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While the Coalition conjures nuclear as a "non-left" alternative to wind and solar, Australia is establishing itself as a world leader in variable renewables.

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Alexander Darwall is challenging decision last year to overturn ban on wild camping on the moors

The right to wild camp on Dartmoor could be under threat again after the supreme court granted permission for a wealthy landowner to bring a case against it.

Last year, the Dartmoor National Park Authority won an appeal against a decision to ban wild camping on the moors.

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South Korea on Wednesday sold fewer than 50% of the allowances on offer in its monthly CO2 permit auction amid dwindling buy interest, with analysts expecting the carbon price to remain at relatively low levels this year due to a lasting oversupply.

Green ammonia could supply a large amount of the world’s shipping fuel needs by 2050 at a cost of $2 trillion if 10 ‘hubs’ are created, according to a report released this week.

Carbon-financed clean cookstove provider Koko Networks has secured scalable, long-term debt from a commercial bank that recognises the value of the company’s future cash flows from carbon credit generation.

Increased flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘sponge cities’ rules

Increased sewage pollution, urban flooding and water supply interruptions are the result of a decade of failures by the Conservative ministers, according to water experts who are demanding an independent inquiry into water be set up by the next government.

The repeated failure of the Tories to implement rules to create “sponge cities” has led to much more visible sewage pollution, more flooding and increasing instances of water being cut off for householders and businesses, they say.

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The share of wind power in total electricity generation is also increasing as new capacity is added and existing projects are re-powered.

The post Wind power turbine fleet output grows 25 pct in Germany over five years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pushed along by the US government, companies are designing heat pumps that can work through a northern winter and not resort to gas backup.

The post Sub-zero heat pump challenge delivers new tech – and a fresh blow to gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The sharp-tailed sandpiper migrates from Siberia to a Port of Hastings site that Tanya Plibersek last week blocked a state plan to develop

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A migratory shorebird that visits globally important wetlands the Victorian government wanted to dredge to make way for an offshore wind industry terminal is among eight birds added to the nation’s threatened species list.

The sharp-tailed sandpiper migrates from Siberia for the Australian summer and is now listed in Australia as vulnerable.

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Australia’s climate change and energy minister has called on the federal opposition to explain its climate policies and “stop the nonsense” following media reports that multiple Liberal and National MPs were opposed to Australia setting a 2035 emission reduction target.

ClearVue marks its commercial launch in Australia with its first order to supply a solar window facade for a new building in Melbourne.

The post ClearVue lands first home market order to supply solar glass facade for new building appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As the world takes in the horrifying data on the world's hottest year on record, the federal opposition is gearing up to fight 2035 emissions targets and rally against renewables.

The post As Earth records hottest year, Coalition digs in against climate action and renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A Quebec-based carbon removal project developer has partnered with a local direct air capture (DAC) company as part of efforts to build a facility to remove hundreds of thousands of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in disused mines.

A US tech company has developed monitoring equipment contributing to transport emissions cuts that it is seeking to deploy in global carbon markets, despite New Zealand dairy co-op Fonterra pulling out of a pilot with the firm due to delays.

The Washington Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) generated a surplus of units in the scheme's second quarterly credit generation figures, stemming largely from ethanol, according to government data published Tuesday.

The former ARB branch chief responsible for overseeing the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) commented on key features of the draft rulemaking in a webinar Tuesday, as the California regulator considers feedback to its proposed changes to the LCFS programme.

A Kenya-based startup has secured significant funding for enhancing its direct air capture (DAC) technology.

A Democratic assemblywoman in New York's lower house has introduced legislation for an alternative proposal for the state's future cap-and-invest programme that entails stricter guidelines, following publication of a preliminary outline of the programme last month by state agencies.

A formerly UK-based carbon capture and clean hydrogen startup has closed a £3.6-million seed funding found lead by Saudi Aramco’s venture capital arm.