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Climate change will worsen potholes but scientists hope new technology will help make them a thing of the past.

The minor New Zealand government coalition party Act has released a draft bill for consultation to use offshore mitigation to meet its emissions targets as well as to allow emitters to use international carbon credits to meet their compliance obligations.

Vanadium miner taps Enel Green Power to develop 1GW of renewables to power a major new project in Queensland's North West Minerals Province.

The post Enel tapped to build giga-scale solar and wind project on Queensland’s Copperstring line appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Cambodian government has approved an operations manual to implement Article 6 carbon crediting projects, as two Verra-listed projects in the country were granted permission to sell correspondingly adjusted (CA) credits, according to their developer.

No successor has been named for Lord Deben – and now the independent watchdog’s chief executive has resigned

Rishi Sunak has been accused of trying to avoid scrutiny of his green policies after details surfaced about his government’s failure, over more than 18 months, to appoint a new chair of the independent climate change committee.

Senior environmentalists said they believed Sunak may be deliberately trying to avoid appointing a successor to Lord Deben – who first announced that he was stepping down in July 2022 – until after a general election, so he does not face criticism for his U-turns on green issues.

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Orbiting solar reflectors are still some way off. But they represent a way to connect the space and energy sectors to tackle climate change.

The post Reflectors in space could make solar farms on Earth work for longer every day appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The former secretary of state sets his sights on helping Joe Biden's re-election campaign.

The leading contender for Australia's first offshore wind project is unfazed by the veto of a port assembly plant to protect wetlands.

The post Star of the South: First offshore wind farm still on track, despite port veto appeared first on RenewEconomy.

John Kerry will leave his posting as the Biden administration's climate envoy in late winter or early spring, multiple media sources have confirmed.

Hotter and wetter weather has led to populations of the region’s most famous bird species to be halved in the last 30 years

Some of Scotland’s most famous bird species, including grouse and kestrels, are among those declining as a result of climate change, a new report has found.

The study, by public body NatureScot, charted the populations of Scotland’s terrestrial breeding birds between 1994 and 2022. It found significant changes to the numbers and species of birds living in the country’s urban, woodland, upland and farmland habitats, in large part due to ­hotter and wetter weather related to the climate crisis.

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New paper claims unless demand for resources is reduced, many other innovations are just a sticking plaster

Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption. One month out from Cop28, the world is further than ever from reaching its collective climate goals. At the root of all these problems, according to recent research, is the human “behavioural crisis”, a term coined by an interdisciplinary team of scientists.

“We’ve socially engineered ourselves the way we geoengineered the planet,” says Joseph Merz, lead author of a new paper which proposes that climate breakdown is a symptom of ecological overshoot, which in turn is caused by the deliberate exploitation of human behaviour.

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Charity says new evidence shows how poultry farms are draining excrement into river system

The Environment Agency faces new allegations of neglect of the River Wye after a project by a conservation group found effluent and contaminated waters at free-range egg farms flowing directly into watercourses in the catchment.

Out of 47 sites visited in England and Wales in the Wye catchment, 19 had drains running from the poultry units to a nearby watercourse. Many of the farms had drains excavated within a few metres of the sheds.

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Conservationists call for end to subsidies that make up 15% to 18% of industry’s income and threaten to ‘empty the ocean of fish’

The government needs to urgently end polluting tax breaks for the UK fishing fleet that threaten to “empty the ocean of fish”, say conservationists, after a first-of-its kind study reveals diesel subsidies to be worth up to £1.8bn a decade.

Without the tax subsidies, largely provided to the most fuel-intensive section of the fleet, many sectors would be unprofitable, according to the analysis by government environmental advisers.

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Bone strength is set in childhood so better park access could prevent fractures in older people, study finds

Children with more green space near their homes have significantly stronger bones, a study has found, potentially leading to lifelong health benefits.

The scientists found that the children living in places with 20-25% more natural areas had increased bone strength that was equivalent to half a year’s natural growth.

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Investors are “flying blind”, ignoring significant financial risks of climate litigation for polluting companies, academics have warned, while urging an overhaul in how these risks are assessed.

Regulated entities dropped their holdings of California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) as speculators recorded the largest net increase in holdings since last February, while no reporting of Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) took place for the third consecutive week.

A Washington Senate Committee heard feedback on legislation facilitating linkage of the state’s cap-and-invest programme with the California-Quebec carbon market on Friday, with pushback from stakeholders on electricity importer amendments, allowance purchase limit changes, and stricter rules on offsets.

Entities regulated under Canada's Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR) are well positioned to comply with the 2023 annual carbon intensity (CI) reduction requirements for the first compliance period, considering a likely excess supply of credits, a government executive told conference participants on Friday.