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Conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election

A coalition of conservation and animal welfare groups are urging Iceland’s president to step in and stop any plans the prime minister has to issue a whaling licence to Europe’s last whaler before the Icelandic election at the end of the month.

Earlier this year, the country granted a one-year licence to Hvalur to kill more than 100 fin whales this hunting season, despite hopes the practice may have been stopped after concerns about cruelty led to a temporary suspension in 2023.

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Five European countries may be breaching EU law when it comes to their climate and energy obligations, according to a series of legal complaints filed on Thursday that call on the European Commission to take action.

Victoria is pushing ahead with plans for a renewables terminal in Western Port Bay following a veto of initial plans by the federal environment minister.

The post Victoria reworks offshore wind terminal plans in fresh bid for federal green tick appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian Energy Regulator says electricity affordability will be an "ongoing challenge" that requires systemic change and reforms to harness household solar and batteries.

The post Regulator says “systemic change” needed to cut energy costs, embrace consumer renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trump is back, and the world's climate efforts are once again at risk. But Australia need not follow the US embrace of fossil fools, conspiracy theories and billionaire tweets.

The post Are you OK? World teeters on brink as Trump and cronies prepare to flood the zone with shit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.

It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.

Trump's election will hit immediate efforts to tackle climate change, experts say - but the longer-term effect is less certain.

Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2024 marks ‘a new milestone’ and should raise ambitions at Cop29 summit

It is “virtually certain” that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, the European Union’s space programme has found.

The prognosis comes the week before diplomats meet at the Cop29 climate summit and a day after a majority of voters in the US, the biggest historical polluter of planet-heating gas, chose to make Donald Trump president.

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Green Wind is Macquarie's partner in WA wind and has revealed details about the next two of four projects in the state.

The post Macquarie partner unveils another two wind projects totalling more than 1.1 GW in WA wheatbelt appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Danish renewables giant launches new all-Australian subsidiary with plans to develop 6 GW of onshore wind and solar and "a network" of big batteries.

The post Danish giant launches Australian renewables play with 6 GW of wind, solar and battery plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

What will a Trump Presidency mean for climate policy, in the US, Australia and elsewhere? Buckle up, it’s not pretty. Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The environmental secretary of Brazil's Para said the state will launch at COP29 a R$250 million ($44 mln) concession for the restoration of 10,000 hectares of forest with the intention of generating carbon credits.

The first turbine is on its way up at Wambo wind farm, a huge two-stage project in which state-owned coal generator Stanwell Corporation has a 50 per cent stake.

The post First of Australia’s tallest turbines go up at wind farm co-owned by Queensland coal giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In a lawsuit filed by an association of US business groups against California's climate disclosure rules, a US district court ruled in favour of the state on Tuesday, but the case remains active in pursuit of more evidence.

NSW gets the lion share of new generation capacity in new CIS tender guidelines, wind gets priority over solar in Victoria, and new storage tender to open next week.

The post NSW biggest winner, wind gets priority over solar as Bowen lands renewable tender deals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Switzerland-based non-profit on Thursday launched a free tool designed to help financial institutions assess their nature-related impacts.

A US-based carbon registry has posted changes to its methodology for earning voluntary carbon credits from transitioning to advanced refrigeration systems.

How damaging this presidency is to the planet depends very much on how other countries react. There’s no time to waste

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Donald Trump’s re-election to the White House is a major setback for climate action but ultimately it’s the US that could end up losing out, as the rest of the world will move forward without it.

The US is the world’s biggest economy and its second biggest emitter. Positive US engagement on climate has been crucial to landmark leaps forward, like getting the Paris agreement over the line, and just last year committing to transitioning away from fossil fuels.

The US missing in action in the latter half of this critical decade for climate action is nobody’s idea of a good outcome.

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A peer-reviewed study of dozens of afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) projects in Colombia has found that while they have removed over 100 million tonnes of CO2, afforestation often uses non-native species or situates projects in ecologically inappropriate biomes.