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The study looked at approximately 1,000 factories that make the raw materials for single-use products.

The Climate Policy is a new team that will act as the focal point for the department’s work on climate change. The precise shape, size and responsibilities of the new Climate Policy Team are still to be worked out and the new Deputy Director (DD), once appointed, will be expected to design and build the team working with colleagues within the Climate Energy and Environment Group within the Enterprise & Growth Unit and elsewhere in the department.

Origin tells market operator that the first units of Eraring - Australia's biggest coal generator - will close in 2030 in a staged exit.

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New analysis from BloombergNEF finds green aluminium is already cost competitive, and Australia could be a global superpower.

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Wind industry leaders say that despite hot investor appetite and lots of opportunity, developers are in "excruciating pain" trying to get projects online.

The post “Harder than ever” to build new wind farms in Australia, industry warns appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Natural gas may still be cheaper than electricity in some cases, but the price of gas is likely to rise if New Zealand follows the Climate Change Commission's advice to shift to electrification. Ralph Sims, Professor, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The days of a ‘set and forget’ bidding strategy are long gone in Australia in a rapidly changing market with more wind and solar.

The post Australia’s wind and solar farms seek to dodge negative prices and grid costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New "game-changing" technology could be the final technological step towards a fully recyclable wind turbine.

The post Vestas unveils new technology to recycle wind blades and stop dumping appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Which wind farms performed the best on spot prices, and revenue per megawatt of capacity in Australia's main grid.

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German utility to consider earlier than planned shutdown of controversial coal-fired power plant after government sets higher emissions targets.

The post Uniper to consider early closure of controversial coal plant opened one year ago appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trina Solar Australia assistant director and pillar of Australian solar industry, Govind Kant, 47, has died after contracting Covid19 in India.

The post “Huge loss:” Australian solar industry veteran Govind Kant dies from Covid in India appeared first on RenewEconomy.

JinkoSolar today announced that it was invited to participate in the panel discussion “Corporate Leadership: Getting On With Business” at 2021 Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition Australia.

The post RE100 signatory JinkoSolar launched Tiger 370W N-type panel at Smart Energy 2021 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The government is expected to announce a legally-binding target for 2030 to halt nature loss.

Plastic Waste Makers index identifies those driving climate crisis with virgin polymer production

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research reveals.

Among the global businesses responsible for 55% of the world’s plastic packaging waste are both state-owned and multinational corporations, including oil and gas giants and chemical companies, according to a comprehensive new analysis.

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At least 50 billion individual wild birds are on the planet, including 1.6 billion house sparrows, scientists say.

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) on Monday vetoed provisions in carbon market and low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) bills that tied the implementation of the programmes to passage of a higher gasoline tax, overruling a key compromise negotiated among legislators and drawing major pushback from members of both parties.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) added quarterly emissions caps to its proposed RGGI regulation as the agency may not be able to promulgate the rule before 2022, the agency said Monday, while an advisory committee narrowly backed the final draft of the power sector cap-and-trade programme. 

Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices bucked their recent downward trend this week as voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants continued to point to a lack of low-cost credits to satisfy demand.

Our research found that in 700 years, the 20th century was the wheatbelt's wettest. This means all our drought predictions are skewed. Alison O'Donnell, Research Fellow in Dendroclimatology, The University of Western Australia Edward Cook, Ewing Lamont Research Professor, Director Of Tree-Ring Lab, Columbia University Pauline Grierson, Director, West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.