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Tesla reveals big surge in battery storage deployment, which Elon Musk says will outstrip the growth in electric vehicles.

The post “Pedal to the metal:” Musk says battery storage will outstrip electric vehicle growth appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria Labor jacks up its renewable energy and net-zero emissions ambition, with promise of new government-owned energy company to deliver targets.

The post Victoria fast-tracks coal exit with target for 95 pct renewables by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Our climate editor checks out the world's largest floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

About half of the CO2-equivalent caused by releasing methane in Australia comes from agriculture. The rest comes mainly from coalmines, oil, gas and waste

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First it was electric cars trying to tow away your weekend, and now it’s a non-binding global pledge to make modest cuts to methane emissions that will devour your steak (apologies to the vegetarians and vegans).

The Albanese government is considering signing a global pledge alongside more than 120 other countries, led by the United States and Europe, to cut all methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

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Images of nights skies show power supplies disappearing in Ethiopia as a humanitarian crisis bites.

German chancellor agrees to delay the closure of the nation's remaining nuclear plants. But stresses that after winter, nuclear power is "finished in Germany."

The post Germany extends life of nuclear power plants, but phase-out stands appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The governor's race in New York state may seem like a done deal for the pro-environment incumbent, Kathy Hochul (D), against the pro-fracking Representative Lee Zeldin (R), but there's more to the midterm showdown than meets the eye.

A Labour motion that would have forced a vote on a bill to ban fracking has been defeated in the House of Commons. The government has won the vote after MPs voted 230 for yes, 326 for no, giving a government majority of 96. 

It had earlier been reported that the Conservative party whip had made it a confidence vote, although three Tory MPs said they would refuse to vote to back fracking, even if it meant they would lose the party whip.

The vice-chairman of the 1992 Committee, Wiliam Wragg, admitted he would be voting against his principles on fracking to keep his position

• Labour MP says Tories ‘bullied and manhandled’ during vote on fracking ban – live

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Could we divert incontinence products from landfill? Yes – if we tackle social stigma and access to affordable health services, encourage biodegradable products and introduce supportive waste policies Beth Rounsefell, Casual Academic, The University of Queensland Emma Thompson-Brewster, Lecturer, Southern Cross University Kate O'Brien, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia cannot get its environmental act together. We don’t even have the information we need to fix environmental problems. But there is a better way. Michael Vardon, Associate Professor at the Fenner School, Australian National University Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Claims that introduced deer perform the same ecological function as ancient moa are outdated and wrong. Deer destroy forests, and large-scale culling is still the best solution. Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New data finds many solar projects are delivering lower production than forecast, with big impacts on investors.

The post One-third of solar projects over-promise and under-deliver on generation, report finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Four US improved forest management projects credited by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) have been downgraded to a low chance of avoiding or reducing CO2 by a ratings agency following a review.

One of the most famous scenes in the cosmos is viewed by the new, Nasa-led super space observatory.

Flawed or misleading reporting is masking the considerable gap in international climate finance flows, according to a report by a development charity published on Wednesday, pointing to inflated numbers behind claims that are already falling short of financial promises.

While publicly-listed companies are committing to net zero, privately-held firms are largely not, a study published Wednesday found, with the largest 100 private companies accounting for 5% of the global economy.

National-scale forest protection credits sold on the REDD.plus platform are “not rigorous enough to offset or compensate for emissions”, analysts said in a note on Wednesday, noting that the market does not seem to trust the marketplace.

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The government’s investment zones could put the UK’s ancient woodlands under threat, the head of the Woodland Trust has warned.

An ancient woodland is one that has existed continuously since at least 1600. They are a precious part of the country’s history, store large amounts of carbon and are important habitats for animals.

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Its call has freaked people out for centuries

Is there a scene more horrifying than the baby cuckoo alone in a nest: the waxy skin, the eyeballs covered in the skull, the sunken back – evolved to help it scoop the other eggs over the edge and on to the ground. Nobody has taught the baby how to eliminate its adoptive siblings. The cuckoo hatches with this instinct driving it: a natural born “obligate brood parasite”.

When a common European cuckoo has successfully laid her egg in a red warbler’s nest, she “gives a chuckle call, as if in triumph”: the call sounds like a sparrowhawk, a predator, which distracts the host. “The female cuckoo enhances her success by manipulating a fundamental trade-off in host defences between clutch and self-protection,” the authors who discovered this wrote, in a paper titled Female cuckoo calls misdirect host defences towards the wrong enemy. In one summer, a female cuckoo can lay 25 malevolent eggs.

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