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Conservation charity raises alarm over climate crisis after wet spring and summer dampen mating chances

Butterfly numbers are the lowest on record in the UK after a wet spring and summer dampened their chances of mating.

Butterfly Conservation, which runs the Big Butterfly Count, sounded the alarm after this year’s count revealed the worst numbers since it began 14 years ago.

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The Zimbabwean government is moving forward with plans to establish carbon trading mechanisms in its second-largest city, as part of the nation’s new Climate Change Management Bill.

A Chinese company has acquired carbon sink development rights for a mangrove project in Guangdong province, which would potentially make it the first in the country to obtain nationally issued carbon credits from mangrove restoration activities.

The Australian government has issued a call for partners to help develop a pipeline of methods to make projects eligible for earning credits under the Nature Repair Market (NRM), with A$3 million ($2 mln) available in funding during FY2024-25.

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Disasters are never entirely natural. They can be far worse if they hit unprepared cities, as Manila has just found out. Emily Nabong, PhD Researcher in Civil Engineering, University of Sydney Aaron Opdyke, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Misinformation campaigns are taking their toll as more Australians struggle to sort energy fact from fiction.

The post Australians blame wind, solar for high power bills as media campaigns take hold appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy Efficiency Council's Jeremy Sung discusses energy standards for lighting and heat pumps and the federal government's Consumer Energy Resources Roadmap.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: The future could be even brighter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Green energy executives say plans for new power projects need to be more ambitious to achieve net zero grid by 2030

Labour’s clean energy targets may already be in jeopardy just weeks after the party came to power with the promise to quadruple Britain’s offshore wind power, according to senior industry executives.

The offshore wind industry has said there will not be enough time to develop the projects needed to create a net zero electricity system by the end of the decade unless ministers increase the ambition and funding of the government’s upcoming “make or break” subsidy auctions.

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The death of renewable hydrogen has been greatly exaggerated. What we are witnessing are actually the signs of a maturing market.

The post The hydrogen economy is not dead, just ask the shipping and aviation industries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Plans to build a 340MW wind farm and a big battery in New England shelved after a "change of mind" from some landowners involved in the project, and as the local MP hits new lows in anti-wind rhetoric.

The post New England wind project shelved as local MP Barnaby Joyce takes anti-renewable vitriol to new low appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The only way to reduce soaring transport emissions is to shift as much travel as possible to the lowest-emission option. Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We should be targeting a mix of grid forming and grid following inverters with occasional use of rotating machines. But the existing system strength rules do not encourage this outcome.

The post The electric grid: Why we no longer need spinning machines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The South Australian wind farm that high profile Victorians loved to hate has finally made it through after a decade of planning hell.

The post Contested wind project in South Australia wins federal nod as state heads towards 100 pct net renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Indonesian coal mine emissions are being underreported, with fewer than half of its major miners reporting the methane emissions that occur as part of the mining process, according to a report released Monday.

In India, a species of frogs mate and lay their eggs while upside down, a new study has found.

Scientists say they have new evidence that complex life on Earth began much earlier than previously believed.

Hailing the success of carrier bag laws, the Marine Conservation Society urges nations to push forward with plans for other single-use items

The number of plastic bags washed up on UK beaches has fallen by 80% over a decade, since a mandatory fee was imposed on shoppers who opt to pick up single-use carrier bags at the checkout.

According to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) annual litter survey, volunteers found an average of one plastic bag every 100 metres of coastline surveyed last year, compared to an average of five carrier bags every 100 metres in 2014.

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You’ve probably heard the arguments against electric cars, but most of them are getting weaker as the technology, markets and infrastructure mature. John Rose, Professor of Sustainable Future Transport, University of Sydney Andrea Pelligrini, Lecturer, Sustainable Mobility, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ linked to low birth weight, reduced sperm counts and infertility

Several brands of condoms and lubricants contain alarming levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, including styles of Trojan and K-Y Jelly, new research finds.

The testing conducted by the Mamavation consumer advocacy blog comes just as researchers found human skin absorbs the chemicals at much higher levels than previously thought.

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