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Latest COP28 text squibs on phase out of fossil fuels, mentioning only "unabated" coal but falling short on gas and oil as the petrol-states hold court.

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Latest draft does not include a commitment to phase out or phase down fossil fuels, as many countries, civil society groups and scientists have urged

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A new draft climate agreement released at the Cop28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates has for the first time explicitly called on nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

But the latest proposed text, released by the Cop president, Sultan Al Jaber, early on Wednesday, did not include an explicit commitment to phase out or phase down fossil fuels, as many countries, civil society groups and scientists have urged.

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2023 has been the year of battery storage, with record construction starts, but wind and solar approvals have hit an eight year low, putting the renewable energy target at risk.

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Herbicides and pesticides wash downriver from farms and towns – and some of these chemicals are taken up by oysters. Kirsten Benkendorff, Professor, Southern Cross University Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Professor Environmental and Marine Science, Southern Cross University Endang Jamal, Senior lecturer in aquaculture, Pattimura University and doctoral student, Southern Cross University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Connorville solar project, hosted on one of Tasmania's most famous farms, has been designed with sheep grazing as a key requirement.

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The Pano AI cameras are already being used for bushfire monitoring and renewables is a new market it wants to expand into.

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Battery storage is gaining a growing share of the peak demand market, edging out traditional gas generators, as market rule maker lifts market price cap to ensure more is built.

The post Battery storage grabs growing share of peak supply in world’s most renewable grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Too much stormwater is disappearing down the drain. Here’s how our cities can make more of their last untapped water source. Buddhi Wijesiri, Research Associate in Water and Environmental Engineering, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Researchers from more than a dozen US institutions have completed a first-of-its-kind assessment of national carbon dioxide removal (CDR) opportunities required to achieve a net zero economy by 2050.

One of the year's most reliable meteor showers peaks on Thursday and Friday.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has begun solicitation of proposals from public and private entities for nature-based carbon sequestration initiatives, the agency announced Tuesday.

Seven out of 10 farmers interviewed had already invested in emissions reduction efforts, by installing solar panels and batteries, electrifying farm equipment or planting trees.

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A form of carbon credit centered around funding the green energy transition in emerging economies took on newfound importance at COP28 in Dubai with the launch of multiple initiatives on the sidelines of the climate conference.

Country negotiators have failed to adopt two key texts on carbon crediting methodologies and international trade on the final scheduled day of COP28, throwing the future of markets as a climate solution under the Paris Agreement into turmoil.

A climate technology firm backed by a US billionaire investor announced Tuesday the signing of an agreement to preserve hundreds of thousands of hectares of an African nation’s vast rainforests and peatlands in exchange for conservation credits.

The Policy Advisor, Prairies Region is Nature United’s lead in developing and implementing strategies to advance provincial and sometimes municipal government relations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta and achieve Nature United’s conservation goals through public policy, funding, and programming.

Development plans to pave over allotments in Isleworth rejected on grounds it would harm heritage assets

Local campaigners fighting to preserve a 1.2-hectare space in west London that is under threat from one of Britain’s oldest aristocratic families have landed a victory in a long-running saga to turn the green space into flats.

Development plans to pave over much of the Park Road allotments in Isleworth were rejected by the Planning Inspectorate on Tuesday, on the grounds that it would harm protected local open space and heritage assets – and would be detrimental to allotment provision in an area where demand outstripped supply.

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Norway has pledged to donate $50 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund to help conserve the rainforest region, its first contribution since 2019.

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