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Government-backed heat pump installations in the UK reached record levels for 2024.

The Australian government will commit A$250 million ($158.5 mln) to developing the country's low carbon liquid fuel (LCLF) sector, it announced Thursday.

A group of 12 Australian industry and business groups published a joint statement Thursday urging bipartisan support for the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and ongoing support for climate policies, such as the reformed Safeguard Mechanism.

A Singapore-based climate group is launching a programme targeting blue carbon projects in Pacific Island nations.

How do you stay safe while you begin the clean up and recovery? It can be helpful to have a plan of action ready. Yetta Gurtner, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Developer hopes to race through the federal and state planning processes with construction pegged to start this year.

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Federal Labor's light touch environmental review of a massive new fracking industry threatens one of Australia’s most iconic wild places – and blows out national emissions.

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Vow in 2020 aimed to keep shot out of human food chain but study finds most game carcasses still contain lead

A voluntary promise to phase out toxic lead shot in the UK has failed, meaning wildlife and human health are being put at risk, a study has found.

The vow, made in February 2020 by the UK’s nine leading game shooting and rural organisations, aimed to benefit wildlife and the environment and keep toxic lead out of the human food chain. They aimed to phase lead shot out by 2025, and hoped to avoid a full government ban. It is recommended birds are shot with non-toxic cartridges made of metals such as steel instead.

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Both geostationary and polar orbiting satellites collect data in the visible and infrared regions. There are polar satellites collecting data in the microwave range. Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, Associate Professor of Geospatial Analysis, University of the Sunshine Coast Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ausgrid-owned Plus Es will start rolling out its 1000 pole-mounted EV chargers next week after winning a waiver from the AER.

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Warmer oceans, more rain and higher seas are likely to heighten Cyclone Alfred’s impact Liz Ritchie-Tyo, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne Hamish Ramsay, Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Delta hopes to make a final decision on whether to invest in a battery for the Vales Point coal power station site at the start of 2026.

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Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planet

Global sea ice fell to a record low in February, scientists have said, a symptom of an atmosphere fouled by planet-heating pollutants.

The combined area of ice around the north and south poles hit a new daily minimum in early February and stayed below the previous record for the rest of the month, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.

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New report underscores concerns that keeping ageing Eraring coal plant open could result in higher prices and less reliable supply – the opposite of what was intended.

The post When the coal plant don’t work: Report counts 6,000 hours of outages at Eraring over 2024 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plibersek approves three big wind projects in NSW, including the state's biggest, its most controversial, and another big asset from Andrew Forrest.

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CO2 removal (CDR) suppliers can expect a competitive funding year ahead, experts said Wednesday, as private capital begins to shift its limited investment away from early-stage companies and into those at later phases of growth.

A co-founder and the largest shareholder of a California-based carbon offsets company was arrested this week on charges of defrauding investors of at least $145 million, US authorities said.

New part of the immune system - hidden inside our bodies - could be used to make new antibiotics.

The 2009 rule that allowed greenhouse gases (GHG) to be regulated under the Clean Air Act (CAA) may soon be nixed by the Trump administration, a move that climate groups say would expose industry to federal litigation.

A $250 million investment in sustainable fuels could tell the rest of the world that Australia is ready to turn its farm waste into flights.

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