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Etienne Stott among Extinction Rebellion protesters to call for citizens’ assembly to tackle climate crisis

An Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist will be among climate activists protesting in Windsor this weekend to demand the Labour government takes climate action seriously.

Extinction Rebellion, which is organising the three-day event, which began on Friday, said it had been disappointed by the new administration’s lack of action on reducing fossil fuel emissions.

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An Australian agriculture giant and real estate company has announced a carbon partnership this week that aims to assist local farmers develop projects.

An enhanced rock weathering startup has secured venture capital financing from a utility corporation, according to a press release.

A Tokyo-based asset management firm has collaborated with a fisheries cooperative to generate blue carbon credits through the restoration of seaweed beds in the Japanese city of Kamakura, the firm announced this week.

The NZU price finished the week slightly higher, as the market recorded the second-largest month on record traded volume-wise ahead of next week’s auction.

Three Japanese companies have been tasked to develop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to estimate the CO2 storage potential in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Formal submissions to New Zealand’s draft second Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) have described it as being high in risk and low in ambition, and unlikely to achieve even the modest goals it sets.

Governments have listened to angry calls from a group including multiple Nobel laureates to reintroduce language to a key UN draft pact that explicitly addresses the threat of fossil fuels, after the previous iteration had removed all mention of coal, oil, and gas from the text.

As Forrest's Fortescue Metals details how it will reach "real zero" emissions in its Pilbara iron ore operations, Rinehart insists such a thing is not possible.

The post Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest. Two billionaires, two polar opposites on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

ENA chief executive Dominique van den Berg on the hotly contested role that networks can play in distributed resources. Plus, news of the week.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Should networks be more than poles and wires? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Shifting transport from air and road to sea and rail has untapped potential to slash emissions. Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Discovery of Apis florea in Malta raises fears of devastating impact on native bee populations

The red dwarf honeybee has established a colony in Europe for the first time, scientists have found.

The bee, Apis florea, is native to Asia and its discovery has raised alarm among local beekeepers and conservationists, who fear the potentially devastating impact on native bee populations.

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Emitters under Taiwan's upcoming carbon levy scheme will have to officially pay for their emissions from 2026, according to a set of regulations announced by the environment ministry.

A wind farm and battery has been given the all clear by the local council, after being rejected by state planning authorities over its impact on the safe operation of a local airfield.

The post Fortescue wind and battery project near regional airfield gets all-clear from council appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As the state swelters through a winter heatwave, Queenslanders need to know if the LNP is serious about fighting climate change and cutting power bills.

The post Heat is on Queensland LNP to show its hand on climate and renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rooftop solar, home batteries and other consumer energy resources have been listed alongside large-scale renewables and storage as critical to reliable supply – but work needs to be done to coordinate them.

The post Households will produce more energy than they consume by 2040, and AEMO is paying attention appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Six big battery projects are in line to receive capacity payments from the market operator in a significant reshaping of W.A.s grid as it transitions away from coal.

The post Here come the batteries: Six new big battery projects in line for capacity payments in W.A. grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It’s expected to reach 29C in Sydney’s CBD on Friday and be even hotter in the west while Brisbane’s temperature is forecast to reach mid-30s over the weekend

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Parts of Australia are bracing for a warm and windy end to winter, continuing a trend that is almost certain to make this month the country’s hottest August on record.

Hot conditions are forecast for Sydney on Friday with a maximum temperature of 29C in the CBD and higher in the city’s west. Temperatures in the mid-20s are forecast for the weekend.

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Sustainable aviation fuels work, but can they be made in sufficient quantity to replace fossil fuels?

A US-based agricultural technology firm that quantifies soil carbon announced Thursday the completion of an initial close of $10 million in Series A investment.