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Germany’s largest steelmaker has announced plans to reduce output by around 20% because of consistent high energy costs "owing to climate policy objectives" and pressure from Asian competitors, the company’s executive board said Thursday evening.

Developing free and open-source monitoring tools is crucial as corporates' interest in disclosing their biodiversity footprint is increasing, the director for biodiversity at the European Commission said Thursday.

Donor funding for tenure and forest guardianship by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities increased by a third over the last eight years, though few resources directly reached on-the-ground organisations, a report has found.

The Australian government is consulting on how to implement its Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) in Western Australia, as observers react to its Future Made in Australia Act announcement.

Japan in its latest annual emissions inventory report included carbon removals from environmentally friendly concrete products and seaweed beds, the first country to do so, the environment ministry announced Friday.

Queensland Labor tips $5m into a recycling pilot to tackle the PV waste problem looming on the flipside of its rooftop solar success story.

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Vietnam sees potential in generating carbon credits from its coconuts, with a local study suggesting plantations in one province could absorb anywhere from 1.9-5.8 million tonnes of CO2.

Australia's only listed renewables and storage developer agrees to a takeover offer from its Japanese partner.

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China is the dominant force in solar, wind, battery storage and EVs, and the world’s biggest polluter. China expert Lauri Myllyvirta lifts the lid. Plus: Labor’s Made in Australia plan, and lots of storage news.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: China, China, China appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Blue tits, starlings, wood pigeons and blackbirds next most sighted in RSPB survey involving 600,000 participants

A friendly if slightly tuneless chirp is the most ubiquitous birdsong in British gardens with the house sparrow topping the Big Garden Birdwatch charts for the 21st consecutive year, according to the annual RSPB survey.

Blue tits, starlings, wood pigeons and blackbirds were the next most-sighted birds by more than 600,000 participants in the world’s largest wildlife garden survey.

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The Coalition nuclear policy has flipped back to SMRs after the latest meeting with lobbyists, which - contrary to reports - Rolls Royce says it did not attend. But what about costs and timelines?

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Queensland heads to the polls in October and without bi-partisan support for the state’s existing energy transformation and emission reduction targets, this exciting progress could grind to a halt. 

The post Queensland’s transformation from coal to clean energy leader presents LNP with a major test appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's first large-scale green hydrogen electrolyser factory is open for business, but how quickly it ramps up will depend on the number of customers, including Fortescue.

The post Fortescue opens one of world’s biggest electrolyser factories: All it needs now is customers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Capacity Investment Scheme will kick off in Western Australia within just a couple of months, with an initial tender for 2,000MWh of energy storage.

The post Bowen takes capacity tender out west in search of 2GWh of energy storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia is expanding trade and investment with Southeast Asia to improve regional prosperity and global climate security. Here’s what to expect at the April 15-16 green economy summit in Vietnam. Trang Nguyen, Southeast Asia Lead, Climateworks Centre Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The NZU price fell 5% on Thursday following remarks from New Zealand’s Finance and associate Climate Minister Nicola Willis that advice from the Climate Change Commission is “not gospel”.

The reservoir that provides around 70% of water in Colombia's capital is at less than 17% capacity.

California’s current Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values do not adequately incentivise market players to realise the potential for growth within the sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) industry, an analyst told webinar participants Thursday.

Taxpayers will fund new major manufacturing and clean energy projects in this year's federal budget tied to a potential tightening of foreign investment rules.

The post Albanese says government to bankroll green manufacturing, flags tighter foreign investment rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released annual GHG inventory figures for 2022 on Thursday showing nationwide emissions increased year-on-year from a post pandemic rebound in economic activity offset by CO2 sequestration from the land sector.