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The New Zealand government has scrapped this year’s annual service charges for forestry under the emissions trading scheme.

Results show increase in symptoms such as wheeziness in presence of high aviation-related ultrafine particles

As the public hearings for London Gatwick airport’s northern runway resume, researchers from the Netherlands have found greater inhaler use in children living near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

Stand close to a large airport and, if the wind is in the wrong direction, each cubic centimetre of air that you breathe will contain tens of thousands of ultrafine particles (UFP).

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Enel Green Power lands finance for first paired solar and battery project since new rules that allow single connection point.

The post Enel Green Power lands finance for first solar and battery hybrid project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL may convert some existing hydropower assets into pumped hydro, which it says will be quicker and cheaper than building from scratch.

The post AGL eyes quicker and cheaper pumped hydro “conversions” to back up wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans for a huge rooftop solar-soaking battery with up to four hours of storage have been submitted for approval by a local developer.

The post Australia’s biggest battery proposed to soak up Brisbane rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Investors in South Korea remain cautious about making a foray into the international voluntary carbon market, given the absence of government guidance and slow trades of domestic emissions permits, an event heard this week.

Applications from projects looking to receive Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) totalled 4.3 million units at the end of the Q1, with many claiming for the first time, according to data published by the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) Friday.

Elon Musk flags "mind blowing" development for the utility industry in next generation of Megapack battery storage technology.

The post “Mind blowing for the utility industry:” Elon Musk has another big surprise in battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A US federal district court sided with an Oregon county’s motion to hear its case against fossil fuel companies in a state court.

The Brazilian Senate’s Special Committee on Green Hydrogen advanced a bill Wednesday establishing a regulatory framework for energy sources that includes incentives designed to promote the nation's industry.

Canada’s five major banks are committed to serving their oil and gas clients towards long-term net zero goals, executives said before a parliamentary committee on Thursday, as elected officials questioned the specifics of the firms’ climate goals.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) prices stabilised after last week's price rout, while trade in Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) in the secondary market picked up after a strong second quarterly auction result.

Australia’s largest telecom company Telstra announced Friday it will no longer purchase carbon credits, choosing instead direct investments to reduce its emissions footprint as well as increasing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction targets.

Two states have banned native forest logging, but it’s still happening in the others. Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Increasing support for US biofuels production – including renewable diesel (RD) and ethanol – as more sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based counterparts, overlook their impact on air quality, particularly in rural Midwestern communities, analysis by an environmental non-profit found.

A BBC investigation has uncovered potentially thousands more illegal sewage spills on dry days.

Prominent buyers in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) have raised the profile of removals credits, but costs remain high and reductions credits still have a key role to play in achieving voluntary net zero targets, panellists told conference attendees this week.

Rio Tinto backs major fund raising for what will be the world's biggest liquid air energy storage plant in the UK, amid plans to take technology to Australia.

The post Rio Tinto backs world’s largest liquid air energy storage plant, with eyes on Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The AFR is a fine newpaper, but on electricity and decarbonisation, it's been garbage from the beginning. And it's very wrong on nuclear and its attacks on the CSIRO. Here's why.

The post Why the AFR economics editor is wrong on GenCost, nuclear and “always on” power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In a late move at mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn, country negotiators formally decided Thursday to try and clean up the Article 6 process by pushing several "spicy" topics out to future years, notably including that of emissions avoidance, easing the workload ahead of COP29 in November.