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Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has issued the first Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs), it announced Tuesday.

Climate Council's Greg Bourne says a new focus on community energy projects and electrification will address some of the missing links in the green energy transition.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Pathway to electrification being blocked by fossil gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Open-net farms to continue despite numbers of wild fish halving as minister looks for ‘acceptable’ pollution levels

Norway’s environment minister has ruled out a ban on open-net fish farming at sea despite acknowledging that the wild North Atlantic salmon is under “existential threat”.

With yearly exports of 1.2m tonnes, Norway is the largest producer of farmed salmon in the world. But its wild salmon population has fallen from more than a million in the early 1980s to about 500,000 today.

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Evidence suggests burning more coal and gas will damage many industries. So why are food distributors lobbying for more fossil fuels? Vivienne Reiner, PhD Candidate, Integrated Sustainability Analysis group, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A power company has been fined $9 million for allowing a "catastrophic" generator explosion that caused widespread blackouts due to a lack of backup systems.

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Big solar and wind sent the share of renewables on the main grid to a record 44 per cent in January, and prices often into negative territory.

The post Wind in the west, solar in the east – and plenty of negative prices down south in record January appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New planning rules mean that wind farms will be subject to more strenuous assessments than coal mines, green groups say.

The post LNP’s knee-jerk rule change suggests Sunshine State “closed for business” on wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A major global carbon project developer is on the hunt for a project director in Australia, saying it is looking to grow its presence in the country’s carbon market.

Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world.

RGGI allowances (RGAs) fluctuated over the last week as uncertainty continues from not only the stalled programme review, but also the potential of tariffs between the US and Canada, market participants said.

Emissions under the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power sector cap-and-trade scheme rose some 7.3% year-on-year (YoY) in the final quarter of 2024, driven by an uptick in CO2 output in most of the participating states, programme data showed Monday.

The US’ involvement in the UN’s CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme could soon be on the new Trump administration’s radar – if it’s not already – after the CEO of a major logistics firm said he expects the country to exit the programme. But what would that look like and how are other major countries likely to respond?

One of the first contracted solar farms in Victoria has been offline for nearly a year dealing with component issues.

The post Victoria solar farm offline for nearly a year, to resume operations soon after fixing component failures appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A 70-turbine wind farm proposed for construction in coal country in Central Queensland has won federal environmental approval, clearing the way for it to be built.

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Clean energy investment hit a new high in 2024, off the back of record electric vehicle sales and record renewables growth. But BNEF says there is "still much more that needs to be done."

The post Record renewables growth and EV uptake sends global clean energy investment to new high in 2024 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California electricity sector CO2 emissions fell nearly 8% year-on-year (YoY) in 2024 to reach historic lows as the share of renewables generation grew, state data published Thursday showed.

Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this change? Nell Reidy, Research Fellow, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Bhiamie Williamson, Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience, Monash University Vinod Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor (Molecular Virology), Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

This country has a long history of taking its unique wildlife and landscapes for granted – but what has happened in this term of parliament is remarkable

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There is something significant missing from most of the political and media discussion about the Australian government’s promised, and now abandoned, nature protection laws: the environment. Logically, it should be a focus of the debate. In practice, it barely gets a look-in.

This would be an extraordinary state of affairs were it not so familiar. Australia has a long history of taking its unique wildlife and landscapes for granted, stretching back to European colonisation. But what has happened in this term of parliament is a pretty remarkable extension of that.

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Confidence in the integrity of the voluntary carbon market took another blow last week after a court ruling threatened to invalidate credits from the world’s largest soil carbon project, amid continued low prices across the sector.

Both Ecuador and Peru announced measures last week that could facilitate access to international carbon markets – specifically, Article 6 and the CORSIA UN international aviation offsetting scheme.