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Democrat lawmakers in New York introduced legislation last week aiming to postpone the state’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulations until 2027.

King Island's small and ancient turbines - installed last century - are getting a facelift, rather than being pulled down and replaced by bigger machines.

The post Australia’s oldest wind turbines back in action with a Danish facelift, and a major life extension appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.

The analysis estimates that between 4% and 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse, the scientists said, as more microplastics pour into the environment.

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US DOE Secretary Chris Wright said Monday that while the agency will take a new approach with its Loan Program Office (LPO), the administration will honour loans already awarded to projects under former President Joe Biden's administration.

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)took a tough stance last week on cookstove methodologies, although it seemed to have been with indifference by the market that seems more focused on CORSIA, the aviation emissions scheme, and worrying about rating agency grades.

A UK-based investment manager and a remote sensing company have released a new satellite-powered tool to conduct due diligence on nature-based carbon projects, they announced Monday.

The EU is not allocating enough budget to help Central and Eastern European countries decarbonise their municipal waste, making it harder for them to catch up with the bloc's environmental targets, according to a report published on Monday. 

The European Commission should focus on increasing energy market integration, and not interfere too much in how the bloc's gas markets function, European energy traders have said.

A Danish renewable energy company will purchase carbon credits from a carbon removal (CDR) platform under a two-year partnership, the two firms announced Monday.

Australia needs to break through oligopolies and heavy handed bureaucracies to achieve goal of becoming green superpower.

The post “We haven’t been very good at doing it.” Garnaut says oligopolies in way of green superpower dreams appeared first on RenewEconomy.

US-based researchers are calling on conservationists and policy makers to broaden their approach when acting to protect endangered species and limit global biodiversity loss.

Brazilian COP30 President-Designate Andre Correa do Lago on Monday published his first open letter, emphasising forest conservation, pledging to create an advisory body of past COP presidencies, and highlighting the importance of international climate finance reform.

Basalt demonstrated little to no measurable CO2 removal (CDR) in a large-scale greenhouse experiment on enhanced rock weathering (ERW), which tracked the chemical interactions of 17 soils and 14 rock amendments over four years.

Regional voters are often stereotyped so I propose a new demographic category ahead of the election: conservative, uncommitted rural voters with environmental sympathies

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Recently, an arborist operating in my town in remote north-western Australia put out a public statement. He found it necessary, given the number of queries he had received, to explain his reasons for cutting down native vegetation.

It sounds like the start of a joke, but what this contractor’s earnest explanation illustrates is how in tune regional voters can be with their environs.

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Number of animals affected by neurological toxin increases in past week as experts warn of impact from climate crisis

The number of marine mammals in California affected by a neurological toxin from algae has surged in the past week, in what could be another deadly year for animals such as sea lions, seals, dolphins and larger whales.

According to the Marine Mammal Care Center, a rescue facility based in Sausalito, California, the facility is treating more than 30 animals affected by a toxic algal bloom, with eight animals admitted on Wednesday. The algae bloom off the California coast has been on the rise in recent years, producing a neurological toxin called domoic acid.

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They prefer to carry branches in their teeth, like dogs. And when they swim, they hold their front paws to their chests, like a severe governess in a Victorian novel

The heads of beavers, large rodents known for building dams, are their own kind of highly complex dam structure, with various retractable walls that let water in or keep it out. They can close valves in their nostrils and ears and a special membrane over their eyes; their epiglottis, the flap that stops water entering the lungs, is inside their nose instead of their throat; they use their tongue to shield their throats from water; and their lips to shield their mouths – their lips can close behind their front teeth. Their teeth are rust-orange, because they are strengthened with iron.

Their back feet are webbed like a duck’s; on land, their front feet act like hands, digging, grasping and carrying things from the riverbed to the surface – rocks, for example, tucked under their chins and cradled by their arms. When they swim, they do so while holding their front paws to their chests, like a severe governess in a Victorian novel, or a child pretending to be a rabbit. They prefer to carry branches in their teeth, like dogs. The biggest beavers weigh 50kg.

As boats will sometimes lie along the shore,
with part of them on land and part in water,
and just as there [...]

the beaver sets himself when he means war,
so did that squalid beast lie on the margin
of stone that serves as border for the sand.

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Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy, mangrove afforestation, and carbon capture potential, if fully exploited, could address major companies’ long-term mitigation goals in a low-demand scenario under strong assumptions, according to a report published Sunday.

Uzbekistan has released a strategy to attract finance for nature protection and restoration, including plans to establish national frameworks for biodiversity credit and offset markets.

Integrating waste biomass into the fermentation process can make it carbon negative, according to a Belgium-based startup that's developing protein-based biocontrols to protect crops against pests and diseases.

The government says it could help reduce opposition to new projects needed to deliver more clean energy.