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Clean Energy Regulator says consumers looking to save money on energy but investment in large-scale wind and solar all but stalled

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Households are on track to add three gigawatts of rooftop solar capacity to the electricity grid this year but investment in large-scale wind and solar remains all but stalled, according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

The regulator said 1.4GW of capacity, from almost 160,000 rooftop systems, was added to the grid in the first half of 2023, which chief executive and chair David Parker said showed consumers were looking to save money on their energy usage while reducing their carbon footprint.

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To get things back on track, the emphasis needs to shift towards efficient project delivery rather than a sole focus on technological advancements.

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Whyalla, the South Australian steel town once said to be destined for wipe-out, stands at the forefront of a global renewable energy race.

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US farmers are implementing sustainable agricultural practices irrespective of monetary incentives, and are also voicing concerns about the burdens of participating in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), according to an academic study published Monday that pointed to a resulting absence of additionality from such soil carbon projects.

Volunteers have been collecting and sorting washed-up rubbish on the beach for years. Thanks to their efforts, we have data on whether container deposit schemes help the issue. Kay Critchell, Lecturer in Oceanography, Deakin University Michael Traurig, PhD Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Antarctic sea ice is now nearly 9% below norma. But the dramatic decline is not universal around the continent, which makes it difficult to predict the overall impact of climate change. Inga Smith, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Otago Andrew Pauling, Research Fellow in Physics, University of Otago Greg Leonard, Senior Lecturer in Surveying, University of Otago Maren Elisabeth Richter, Assistant Research Fellow, University of Otago Max Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago Pat Langhorne, Professor Emerita in Physics, University of Otago Wolfgang Rack, Associate Professor for Remote Sensing and Glaciology, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values remained unchanged from their year-to-date highs over the past week, as market participants expressed mixed sentiments to the release of materials published in advance of the next Third Program Review meeting.

UK fuel-from-waste exporters have urged the government to ensure domestic incinerators pay a comparable carbon cost to the EU once the waste sectors become part of the two carbon markets.

A Toronto-based carbon financier and a US reforestation company announced Monday a second streaming agreement that will generate credits from a post-wildfire forest restoration project in California.

Green New Deal for Schools demands districts teach climate justice, update buildings and plan for extreme weather

Students at more than 50 high schools across the US are proposing a Green New Deal for Schools, demanding that their districts teach climate justice, create pathways to green jobs after graduation and plan for climate disasters, among other policies.

The campaign, coordinated by the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate justice collective, is a reaction to rightwing efforts to ban or suppress climate education and activism at schools. The national effort could include teach-ins and walkouts, as well as targeted petitions to school boards and districts in the coming weeks, organizers with Sunrise told the Guardian, ahead of the Monday launch.

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A slight price recovery in nearby futures for REDD avoided deforestation credits over the past week provided one of the few bullish signs for the voluntary carbon market (VCM), which remains in limbo while the first badges of integrity are readied by the cross-stakeholder body ICVCM and faces increasing competition from the rise of Paris Agreement-approved units.

Birders have flocked in their hundreds to see the songbirds, blown across the Atlantic by Hurricane Lee

A record-breaking number of “uber-rare” North American songbirds have arrived in the UK this week, blown over the Atlantic in the aftermath of Hurricane Lee.

More than a dozen species of small songbirds – one of which has never been seen in the UK before – were sent veering off their usual migration routes by the high winds.

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A software startup has published pricing details of its platform as it targets future changes and technology needs in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and EU deforestation regulation.

A Montreal-headquartered CO2 removal (CDR) project developer and a London-based direct air capture (DAC) company on Monday announced plans to demonstrate the technology at a facility in Quebec.

Policymakers around the world are getting it wrong on carbon removals and temporary carbon storage by placing them too high on the hierarchy of required climate action, campaigners warned in a pair of complementary reports on Monday.

Australian biodiversity-related projects must become more streamlined to encourage adoption, in an effort to scale the nature repair market, a government-backed study has found.

During a recent trip to Brazil, I saw how Indigenous women activists there have completely changed the political landscape

I was invited to the third Indigenous Women’s March in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, earlier this month. The last occupation of Brazil’s legislature was in January 2022, when a group of rightwing thugs, imitating the January 6 riot in the US, attempted to kill Brazilian democracy. This was the exact opposite.

Five hundred Indigenous women from across Brazil occupied the Congress – not with guns or knives or anger, but with the strength and truth of their words, the intensity of their knowing, with their headdresses, feathers and beaded primordial designs calling us to the earth, to know the earth, to protect and respect the biomes and honor Indigenous women’s rights to their lands.

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A project developer has partnered with a social enterprise to set up one of Southern Africa’s only agricultural soil carbon projects under Verra's Verified Carbon Standard, it announced Monday.

European carbon prices were modestly stronger at midday on Monday, supported by a firm gas market where speculation is growing that storages may not reach tank tops before the coming winter, leaving room for additional demand.