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The growth of rooftop solar is creating new headaches for the market operator in terms of minimum demand. But the first big battery in the country's most vulnerable state may have already fixed the problem.

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With Hurricanes Helene and Milton reminding us of the destructive force of such storms, the tropical cyclone forecast for Australia is for an average number but with a higher risk of severe cyclones. Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne Liz Ritchie-Tyo, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University Savin Chand, Senior Lecturer, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Federation University Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

State Coalition parties seem determined to stop renewables, with Victoria re-heating a decade-old wind buffer plan and Queensland vowing to burn coal for as long as it can.

The post “All over the shop:” State Coalition leaders join push to stymie renewables, prop up fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Futures and options trade of California Carbon Allowances (CCA) surged across ICE and Nodal exchanges over the five day stretch as markets await programme updates, while muted activity in Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) continued through the period.

Wind propulsion technology today is as far removed from 18th century sailing ships as today's Formula 1 cars are from 18th century horse-drawn carts.

The post Can wind propulsion technology really help power modern ships? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The man was aboard a fishing vessel that became disabled off Madeira Beach, Florida, hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall, a Coast Guard press officer says. The man was able to radio the Coast Guard in nearby St Petersburg before contact was lost

• Deaths expected to rise as Florida begins to assess Hurricane Milton destruction

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Conservation trust says Boki ‘not out of the woods’ yet but doing well after operation to drain buildup of fluid

A brown bear that underwent brain surgery in the first operation of its kind in the UK is doing well but is “not out of the woods” yet, a charity has said.

Boki went under the knife on Wednesday after an MRI scan revealed he had hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain.

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The US carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector needs higher credit values and certainty beyond the current crediting timeline to catalyse growth, conference attendees heard this week.

Chilean climate policies must send clear signals of stability in order to unleash additional investments and unlock the country’s potential for nature-based projects, an IETA representative said Wednesday.

Current US policy incentives fall short of supporting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) rollout, prompting producers to target markets with mandates in the near-term, industry members told Carbon Pulse.

With under a month to US elections, Carbon Pulse’s North American team has sourced insights from a wide network of policy analysts and industry stakeholders on some of the key environmental issues potentially at stake depending on which candidate occupies the White House next year.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a draft of its annual carbon management programme strategy on Thursday to show its pathways for deploying CO2 capture, transportation, conversion, and storage technology, as the agency looks toward allocating the remaining funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Ikea owner signs up for another stake in Australia's biggest wind project as production ramps up.

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The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon

In the 1940s, RAAF planes took aerial photographs of the Great Sandy Desert, capturing something valuable: the patterns of burning performed by our ancestors over generations. Braedan Taylor, Traditional Owner; Karajarri Lands Trust Association/UWA, Indigenous Knowledge Jacqueline Shovellor, Karajarri Traditional Owner, Cultural Advisor, Karajarri Land Trust Association, Indigenous Knowledge James (Frankie) McCarthy, Ngurrara Traditional Owner and Database Officer, Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge Sarah Legge, Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University Thomas Nnarda, Ngurrara Traditional Owner and Ranger, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate change deniers such as Florida’s Ron DeSantis lament the impact of such events but won’t acknowledge the underlying problem

The preparations for Hurricane Milton were on a mammoth scale, as the clean-up will be. The storm thankfully lost some of its force before it slammed into Florida, making landfall on Wednesday night as a category 3 hurricane. But many more lives would surely have been lost without the massive evacuation and the deployment of thousands of national guard troops and personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

This was the second direct hit on the state in less than a fortnight, after Hurricane Helene, which killed at least 225 people in the US. The hotter ocean temperatures which worsened these storms are hundreds of times likelier because of human-made global heating, a new analysis has shown. Climate change may have increased the rain dumped on parts of the south by Helene by 50%, scientists believe. Another study has suggested such double punches could arrive every three years thanks to the continuing burning of fossil fuels.

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A US-based oil and gas multinational announced Thursday it has won a lease for 271,000 acres (110,000 hectares) for an offshore CO2 storage site in Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

US-headquartered ExxonMobil is suing the Dutch government for its decision to accelerate the closure of Groningen, Europe's largest gas field, it announced this week.

The proposal to mandate a minimum 10% tree planting cover on farms in Wales under the Welsh government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme for carbon, biodiversity, and climate adaptation reasons is “the largest barrier” to entering the scheme as it currently stands, according to the sector’s trade union.

Germany’s main energy industry association has said the country should keep the price of its national heating and transport carbon system fixed until the new EU-wide heating and transport ETS kicks in in 2027 and skip the one-year trading phase.