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Thousands of Australian species and ecological communities are threatened – and many don’t have a recovery plan in place. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia's main grid boasted a record share of renewables over summer, and experienced record demand highs and record demand lows - and no supply shortfalls.

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Two Australian fintech companies are teaming up to streamline and strengthen digital emissions reporting and certification efforts, they announced Tuesday.

Draft strategy says batteries of all sizes - and deep storage - are critical to Victoria's future energy infrastructure. And it calls for all replacement appliances to be electric.

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NT confirms plans to extend the life of a nearly 40-year old gas plant as it struggles to ramp up the renewable energy share on its main grid.

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A new direct air capture (DAC) project in East Africa has begun operations, marking the fastest deployment yet of the burgeoning technology, according to its backers.

To celebrate 10 years of Carbon Pulse, we are announcing the launch of two new subscription products – Net Zero Pulse and Nature & Biodiversity Pulse – to enhance our suite of specialist news and intelligence offerings.

A Nordex wind turbine has collapsed at a wind farm in northern Oklahoma with no discernible explanation for what caused the tower to buckle.

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There are efforts under way to recycle and reuse more at what has been dubbed "the greatest show on Earth".

The drama tells the story of how families fought for justice over their children's birth defects.

British Columbia's Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions announced changes to its Low Carbon Fuels Standard (BC LCFS) on Thursday mandating renewable-fuel requirements to be met with fuels produced in Canada.

The US EPA is reportedly looking to strike down the agency’s determination that climate pollution endangers human health, though such information has not been made public, an environmental non-profit said in a lawsuit filed Monday.

First there were shoes, now Australian pro surfer Josh Kerr has made the first surfboards using materials from recycled wind turbine blades.

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The world's most prestigious science institution has been considering whether to remove Musk as a fellow.

Seagrass meadows, mangroves and kelp forests are carbon sinks. Restoring or protecting them addresses both biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. Simon Francis Thrush, Director of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Remote wind and solar farms and those in what was once known as the "rhombus of regret" get good news from grid upgrades, but for others it is not so good.

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RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices fell over the beginning of last week before later rising, as volumes reached their highest levels of the year and the market continued to position itself based on the upcoming auction and programme review wait, traders said.

Emissions from the North American power sector is expected to fall 24% from 2024 levels in the next five years, according to a report released Monday by a global energy consulting firm.

Carbon removal (CDR) projects may not directly remove CO2 from the atmosphere and could be embedded within systems that add more emissions on a net basis, prompting experts to suggest a new set of questions to help guide industry investment.

Tree-planting is the most cost-effective form of carbon removals, as long as climate and economic risks are considered, concluded a new study.