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The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?

Ten days ago Joe Biden did something remarkable, and almost without precedent – he actually said no to big oil.

His administration halted the granting of new permits for building liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, something Washington had been handing out like M&Ms on Halloween for nearly a decade. It’s a provisional “no” – Department of Energy experts will spend the coming months figuring out a new formula for granting the licenses that takes the latest science and economics into account – but you can tell what a big deal it is because of the howls of rage coming from the petroleum industry and its gaggle of politicians.

Bill McKibben is the founder of Third Act, which organizes Americans over 60 for progressive action and which worked this fall to persuade the administration to stop granting the LNG permits

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Campaigners argue in legal challenge that loophole has allowed poultry farmers to pollute river

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The Environment Agency and the UK government failed to protect the River Wye from catastrophic decline by allowing pollution from industrial chicken farming to saturate the land and devastate the protected river, a legal challenge is to argue.

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The Danish photographer Soren Solkær first saw starling murmurations as a child near Wadden Sea in the south of the country. After photographing the phenomenon for three years in the marshlands of Denmark, Solkær’s new work, Starling, published by Edition Circle, expands his scope to trace the birds along their migration routes to the Netherlands and Italy

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The International Energy Agency's recommendation that renewable energy installation be tripled by the end of the decade would be a drop in a vast ocean at one of Australia’s more emissions-intense regions, and the scale needed is not yet close to get decarbonisation across the line.

This year, photographers had the chance to win up to £100 for capturing a striking image of the night sky over South Downs national park, England, in one of three categories: Starry skyscapes, Nature at night and Magnificent moon

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‘Huge disconnect’ between employers’ public ambitions on diversity and their actions, say workers

Workers at environmental charities have said bold words on inclusion are not being matched with action, as research shows the sector still lags far behind others in racial diversity.

Only about one in 20 workers in the environmental charity sector identified as an ethnic minority last year, according to a survey of organisations, compared with one in eight in the wider UK workforce.

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A huge retrospective of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s work showcases the terrifying, but oddly beautiful marks we can leave on the planet

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The government of Cambodia has decided to study the potential of combining the concept of securities token offering (STO) with carbon credits, with an exchange reportedly to be introduced later this year.

Andrew Bowie wrote last year that concerns among his constituents about new pylons were ‘a priority’

The UK minister responsible for the building of new pylons has been quietly reshuffled after it emerged he had campaigned against the structures in his own constituency.

The energy minister Andrew Bowie had been in charge of energy networks, including building pylons, since he took up his post in February 2023.

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European Council and Parliament reach provisional agreement on EU answer to the IRA – policy to strengthen local net-zero manufacturing.

The post EU backs local net-zero technology with Net-Zero Industry Act appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The European Commission sends "clear signal to investors" with proposed 90% emissions reduction target for 2040.

The post European Commission proposes 90 pct cut to emissions by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia's remarkable transition to renewables has claimed new fossil fuel scalps, as batteries muscle out diesel peaking plants.

The post Diesel plants to close as big batteries take centre stage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealand’s Supreme Court has permitted legal action to proceed against the country’s biggest emitters after finding that companies may be liable for their contributions to climate change.

Dylan McConnell from the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) discuss the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how spilled energy should be paid for.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Renewable energy barriers and curtailment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Campaign group River Action say the Environment Agency did not enforce rules to stop fertilisers and chicken manure getting in river.

Despite its 500-million-year history, the plant-fungi alliance holds mysteries that, once unravelled, could revolutionise agriculture and ecosystem management. Adam Frew, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros, Research Fellow, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä Jeff Powell, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Natascha Weinberger, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Stephanie Watts-Fawkes, Research Fellow, Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Redflow's Australia designed zinc-bromide flow battery tech is on a roll in California, where alternatives to lithium-ion are incentivised.

The post Redflow tapped as preferred battery provider for a fourth major California project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Dane and a Briton are lauded for their critical contributions to the development of wind power.

UNSW study finds that effective solar module recycling practices could eliminate the need to mine for materials to make new PV. Instead, we would "mine from waste."

The post Used solar panels could supply Australia’s next resource boom: study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wandoan South solar farm kicks off commercial operations after signing up the global tech giant as the project's main long-term energy off-taker.

The post Queensland solar farm locks in global tech giant Amazon as energy off-taker appeared first on RenewEconomy.