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Onlookers in Bingil Bay were stunned when an adolescent cassowary emerged from the ocean and shook itself off late last month. Mandubarra traditional owner and Bingil Bay Campground host Nikita McDowell sent video of the unexpected arrival to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service after a guest told her it was swimming about 200 metres offshore. The endangered bird 'will take to the water to cross from one side of a river to the other, or if they feel threatened by domestic dogs or another cassowary through a territorial dispute', QPWS officer Stephen Clough says. McDowell was advised that it would move on when it was ready. 'I went to make a coffee and when I returned, it was gone,' she says

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Federal Labor launches first funding round to support emissions reduction at industrial facilities, with initial focus on industrial heat and off-road transport.

The post Bowen launches $150 million funding round to decarbonise, electrify regional industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New modelling from Climateworks shows Australia can stay aligned with the Paris target of limiting warming to 1.5°C, but only if much of the heavy lifting is done by 2030.

The post Australia must slash emissions by 68 pct by 2030, quit coal five years later to meet 1.5°C target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW stuns wind industry by suggesting hardly any sites are deemed "desirable" for large scale wind projects. One of the few areas deemed "suitable" is in anti-wind MP Angus Taylor's electorate.

The post NSW blots out nearly entire state for wind projects – few areas deemed “desirable” for turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ICAO’s Technical Advisory body (TAB) has recommended that two carbon standards be immediately approved to supply credits to the global aviation sector’s carbon offset scheme for the 2021-23 pilot phase, while five others achieved conditional recommendations for 2024-26.

Neoen transfers ownership of World's End Gorge to state government to create new national park adjacent to its massive Goyder South wind, solar and battery project.

The post “A true first:” Neoen in landmark deal to create national park next to Goyder renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australia has raised five potential policy options in a review process to address carbon leakage, including a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and integrating flexibility levers of the Safeguard Mechanism into a broader suite of policies.

New analysis shows a fall in China’s CO2 emissions is all but guaranteed in 2024, thanks to a historic expansion of low-carbon energy installations.

The post China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Some positive news for the US offshore wind industry as the first of 62 massive 13MW turbines goes up for the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts.

The post First massive Haliade X turbine installed at first US offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar farm developers to face new fees that will deliver more than $400 million of community benefits in bid to fast-track stalled planning approvals.

The post Wind and solar projects face hefty new fees as NSW seeks to accelerate planning process appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Federal government opens public consultation on possible policy changes to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, including a potential carbon border tariff.

The post Albanese government takes aim at “carbon leakage” to protect Australian industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The 439 million smallholder farmers globally are spending as much as $368 billion collectively of their own income each year on tackling the impacts of climate change, including on pest control, soil improvements, and biodiversity conservation, which significantly dwarfs the $230 mln pledged for the Adaptation Fund at last year’s COP27 and highlights the increased levels of climate support required by the sector that produces around a third of the world’s food, according to a study published Tuesday.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released on Monday a set of proposed clarifications and modifications to a suite of climate programmes.

The US Department of Treasury on Monday provided an analysis of how federal policies to address climate change can uplift the economy.

Residents of a fishing port remain on edge as scientists say a volcanic eruption is still imminent.

Wars are multiplying – and the damage these conflicts do isn’t just immediate. They leave long-term environmental damage Stacey Pizzino, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Jo Durham, Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Management and Health, Queensland University of Technology Michael Waller, Senior Lecturer Biostatistics, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The restoration and protection of global forests could sequester approximately 20 years’ worth of fossil fuel emissions, a new study has found.

Compliance entities in both California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowance (RGA) markets moved their positions to this year's vintage as speculators did the opposite, while both groups added to their Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) net length, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed Monday.

Carbon markets must learn how to deal with the application of new practices and norms in clean cooking, and ensure we take the lessons from past actions without judging them against criteria that had yet to be invented, writes Owen Hewlett of Gold Standard.