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Freedom of information data reveals violations on intensive poultry and pig farms

Industrial-scale livestock farms across East Anglia have breached environmental regulations more than 700 times in the past seven years, freedom of information (FoI) data has revealed.

The farms across Norfolk and Suffolk are among the largest in the country. Pig and poultry farming is concentrated in the region and 28% of England’s pig population was farmed in the area in 2023.

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Trees and greenspace can drive down urban temperatures – but they must be able to draw water from the soil to achieve these massive cooling effects. Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.

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Australia’s New South Wales has published its final guide for how large projects should report their greenhouse gas emissions.

Report finds volume of fossil fuel subsidies from G7 nations increased 15% between 2016 and 2023 – with the US spending the most.

The post Fossil fuel subsidies now more than $A2 trillion just in G7 countries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Landowners are deeply involve with the wind and battery project design, ensuring the final layout works for their neighbours as well as commercial goals.

The post Landowner-designed wind farm and huge battery in Tasmania snags major project status appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Built Environment Committee says the concept has been "eclipsed" by other planning rule changes.

A new state Senate bill aims to prevent biogas from being assigned a negative carbon intensity (CI) score in the state’s nascent clean fuels standard.

Future of $12.5 billion renewable hydrogen project hangs in balance after new LNP state government pulls support, leaving questions over wind and solar projects.

The post Australia’s most advanced green hydrogen project hangs in balance after state LNP pulls support appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ian Wood put up the Banksy design in the hope of an 'art-imitates-life' photo op

The Alberta Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) programme’s spot price fell in the first month of 2025, with no new offsets or EPCs serialised, according to a report published Monday.

High energy prices, regulatory uncertainty, and a lack of offtakers are among the several challenges direct air capture (DAC) firms are facing when considering project development in California.

The UK's new agri-environment schemes and England's biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy could make the average farmer better off, but the majority of farmers are still not confident they will benefit from changes, a new report has found.

“An urgent change in gear” is needed to ensure the EU’s cleantech sector grows at the same time as the bloc decarbonises, a coalition of industry and think tanks said on Wednesday ahead of the European Commission's much-awaited Clean Industrial Deal initiative.

Without further incentives, a cumulative 50 million extra boilers running on fossil fuels could be sold across Europe by 2040, setting the EU off track from its decarbonisation targets, researchers warned on Wednesday.

Latin American and Caribbean countries would see increased revenues from hiking carbon taxes and reforming fossil fuel subsidies - equipping the region with the finance needed to deliver on Paris Agreement commitments, according to a report by a UN commission.

Increasing homegrown carbon credit supply and instituting comprehensive regulatory frameworks can help airlines in Latin American and the Caribbean meet compliance requirements under the UN's CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme amid a shortage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to a report published last week.

New data reveals that the total amount of large-scale solar and wind curtailment in 2024 was equivalent to the annual output of the original Snowy Hydro scheme.

The post Snowy Hydro-worth of solar and wind wasted in 2024, as curtailment continues to bite appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hydro Tasmania inks new deal to supply manganese smelter with a majority renewables power mix that makes it one of the greenest in the world.

The post Hydro Tasmania strikes deal to continue powering one of world’s greenest smelters appeared first on RenewEconomy.