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Oil and gas company Woodside Energy Group says offsets are likely to be an easier option to invest in than CCS in order to neutralise carbon emissions from its proposed Browse LNG development offshore Western Australia.

A "shooting star" seen across Scotland and Northern Ireland could have been a meteor or space junk.

Samsung Electronics will target net zero emissions by 2050, spend 7 trillion won ($5 billion) on green and low emission technologies, and has joined RE100, which aims for corporates to reach 100% renewable energy use, the South Korean company announced on Thursday.

A kookaburra has been filmed pulling a very long earthworm from the ground in Howard, Queensland. 'This particular one likes to be fed,' said the person behind the footage. 'On this occasion I was sitting out the back having a beer and saw her fly down and start pulling at the giant worm. I see this often, but rarely this close up.'

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New revisions in EU woody biomass policy could see Australia take a lead role in ending the use of trees as a source of renewable energy in the future.

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Renewables share nudges new peak of 62.94 per cent, with more records to fall in coming months.

The post Renewables at record highs, fossil fuels at record low, with more to come appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia closer to becoming first gigawatt scale grid in the world to run without any local fossil fuel or synchronous generation, a major milestone in transition to renewables.

The post “Remarkable:” South Australia may soon be first big grid to run on renewables only appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU announces plan to cap revenue of “infra-marginal" energy producers – including wind and solar – at €180/MWh. Renewables industry not impressed.

The post EU caps solar and wind profits, but says renewables only option to escape Putin’s “energy yoke” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Zen Energy bolsters its "baseload renewables" portfolio with an "industry-first" offtake deal with one of Australia's more senior wind power projects.

The post Zen Energy signs new-look offtake deal with teenaged wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The head of a global carbon fund has argued that the mitigation hierarchy surrounding offsets needs to be turned on its head, and that it was unjust for rich nations to withhold revenues that stem from carbon markets to poorer nations that need it.

Air pollution from traffic causes the deaths of thousands of Australians. A swift transition to electric vehicles will save lives – and save households and businesses money in the long run. Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Christian A. Nygaard, Associate Professor in Social Economics, Swinburne University of Technology Krzysztof Dembek, Senior Lecturer Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Magnus Moglia, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New records for distributed solar around Australia as the country’s rooftop PV output continues to eat into the fossil fuel industry’s lunch.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar symphonies and eating coal’s lunch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Frontier Energy reaches agreement on critical water supplies for green hydrogen production at its Bristol Springs Renewable Energy Project.

The post “Low cost” solar hydrogen project moves a step closer, as water source secured appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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South African business groups have urged the government to slow the proposed pace of national carbon tax increases for fear it could hurt growth and hinder their decarbonisation strategies.

If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it

Neoliberalism can’t and won’t fix our climate crisis or save our endangered species from extinction.

Market-based policies have failed spectacularly when it comes to aged care, disability care and saving the Murray River. But despite the catalogue of catastrophe, earlier this month Tanya Plibersek said: “Ultimately, I would like to see the market truly valuing nature, so that protecting forests is more valuable than destroying them.”

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Readying retired German coal plants for use during the winter in case of gas shortfalls is not economically viable for the sector, Germany’s coal industry says.

The post German coal industry says more money needed to revive plants to save gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Berlin-based startup that aims to help the cement industry slash its carbon emissions has secured €10 million in Series A funding.

Quebec handed out the remainder of its free carbon market permit distribution on Wednesday, with the year-on-year total climbing as the provincial economy bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic and more entities received allowances.

California regulator ARB issued the largest number of compliance offsets since March this week, according to government data published Wednesday, while offset discount values widened slightly as WCI allowance prices gradually recover from lows seen at the start of the month.