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

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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A discussion regarding the growing landscape of climate regulations around the world saw panelists consider the implications of the rise in mandatory disclosures, while experts laid out best practices for companies in a webinar on Tuesday.

Scientists at a US university have deployed research buoys to independently monitor a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project that pumps CO2 under a lakebed, in an attempt to allay local opposition to the project.

A California-headquartered startup released Tuesday a methodology designed to measure the impact of carbon credit projects on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

The voluntary carbon market is at a crossroads, with 2024 emerging as a crucial year that could either propel the market towards a valuation of over $1.1 trillion annually by mid-century or steer it towards its potential collapse.

Renewable sources are increasingly forming the backbone of the EU power mix, with the region's fossil fuel electricity generation falling to record-low levels last year, according to a report published on Wednesday.

Industry stakeholders criticised proposed amendments to reporting requirements under the state's draft Clean Heat Standard (CHS) framework in a webinar Tuesday, arguing they were overly burdensome on business.

The two bills, approved Monday by the House Commerce and Energy Committee, establish protocols for landowners and carbon sequestration pipeline companies following the denial of permits to two CO2 pipelines by the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) last year.

The European Commission, European Parliament, and Council of EU states reached a provisional political agreement on Tuesday to produce 40% of the bloc's annual needs for net zero technologies domestically by 2030, defining a list of strategic and clean manufactures on which to focus.

The road to fuel-efficiency reform in Australia is a bumpy one – and the Albanese government has hazards to negotiate before its proposal becomes law. John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Students win a prize for using AI to reveal the contents of 2000-year-old text for the first time.

Shareholders on all sides want to know where the oil giant stands on renewables, yet Murray Auchincloss opts for ambiguity

If in doubt, throw cash at the shareholders. It’s a safe tactic for a new chief executive assailed on two sides by investors with conflicting grumbles. BP’s Murray Auchincloss seized his debut moment. There will be $3.5bn of share buy-backs in the first half of this year, accelerating to a total of $14bn by the end of next. The shares rose 5%. For a week or two, that might stop people pointing out how BP’s share price has lagged its peers’.

Yet shareholders of all hues – those who want to transition faster out of fossil fuels and those who can’t see the point – surely also wanted to hear a clear statement from Auchincloss on where he stands in the great debate. How will BP prioritise its spending of cash that isn’t going on buy-backs and dividends?

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