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Sellers simply call ivory by other names including 'bovine bone', investigation shows.

In our third Energy Transformed podcast we look at the data and digitisation challenges emerging from energy transition and whether current laws are fit for purpose.

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Delays in the government-funded Snowy 2.0 could have big impact on timing of coal plant closures and shape of energy policy.

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The Tesla Model Y electric crossover has finally gone on sale in Australia, after a long two year wait. Specs confirmed.

The post Tesla opens orders for Model Y in Australia, with cars in every show room appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In Europe, the mantra is "energy efficiency first" and the IEA calls energy efficiency the "first fuel." In Australia, it is the "forgotten fuel" – to our great cost.

The post Forgotten fuel: Australia’s failure on energy efficiency is a global embarrassment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AGL loses yet another senior leader as it announces Loy Yang A unit outage could last all of winter.

The post Loy Yang A unit outage to extend beyond Winter as Corbett departs AGL appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW establishes a new $1.2 billion investment facility to fast track the construction of transmission infrastructure for the states' REZs

The post NSW to spend $1.2 billion fast-tracking transmission and energy storage to unlock REZs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A UK-registered carbon insurance company that seeks to reduce delivery risk in removals transactions has raised £350,000 in a “heavily-oversubscribed” pre-seed funding round.

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will slash emissions from its fossil gas product and ramp up the availability of renewable natural gas (RNG) to its customers by 2030, the company said Wednesday.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) bounced back to recover most of their initial losses this week, while RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices stagnated following the publication of Q2 auction results.

A Canadian clean-tech firm is aiming to launch a multi-million dollar carbon credit blockchain initiative with Canada’s First Nations communities, they announced this week, as the federal government unveiled its national offset scheme.

A US farmer-owned cooperative has opened a second enrolment period for its 2022 voluntary agricultural carbon credit programme due to strong demand.

Macquarie offshoot Corio unveils plans for the biggest offshore wind project to date in Australia.

The post Macquarie’s Corio unveils plans for Australia’s biggest offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Renewed interest in nuclear energy will go nowhere unless we talk about carbon pricing. As energy minister Chris Bowen points out, nuclear is extremely expensive. John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Investment manager SparkChange has cross-listed its physically-backed exchange-traded carbon commodity (ETC) on stock exchanges in Germany and Italy.