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Two digital fintech companies are collaborating on an integrated solution for banks and corporates to track and account for the carbon footprint of their digital assets and any aspect of their value chain, they announced Monday.

A major steel producer has joined an ongoing partnership focused on developing a Japan-Malaysia CCS value chain implemented under Japan’s Asia Energy Transition Initiative (AETI).

The 374 tonne piece of kit required a 128 wheel trailer built in France and a 900km journey to move it from Port Adelaide to Buronga in NSW.

The post Huge 374 tonne machine travels 900km to join NSW renewable super highway appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A government-imposed ban on new connections and setting a hard phase-out date should be the first step in Australia’s journey to weaning itself off natural gas, or risk failing to meet its climate goals, a report has warned.

Akaysha Energy engages WSP to provide owners engineer services for the the 850MW/1680MWh Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales.

The post Waratah Super Battery: Team grows in race to build giant “shock absorber” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's fossil fuel driven energy market turmoil has claimed another two small retailer scalps and affected another nearly 17,000 customers.

The post Two more retailers collapse under the weight of inflated coal and gas prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Creating separate markets for emissions reductions and carbon removals is one of several drastic options considered by the NZ government, as it on Monday launched two brand new consultation processes to mend its stuttering emissions trading scheme.

When used at normal cooking temperatures gas stoves and ovens push benzene levels up by as much as 70 times above baseline.

The post Worse than passive smoking: Gas stoves emit high levels of cancer-linked benzene appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In light of the huge cost of Borumba, we take a look at how a 6GW/8 hour battery is a superior choice to a 2GW/24 hour pumped hydro project in Queensland.

The post Why eight-hour batteries are smarter choice than pumped hydro for Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new law will require less dependence on imported oil and gas and more use of renewable sources.

Queensland government owned CleanCo pulls wind project planned for Australia's biggest wind precinct, citing connection delays and rising costs.

The post Australia’s biggest wind precinct hit by connection delays and cost blowout appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The winning images from the Royal Entomological Society Insect Week photographic competition.

Governments could make it easier for people and bring emissions-reduction targets closer to reality. Here's how.

The post All-electric homes save money and emissions. New gas connections should be banned appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exclusive: Researchers say government’s climate schedule needs to be brought forward by a decade to keep heating to 1.5C

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Australia’s fair share of action to give the world a chance of keeping global heating to 1.5C would mean reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2038 – more than a decade ahead of the government’s schedule, according to new scientific analysis.

To stay on track to keep global heating of 1.5C within reach – a goal the climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen has described as vital – Australia’s 2035 target would need to see a cut of 90% on 2005 levels by 2035, the analysis says.

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As much as 35mm of rain fell in an hour near Sheffield and Met Office says weather could get even worse

Flood warnings will be in place across England going into Monday morning after almost half a month’s worth of rain fell in one hour on Sunday.

Thunder and lightning swept across the north throughout the evening, as 35.6mm of rain fell in Woodhouse Mill, near Sheffield between 6pm and 7pm.

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Labour leader will use speech in Scotland to lay out new green strategy for energy industry

Keir Starmer will pledge to “throw everything” at net zero and the overhaul of the UK’s energy system and industries, promising new jobs in “the race of our lifetime” to a low-carbon future.

The Labour leader will seek to regain the initiative on his plan for green growth on Monday, having rowed back earlier this month on a pledge to invest £28bn in a green industrial strategy, a figure that will not now be reached until the second half of a Labour parliament, as well as damaging rows with trade unions over the future of the North Sea.

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A new report from the Grattan Institute shows most households can save thousands of dollars by getting off gas and switching to electric appliances. Esther Suckling, Research Associate, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Grattan Institute analysis recommends governments help households transition to electric, and ban new gas connections for homes and businesses

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Getting households off gas for heating and cooking would cut energy bills and improve people’s health, and is necessary for Australia to have any hope of reaching net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050, a new analysis says.

The report by the Grattan Institute, a Melbourne-based thinktank, called on state and territory governments to set dates for the end of gas use and launch campaigns to encourage and help households become “all electric”, running on renewable energy.

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An old farming technique called silvopasture, which allows cows to graze on a variety of plants in forests and tree-filled pastureland, is seeing a resurgence across the world

Brett Chedzoy and his wife, Maria, live on a 300-acre farm in Watkins Glen, a small town along the Finger Lakes in New York, with 100 cows – primarily Black Angus, with a few White Galloways scattered throughout the herd.

The farm, Angus Glen, has lush green pastures and wooded areas, where black walnut and black locust trees stretch skyward out of rolling seas of tall grasses, shrubs and clovers. When Chedzoy, 54, walks through the pasture at sunset, the cows pop their heads up, follow him and wait patiently at the gate. As he pulls it aside, the cows rush forward into the wooded area to nibble on tree branches and shrubs, before turning their attention to the emerald grass around the trees.

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World needs to offer trillions, not billions in overseas support, says leading climate economist Avinash Persaud

The world must rethink its approach to the climate crisis, by investing trillions of dollars instead of billions in the developing world, and moving beyond conventional ideas of overseas aid, one of the world’s most influential climate economists has urged.

“We need a complete rethink of the whole nexus of climate, debt and development,” Avinash Persaud told the Observer, before a key summit. “What we are seeing today is new – countries affected by climate disaster, this is happening now. Countries are drowning.”

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