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The Australian government’s voluntary climate certification scheme has frozen applications from businesses wanting to use credits from the controversial Kariba REDD project to offset their emissions.

Audit finds ‘little to no improvement’ in health of sea between 2016 and 2021, as Swedish coastguard battles oil spill

The Baltic Sea faces “critical challenges” due to the climate crisis and degradation of biodiversity, a report has said, as Sweden’s coastguard battled to contain the impact of an oil spill off the country’s southern shore.

In the most comprehensive audit of its kind to date, experts at the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helcom) said on Tuesday there had been “little to no improvement” in the health of the body of water between 2016 and 2021.

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Durham University research found warnings of environmental or health impacts reduced choice of meals containing meat by 7-10%

People are used to seeing stark warnings on tobacco products alerting them about the potentially deadly risks to health. Now a study suggests similar labelling on food could help them make wiser choices about not just their health, but the health of the planet.

The research, by academics at Durham University, found that warning labels including a graphic image – similar to those warning of impotence, heart disease or lung cancer on cigarette packets – could reduce selections of meals containing meat by 7-10%.

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Roy Hill Mines, owned by climate skeptic and renewables doubter Gina Rinehart, unveils a bright pink electric locomotive powered by a 7MWh battery.

The post Gina Rinehart unveils a bright pink electric locomotive, to beat Forrest at his own game appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Normally, many bushfires ease overnight, as temperatures fall and moisture in the air rises. But these are not normal times, as Queensland’s early-season fires are showing Calum Cunningham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Grant Williamson, Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

"Making more things here:" SunDrive gets federal funding boost towards commercial production of its lower-cost, high efficiency solar cells, on Australian soil.

The post “New era:” SunDrive wins funds to scale up Australia made solar cell production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carbon prices worldwide are not adequate to tackle climate change and need to rise swiftly and be integrated into a multi-faceted strategy in order make a significant impact in curbing emissions, a new study warns.

The bulk payment covers everything the huge transmission project will need to get to full construction, from workers camps to equipment like transformers.

The post Queensland to spend $1.3bn to get CopperString shovel-ready in 2024 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brazil's path to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 could be jeopardised unless the country significantly ramps up its nature-based solutions (NBS), particularly ending deforestation and restoring native vegetation, a new study warns.

New deal promises solar supply to vanadium electrolyte facility starting 2026. The same company has a tentative solar supply deal with the massive Sun Cable project.

The post Solar supply firms up for controversial Middle Arm precinct – but not from Sun Cable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The European Commission has set the 2024 emissions cap for aviation under the EU ETS.

Being able to prove green claims is becoming increasingly important as regulators and customers begin to demand evidence.

The post Quinbrook hopes new software will prevent energy greenwashing claims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Project Manager will be part of a small team focused on finding and developing new project opportunities to participate in ‘Koala Friendly Carbon’.

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are currently not explicitly regulated in any direct way, according to a legal opinion released Tuesday backed by environmental law experts, as conservation groups express concern over government reforms attempting to tackle the issue.

Verra has opened a public consultation on a proposed minor revision to one of its methodologies to broaden its scope to include wood waste.

The Microsoft Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) team is charged with procuring high-quality carbon removal that enables Microsoft to meet its ambitious goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030. To this end, the CDR team seeks a curiosity-driven individual to join our team as a Carbon Removal Buyer. This position will join one of our existing deal teams charged with originating high-quality, innovative carbon removal projects—and negotiating the transactions that will get those projects built.

Construction will begin within weeks on a 300 MWh big battery to be built in Queensland, alongside the country's biggest coal unit.

The post “Unsung hero:” New big battery next to Australia’s biggest coal unit gets go ahead appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new study has shed new light on the intricate relationships between tree growth, mortality, and reproduction in global forests and how these factors interact to affect carbon absorption.

The first auction for renewable and storage projects to bid for a place on the grid in the first renewable energy zone in NSW has been delayed, frustrating developers.

The post Disappointment as tender for access rights to NSW renewable energy zones delayed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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