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Report finds volume of fossil fuel subsidies from G7 nations increased 15% between 2016 and 2023 – with the US spending the most.

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Landowners are deeply involve with the wind and battery project design, ensuring the final layout works for their neighbours as well as commercial goals.

The post Landowner-designed wind farm and huge battery in Tasmania snags major project status appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Built Environment Committee says the concept has been "eclipsed" by other planning rule changes.

The Built Environment Committee says the concept has been "eclipsed" by other planning rule changes.

A new state Senate bill aims to prevent biogas from being assigned a negative carbon intensity (CI) score in the state’s nascent clean fuels standard.

Future of $12.5 billion renewable hydrogen project hangs in balance after new LNP state government pulls support, leaving questions over wind and solar projects.

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Ian Wood put up the Banksy design in the hope of an 'art-imitates-life' photo op

The Alberta Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) programme’s spot price fell in the first month of 2025, with no new offsets or EPCs serialised, according to a report published Monday.

High energy prices, regulatory uncertainty, and a lack of offtakers are among the several challenges direct air capture (DAC) firms are facing when considering project development in California.

The UK's new agri-environment schemes and England's biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy could make the average farmer better off, but the majority of farmers are still not confident they will benefit from changes, a new report has found.

“An urgent change in gear” is needed to ensure the EU’s cleantech sector grows at the same time as the bloc decarbonises, a coalition of industry and think tanks said on Wednesday ahead of the European Commission's much-awaited Clean Industrial Deal initiative.

Without further incentives, a cumulative 50 million extra boilers running on fossil fuels could be sold across Europe by 2040, setting the EU off track from its decarbonisation targets, researchers warned on Wednesday.

Latin American and Caribbean countries would see increased revenues from hiking carbon taxes and reforming fossil fuel subsidies - equipping the region with the finance needed to deliver on Paris Agreement commitments, according to a report by a UN commission.

Increasing homegrown carbon credit supply and instituting comprehensive regulatory frameworks can help airlines in Latin American and the Caribbean meet compliance requirements under the UN's CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme amid a shortage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to a report published last week.

New data reveals that the total amount of large-scale solar and wind curtailment in 2024 was equivalent to the annual output of the original Snowy Hydro scheme.

The post Snowy Hydro-worth of solar and wind wasted in 2024, as curtailment continues to bite appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hydro Tasmania inks new deal to supply manganese smelter with a majority renewables power mix that makes it one of the greenest in the world.

The post Hydro Tasmania strikes deal to continue powering one of world’s greenest smelters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tilt Renewables has acquired the Boco Rock wind farm in New South Wales, a decade after stage one of the project was first commissioned.

The post Tilt boosts its renewables fleet to 1.8GW with acquisition of NSW wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The European Union should impose a ban on new fossil fuel projects in what would be a "perfectly feasible" policy move, according to environmentalists.

Enhanced rock weathering tests haven’t yet resulted in carbon sequestration on Mid-Atlantic, US farmland, results from a preliminary study from the area have claimed.

The money will be spent on projects ranging from tidal barriers and flood walls to nature-based solutions.