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Two Melbourne suburbs to be used as a template for how the City of Yarra can electrify the community and get rid of gas by 2030.

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Pacific Blue signs deal to power Tennis Australia's Melbourne precinct with renewables for a year, including the three weeks of the 2024 Australian Open.

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IEA says COP28 goal of tripling renewables within reach after unprecedented global growth in 2023. But Australia among countries holding back the pace.

The post Australia called out for grid queues, policy uncertainty in race to triple global renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Local councils are struggling to clear blockages and obstructions across the public footpath network.

Visitor numbers to national parks are increasing. It means masses of people are being funnelled into potentially dangerous locations for which they may be unprepared. Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists discover a huge, ring-shaped structure in space which questions our ideas of the universe.

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The proposed regulatory amendments to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) are inadequate to shrink the LCFS credit bank and lift prices, several experts told conference participants Thursday.

A Delaware Superior Court judge on Tuesday partially dismissed a state lawsuit against a multitude of Big Oil firms to hold them responsible for the effects of climate change, ruling that the global and out-of-state emissions were outside the boundaries of state law, while upholding the state's case regarding emissions stemming from within Delaware's border.

Draft laws for mandatory reporting of climate-related risks have been released by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

The post Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The enforcement of US environmental law could be endangered should two Supreme Court cases overturn a landmark ruling that defined the balance of power between the judiciary and executive branches in implementation of federal law, legal experts have noted in a series of webinars.

The Port of Hastings windfarm block highlights a growing conundrum – how to expand renewable infrastructure without damaging fragile ecosystems

The recent decision by the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, to block the development of a “renewable energy terminal” at Port of Hastings in the Western Port wetland east of Melbourne brings into stark focus the increasing tension between two commitments of all Australia’s governments – solving the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis. We need solutions to this conundrum quickly, otherwise there will be lost opportunities, expensive mistakes and even more extinctions.

Humanity faces two existential crises. The climate crisis we know well; the second, less appreciated threat to humanity is biodiversity loss. We are only just beginning to appreciate its effects on our economy, agriculture, health and culture.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices broke all-time records this week, with traders articulating an array of opinions behind the rally, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices witnessed a fairly precipitous pullback, which multiple market participants said could be attributed to political uncertainty around the future of the programme.

As Challicum Hills turns 20, we look at the long-term technical and commercial performance of the NEM’s first batch of utility-scale wind farms.

The post Twenty years on, how is Australia’s first batch of wind farms performing? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Having once pledged not to “mangle the process” by using anything but renewables to fuel his energy plans, Andrew Forrest says some imported gas is necessary.

The post Forrest backtracks on “filthy” fossils, supports development of gas terminal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

*PREMIUM LISTING - With the rapid growth in carbon markets driving a new wave of project development, Verra is seeking a Senior Program Officer to join the Climate Policy and Strategy Team within the Legal, Policy and Markets Department.

US federal agencies alongside California’s ARB and Attorney General’s Office released on Wednesday details of a proposed settlement totalling $2 billion with a US-based engine maker for alleged violations of both the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and California law.

An Irish road congestion toll in effect as of Jan. 1 provoked sharp rebuke from a Dublin-area official on Thursday as the EU country lags on sustainability commitments amid tightening purse strings and reluctance to tax heavy-emitting industries.

Modular building techniques offer sustainable, affordable and adaptable solutions for a rapidly changing world. Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Parisa Ziaesaeidi, Associate Lecturer in Architecture, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The city was built 2,500 years ago but may have been abandoned after a volcanic eruption.