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Solar farms aren't necessarily just about low carbon electricity. They can also help reverse biodiversity decline and could deliver benefits for nature and climate.

The post Solar farms can benefit nature and boost biodiversity. Here’s how appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rentokil to use the wasps as a sustainable alternative to sprays in museums and homes

The newest recruits for the battle against moths will be the smallest pest control team in town.

Rentokil plans to release entosite parasitoid wasps into the nooks and crannies of museums, heritage sites and homes to stop moth infestations.

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Australia's 20th century energy system needs to transform to handle the rapidly changing demands being made of it. "There is no silver bullet. What we need is silver buckshot."

The post Radical change needed to upgrade system to handle tidal effect of renewables, EVs and rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New deal promises to safeguard the future of the state’s struggling Boyne aluminium smelters as they transition from coal to renewables.

The post Rio gets state support to shift Boyne smelters to renewables, says federal help needed too appeared first on RenewEconomy.

This small coastal town’s efforts to reclaim the night skies for people and nature is truly inspirational. Here’s how you can help reduce light pollution and claim your own Dark Sky Place title. Sharolyn Anderson, Research scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Origin trebles profits from electricity markets and joins other big utilities in promising more investment in green energy. But the focus is less on renewables, and more on storage and market control.

The post Origin makes clean sweep of big utilities cashing in on high prices. Will they now go green? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) revisions will include an insurance mechanism for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects, validation mandates, and changes to third party verification provisions, in addition to carbon intensity (CI) model updates, the regulator confirmed Wednesday.

Rewilding is helping to save species from the brink of extinction. But reintroducing species to islands or fenced havens have limitations. What if we could use flat topped mesas as well? Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney Thomas Newsome, Senior lecturer in ecology, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A 285MW wind farm once blocked by the federal environment minister is now heading into construction as a 100% publicly owned asset – bought with the help of Queensland coal royalties.

The post Queensland coal giant buys construction-ready wind farm once rejected by federal Coalition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Origin Energy says the Eraring coal generator, which will stay open to address "reliability concerns", is prone to trips when needed most.

The post Is Eraring reliable? Origin says biggest coal plant prone to trips when needed most appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Mexican state of Queretaro and a Mexico City-based environmental markets platform launched Wednesday a national carbon credit registry tailored to local conditions, seeking to help facilitate the development of the nation's carbon market.

California regulator ARB has doubled offset issuance over the latest three-week period compared to its prior biweekly distribution, yet is 30% behind year-to-date (YtD) levels at the same time in 2023.

In regulating sulphur emissions from ships, the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 2020 regulations may have inadvertently contributed to global warming, according to research released this week.

Big business in the UK plans to buy much higher volumes of carbon credits than current levels to meet sustainability targets, finds a new survey.

District councils in low-lying areas say they have cut day-to-day services such as bin collections to fund pumping stations

The costs of preventing major floods caused by extreme weather and excessive rainfall have fuelled a growing financial crisis among district councils in low-lying areas of England, ministers have been warned.

Districts in the east of the country say they are having to cut day-to-day services such as bin collections to meet dramatic and unsustainable rises in payments levied to fund pumping stations used to protect communities from flooding.

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Current climate standards don't go far enough to incentivise the innovations needed to deliver on net zero, and should be expanded to include a company's broader influence on the planet, according to a new paper.

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the moon setting into streams of aurora.

The scale of the challenge of hitting Australia’s renewable energy target points to the need for a more standardised and inclusive approach to sharing the benefits than we have seen so far. Simon Wright, Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Several NGOs are plotting legal action against a new drilling permit for gas extraction off the coast of Germany, they announced Wednesday.