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The New Zealand government is seeking expressions of interest to partner with the private sector to plant native trees on Crown-owned land, without adding extra forestry to the emissions trading scheme.

Landmark compensation claim against coal generation companies has been dismissed, with the court finding that maximising profits is not illegal and everyone is doing it.

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Law around illegal wood burning in smoke-control areas is not being enforced, campaigners say

Only four fines out of 5,600 complaints have been issued for illegal burning of wood in smoke-control areas from September 2023 to August 2024 in England, data has revealed.

The new data, from freedom of information requests submitted by the campaign group Mums for Lungs, shows that the law around illegal wood burning is not being enforced in England, campaigners said.

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A Brazilian state and the country's national development bank announced Wednesday the launch of a public notice of up to R$60 million ($9.5 mln) to support about 30 local ecological restoration projects in the Atlantic Forest biome.

If politicians really want to help households lower their energy bills, there’s better places to go looking than the next big power station. Local networks are a good place to start.

The post Look at the networks, not nuclear, to reduce energy bills appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In our last episode of the year, federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen joins us to discuss the CIS, climate targets, EVs, the agenda for 2025, and the Coalition's nuclear plan.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Chris Bowen on renewables, emissions, EVs, and nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction

From a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has cheated its way out of having to photosynthesise, a weird and wonderful host of new plant and fungus species have been discovered in 2024.

Other plants given scientific names for the first time include beautiful new orchids, a ghostly palm and a hairy plant that appears to have stolen a gene from an unrelated family. The species are among the 172 new plants and fungi named by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners.

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Chris Bowen describes Peter Dutton's nuclear plan as a political "con job", and says while Labor's policies are starting to deliver there is more to do.

The post Dutton’s nuclear plan a “con job” and a recipe for blackouts, says Bowen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California’s carbon market watchdog postponed its draft 2024 annual report to early January to integrate committee input, as a Wednesday meeting heard divergent views on laguage related to offsets and carbon management.

How would Freud diagnose the pro-nuclear and anti-renewable lobbies? Do not be surprised if it involves phallic symbols and nostalgic idealisation. Plus, a musical assessment.

The post Power, control and symbolic masculinity: How Freud might diagnose the pro nuclear lobby appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victorian power distributors say they want to be among the first in the world to own and operate kerbside electric vehicle chargers that would be installed on their network of power poles. The idea of kerbside charging is not new, with Ausgrid running a program in New South Wales to help boost public charging infrastructure, and some […]

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed simplifying the transparency regime for EU Allowances under its final report on amendments to MiFIR Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS 2).

Australia’s carbon market oversight body has launched a consultation on whether the coal mine waste gas method still meets its offset integrity standards (OIS) and whether it should be remade when it is due to expire in March next year.

Transgrid’s massive HumeLink transmission line, considered crucial to unlocking capacity of Snowy Hydro 2.0, has been given the federal green tick.

The post Contested HumeLink transmission line gets federal green tick to connect Snowy 2.0 to the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US Department of Energy has eroded the fossil fuel industry's arguements for ramping up fossil gas exports, with direct relevance for Australia.

The post US DoE report busts LNG myth, says fossil gas exports are bad for consumers and the planet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Poland, Romania, Croatia, and Bulgaria have the potential to at least triple clean technology exports, strengthening the EU’s economy at a time of mounting worries over the bloc’s deteriorating competitiveness, the World Bank said on Thursday.

A UN tender to build a centralised registry system for carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement has been cancelled, Carbon Pulse has learned, though an interim solution is expected to be operational by year’s end.

The international carbon standard released Wednesday provisional versions of allocated deforestation risks maps for three Brazilian states within recently revamped REDD methodologies under its Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

Fewer cows on the farm and a broader range of farming practices, including involvement in the emerging alternative proteins industry, could help New Zealand’s dairy sector remain viable. Milena Bojovic, PhD Candidate, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Biden administration released guidance Tuesday to encourage policies that reduce imports of commodities and products driving illegal deforestation.