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The Council of EU member states gave the final go-ahead on Friday (April 12) to a new EU directive aimed at reducing the energy consumption of buildings, in an attempt to decarbonise the sector before it enters the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2027.

Ten Indian states have approved over 500 plots of degraded forest lands for inclusion in the government's Green Credit Programme despite experts and environmentalists objecting the scheme rules could have devastating impact on ecosystems.

European carbon prices rose to their highest in three months on Friday morning, extending Thursday's 8% gain, as short-covering continued to drive the market, while also helping boost energy prices to their strongest in more than two months.

A lawmaker from the libertarian Pirate Party in tiny Luxembourg is fighting to have a groundbreaking regulation approved that would be the first in the world to provide an incentive scheme for carbon removal (CDR) technologies. 

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have announced they are tightening their collaboration to better support corporate nature and biodiversity reporting.

Chinese carbon allowances have retreated from the all-time highs seen in previous weeks with healthier trading volumes,  but remain well above the 80 yuan ($11.05) threshold amid continued optimism for the market.

Environmental degradation means some 1 billion tonnes of soil inorganic carbon (SIC) every year leaks into inland waters, with countries like China and India particularly affected, a group of researchers has found.

The brightest burst of light ever recorded was caused by a supernova, but that prompts new questions.

Germany’s largest steelmaker has announced plans to reduce output by around 20% because of consistent high energy costs "owing to climate policy objectives" and pressure from Asian competitors, the company’s executive board said Thursday evening.

Developing free and open-source monitoring tools is crucial as corporates' interest in disclosing their biodiversity footprint is increasing, the director for biodiversity at the European Commission said Thursday.

Donor funding for tenure and forest guardianship by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities increased by a third over the last eight years, though few resources directly reached on-the-ground organisations, a report has found.

The Australian government is consulting on how to implement its Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) in Western Australia, as observers react to its Future Made in Australia Act announcement.

Japan in its latest annual emissions inventory report included carbon removals from environmentally friendly concrete products and seaweed beds, the first country to do so, the environment ministry announced Friday.

Queensland Labor tips $5m into a recycling pilot to tackle the PV waste problem looming on the flipside of its rooftop solar success story.

The post Queensland backs solar recycling pilot, starting with “thousands” of rooftop panels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Vietnam sees potential in generating carbon credits from its coconuts, with a local study suggesting plantations in one province could absorb anywhere from 1.9-5.8 million tonnes of CO2.

Australia's only listed renewables and storage developer agrees to a takeover offer from its Japanese partner.

The post Genex agrees to billion dollar takeover offer from Japanese partner appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China is the dominant force in solar, wind, battery storage and EVs, and the world’s biggest polluter. China expert Lauri Myllyvirta lifts the lid. Plus: Labor’s Made in Australia plan, and lots of storage news.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: China, China, China appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Blue tits, starlings, wood pigeons and blackbirds next most sighted in RSPB survey involving 600,000 participants

A friendly if slightly tuneless chirp is the most ubiquitous birdsong in British gardens with the house sparrow topping the Big Garden Birdwatch charts for the 21st consecutive year, according to the annual RSPB survey.

Blue tits, starlings, wood pigeons and blackbirds were the next most-sighted birds by more than 600,000 participants in the world’s largest wildlife garden survey.

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The Coalition nuclear policy has flipped back to SMRs after the latest meeting with lobbyists, which - contrary to reports - Rolls Royce says it did not attend. But what about costs and timelines?

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Queensland heads to the polls in October and without bi-partisan support for the state’s existing energy transformation and emission reduction targets, this exciting progress could grind to a halt. 

The post Queensland’s transformation from coal to clean energy leader presents LNP with a major test appeared first on RenewEconomy.