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Environmental groups claim planned Suffolk power station will devastate marine life and key bird habitat

More than 500 million fish, including protected species, could be sucked into the cooling system of a proposed £20bn nuclear power plant in Suffolk if construction goes ahead, environmental campaigners say.

A local campaign group, Together Against Sizewell C (Tasc), claims the subsequent deaths of millions of fish is “inhumane and unacceptable” and flies in the face of the government’s green agenda. Also opposing the development, the bird conservation group RSPB expressed concern over predicted levels of fish loss on the marine birds that feed on them.

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Another planned huge coal-fired power plant in Japan was put to rest this week as the government’s more ambitious climate policy and overall dubious market outlook for fossil fuels put the country on a lower-carbon path.

Expedition spent 24 days clearing 10 miles of shoreline in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, collecting 94,472lb marine debris

In a span of just over three weeks, more than 47 tons of plastic waste were removed from America’s largest protected marine reserve, sometimes directly off animals, a stark reminder of the scourge of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.

Related: Idaho bill seeks to kill more than 1,000 wolves

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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator is moving forward with plans to set up an exchange for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), in a bid to boost transparency and cut costs as the nation’s voluntary carbon market expands.

Unfounded claims do not reflect president’s proposals to tackle global heating, which make no mention of meat consumption

At a major summit hosted by Joe Biden last week, a procession of world leaders fretted over the spiraling dangers of the climate crisis, with some pledging further cuts to planet-heating emissions, others touting their embrace of electric cars and a few vowing the end of coal.

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New research claims AEMC has made an error in calculations that, once corrected, would make the impact of its proposed solar export charge much worse than originally projected.

The post Rooftop solar tax could bite twice as hard as was modelled, says report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As the energy market awaits the Energy Security Board's proposed reforms, some in the industry believe large incumbent players have received an early drop.

The post Has the coal lobby got the early drop on key energy market reforms? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Don’t be alarmed if you spot one in your compost heap, they are harmless, except to pests like slugs

If it looks like a snake but blinks, it is a slow worm: Anguis fragilis. That is the helpful hint for the squeamish who might worry about the appearance of a greyish brown or black legless lizard in their garden compost heap. Your reaction should be delight, as slow worms are entirely harmless and a gardener’s friend; they eat slow-moving prey like slugs and other garden pests.

They are the most likely of Britain’s reptiles to be found in gardens but like any damp and boggy place on the edge of woodland or in tufty grasslands. They are most numerous in Wales and the West Country but can appear anywhere in Britain although populations can be patchy.

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MPs say Treasury has not set out how tax system will help UK meet target to cut emissions

The Treasury cannot explain how it will manage declines in tax revenues worth £37bn from fossil fuels as the UK shifts to a clean economy, MPs have warned.

A report from the influential parliamentary public accounts committee also warned that the Treasury had not set out how the tax system was going to help the government meet the target to cut emissions to “net zero” by 2050.

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Rooftop solar hits record share of generation in WA, as gas and wind output fall due to more renewables and a higher number of outages.

The post Rooftop solar hits record 65.2% generation in WA as installation rush continues appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It’s official: Australia will soon have its own fully-fledged carbon market as Clean Energy Regulator kick starts creation of carbon exchange.

The post Australia is about to get its first proper carbon market, will save business $100m appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Flucrum3D seeks funds for international expansion of its Australian made technology that helps optimise large-scale wind and solar generation.

The post Sydney solar and wind forecasting start-up seeks funds to tap booming global market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The mechanism that allows rooftop solar to be switch off is a blunt, rushed and potentially costly regulation. We need to do better for consumer-owned assets.

The post Regulatory over-reach: South Australia’s solar switch-off is a warning to other states appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US has officially begun the process of realising a fossil-free grid, with an 80% by 2030 clean power goal likely to be implemented by Biden.

The post US renewable expansion begins to take shape with ambitious new targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The scare campaign against EVs is not likely to be repeated, but the new fake steak scare campaign in US could be the next course in Australia's climate debate.

The post America’s fake steak panic could be next course in Australia’s climate war appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until COB 28 May 2021.

Queensland based Luceo Energy to design new data platform to boost penetration of rooftop solar and storage by managing voltage issues.

The post New study to consider solar and battery impact on voltage in local networks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealand recently became the first country to make climate-related financial disclosures mandatory, but it has some way to go to scale up investment in climate resilience. David Hall, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The world’s largest food conglomerate Nestle has joined the growing number of companies mostly shunning offsets in their quest for net zero emissions, though the Swiss-headquartered firm said it will make exceptions for its brands that want “move faster” towards carbon neutrality.