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The head of North American environmental products at a European utility has left to join a Canadian power and gas trading firm.

Brisbane-based flow battery maker wins funds to investigate feasibility of setting up a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in home state.

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A group of Connecticut legislators have introduced a bill designed to address climate change across multiple sectors, calling for the raising of emissions reductions targets, the inclusion of carbon sequestration in state mitigation strategies, and the promotion of nature-based solutions, amongst other measures.

Renewable energy developers are about to get ratings. How will it work, and what will it do?

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A suite of New Hampshire bills are targetting lost tax revenues in the generation of voluntary carbon credits on forest lands in-state.

The outlook for heat pumps in the EU has received a boost in the past week, with new studies finding that high-temperature heat pumps can be used in un-renovated buildings, and that the bloc could hit and exceed its target to install 30 million heat pumps by 2030 with the right policy and support.

Three South Dakota carbon pipeline bills face reconciliation between House and Senate amendments before they may become law.

New offshore wind zone in western Victoria shrinks to one fifth of original size as it avoids rock lobsters and South Australia.

The post Australia’s third offshore wind zone shrinks dramatically to avoid rock lobsters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We are buying more electric and plug-in hybrid cars – 8.5% of all new sales last year – and no one’s weekend has ended. But that’s barely half of the global sales proportion

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The number of electric vehicles sold in Australia is increasing, but let’s be blunt: battery power cars are still unattainable for most people. Most models are expensive, and there are often long waiting lists.

Nearly 100,000 EVs and plug-in hybrid cars were sold across the country last year – 8.5% of all new sales. The good news is it was more than double the figure the previous year, and no one’s weekend ended as a result. But it was still barely half of the global sales proportion of 15.8%. In climate terms, we’re not pulling our weight.

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Executives are being pressed by an impending wave of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations, while institutional investors remain resolute on the importance of ESG data in the face of recent controversy, with both embracing integrated reporting, according to a report published Tuesday.

Allegra Spender calls for "People Power Plan" that will get households out of the fossil fuel trap with home electrification and rooftop solar.

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Is there really a secret continent to Australia’s north? Not quite. The Maritime Continent is a region where hot seas and islands shape the world’s climate. Michael Hewson, Senior Lecturer Geography, CQUniversity Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists believe the species hunted the oceans 66 million years ago with "teeth like knives".

Countries submitting a complaint to the WTO over the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism may have to wait years for any kind of decision, and even then it is unlikely to lead to any dismantling, trade experts have told Carbon Pulse.

Industry stakeholders have described Germany's policy proposal to establish a 2060 target for achieving net-negative GHGs as a "significant milestone" for the carbon removals space and international climate action.

Europe's biggest public sector pension fund has disclosed plans to invest €1 billion in biodiversity by 2030, while tightening the environmental investment criteria of its portfolio.

Global models under-estimate avoided CO2 emissions from mangrove conservation in Brazil but over-estimate their soil organic carbon (SOC) density due to limited reliance on field data, according to a peer-reviewed study published this week.

The European solar industry is in for a reshuffle – and potential delays in meeting EU targets – after legislators agreed on Tuesday to ban products made from forced labour, which is slated to disrupt supplies coming from China.

Some $645 million has been raised across private equity and venture capital funds by London-based sustainable food and agriculture investment firm Cibus Capital.

Mass dieoff in Klamath River caused by extreme changes in water pressure amid largest dam removal project in US history

As many as hundreds of thousands of newly hatched Chinook salmon released into the Klamath River have died due to “gas bubble disease” caused by extreme changes in water pressure.

The young salmon fry were released amid the largest dam removal project in US history along the 257-mile-long river, which flows across Oregon and California. Four hydropower dams are being removed, reconnecting the lower and upper portions of the Klamath River for the first time in a century and allowing fish free passage along the river.

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