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A look at South Australia’s week in isolation and the role of rooftop solar. Plus: Another failed venture.

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Climate change – driven largely by the burning of coal – is driving extreme weather events that are taking an increasing toll on unit costs for coal miners.

The post Coal-driven climate change is becoming a big problem – for coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New large scale solar farm to supply power to major glass manufacturing facility in South Australia.

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The federal government will legislate new protections for Indigenous heritage sites, accepting all but one of the recommendations of a report on mining company Rio Tinto's catastrophic destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal sacred site at Juukan Gorge. But the organisation representing the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) traditional owners of the site says it is 'angry and disappointed' by the government's response because it was not consulted on the content. A spokesperson for Tanya Plibersek said the environment minister's office attempted to engage with the PKKP 'on at least four occasions since the response was approved by cabinet on Tuesday'

• Labor commits to new Indigenous heritage protections but response to Juukan Gorge report angers traditional owners
• Juukan Gorge traditional owners sign agreement with Rio Tinto to co-manage WA mining land

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From offshore wind-powered public energy utilities, to cheap solar and batteries for everyone, all the way to stockpiling gas, we break down Victoria's energy policy mix.

The post It’s election time in Victoria: Who’s promising what on energy and transition to renewables? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL announces closure of the Torrens Island B gas generator as the switch to 100 per cent renewables in South Australia gathers pace.

The post AGL to close big gas power station as switch to 100 per cent renewables marches on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The coin bearing the name of Sponsian was considered apocryphal and had been locked away in a museum cupboard.

Meanwhile, BP’s CEO was in town spruiking the energy giant’s climate credentials, as its oil output increases from last year

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In the wake of the UN climate talks in Egypt, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, gave birth to a new factoid in a question to the prime minister this week.

The government, Dutton claimed, “has just signed up to funding a $2tn loss and damage climate fund” that would send money overseas.

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Compliance offsets issued by California regulator ARB for the two-weeks that began in mid-November were the third-lowest of all the reporting periods for the year, continuing the trend of 2022 issuances significantly trailing year-ago levels, according to government data published Wednesday.

IAG’s British Airways has added an option for its passengers to buy CO2 removals credits to address their flight emissions in addition to its conventional carbon credit and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offerings.

A Canadian green technology company on Tuesday announced a private placement for C$10 million ($7.5 mln) in notes that will be convertible into VERs from its equipment to reduce vehicle emissions.

Inbreeding usually leads to an accumulation of genetic defects, but evolution on a small archipelago may have helped the severely inbred Chatham Island black robin to avoid this fate. Nicolas Dussex, Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm University Michael Knapp, Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, Coastal People: Southern Skies Centre of Resarch Excellence, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Sunshine Hydro and Energy Estate eye "super hybrid" projects in Victoria, including pumped hydro, flow batteries, compressed air and hydrogen storage.

The post New venture eyes 4.5GW of long duration storage in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The California-Quebec November current vintage auction settled towards the bottom of traders' expectations, but the advance auction price dropped much lower than the prior two sales, according to results published Wednesday.

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) delivered the first set of its draft ESG and climate disclosure requirements to the European Commission on Tuesday, with the technical advisor modifying the rules to best align with public feedback.

To keep up with climate-related disasters, we need transformational solutions. These range from ‘sponge cities’ and floating houses to putting out bushfires minutes after they start. Roslyn Prinsley, Head, Disaster Solutions, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The COP27 UN climate talks gave a clear signal that ”mitigation contribution” units cannot be used for offset claims, the next step is for all voluntary market participants to finally accept this, writes Niklas Kaskeala of carbon credit retailer Compensate.

Newly defined carbon credits under the UN’s Paris Agreement could serve an important role in corporates’ net zero carbon claims, according to some experts and government representatives, even though these credits are not designed as traditional “offsets.”

A British man is one of 17 new recruits to Europe's space agency's astronaut training programme