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German economy minister says sourcing 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030 is very much achievable if current positive trends persist.

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Ascent Solar Technologies will see its featherweight, flexible, and durable CIGS thin-film panels power an upcoming NASA space mission.

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New research has identified open-cut mining pits that could be turned into reservoirs to hold water for renewable energy storage.

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The firm never acknowledged the project publicly but had recruited thousands of car engineers.

As Spain continues to be blighted by a lack of rain, farmers want more government assistance.

As Spain continues to be blighted by a lack of rain, farmers want more government assistance.

The UK government must not carry its surplus of emissions over to the next carbon budget, as the focus of decarbonisation shifts from electricity to tougher-to-abate sectors, the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warned on Wednesday. 

The implementation of a carbon fee alongside the continuation of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits would yield the most significant and cost-effective emissions reductions for the US, according to modelling results published Tuesday by a DC-based think tank.

New York's legislature should assert more authority by setting supply and price limits itself under the state's future cap-and-invest programme, to help ensure that overall climate efforts sufficiently consider the affordability and reliability of energy, according to a report from a think tank published Tuesday.

Extreme winds from thunderstorms have downed transmission towers from Victoria to Western Australia in recent years. What’s going on? Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne Andrew Brown, Ph.D. student, The University of Melbourne Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Claire Vincent, Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, The University of Melbourne Michael Brear, Director, Melbourne Energy Institute, The University of Melbourne Pierluigi Mancarella, Chair Professor of Electrical Power Systems, The University of Melbourne Todd Lane, Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A startup that lets investors buy digital tokens backed by physical EU carbon allowances has shut down due regulatory and financial difficulties.

The European Parliament approved on Tuesday a revision of the bloc’s long-term budget, with some lawmakers warning the European Commission against an excessive deployment of capital to support Ukraine that would leave a shortage of funding for industrial decarbonisation.

Exchange operator ICE confirmed on Tuesday the delayed launch next month of carbon unit futures contracts eligible for compliance under Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) programme.

Huge open-cut mining pits would be turned into reservoirs to hold water for renewable energy storage. It would give the sites a new lease on life and help shore up our low-emissions future. Timothy Weber, Research Officer for School of Engineering, Australian National University Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A French NGO is looking to develop a methodology to create offsets from installing eco-friendly housing in West Africa, and is recruiting a carbon expert to work towards its approval by a voluntary carbon standard.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will evaluate and list voluntary carbon ecosystem players in 2024, as part of its Congressionally-approved programme to facilitate farmer, rancher, and private forest landowner participation in the market, according to government documents published Tuesday.

Waste flowed into Hampshire stream for 20 hours because of faulty equipment at pumping station

A water company has been fined £330,000 after raw sewage escaped into a stream in Hampshire for up to 20 hours, killing about 2,000 fish including brown trout.

Waste flowed into Shawford Lake Stream on the edge of the South Downs because of faulty equipment at a pumping station.

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A bill to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and seas by 2030 got the final green light by the European Parliament on Tuesday, amid tensions within the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) group, which is seeking to portray itself as the farmer's party as EU elections approach on 6-9 June.

The geopolitical fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine is forcing Moscow and Central Asian countries to look more seriously at renewable energy than ever before, a long-time advisor in the region said on Tuesday.

Governments and companies have been urged to conduct nature risk assessments when identifying sites for renewable energy plants, to minimise biodiversity impacts while enhancing investments, by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).