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A new catalyst has been found to require less energy input in producing hydrogen from waste water, while also reducing the urea content of the fuel source.

The post Research breakthrough boosts hydrogen production from waste water appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In the first of our Energy Transformed podcasts series we take a deep dive into the different roles battery storage can play in the energy market.

The post Energy Transformed Podcast: Can batteries take charge of the grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy trading company Powerledger has been shortlisted by the Australian Government’s Clean Energy Regulator in the next phase for the delivery of the highly anticipated Australian Carbon Exchange.

The post Powerledger’s blockchain technology shortlisted as solution for Australian Carbon Exchange appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Meat and dairy groups threaten to stop contributing to international summit on food sustainability after critical voices invited

Livestock groups have been lobbying the UN to support more meat and dairy production before a high-profile summit on food sustainability, documents reveal.

Most experts agree that livestock are responsible for at least 14% of global emissions, while a study published last week found the use of animals for meat causes twice the planet-heating gases that plant-based foods do.

The UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS), taking place this week in New York, aims to make global agricultural systems more sustainable, billing itself as a transformational “people’s summit”.

But documents obtained by Greenpeace Unearthed – the investigative arm of environmental NGO Greenpeace – and seen by the Guardian, show livestock industry bodies threatening to withdraw if others in their discussion group at the summit do not share their “common goal”.

In the months leading up to the summit, discussion groups – known as clusters – worked to produce position papers offering sustainable food system solutions.

In one draft paper, dated 15 June, members of the “sustainable livestock” cluster stated that “advances in intensive livestock systems” mean they can “contribute to the preservation of planetary resources and effective delivery of nutrition”.

Environmental and other experts have advised however that lower levels of animal protein production and consumption are critical to reducing climate breakdown and protecting the environment.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party hung onto a minority government during Monday's snap election, with more of the same for the country's existing carbon pricing and climate policies and new announcements requiring parliamentary compromise to come into fruition.

APA Group joins battle for network owner AusNet with $10bn rival takeover bid, saying a merger would accelerate Australia's energy transition.

The post APA Group launches rival $10 billion takeover bid for network owner AusNet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While other world leaders arrive in New York to discuss cooperation on Covid and climate, Morrison will trying to patch up his submarine blunder.

The post What is Scott Morrison doing in New York? Nothing on climate, it seems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor's Coalkeeper subsidy is dead in the water. Or at least it should be. Here are six better ideas that state energy ministers should consider.

The post Better ways to manage coal closures: Six ideas for state energy ministers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Final turbine erected at what will be Australia's biggest wind and solar hybrid energy project.

The post Final turbine installed at Australia’s biggest wind and solar hybrid project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Grants totalling $5.3 million are now available for projects that protect Australia’s rich tapestry of cultural, natural and historic heritage sites.

The space agency will send a rover to look for water-ice near a crater at the Moon's South Pole.

A trip to a melting glacier will shape how the BBC's new climate editor reports on climate change.

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Stakeholders are advocating for California regulator ARB to increase the stringency or the long-term certainty of its WCI-linked cap-and-trade programme in the 2022 Scoping Plan, while power utilities and an oil major raised reliability and legality questions about current scenarios, public comments show.

Many plants are really good at withstanding bushfires, but the combination of drought, heatwaves and pest insects under climate change may push them to the brink. Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University Andrea Leigh, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Mark Ooi, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Ross Bradstock, Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong Tim Curran, Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Tom Fairman, Future Fire Risk Analyst, The University of Melbourne Víctor Resco de Dios, Profesor de Incendios y Cambio Global en PVCF-Agrotecnio, Universitat de Lleida Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

If the world is to adapt to sea level rise with minimal cost, we must address the uncertainty surrounding Antarctica’s melting ice sheet. This requires significant investment in scientific capacity. Chen Zhao, Research associate, University of Tasmania Rupert Gladstone, Adjunct professor, University of Lapland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Prices for exchange-traded, standardised voluntary emissions reductions (VERs) rose more quickly among nature-based products than CORSIA-qualified credits for the second straight week, reasserting a premium in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) that had evaporated earlier this month. A Carbon Pulse subscription is required to read this content. Subscribe today to access our unrivalled news and […]

The Air Quality Program (AQP) is looking to fill the GHG Auction and Market Unit Supervisor  (Environmental Planner 5) position. This position will be located at our Headquarters Building in Lacey, WA.

Mark Hankinson denies encouraging others to break the law during private webinars which were leaked online.

Spain wants the EU to adopt measures to curb financial speculation in the ETS, outlining a number of proposals to calm the surging energy prices that are rattling the bloc currently.