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Beef farming expansion in Queensland is driving Australia’s large scale deforestation trend, according to new modelling released Wednesday by NGO Greenpeace.

South Korea on Wednesday released its annual KAU schedule, with plans to spontaneously adjust the number of carbon permits offered at government-held auctions for the rest of this year, as the domestic emissions market remains oversupplied.

The sites of Australia’s retiring coal-fired power stations would be the home to the country’s nuclear energy industry, according to Coalition Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, as the regulator has revoked four ACCU projects.

Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base

More than 400,000 songbirds were trapped and killed in Cyprus last autumn as part of a recent increase in wildlife crime, according to a new report.

Organised crime networks use decoys and speakers playing birdsong to lure these small birds – including garden favourites such as robins and sparrows – to nest in bushes or orchards, where they catch them with “mist” nets or branches covered in glue. They are then sold via the hidden market to restaurants to be eaten as a local dish called “ambelopoulia”, which consists of pickled or boiled songbirds.

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Science Secretary Michelle Donelan had claimed a university professor sympathised with Hamas.

This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong. Alex Baumann, Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

NSW planning minister Paul Scully has promised to process up to nearly 50 new wind, solar and battery projects to help country's biggest grid catch up with other states.

The post NSW promises to fast track wind, solar and battery approvals after internal changes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In Colorado, a House bill lays the groundwork for a cap-and-trade programme to be implemented as early as this year, while two Senate bills target emissions reductions from the oil and gas industry.

Taiwan’s stock and carbon exchanges signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with their market counterparts in the African kingdom of Eswatini, aiming to link the two nation’s carbon markets, they announced Tuesday.

Washington’s first carbon permit auction for 2024 holds little incentive for participation from speculators, they said, given the uncertainty from a voter initiative that seeks to unravel the state's cap-and-invest programme.

The head of North American environmental products at a European utility has left to join a Canadian power and gas trading firm.

Brisbane-based flow battery maker wins funds to investigate feasibility of setting up a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in home state.

The post Redflow looks deeper into making batteries at home, backed by Qld government strategy and grant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A group of Connecticut legislators have introduced a bill designed to address climate change across multiple sectors, calling for the raising of emissions reductions targets, the inclusion of carbon sequestration in state mitigation strategies, and the promotion of nature-based solutions, amongst other measures.

Renewable energy developers are about to get ratings. How will it work, and what will it do?

The post Renewable developer rating scheme: What is it, and will it solve our social licence problem? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A suite of New Hampshire bills are targetting lost tax revenues in the generation of voluntary carbon credits on forest lands in-state.

The outlook for heat pumps in the EU has received a boost in the past week, with new studies finding that high-temperature heat pumps can be used in un-renovated buildings, and that the bloc could hit and exceed its target to install 30 million heat pumps by 2030 with the right policy and support.

Three South Dakota carbon pipeline bills face reconciliation between House and Senate amendments before they may become law.

New offshore wind zone in western Victoria shrinks to one fifth of original size as it avoids rock lobsters and South Australia.

The post Australia’s third offshore wind zone shrinks dramatically to avoid rock lobsters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We are buying more electric and plug-in hybrid cars – 8.5% of all new sales last year – and no one’s weekend has ended. But that’s barely half of the global sales proportion

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The number of electric vehicles sold in Australia is increasing, but let’s be blunt: battery power cars are still unattainable for most people. Most models are expensive, and there are often long waiting lists.

Nearly 100,000 EVs and plug-in hybrid cars were sold across the country last year – 8.5% of all new sales. The good news is it was more than double the figure the previous year, and no one’s weekend ended as a result. But it was still barely half of the global sales proportion of 15.8%. In climate terms, we’re not pulling our weight.

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Executives are being pressed by an impending wave of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations, while institutional investors remain resolute on the importance of ESG data in the face of recent controversy, with both embracing integrated reporting, according to a report published Tuesday.