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A California senate bill on CO2 removal (CDR) regulations has yet to resolve key considerations as it weaves through the legislative process, while little progress on the implementation of carbon, capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) legislation stalls it further.

Big batteries step in as coal unit trips in Texas at peak time in midst of heatwave. "Always on" baseload needs back-up just as much as renewables.

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Two Canadian companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Thursday to test and validate an autonomous tree planting technology for the generation of voluntary carbon offsets.

A Toronto-headquartered carbon project financier announced Thursday that it has received $11.2 million from the sale of carbon credits from its Vietnamese household device and Rwandan cookstove projects.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday it is allocating $44.5 million in funding towards nine university- and industry-led projects to advance knowledge of the potential of geologic basins to permanently store CO2 emissions.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices reversed course from year-to-date lows this week, but remained below Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) figures amid the ongoing WCI market bearishness due to programme reform implementation delay.

It feels harmless to share a photo of a rare species. But social media can drive great damage to nature, from poaching to baiting to trampling. Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University Bill Bateman, Associate Professor, Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University Claire Greenwell, Adjunct Associate in Ornithology and Marine Ecology, Murdoch University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Albanese government needs to wise up that energy network monopolies are about to make their task of re-election much harder. 

The post Energy network monopolies are a cost of living nightmare for Bowen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Drax - the UK’s largest generator of power from biomass - is by far the country’s largest source of carbon emissions, despite receiving more than half a billion pounds in green subsidies, according to a new report published on Friday.

Experts say it could be more than 100 years before Germany finds a final repository for its highly radioactive waste from nuclear power, and then builds it and transports it to the site.

The post Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Battery storage developer Akaysha Energy says it has begun construction of its newest battery project, the $200 million Brendale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Queensland. A “sod-turning” ceremony was held at the site next to the South Pine substation in the northern suburbs of Brisbane this week for the 205MW / 410MWh project, which […]

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In the book Living Hot, Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld argue humanity should stop trying so hard to reduce emissions, and adapt instead. But we must do both. Blanche Verlie, Horizon Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Another report found pesticide levels posing ‘significant risks’ in 20% of tested fruits and vegetables

A new scientific report lends weight to consumer concerns about pesticide residues on food, presenting fresh evidence that washing fruit before eating does not remove various toxic chemicals commonly used in agriculture.

The paper, published on Wednesday in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters, comes amid ongoing debate over the extent of pesticide contamination of food, and the potential health risks associated with a steady diet that includes pesticide residues.

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Climate scientists say that the world is continuing to warm, despite brief respite in record breaking temperatures

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Niño climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday.

But July 2024’s average heat just missed surpassing last year’s July, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing about the threat posed by the climate crisis.

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The new government has made a fast start in mobilising Britain’s most obvious natural asset, but big challenges remain

In its pomp during the 1970s, Ardersier port near Inverness was a behemoth of Scottish industry. During the North Sea oil and gas boom, thousands worked on one of the largest rig construction sites in the world. Disused since 2001, the port is making a triumphant comeback, to be reconfigured as a giant hub for the turbines that will harness wind power off the Scottish coast. If Sir Keir Starmer’s government is to achieve its goal of fully decarbonising electricity by 2030, this huge investment project in the Highlands will need to be matched by similar ambition elsewhere.

Wind energy is fundamental to meeting Britain’s net zero commitments, generating growth and reducing energy costs. But under Rishi Sunak, the sector suffered a lost year in 2023, when the government failed to award a single offshore wind contract. In July, the Climate Change Committee estimated that by 2030, the number of annual offshore and onshore wind installations needed to at least triple and double, respectively.

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Argentina’s carbon markets are growing rapidly and poised to shift away from reliance on waste management and renewables projects to embrace a broader array of credits, a jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) developer told Carbon Pulse.

Devastation in Brazil wetlands was made at least four times more likely by fossil fuel use and deforestation, scientists say

The devastating wildfires that tore through the world’s biggest tropical wetland, Brazil’s Pantanal, in June were made at least four times more likely and 40% more intense by human-caused climate disruption, a study has found.

Charred corpses of monkeys, caimans and snakes have been left in the aftermath of the blaze, which burned 440,000 hectares (1.1m acres) and is thought to have killed millions of animals and countless more plants, insects and fungi.

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A German direct air capture startup is offering cement plants the opportunity to make extra revenue from their waste heat, which it can use to improve the efficiency of its CO2 capture process and generate carbon removal credits.

A global climate solutions provider announced on Thursday the launch of its supply chain emissions reduction product.

The wind hovering behaviour of the bird of prey is the ‘closest representation in the avian world to fixed wing aircraft’, researcher says

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When researchers were hunting for a way to make drones fly more smoothly as they delivered food and packages, they turned to an unusual source for inspiration: the common kestrel.

RMIT and the University of Bristol researchers began tracking the flight motions of two Australian kestrels. They attached reflective markers to the birds and analysed their motion using a motion tracking system – the same technology used to create CGI effects.

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