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Aboveground carbon stocks in mixed planted forests could be a lot higher than in monocultures, new research has found, suggesting mixed forests could be far more effective as carbon sinks.

South Korea’s SK E&S has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia’s Santos over carbon capture and storage collaboration, the latter said Monday.

Sunshine Coast locals have spent days on their hands and knees picking polystyrene balls off the beach. More than a week has passed since the balls were discovered, yet it is still unclear which government agency is responsible for leading the cleanup and investigating the cause.

Reports from volunteers indicate the balls spread over at least 5km of coastline and riverbank

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• Volunteers left to fill void as Queensland agencies deny responsibility for ‘toxic’ polystyrene beach spill

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China has introduced a capacity payment mechanism to improve the profitability of domestic thermal plants, a move the government claimed will support the country's low-carbon transition, though concerns have emerged as to whether the new policy will incentivise generators to build more coal.

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‘My two precious pythons have been safely returned to me,’ the woman wrote on social media on Monday

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A Sydney woman has been reunited with her two pet pythons after they were allegedly dumped on a Coogee street by her ex-partner more than three weeks ago.

The owner took to social media in October requesting community help to find the 2.5-metre snakes named Bagel and Mango. They were allegedly discarded on a main street in Coogee by her ex-boyfriend on 21 October.

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Submissions to New Zealand’s biodiversity market consultation agreed that governments alone can not muster enough cash to adequately address biodiversity decline, but there are concerns that credit-based schemes are too immature to be considered.

Oil and gas major tips more money into Adelaide energy storage minnow 1414 Degrees, increasing its bet on the company's molten silicon industrial heat solution.

The post Woodside boosts investment in molten silicon energy storage hopeful appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW - the state with the biggest capacity of coal fired generators - reaches more than 100 per cent "potential" renewables for first time as coal output hits record low.

The post Australia’s biggest coal state reaches 100 pct “potential” renewables for first time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Should we panic about negative electricity prices, or – as one industry expert argues – embrace them as an indispensable part of a two-sided market?

The post Flattening the solar duck: Why households should also face negative export tariffs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The second stage of what was one of South Australia's first large-scale solar farms has been completed, with the commissioning of an additional 87MW.

The post Tailem Bend solar farm doubles in size with completion of stage two – battery to come appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A group of Australia’s past and present politicians and environmental groups have signed on to a pledge urging the state and federal governments to halt the logging of native forests in the country.

Buying back water from irrigators across the Murray-Darling Basin will not be enough to restore river health because we have big problems getting this ‘environmental water’ to where it’s needed most. Avril Horne, Research fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne Andrew John, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Origin says it is looking at partnering in an offshore wind project near Newcastle with Bluefloat as it confirms a special dividend if the bBookfield-led takeover bid is approved.

The post Origin dances an offshore wind jig with Bluefloat as it confirms special dividend appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New Zealand cities grow mostly through building houses on undeveloped land. But this removes fertile soil and undermines the food production and other ecological functions city dwellers depend on. Shannon Davis, Lecturer in Landscape Planning, Lincoln University, New Zealand Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

China could see a structural decline in greenhouse gas emissions next year, as low-carbon energy expansion is expected to reach the scale needed to start driving down CO2 output, a report has found.

A series of factors may be coming together to trigger a big year-end EU carbon price rally, including record short selling by speculators and dwindling auction supply, some experts believe, while others think looming bearish pressures remain too great for prices to see any meaningful recovery from recent lows.

Plug Power, one of the key partners to Andrew Forrest's green hydrogen ventures, crashed on Friday after it raised concerns about its ability to continue business.

The post “Just a bump in the road?” Hydrogen supply and cash crunch hits Fortescue partner appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German and EU officials say the treaty between Australia and the Pacific island country should spur global cut to emissions

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Australia’s residency offer to citizens from the low-lying Pacific country of Tuvalu must spur the world to dramatically cut emissions, two senior European officials have declared.

Germany’s climate envoy, Jennifer Morgan, said the deal “puts a very clear pointer on what’s at stake” as the negotiators prepare for next month’s UN climate summit, adding that “all countries have to scale up their ambition for 2030”.

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United Nations efforts to advance a global treaty on plastic pollution echo past multilateral agreements that tackled ozone layer depletion and acid rain. Deborah Lau, Ending Plastic Waste Mission Director, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.