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Australia falls out of global top 10 solar countries. Plus: GridBeyond's Michael Phelan on the rise of VPPs; and battery rebates.

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Existing laws and regulations failed to prevent asbestos contamination of mulch. What’s missing is mandatory certification of recycled products so users can be sure they’ve been tested and are safe. Salman Shooshtarian, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Peter S.P. Wong, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Tayyab Maqsood, Associate Dean and Head of Project Management, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Made in Australia could be set for a comeback, if federal government promises materialise. But these localisation plans must work for the regional communities hosting new projects. Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Clean energy and finance groups call for an ambitious and visionary budget to end Australia's "over-dependence" on coal and gas.

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Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month

The deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries in the Sahel region of Africa earlier this month would have been impossible without human-caused climate disruption, a new analysis has revealed.

Mali registered the hottest day in its history on 3 April as temperatures hit 48.5C in the south-western city of Kayes. Intense heat continued across a wide area of the country for more than five days and nights, giving vulnerable people no time for recovery.

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Extreme heat linked to the deaths of hundreds of people would not have happened without global warming.

For the first time in 20 years, Australia fell out of the Top 10 countries for new solar installations in 2023. But Australian PV experts have bigger concerns.

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Denmark’s Energy Agency (DEA) has awarded three contracts to companies for new carbon capture and storage projects after completing the funding round for negative CO2 emissions (NECCS).

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is delayed in updating its carbon intensity (CI) model adjustments for Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP), but staff targets rulemaking completion towards the original planned date, a webinar heard Wednesday.

Without reformed environment protection laws, the Safeguard Mechanism – the government’s main plan to drive down emissions from large polluters – won't work properly.

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An environmental assets marketplace on Wednesday introduced a new line of carbon removal credits via a recently-introduced biochar trading instrument.

The truth of climate change is in the record heat, the flooding, the choking smoke, the red sky burning. Yet the fossil fuel companies tell us we can’t live without them.

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Queensland scientists have created a way to produce electricity using carbon dioxide in a development they say could power phones and computers.

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Battery storage becomes biggest supplier to California's grid in evening peak for first time.

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A UK-headquartered asset manager and Sweden-based forestry development firm closed an inaugural $325.3 million fund that targets over 18 mln tonnes of CO2 removal across 80,000 hectares of forest.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced Wednesday recipients selected for $1.5 million in prize money among several ongoing competitions to develop commercial-ready CO2 direct air capture (DAC) technologies.

Opposition to proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulations from environmental justice (EJ) communities, if left unsettled, places significant pressure on how quickly a final rule could take effect, a former ARB LCFS branch chief told a webinar Wednesday.

A US venture capital (VC) firm announced Tuesday the close of a $306 million fund that it said will focus on planetary and human health, with an emphasis on decarbonisation and re-industrialisation.

US Steel’s recently announced carbon capture project at its integrated Indiana steel mills will have an insignificant impact on overall GHG output and ongoing pollution concerns, non-profit groups said Wednesday.

European Commission signs off on major plan to bolster the bloc's solar sector through measures including government procurement of locally made panels.

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