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Growth in China’s thermal power generation declined in August, with the overall power generation remained stable from a year ago amid gradually improved economic sentiment, government data showed Friday.

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a jellyfish bloom, a happy seal, and a endangered Amur leopard cub

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The environmental justice committee for California state regulator ARB on Thursday asked the Board to immediately scrap avoided methane credits in the agency's forthcoming Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) rulemaking, as well as impose limits for lipid biofuels.

System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers

Rainforest conservation projects are not suitable for carbon offsetting and a different approach should be used to effectively protect critical ecosystems such as the Amazon and Congo basin, a report has concluded.

New research by UC Berkeley Carbon Trading Project looking into rainforest carbon credits certified by Verra, which operates the world’s leading carbon standard, found that the system is not fit for purpose.

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A new report explores options for managing the period after global warming exceeds 1.5℃. This is called ‘climate overshoot’, because we’re pushing past the safe zone into dangerous climate change. Jonathan Symons, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Big Butterfly Count records increase on 2022 but longer-term trends show declines for some of most common species

This year’s capricious summer weather has been an unexpected boon for Britain’s butterflies, with the biggest insect count in the world recording an increase on last year’s all-time low.

Red admirals dominated the Big Butterfly Count as citizen scientists recorded an average of 12 butterflies per 15-minute count, up from nine in 2022.

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AGL's former chief economist says an extension of the RET will get Australia's renewables transition back on track – while paying to keep open coal is just "bizarre."

The post Extend the RET, expert says, and don’t pay coal plants for a job they can’t do appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The wholesale market price cap is to jump to more than $22,000/MWh to encourage big batteries and open cycle gas generators to meet peak demand as coal exits grid.

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Albanese tells energy conference hosted by Rupert Murdoch's media organisation that Australia must move towards renewable energy or risk being left behind.

The post Albanese tells Murdoch conference that Australia risks being left behind on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Reports of electric vehicle fires might lead some people to fear the growing numbers of these vehicles will increase fire risk. In fact, replacing petrol and diesel vehicles is likely to reduce it. Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Regulator concerned that Brookfield has access to information on connection proposals from AusNet, that could be used to "delay or frustrate connection processes" for its rivals.

The post ACCC questions Brookfield over AusNet control, insight into rival renewable projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor bins hundreds of millions of Kyoto "carryover" carbon credits, permanently removing the option to use them to shirk Australia's climate responsibilities.

The post “They’re gone:” Labor bins Kyoto carryover credits, shuts carbon accounting loophole appeared first on RenewEconomy.

But scientists warn that some species could decline in the long term due to habitat loss.

Australia announced on Friday it has cancelled its more than 700 million remaining Kyoto Protocol-era carbon credits to make sure no future government will be able to use them towards the country’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.

Jai Thomas, the co-ordinator of energy in Western Australia, on that state’s massive renewable plans, the end of baseload, and the rise of big batteries. Plus: News of the week.

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In the base case scenario outlined by Wood Mackenzie’s new ‘Energy Transition Outlook’, an annual investment of $1.9 trillion is required to decarbonise the world's energy sector – a figure that escalates to US$2.7 trillion should the objective pivot to aligning with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C global warming limit.

Quebec distributed the remainder of its 2022 free carbon market permits on Thursday, with the year-on-year total seeing a slight decrease while the number of recipients remained the same, according to the data released by the province's environment ministry.

Confectionery and pet care titan Mars on Thursday pledged to invest over $1 billion over the next three years as it pursues a halving of its value chain CO2 emissions by 2030 and net zero by mid-century.

We used satellite data to create global maps of where and how fires are burning. Fire season lasts two weeks longer than it used to and fires are more intense. But there are regional differences. Luke Kelly, Associate Professor in Quantitative Ecology, The University of Melbourne David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Ella Plumanns Pouton, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne Grant Williamson, Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Professor in Biogeography, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.