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Nearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency

The government’s efforts to protect UK rivers have been labelled an “abject failure” after two-thirds of farms in Devon were found to be causing pollution when inspected by the Environment Agency.

Between 2016 and 2020, the agency visited more than 100 cattle farms in north Devon to check levels of compliance with environmental regulations, particularly around safe slurry storage and spreading.

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The New South Wales (NSW) state government in Australia has launched a A$360 million ($228 mln) investment plan to accelerate emissions reduction in its most carbon intensive industries, NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean announced on Tuesday.

EnergyAustralia to work with bus and truck industries to build out green charging infrastructure for heavy duty electric vehicles.

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How baseline settings on Safeguard facilities are configured is largely a moot point, so long as their aggregate emissions levels meet Australia’s climate targets, a panel of experts said Tuesday.

Shade, street furniture, streetscapes – they all matter when it comes to making a footpath appealing. Fatemeh Aminpour, Associate Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate and clean energy leaders call for a national scheme to underpin “massive” investment in large-scale energy storage critical to shift to renewables.

The post “We need everything, everywhere, all at once:” Industry calls for energy storage scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

SMA warns developers will struggle to source basic big solar ingredients, like inverters and transformers, if demand-side issues are not addressed.

The post Solar supply side “not going to cope” as policies and targets put a rocket under demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW government announces doubling of payments to private landowners who host major transmission links.

The post NSW landowners to get $800m to host high voltage transmission in renewables push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hydrologist says flood levels similar to last year but this time the water has nowhere to go, prolonging the disaster

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About 1,500 residents in Narrabri, in the north-west slopes of New South Wales, have been told to evacuate as the flooding crisis continues across swathes of eastern Australia.

There were 129 warnings in place across NSW on Tuesday, including 24 telling people to evacuate or move to higher ground, as swollen rivers threatened homes.

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Solar panels of 2022 are like the chunky mobile phones of the 1990s. Much more is possible with the same underlying technology.

The post Have solar panels been perfected, or can we make them even better and cheaper? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A comprehensive review of all “feasible” routes to staying below 1.5°C confirms what the IEA has already said: There can be no new coal, oil or gas.

The post New fossil fuels “incompatible” with 1.5°C goal, analysis confirms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Market infrastructure provider Xpansiv has been granted an Australian financial services licence that will allow it to launch Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) products on its CBL platform, the company announced Tuesday.

The top European gas analyst at S&P Global Commodity Insights has joined BNP Paribas as a London-based strategist covering carbon.

Permits covering more than 300 million tonnes of CO2 were surrendered during the first year of Germany’s domestic emissions trading scheme, the government announced Monday.

California gasoline sales in July climbed slightly from June but still remained below 2021 totals, while diesel consumption fell from last month’s year-to-date high, according to state data released Monday.

An international engineering firm has announced it will acquire an Australian carbon analysis and consulting firm in order for both to mutually benefit from their respective skillsets.

The EU aims to increase the ambition of its nationally-determined contribution (NDC) to the UN Paris Agreement in light of its ongoing work to strengthen domestic climate policies, the bloc's ministers said Monday in agreeing the bloc's mandate for the COP27 UN climate negotiations in Egypt next month.

Switzerland has received more than 20 million UN-backed carbon credits that the government will use to cover its 2013-2020 emissions target under the UN Kyoto Protocol, the transferring body confirmed on Monday.

Australia has a mammoth opportunity to bring downstream mineral processing back onshore – and risks a huge opportunity cost if we do not act.

The post Australia’s mammoth renewable minerals opportunity – and how to harness it appeared first on RenewEconomy.