded the scheme’s allowance budget in 2021, as an increase in fuel emissions offset abatement in the power sector, according to government data published Monday.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values rose slightly last week, halting a slide in prices, on expectations that the upcoming release of Q4 emissions data and the March auction will revive trading in an otherwise stagnant market.

Bloomberg New energy Finance says investment in low carbon energy has hit a new high – and for the first time reached parity with capital invested in fossil fuels.

The post Clean energy investment tops $US1 trillion, sits neck and neck with fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has won the right to proceed with testing its floating vertical-axis wind turbine in a fjord off the coast of Norway.

The post Vertical-axis floating offshore wind developer clears legal hurdle for turbine testing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sydney-based renewables outfit completes acquisition of its newest small solar farm, the 5MW Faraday Renewable Energy Project in central Victoria.

The post Solar buying spree continues as MPower buys shovel-ready 5MW project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Spanish energy giant to build four small "agri-solar" farm projects that prioritise benefits to crops and and livestock over solar production.

The post Solar farms that put cow comfort and crop yield ahead of harvesting electrons appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers found that exceeding the 2C increase has a 50% chance of happening by mid-century

The world is on the brink of breaching a critical climate threshold, according to a new study published on Monday, signifying time is running exceedingly short to spare the world the most catastrophic effects of global heating.

Using artificial intelligence to predict warming timelines, researchers at Stanford University and Colorado State University found that 1.5C of warming over industrial levels will probably be crossed in the next decade. The study also shows the Earth is on track to exceed 2C warming,which international scientists identified as a tipping point, with a 50% chance the grave benchmark would be met by mid-century.

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The first biodiversity credits issued by a major standard are rapidly approaching market readiness, as Plan Vivo Foundation looks set to publish its draft biodiversity protocol on Tuesday.

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) on Friday introduced a bill package to promote and manage the state’s participation in nature-based offset markets and carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects, with voluntary credit generation potentially starting in the next several years and totalling several million tonnes over the next decade.

Culling water buffalo is expensive. What if land managers could earn carbon credits for controlling the numbers of these methane-belching animals? Hugh Davies, Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Brett Murphy, Professor, Charles Darwin University Clément Duvert, Senior Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University Georgina Neave, PhD candidate, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Proponents of mining in space often point to the potential benefits for Earth and its people. But this research casts doubt on many of them. Juliana Segura-Salazar, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Kathryn Moore, Senior Lecturer in Critical and Green Technology Metals, University of Exeter Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In Newark, hundreds of environmental protesters marched towards Robert Jenrick's office, the local MP, calling on him to vote against the EU retain law bill that put thousands of environmental protection laws at risk. The bill gives ministers the power to abolish an estimated 4,000 laws derived from Brussels by the end of 2023. The deadline has been put in place by Rishi Sunak, who pledged to scrap thousands of EU laws to 'protect Brexit' during his leadership campaign. Cross-party MPs are concerned the deadline is impractical, as hundreds of civil servants would be required to review each piece of legislation. As well as environmental regulations, the EU-derived laws include employment protection and transport regulations

• Cross-party MPs launch fightback against bill to tear up 4,000 EU laws

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Events in 2022 including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the US Inflation Reduction Act have driven BP on Monday to substantially reduce its annual outlook for emissions out to 2050, with the oil major forecasting that emissions could peak earlier in the 2020s than it had previously suggested.

The current method for estimating UK methane output from offshore oil and gas production "systematically and severely" underestimates emissions, with many other countries also likely to be falling short in their GHG accounting from the sector, according to a study by US-based researchers

The expose of over-crediting REDD+ in national newspapers two weeks ago has continued to cast a shadow over the voluntary carbon market this week, widening a price gap between more sought-after over the counter (OTC) avoided deforestation credits and standardised nature-based contracts.