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Green economists dismayed by failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business

Opportunities to revive the UK’s flagging economy by boosting green industry were missed in one of the least green budgets of recent years, experts have said.

Several said this failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business – the net zero economy grew by 9% in key areas last year, while the rest of the economy was stagnant, according to CBI estimates – would drag down the UK in the short and long term.

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Australian resources company Mayur Resources is facing further trouble getting its REDD+ project in Papua New Guinea off the ground, as the country’s National Forestry Authority (NFA) continues to attempt to cancel its permits, the company announced Thursday.

NSW energy minister rejects allegations of bullying, says mental health support to be increased for residents and landholders affected by transmission projects.

The post Sharpe denies”bullying” as renewable zone transmission push comes under fire appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Will it make a difference when companies have to track and report emissions and environmental impact? Only if policies with teeth follow. Martina Linnenluecke, Professor of Environmental Finance at UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

Global average temperature for past 12 months highest on record at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels, data shows

Last month was the warmest February on record globally, making it the ninth month in a row with record temperatures for the time of year, scientists have said.

Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows.

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New analysis shows 10 EU countries representing more than 60% of the bloc’s electricity generation capacity have committed to exit fossil fuel generation by 2035 or sooner.

The post Ten EU countries commit to stop burning fossil fuels by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's only solar manufacturer says it's time for government to embrace risk and back in local PV manufacturing, instead of "milling around the starting line."

The post “We’re at square one:” Plea for investment in solar manufacturing after years of “zero support” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chris Bowen was so impressed by an Australian battery storage company that he bought one of its solar battery systems.

The post Chris Bowen visited Australian storage stand, and bought a solar battery called Troppo appeared first on RenewEconomy.

2023 was the year of the big battery in the NEM. Here's what the latest market data reveals about Australia's battery storage boom.

The post Year of the Big Battery: Economics and performance of the NEM’s storage fleet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bowen says nuclear is "utterly uneconomic" and just the latest iteration of the Coalition culture war on energy and climate.

The post Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Each year new gas appliances lock in $1.2 billion in lifetime energy costs for households across the country. Victoria is bearing nearly $900m of this total cost.

The post Kicking gas and electrifying households can slash energy bills by billions a year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ocean-going vessels with no-one on board - a vision of the future that's coming faster you think.

South Dakota legislators secured landowner rights in a number of final amendments made Wednesday to three carbon pipeline bills, which now proceed to be signed by Governor Kristi Noem (R).

A US-based grasslands soil carbon project developer last year paid ranchers $3 million for their sequestration efforts, it said Wednesday.

The carbon neutral LNG cargoes that had a brief and very public moment through 2020 and 2021 before mostly disappearing may make a resurgence, according to one expert speaking at a Singapore conference Wednesday.

Ten EU nations representing two-thirds of the bloc’s electricity generation capacity have committed to eliminate all fossil fuels from their power sectors by 2035, according to analysis by a campaign group.

Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of death

Doctors have warned of potentially life-threatening effects from plastic pollution after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.

Researchers in Naples examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than half had deposits contaminated with tiny particles of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

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