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Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections

I can scarcely believe I’m writing this, but it’s hard to dodge the conclusion. After 14 years of environmental vandalism, it might have seemed impossible for Labour to offer anything but improvement. But on green issues, this government is worse than the Tories.

The last prime minister to insist that growth should override every other consideration, and to fling insults at anyone who disagreed, was Liz Truss. She called those of us seeking to defend the living world an “anti-growth coalition”, “voices of decline” and “enemies of enterprise” who “don’t understand aspiration”.

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The growth of big battery projects – fuelled by falling costs and growing needs – is one of the dominant features of the Australian green energy transition, and with each passing quarter their impact on the grid is becoming increasingly obvious. It has now emerged that big batteries have already become the second biggest player […]

The post Big batteries boost profits and charge past gas to become second biggest player in evening peaks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A $230 million project investigating ways to make extracting future materials more sustainable will bring together five research groups from five continents, including one from Australia.

The post Australian university joins $230m future materials project backed by mining giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A provision in South Australia’s proposed Biodiversity Act could see the legislation disregarded completely at the government’s discretion, according to a land conservation group urging it to be removed.

Vast swathes of UK peatlands are likely to be unsuitable for peat accumulation in less than 40 years' time due to climate change, with the Flow Country, Dartmoor, and the Peak District particularly at risk, a new study has found.

Australia’s electricity market is old, outdated and not doing enough to drive investment in the renewable energy needed for the country to hit its climate targets.

The post “Like a Corolla with racing tyres:” Why Australia’s outdated electricity market fails renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Analysts have kept their bearish UK Allowance outlook for the year ahead due to the policy uncertainty and oversupply that continue to hang over the market, revising down forecasts for benchmark futures prices by around 5% compared to previous polling.

Analysts have nudged up their forecasts for EU carbon allowance prices for the remainder of Phase 4 (2021-30), predicting that tighter market conditions will start to bite from this year.

Crocodile farming in northern Australia began as a way to ensure crocodile leather could be sustainably sourced. But fashion houses and consumers are turning away. Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The company that employs the former Miss America spruiking nuclear in Australia has taken a market hit from the China breakthrough in Ai technology.

The post Former Miss America’s Australian nuclear tour clouded by Chinese AI blow to her employer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla's battery storage business had more than doubled in the past year, but will the priority go to EVs or the grid?

The post Tesla battery storage business surges, but will Musk favour EVs or the grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

When you do the work you would have to be an absolute nutter to conclude anything other than that the quality of life for future generations is at risk from climate change.

The post State of the climate: Hotter and hotter, and we are blowing our budget appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California issued no new compliance-grade offsets for the second bi-weekly distribution of the year, data published by the state regulator ARB Wednesday showed.

The breeds show different reaction to clocks going back and forward, a study suggests.

A new House bill would eliminate one of the tax credits established under the Inflation Reduction Act relating to clean fuel production.

A new forecast by a federal US energy agency projects an increase in wholesale power prices in 2025 across most of the regional grids, with affordability emerging as a central issue in North American carbon market states through ongoing rulemaking.

A New York state senator is giving another go at legislation that would require businesses to disclose their Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

A Canadian university is outlining how local governments of all sizes can write nature into their financial reporting, as environmental assets are increasingly recognized as valuable infrastructure.  

The White House budget office on Wednesday withdrew its memo on the federal funding pause after a judge issued a stay on the order the previous day, but clarified that President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) on spending freeze have not been scrapped.

An Asia Pacific carbon credit provider has appointed a new CEO, with the current chief moving to a new role as the company expands its project development work, the developer announced Thursday.