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Two new studies reveal fascinating new information about why some animals are able to live so long. Let me introduce you to five animals who lived over a century, and their remarkable lives. Benjamin Mayne, Molecular biologist and bioinformatician, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Oil and gas heavyweights Shell and ExxonMobil have teamed up with Chinese national oil company giant CNOOC to explore the feasibility of establishing a large-scale offshore CCS hub in southern China, they announced on Tuesday.

WA tips another $37m to deploy 180 standalone power systems across the state, as it aims for 1,000 over four years.

The post WA targets more than 1,000 standalone power systems, with $37m funding boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Quinbrook to build 460MWh big battery in south Wales as part of plans to transform old coal fired power plant into a sustainable energy park.

The post Quinbrook to build one of UK’s biggest batteries at site of old coal power station appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The renewed focus on dispatchable power and long-term energy storage could help jumpstart an Australian solar thermal industry.

The post Could a storage target or a capacity incentive provide a lifeline for solar thermal? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A shift to bigger and better wind turbines could significantly boost capacity factors, overcoming climate change driven reductions in wind availability.

The post Bigger and better wind turbines to overcome climate caused wind droughts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The ISP will go down as the pivotal model for the energy transition, the one that irreversibly moved the dial. Here's how it might accommodate offshore wind.

The post How offshore wind could influence AEMO’s 20-year green energy blueprint appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Canada’s environment ministry is to further delay the start of compliance obligations under the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) to the end of 2023, the Canadian Press reported late on Monday, citing final regulations obtained ahead of their intended publication.

Clean Energy Council joins growing chorus rejecting capacity mechanism in favour of an energy storage target.

The post “Unreliable and dirty:” CEC urges storage target over capacity mechanism appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The G7 and several invited developing countries agreed to work together to accelerate climate action while ensuring their energy security, according to a statement on Monday, the second day of the three-day leaders' summit in Germany that has seen several climate-related announcements. 

Reporting to the Business Development Director, the Business Developer will be tasked with developing the company's commercial and strategic activities.

Reporting directly to the Carbon Projects Director, the Portfolio Consultant will be in charge of expanding the network of project developers partnerships, executing due diligence on identified projects and participating in carbon credits purchases and the implementation of long-term investments.

The candidate is in charge of enriching the portfolio of projects from EcoAct’s Nature Based Solutions unit.

Mugga Lane was one of the first and most richly paid solar farms in Australia. So how did it end up in the hands of administrators and receivers?

The post “Breach of terms:” How one of Australia’s pioneering and best paid solar farms came to grief appeared first on RenewEconomy.

From discovering hidden populations of vulnerable newts to dropping “seed bombs”, two new research papers show how genomics and drones help restore threatened ecosystems. Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University Jakki Mohr, Professor of Marketing & Innovation, The University of Montana Martin Breed, Senior Lecturer in Biology, Flinders University Peter Harrison, Lecturer in Forest Adaptation and Restoration Genetics, University of Tasmania Suzanne Mavoa, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

EU ministers arrived in Luxembourg on Monday for two-day talks to reach a united position on several Fit for 55 (FF55) climate policy reform proposals, aiming to keep pace with the European Parliament in the two-track legislative process.

Fears of an inflation-induced global recession continued to stalk the voluntary carbon market (VCM) this week, with standardised offset credits falling to extend a recent trend.

Climate-friendly practices can increase yields while improving ecosystem of farms, scientists say

Farmers could continue to produce high crop yields with far less use of artificial fertilisers if they adopted environmentally sustainable practices, an academic study has shown for the first time.

Techniques such as adding manure and compost to soils, growing nitrogen-fixing plants between crops, and cultivating a wide range of produce instead of sticking to the same crops, can all increase yields while protecting and improving the natural ecosystems of farms.

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António Guterres says the world must turn the tide of rising sea levels, ocean heating, acidification and plastics pollution

The UN secretary general has declared that the world is in the middle of an “ocean emergency”, and urged governments to do more to restore ocean health.

Speaking at the opening of the UN ocean conference in Lisbon, Portugal, attended by global leaders and heads of state from 20 countries, António Guterres said: “Sadly, we have taken the ocean for granted and today we face what I would call an ocean emergency. We must turn the tide.”

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