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Local authorities could expose developers to exploitation from landowners, with worse outcomes for nature and housing, if they force the purchase of nature offsets nearby rather than sourcing them from more distant areas under England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) legislation, an expert has said.

Three Brazilian organisations have unveiled a concept note on a Tropical Forests Mechanism (TFM) designed to help fund efforts to protect and grow tropical forests globally.

India has updated the list of activities that will be eligible to generate carbon credits for export under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, while also finalising a list of activities for Art. 6.4.

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Video posted online shows people running away to escape the explosion at Biscuit Basin, which is now closed to visitors

A surprise hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone national park has sent sightseers running for safety, after steam and dark-coloured rock and dirt shot up high into the sky.

The eruption happened around 10am local time on Tuesday in Biscuit Basin, a collection of hot springs a couple miles north of the famous Old Faithful Geyser.

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One hundred Tesla Megapacks trucked in for installation at landmark battery project in north-west Victoria.

The post Edify trucks in 100 Tesla Megapacks for final leg of landmark battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet

On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south Devon last week, I was watching a small pod of dolphins from my kayak. I had spotted them from half a mile away, feeding and playing on the surface. They were heading my way, so I sat on the water and waited.

But from round the headland, at top speed, came a giant twin-engined maritime wankpanzer. Though the dolphins were highly visible and it had plenty of time either to stop or avoid them, it ploughed towards them at full throttle. As it passed, missing them by a few metres, the driver turned and glanced at them, but never checked his speed. The dolphins dived. They briefly reappeared much farther from the coast, after which I didn’t see them again. I could hear the boat long after it disappeared: it sounded like a jetliner. God knows what distress it might have caused the dolphins, which are highly sensitive to sound.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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Efforts by network companies to control operation of mid-scale batteries has big implications for the energy market and energy affordability. 

The post It’s time to put “community” back into community batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More than 2.6 million people live in apartment buildings. What if they want to buy an EV and charge it? Jeff Sykes from Solar Choice explains.

The post The Driven Podcast: How to charge EVs in apartment buildings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists estimates $7.3bn a year for 30 years could avoid most extinctions, repair soils and restore rivers

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Saving Australia’s threatened wildlife, repairing degraded land and restoring ailing river systems is possible and would cost just 0.3% of Australia’s GDP, according to a new blueprint produced by more than 60 experts.

For the first time scientists, governance and business leaders have produced a dollar estimate of what it would take to fix Australia’s environment.

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A new report challenges the notion that repairing our continent is a task too big and expensive to tackle. Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science and Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement), University of Technology Sydney Martine Maron, Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Newly approved four hour battery is located near 1.6GW of wind, solar and other BESS projects that are either underway or operating in Queensland.

The post Equis wins connection deal for a 4 hour battery in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Big solar and battery project - flagged as first hybrid to be connected to Victoria's transmission lines - says it has AEMO connection approval.

The post Massive solar and battery hybrid project – dubbed first of its kind – secures grid approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has faced a flood of public and academic opposition to a proposed ocean alkalinity research project south of Martha’s Vineyard, while even supporters acknowledge the risks and unintended consequences involved given it is impossible to fully replicate the natural environment in a lab.

The influence of big batteries on the grid doubled in morning and evening peaks, and revenue also grew, helped along by being paid to charge when prices fall below zero.

The post Battery storage doubles its influence in morning and evening peaks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia could stake a massive claim on the world's booming critical minerals market, a report has found, but only if policymakers, researchers, mining firms and investors act quickly.

The post CSIRO says Australia must act quickly to secure share of global minerals market for wind, solar and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Canada’s largest emissions reductions system – Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) programme – will face oversupply of carbon credits if the province does not intervene, ultimately discouraging investment in industrial decarbonisation, a Canadian think-tank said Tuesday.

The Competition Bureau of Canada on Monday released a new volume of provisions tackling environmental claims and greenwashing, with guidance for companies to comply with laws that prohibit misleading advertising and deceptive marketing practices.

The US may fail to meet its 2030 climate pledges despite support from recently enacted policies that have accelerated the country’s decarbonisation pace, a New York-based research group said Tuesday.

Small modular reactors promise to make nuclear power cheaper and safer. But our new report shows they’re still a long way off. Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.