Feed aggregator

Wind Farm Commissioner role, already expanded to include large-scale solar and storage, grows again to take in massive transmission development projects.

The post Wind farm commissioner role expands to tackle tricky transmission projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley, amended the list of threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 by adding one species to the list and transferring one species within the list....

The Commodity Trading desk is providing commodity hedges and risk management solutions. The main clients are corporates with hedging needs in the commodity space. The desk has a global presence with teams in New York, Singapore and London. The desk covers a wide product range, covering Energy, Base and Precious Metals and Softs & Agri's.

With more people composting due to environmental concerns or council programs, they need to know how to do it right. Cheryl Desha, Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Built Environment, and Director, Engagement (Industry), Griffith University Kimberley Reis, Lecturer, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Griffith University Savindi Caldera, Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Photographer Stacey MacGregor has captured the beauty and magic of rain falling on the rock, while the Northern Territory has been battered by severe storms. The massive sandstone monolith is sacred to the the Anangu Aboriginal people. Since late 2019 tourists have been prohibited from climbing it

• Traditional owners of Uluru make a splash using entry fee income

Continue reading...

This position is responsible for developing Environmental Market analysis for Shell Energy Europe and Environmental Products. The successful candidate will lead the production of high-quality analytics, targeted directly at producing commercial recommendations which add value to the trading bottom line.

The Manager, Climate Change will drive forward BSR’s climate change work, which includes thought leadership and insight, collaborative initiatives, and advisory services work with companies. BSR works with its member companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to build resilience to climate impacts, in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

As Bangladesh turns 50, a UK-Bangladeshi reflects on how climate change affects his parent's country.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

The federal government’s attempts to force new gas generation into NSW is sign of just how badly it's running energy policy. In truth, there is no real policy.

The post Forcing gas generation into NSW is a loser policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Virginia state court on Thursday set a hearing late this summer for a lawsuit filed by an industrial group that challenges the legality of the state’s RGGI-modelled cap-and-trade regulation, court records show.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values increased on thin secondary market volume this week to counteract some losses from earlier in March, while California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) edged closer to the WCI floor price amid rising Q2 auction volume.

Carbon intensive companies aren’t transitioning onto mitigation pathways fast enough to meet 2050 net zero emission targets, according to a survey of investors and executives published on Thursday that found respondents mostly blaming a lack of investment.

As federal parliament prepares to undertake yet another review of Australia’s future energy system needs, experts explain why new baseload is not one of them.

The post Why Australia doesn’t need new baseload to replace old coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewable energy keeps breaking records in Australia. But a new government report shows that the headwinds are coming and the risks are high.

The post Australian renewable growth is flattening out, and the timing couldn’t be worse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The environmental, cultural and scientific sensitivity of some sites, and rarity of some fossils, means amateur fossil collecting comes with huge risks. Kailah Thorn, EdCC Earth Science Museum Curator, University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Consumer goods giant Unilever, long a leader in the corporate sustainability field, will put its plan for meeting a 2039 net zero emissions target to an advisory shareholder vote in May.

Much of net-zero target could be met if JBS ended deforestation by Amazon suppliers, say campaigners

The Brazilian company JBS, the world’s biggest meat processor, has announced record profits a day after it pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 – the first global meat and poultry company to do so.

Surging exports to China and Hong Kong fed its record profit of 4bn Brazilian reais (£516m) for the last quarter of 2020 – up a staggering 65% on the previous year – the company said on Wednesday night. Sales to China and Hong Kong from Brazil grew by about 60%, it said.

Continue reading...

Operations are continuing to move a 400 metre long vessel stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday.

EUAs fell by as much as 5% on Thursday to slip below €40 for the first time in two weeks, as markets sank while coronavirus infections rose in Europe, dimming recovery prospects.