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We wake up and look outside, practising cloud divination

Clouds have so much to do with how the day feels, with what the day seems like. Clouds, more than any other weather that touches your skin – the snow, the cold, the rain, the sun, the wind – talk to your insides. As though somewhere in your chest (or is it your head?) vapour is forming, changing shape, dissipating and forming again. It’s why people need water: to feed their interior cumulus.

A cloud below the clear blue of your head, and above your gloomy heart. Thunder and lightning in your mind, and the rest of you soaked through. Something wispy and white happening in your stomach – delight, nervousness.

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Minister Tanya Plibersek should strengthen ‘trigger’ protection to ensure projects are assessed for impact on water resources

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The Greens say the Albanese government has indicated it could be a year before promised environment laws are passed, a delay that potentially pushes the revamp close to the next federal election.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said last year she planned to introduce legislation in 2023 to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act after major reviews found the law was failing and Australian nature was in poor and deteriorating health.

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CEFC announces first investment in the $19 billion Rewiring the Nation program, a $100 million loan to provide finance for renewable infrastructure projects in NSW.

The post CEFC makes first Rewiring the Nation investment with loan for NSW push beyond coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

European carbon prices slumped on Monday morning, tracking a weaker energy complex where traders unwound some of last week's substantial gains amid forecasts for slightly milder temperatures and some profit-taking.

Trillions of dollars in economic value are at risk in water-dependent sectors, according to environmental not-for-profit WWF, which has shined a spotlight on freshwater resource challenges in a new report.

The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) will publish additional guidance on Nov. 28 to supplement its 'Claims Code of Practice', a set of recommendations to help corporates with their use of voluntary carbon credits, following stakeholder engagement and further research since the initial release of its initial guidelines in June.

The number of operational coal plants financed by China has increased over the past two years, despite the country’s promise to cease the building of new coal plants, a report has found.

Governments and their related organisations are not doing enough to protect marine life at the southern end of the planet and must resolve long-standing issues around three crucial areas in the region, scientists and environmentalists said as governments on Monday gathered in Hobart, Australia for two weeks of negotiations on Antarctic marine living resources.

Expensive afforestation projects in grasslands and other previously open ecosystems using flammable, non-native trees in order to capture carbon should be off the table given the fire risk, according to researchers.

The incumbent Law and Justice (PiS) party has won the largest share of votes in Poland's general election, according to exit polls late on Sunday, but the liberal opposition may have enough votes to form a coalition government.

The incumbent Law and Justice (PiS) party has won the largest share of votes in Poland's general election, according to exit polls late on Sunday, but the liberal opposition may have enough votes to form a coalition government.

A Japanese satellite solution provider has teamed up with a university in Vietnam to expand its credit-generating business, as it aims to tap into voluntary markets overseas.

The Stella Terra was designed by students at Eindhoven University of Technology and completed trip without recharging

A solar-powered car said to be the first in the world capable of driving off-road over long distances without recharging has completed a 620-mile (1,000km) test drive across Morocco and the Sahara.

The two-seat Stella Terra, designed by students at the Eindhoven University of Technology, completed the journey across a variety of challenging landscapes as part of a final test of its lightweight frame and aerodynamic profile.

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This position facilitates the implementation of carbon farming projects on lands and waters managed by the department, including oversight of feasibility studies, method determination and for ensuring regulatory and legislative compliance.

Carbon Neutral is looking for a specialist to help develop carbon projects in Australia and internationally.

More deprived areas have fewer parks and public places protected by official local green space designation

Green spaces in poorer parts of England are less likely to be protected against being bulldozed and developed than those in more affluent areas, according to a new study.

Overall the number of designated local green spaces has increased by more than 700 in the past 12 months. But today’s report, by rural charity the CPRE, reveals that parks, public spaces and small areas of trees in more deprived areas are less likely to be officially protected.

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Singer talks about ‘lost’ song, a collaboration with Rosalía, and how artists pick up on the environmental emergency

• Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly

Iceland’s fish farming industry is “a couple of wild guys who want to make money quick and sacrifice nature”, the Icelandic singer Björk has said before the release of a “lost” song to help fight the increasingly controversial practice.

She said artists were often the “canaries in the coalmine” of environmental emergencies because it was their job to be sensitive.

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Exclusive: UK climate campaign group Possible calls for ‘polluter pays’ tax based on vehicle size

The increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found.

The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there was a sound argument for “polluter pays” taxes for vehicle emissions based on size.

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The National Party isn't committing any new money to renewables, and will abandon the 2030 clean grid target, but hopes to cut approval times from seven years to one year.

The post New NZ government to abandon plans for zero emissions grid by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue hopeful of getting US funding for its planned green hydrogen project to be built next to the last coal generator in Washington state.

The post Fortescue in box seat to get US funding for green hydrogen project in old coal mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.