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Stargazers are being treated to a rare planetary alignment this month, also known as a “planet parade”, with most of the planets visible in the night sky at the same time.

Astrophysicist Dr Rebecca Allen, co-director of Swinburne University’s space technology and industry institute, said it would be a rare opportunity to see so many planets align, especially outer ones such as Neptune.

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The Australian government approved the clearing of more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat in 2024, more than double compared to the previous year, according to an analysis published Tuesday.

Global gas markets are expected to remain tight in 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its quarterly market report on Tuesday, suggesting upward pressure on carbon prices will remain in regions like the European Union.

Giving aluminium smelters tax incentives to switch to clean energy is long overdue. The question now is how to accelerate the clean energy rollout Tessa Leach, Research Manager, Industry, at Climateworks Centre, Monash University Anna Malos, Climateworks Country Lead, Australia, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a programme with Rabobank Australia to commit A$200 million ($124 mln) to help reduce upfront costs of environmental plantings carbon projects in the country.

PM says Australia has an enormous opportunity to speed up clean energy investment as the newly inaugurated Trump winds back action on climate, renewables.

The post Trump’s Paris cop-out is bad news for climate, but could give Australia a boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ausgrid switches on its sixth community battery to be awarded federal funding under the Community Batteries for Household Solar program.

The post “Energy storage as a service:” Ausgrid unveils its sixth federally funded community battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.

The federal government's green bank will make low-cost loans available to landowners planting native vegetation to sequester carbon.

The post CEFC backs low-cost loans to help farmers buy in to carbon removal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Peter Dutton has described federal Labor's green aluminium production credit scheme as a "$2 billion con job." But it is the leader of the opposition's nuclear ruse that is on full display.

The post Labor’s green aluminium play is canny politics, not least for exposing Dutton’s wilful energy ignorance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A federal report released last week found that there is a high probability that naturally-occurring geologic hydrogen could be found in certain regions of the US, creating more potential for the clean fuel to decarbonise various sectors.

A Finnish floating real estate developer is proposing a 250-room, low-carbon hotel on Canada's most sought after waterfront.

Resources giant Fortescue has committed to the next phase of advancing a novel green hydrogen technology that uses only sunlight, water and a photocatalyst.

The post Fortescue-backed concentrated solar hydrogen tech graduates to pilot phase appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Stanford researchers say technical challenges and low lithium prices are pushing out the date for when sodium ion batteries can compete. Can the value of safer storage help level the playing field?

The post As Moss Landing smoulders, what are the prospects for safer salt batteries? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced that it will be leaving the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) in the days leading up to President Donald Trump's return to the White House.

The repowering of existing onshore wind farms – the refurbishment of a project to extend its life and increase its capacity – has become big business in the US.

The post GE Vernova says it has more than 1 GW of orders to repower US wind farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

While its large brilliant flowers attracted early horticultural attention, this summertime stunner’s path to being a successful urban tree has not always been easy. Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Prices were little changed amid a quiet start to the year, but fresh analysis of the new entrants to the market in 2024, as well as a surge in the number of companies setting science-aligned climate targets painted a bullish outlook.

The new consolidated REDD methodology developed by voluntary carbon standard Verra will result in a large reduction in credit supply, compared to its previous programmes, according to analysis published Monday by a project ratings agency.

The EU could accept international carbon units in its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), ETS, or ETS2 schemes — as long as the credits are of a high enough quality, according to a former top climate official.