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NSW energy minister says she is open to possibility of putting part of HumeLink that will connect Snowy 2.0 project to rest of grid under ground.

The post NSW says it may put part of controversial Snowy link underground, despite higher costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Access to fossil fuels allowed humanity to overshoot Earth’s biophysical limits. The crises we now face are all symptoms of this overshoot, and the only fix is to cut our demands on the biosphere. Mike Joy, Senior Researcher; Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The four hybrid power stations will eventually boast a combined installed capacity of 82MW and reduce diesel consumption by 38 million litres each year.

The post Gold miner completes first of four solar and battery hybrid power stations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Stephanie Unwin, the CEO of Horizon Power, discusses how 400 residential and business customers had just one year to electrify after the local gas distribution decided to cut off the gas supply.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: How this regional town transitioned off the gas network in just 12 months appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new fund is being established to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from premium environmental plantings (EP), aiming to generate returns of 12-14% per annum.

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Almost half of the environmental experts on the social media network formerly known as Twitter have abandoned the platform in a trend one study found could damage climate change discourse.

The post Climate experts go cold on social media platform now known as X appeared first on RenewEconomy.

How charity investigators went undercover to outwit a global wildlife trafficking gang.

The California government on Tuesday provided an overview and timeline for developing its regulatory framework for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage, with the state facing strong support from industry and heavy pushback from environmental justice organisations.

Brookfield lines up Chinese renewable giant to potential build wind, battery and hydrogen components for its massive renewables investment plans in Australia.

The post Brookfield lines up Chinese wind, battery and hydrogen giant for Origin renewable plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Houston-based oil and gas firm Occidental has purchased the Canadian direct air capture (DAC) company Carbon Engineering through a subsidiary for $1.1 billion, the entities announced Tuesday.

The small Mexican state of Colima is working on quickly rolling out a carbon tax, while the Tamaulipas government is planning to soon reinstate its own CO2 levy that will have stronger legal backing, a conference heard Tuesday.

Unlike his Indiana Jones character, Ford says he likes snakes and called the discovery "humbling".

Tens of thousands of credits from a Brazilian REDD+ projects were sold by a Toronto-headquartered voluntary carbon market financier for a net-settlement of less than $1 per unit during this year's second quarter, an investor call heard Tuesday.

Terraformation is hiring a Controller to lead the Accounting team. Reporting to the CFO, the Controller will closely manage all monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting processes and reporting, allowing Terraformation to push forward in its mission of planting 1 trillion trees by 2030. This critical role will help monitor our financial accounting as we continue to grow our projects worldwide.

BloombergNEF (BNEF) is seeking a talented and highly motivated individual to join its European compliance carbon market team.

The US-led Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) jurisdictional carbon crediting mechanism to phase out coal globally could backfire and cause a staggering 22 billion tonne increase of CO2 against a baseline case of no intervention, a UK think-tank has warned.

Timber and pulp countries have not made sufficient progress towards complying with an upcoming EU law that obliges companies to prove products sold in the 27-nation bloc have not led to deforestation, according to a London-based initiative. 

Half of regular green tweeters abandoned platform after its sale and cuts to moderation, analysis finds

Half of people regularly tweeting about the climate and nature crises abandoned Twitter after it was taken over by Elon Musk, according to new analysis.

The researchers said Twitter, now renamed X, had previously been the leading social media platform for environmental discussion and the decline was “troubling”. They said the “exodus of environmental users on Twitter is an existential threat” to a main way of informing people who want to take climate action.

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There are many reasons to be vegetarian but I don’t mind about what happens to an animal after it dies, so long as it lives well

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I used to only eat meat from sheep whose names I knew. This was not a particularly difficult task: they were all called Sam, through a naming convention established by my father. He assured us it had nothing to do with both his daughters dating people named Sam at the time.

Being vegetarian except for lamb grown on my parents’ farm, from sheep I had likely held as babies, has baffled meat eaters and vegetarians alike. When my parents sold the farm, and the last cuts left the freezer, I stopped eating meat altogether. I didn’t miss it. I never cook it myself and, when given the choice, I will always choose not to eat it.

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