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Indigenous groups, businesses and activists condemn company’s effort to drill for gold at source of Skagit River

An international coalition of over 200 Indigenous groups, businesses and environmentalists have announced opposition to a Canadian mining plan that could have far-reaching impacts in the US.

Imperial Metals has applied to the British Columbia government for a five-year exploratory permit to drill for gold around the source waters of the Skagit River, near the US border.

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South Korea plans to adjust the benchmark settings and CO2 allowance auctioning rate in its emissions trading scheme as part of efforts to drive technology innovation to help bring the nation’s carbon output down to net zero by 2050, the environment ministry said Friday.

China’s northern city of Shenyang is expected to launch trading in its municipal carbon market this July, with the programme spanning around 500 companies initially, local media reported Friday.

‘Escalator to extinction’ means aggressive species will eventually take over, threatening the entire mountain ecosystem

Alpine flowers could go extinct after glaciers disappear as more competitive species colonise terrain higher up the mountain, new research has warned.

Glaciers are retreating at historically unprecedented rates, exposing new land for plants to grow, which benefits delicate alpine species in the short term. However, these early pioneers – some of which are endemic – soon become endangered as more aggressive species take over, driving them out of their remaining habitat and decreasing overall biodiversity, according to the paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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You could hardly imagine a worse report on the state of Australia's environment, and the law's capacity to protect it, than that released on Thursday. Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scott Morrison drives an electric truck. Did it ruin his weekend?

The post Scott Morrison test drives an electric truck, but can’t find EV policy button appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Morrison government has not modelled an Australian pathway to zero net emissions, according to information provided by department officials.

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The average “good” energy share in our random portfolio was up over 100% last year, and this performance has continued into January.

The post Owning “good” energy shares really paid off last year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A fresh round of Spanish renewables auctions secures 3GW of new wind and solar projects, at record low prices for Europe.

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First publicly available RTM75 electric car charger is put to the test by a Standard Range Plus Tesla Model 3.

The post Tesla Model 3 puts Tritium’s new 75kW fast charger to the test appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar and wind farms are becoming adept at dancing around negative pricing events. Even some brown coal generators are showing surprising flexibility.

The post Solar and wind farms – and even some coal units – learn to dodge negative prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cubico Sustainable Investments has emerged as principal investor in the Delburn Wind Farm that will overlook site of the closed Hazelwood coal-fired power station.

The post London-based Cubico backs wind farm overlooking closed Hazelwood coal generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Norway's massive oil fund loses as much on fossil investments as it earns from fossil sales. Time to properly invest in clean energy.

The post Norway’s pension fund burns profits from fossil fuel sales on bad oil and gas investments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Innovative waste-to-fuel technologies will be used at a new Western Australian demonstration plant, after securing government support.

The post Australian developed waste-to-fuel technologies to be built in WA coal centre appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California gasoline and diesel consumption narrowed the year-on-year gap in October, but both fuel sources remain significantly down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to state data published Thursday.

US biofuel credit (RIN) prices skyrocketed this week to levels not seen in several years as traders expect President Joe Biden’s administration to more stringently enforce the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and set higher fuel quotas going forward.

Fitzgibbon's right wing parliamentary colleagues seemed to accept his public undermining of Mark Butler. It will be interesting to see if they permit the same treatment of Bowen. Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit bank declined by nearly 6% during the third quarter of 2020 as petroleum gasoline and diesel sales rebounded following the temporary lifting of COVID-19 economic and travel restrictions, analysts estimated on Thursday.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices collapsed across the week on thin volume to hit a two-month low, while California Carbon Allowances (CCA) inched down on the secondary market ahead of the February auction.