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Greenpeace has called for the creation of a high seas protected zone under a new UN treaty to secure a much wider area around Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, whose unique fauna and flora inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

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The New South Wales state government has committed A$100 million ($65 mln) to a conservation plan designed to protect koalas while at the same time deliver housing in southwestern Sydney.

A South Korean exchange has announced that it will soon launch a carbon credit trading platform in Sri Lanka as part of the activities of a recently founded climate finance venture.

Perhaps our government imagines bulldog spirit will protect us from the dangerous substances that Europe rules unsafe

It’s a benefit of Brexit – but only if you’re a manufacturer or distributor of toxic chemicals. For the rest of us, it’s another load we have to carry on behalf of the shysters and corner-cutters who lobbied for the UK to leave the EU.

The government insisted on a separate regulatory system for chemicals. At first sight, it’s senseless: chemical regulation is extremely complicated and expensive. Why replicate an EU system that costs many millions of euros and employs a small army of scientists and administrators? Why not simply adopt as UK standards the decisions it makes? After all, common regulatory standards make trading with the rest of Europe easier. Well, now we know. A separate system allows the UK to become a dumping ground for the chemicals that Europe rules unsafe.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

Join George Monbiot for a Guardian Live online event on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 8pm BST. He will be talking about his new book, The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism. Book tickets here

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Installations must speed up 11-fold as advisers say latest changes to scheme likely to make 2028 target even harder

The public spending watchdog has criticised the slow pace of the government’s heat pump rollout just days after ministers postponed an important scheme designed to increase the rate of installations.

A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that heat pump installations would need to accelerate 11-fold if the government is to reach its target for 600,000 heat pumps installed in homes every year by 2028.

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Financiers providing billion-dollar support for industrial livestock companies to expand leading to unsustainable rise in production

Billion-dollar financing is driving unsustainable increases in global meat and dairy production, a report has found.

Global meat production rose 9% between 2015 and 2021, the report said, while dairy production increased 13% in that time.

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Scarcity isn't driving prices for battery sites, but landowners with solar farm leases are enjoying multi-million annuities.

The post Best battery storage sites going quickly, and some lucky landowners are cashing in appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The biggest utilities and the biggest energy consumers say they don't want nuclear. So who does the Coalition expect to pay for it?

The post “Prohibitive:” Australia’s biggest energy consumers and producers say no to nuclear, but is Coalition listening? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind, water and solar produce more than state demand in California, the world's fifth biggest economy, in nine out of last 10 days.

The post Chart of the Day: California surges beyond 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Holders of J-Credits from five projects registered under the scheme have been asked to not carry out any trades until faulty information in the scheme’s registry regarding their projects have been corrected.

The Australian government is likely to delay the Integrated Farm Land Management method, according to market sources, with potential alternatives to be considered as several outstanding issues remaining.

In the 19th century, the world ran on steam. In the 21st century, little has changed. Every thermal power plant still relies on steam as a final stage. Andreas Helwig, Associate Professor, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ballarat looks at creating its own behind-the-meter network, as it pushes towards its target of 100 per cent renewables.

The post Ballarat mulls city-wide behind the meter network in push for 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pressure mounts on federal Labor to underwrite rooftop solar, home batteries and electrification amid concerns a growing energy divide is being "weaponised" to delay climate action.

The post “People Power” plan gains support as a budget must – and a bridge over the energy divide appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing deep-sea mining for obstructing a research expedition.

The NZU market has seen a ramp up in activity over the last week in anticipation of Wednesday’s ETS auction, as participants expect it to clear.  

The spending watchdog says the costs remain too high and public awareness of the technology remains low.

Norman Crowley, founder and chair of the emissions-busting CoolPlanet Group, is visiting Australia to recruit like-minded partners to his mission.

The post “Decarb army” targets self driving electric utes, heat pumps and saving energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The amount of detailed real-time data a smart grid needs to manage the push for electrification and renewables presents challenges – but there’s an affordable solution. Ali Pourmousavi Kani, Senior Lecturer of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Rui Yuan, Industry PhD Candidate, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

What better way to test if Australians are up for nuclear energy than by asking them: Do you support removing the current ban? Would you support a reactor in your area?

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When the Coalition was paralysed by whether or not to legislate marriage equality, it turned to the wisdom of the people.

The plebiscite was divisive, an obstacle to marriage equality which could have been dealt with by a free parliamentary vote, and which many queer people felt was a referendum on their dignity.

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