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"200kW in a box:" Orders open for 5B Maverick, the latest iteration of the Sydney company's plug-and-play solution for rapid deployment of big solar.

The post 5B unveils more powerful, quicker to install Maverick solar solution appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The recent crisis exposed deep flaws in the way the market was structured, top executive says.

Leaked documents show Australia trying to water down influential UN-backed climate report, as Morrison government refuses to release its net zero modelling.

The post Morrison refuses to release net zero modelling, as Australia outed for fudging climate report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gupta plans to launch massive Greensteel investment in Whyalla, with possible involvement of Fortescue, as Morrison prepares to head to Glasgow.

The post Gupta’s Greensteel plant at Whyalla could be Morrison’s COP26 get out of jail card appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Buying from investors, intermediaries and corporates have caused the price of carbon credits in Australia to double in the past 12 months.

The post Australia’s carbon credits leap above $33 a tonne in new surge appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sydney Trains transitions its network to zero net emissions, after inking a deal with Red Energy to buy renewable energy certificates.

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Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge another $1.5 billion towards renewables and philanthropic projects helping cap global warming at 1.5°C.

The post Cannon-Brookes to inject another $1.5 billion into renewables and climate push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rabbits destroy huge numbers of critical regenerating seedlings over more than half the continent. This has devastating flow-on effects for the rest of the ecosystem. So how do we control them? Pat Taggart, Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Brian Cooke, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.

Watching your land wither before your eyes is gut-wrenching, so we’ve been listening to the science and responding. But we can’t do it alone

Just so we’re clear: rural Australians are not the backwards-looking, climate denying hicks some of our political “representatives” make us out to be.

But if I wasn’t embedded in the farming community and living in rural Australia, I would probably be cursing people like me too. The narrative coming from some politicians has the propensity to make one believe that rural Australians are as uneducated and unaware as the duelling banjo players from the movie Deliverance.

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Iberdrola announces £6 billion investment in 3GW offshore wind energy hub to kick off UK's aim to build 40GW of offshore wind to meet net zero target.

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*PREMIUM LISTING – Verra is a global leader helping to address the world’s most intractable environmental and social challenges. It administers a portfolio of leading standards programs, including the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), which accounts for over two-thirds of all voluntary carbon market issuances globally. Verra seeks a Senior Director/Director of Communications and Marketing.

US biofuel credit (RIN) values jumped to a nearly two-month high on Wednesday as traders pointed to strong soybean oil prices and a lack of news on preliminary Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes.

*PREMIUM LISTING – The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Senior Manager will lead the work of designing cutting-edge monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the Fund, spanning the breadth of the potential NCS activities in protection, restoration, and improved management.

*PREMIUM LISTING – The Carbon Finance Deal Structurer plays a key role in the mission of the NCS Fund by leading on the structuring of innovative transactions with key partners within and outside of Conservation International.

*PREMIUM LISTING – Verra is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor or Manager, Supply Chain Innovations, to lead our work in establishing new standards, tools, and programs to support and incentivize corporate GHG abatement activities. 

*PREMIUM LISTING – Verra is creating the new role of Director, Financial Innovations, to lead the development and implementation of Verra’s strategy for standards-related financial, investment, and insurance innovations.

The protest comes a day after Joe Biden appeared ready to settle for a smaller environmental proposal ahead of the COP26 summit

With little more than sun hats, placards and folding chairs, five young activists have begun a hunger strike in front of the White House urging Joe Biden not to abandon his bold climate agenda.

The protest, organized by the Sunrise Movement youth group, came a day after the US president threatened to water down his $3.5tn social and environmental legislation ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

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Australia is now taking a 2050 target to Glasgow, but this does not mean we are fulfilling the undertakings we made in Paris. Peter Christoff, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.