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The decision comes after a ProPublica and Guardian investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a huge cancer risk

• This article is co-published with ProPublica, a non-profit newsroom that investigates abuses of power

The US Environmental Protection Agency is planning to withdraw and reconsider its approval for Chevron to produce 18 plastic-based fuels, including some that an internal agency assessment found are highly likely to cause cancer.

In a recent court filing, the federal agency said it “has substantial concerns” that the approval order “may have been made in error”. The EPA gave a Chevron refinery in Mississippi the green light to make the chemicals in 2022 under a “climate-friendly” initiative intended to boost alternatives to petroleum, as ProPublica and the Guardian reported last year.

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Azerbaijan has officially submitted a bid to host the COP17 UN biodiversity summit, as the country prepares for the COP29 climate conference in Baku later this year, the government announced on Monday.

The decarbonisation progress of China's steel industry in the coming few years will likely hinge on recent regulatory developments, including the expansion of the national carbon market, according to experts.

The aluminium industry is grappling with implementation headaches linked to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) just as Europe is being flooded by cheap aluminium imports from China, amid general indifference from EU trade authorities, the sector’s business association told Carbon Pulse in an interview.

Not enough companies linked to the agricultural supply chain have board-level expertise in biodiversity, despite the surge in nature commitments, according to an executive at Morningstar Sustainalytics.

GreenForms Trading is excited to announce its relaunch with renewed backing from premier Australian Green-Tech-Tailor, Next Green Group.

The post GreenForms Trading relaunches with enhanced support from Next Green Group appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Opportunities for closer cooperation on natural capital, decarbonisation, and carbon markets between Australia and Brazil could be on the horizon if the latter is successful at securing its bid to host COP31 in 2026, panellists told an event Friday.

Less rain will fall in the Darling River catchment as climate change worsens. This fact must be central to decisions about how much water can be taken from the system. Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Lance M Leslie, Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

New figures show nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England have been denied support

Ministers are being urged to overhaul the “nightmare” compensation scheme for flood victims after it emerged that nearly 80% of businesses in some parts of England had been denied support.

After heavy downpours caused chaos across much of England and Wales this week, new figures laid bare the “opaque” and inconsistent level of help available to those whose properties lay in ruin.

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Academics say there has been no serious response from FAO to their complaints of ‘serious distortions’ in report

More than 20 scientific experts have written to the UN’s food agency expressing shock at its failure to revise or withdraw a livestock emissions report that two of its cited academics have said contained “multiple and egregious errors”.

The alleged inaccuracies are understood to have downplayed the potential of dietary change to reduce agricultural greenhouse gases, which make up about a quarter of total anthropogenic emissions and mostly derive from livestock.

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The Breamlea wind turbine was built in 1987 but owner Barwon Water says the parts no longer exist to keep it operational.

The post Australia’s oldest wind turbine faces final spin, will be dismantled after nearly 40 years or service appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nationals MP continues his campaign of fear and doubt against Chinese made inverters, hot water controls and EVs.

The post “I’m not a moron:” Barnaby Joyce warns of exploding solar PV and hot water systems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has unveiled a hybrid concrete and steel tower with a hub height of 200 metres, the highest hub height in the world to date.

The post Nordex targets higher, stronger winds with new 200-metre turbine tower appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.

Solar grazing is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US. Australian farmers are beginning to think about how it might work here, too.

The post A multi-billion dollar solar sheep rental industry is taking shape in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The demand forecasts in the ISP's Step Change scenario will not be achieved without more targeted policy, particularly for the electrification of industry and process heat, and a rethink of network tariffs.

The post EVs, process heat and hydrogen: Growing demand needs a targeted policy response appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Australia sets some stunning new renewable records, Queensland coal falls to record low and Victoria rooftop solar leaps to record high, although no PV had to be switched off.

The post South Australia sets spectacular new records for wind, solar and negative demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In Australia, people tend to think carnivores lead the clean-up crew after an animal dies. But brushtail possums – thought to be plant-eaters – also eat carcasses. Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The discovery of a 3,775-year-old perfectly preserved log has led scientists to believe that burying wood can be a cost-effective, long-term method of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

A nature-based solutions expert has joined Microsoft as program manager of its carbon removals team following seven years at Shell.