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The Australian state of New South Wales will spend A$6.8 million ($4.5 mln) on co-investments in six carbon projects to help land owners reduce emissions, it announced.

Electric carmaker concerned at ‘overblown’ claims that Albanese government’s plan to import environmentally cleaner cars would increase ute prices

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Electric car brand Polestar has become the second company to quit Australia’s main auto industry lobby group over frustrations at its campaign against the Albanese government’s plan to import environmentally cleaner cars.

On Friday – a day after Tesla announced it would cease being a member of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) over the group’s opposition to the government’s proposed vehicle efficiency standard – Polestar Australia’s managing director, Samantha Johnson, wrote to FCAI CEO Tony Weber advising him the Volvo-owned brand was also cancelling its membership.

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What does fire management do to soils? We compared prescribed burning to cultural burning and looked at how soil properties changed after fire. Cultural burning was better. Anthony Dosseto, Professor, University of Wollongong Katharine Haynes, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Leanne Brook, CEO, Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council, Indigenous Knowledge Victor Channell, Murramarang and Walbunga Elder, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Before climate change gets them we can have fun going bonkers at the extremely weird shit that lives under the ocean

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The New Zealand government has adjusted the methodology for calculating the confidential reserve price (CRP) at its quarterly auctions, as the NZU price has ticked steadily higher in recent days.

Australia’s mandatory climate disclosure laws might nudge corporate Australia towards a greener future, but they won't drive rapid decarbonisation.

The post Climate disclosure laws are useful, but they won’t drive down emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Investors call for urgent reform of the way grid congestion is managed, saying business as usual could drive away vital investment in new solar and wind projects.

The post “We need to get this right:” Pressure mounts on AEMO to reform grid congestion penalties appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A first-of-its-kind legal decision puts native title holders in a stronger position when fighting fossil fuel projects. The Gomeroi people won their appeal against the Native Title Tribunal. Lily O'Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Rebekkah Markey-Towler, PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, and Research fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia is unlikely to open its carbon markets to international operators thanks to likely adequate or too much domestic supply, and a powerful agricultural lobby that would oppose any move to do so, according to analysts.

China solar giant backs study into how modern solar systems compare older systems – and which crops might thrive beneath tracking panels.

The post Which crops grow best under tracking solar panels? An Australian study is about to find out appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Would the NSW grid have fallen short if last week's record demand occurred after Eraring closure. New analysis says no, if current wind, solar and battery projects delivered on time.

The post How new wind, solar and batteries would keep lights on in NSW heatwave, even without Eraring appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Sub-Saharan African (SSA) women remain “severely under-represented” in management at clean energy companies, but insights from women in the field can inform better outcomes, according to a joint report published Sunday by an NGO and a recruitment company.

A number of forestry conservation schemes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including a Verra-approved REDD+ avoided deforestation project that has sold some 1.3 million voluntary offsets to date, are in line for the chop after a senior government committee recommended that their concession contracts be cancelled for breaking the law.

California Carbon Allowance (CCAs) prices have reversed direction to return to their post-auction lows, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) took a hit after the state attempted to clarify the implications of a voter-led initiative that could upend the cap-and-trade scheme.

Warmer seas and greater reliance on technology are linked to hundreds of millions of farmed salmon deaths.

Massachusetts’ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) presented potential adjustments to its draft Clean Heat Standard (CHS), as the agency solicits a final round of comments in advance of a new proposal, staff outlined during a community webinar Thursday.

Particular concern raised for southern areas of the reef that have not been badly bleached since 2016 with ‘high risk’ of significant coral death

• Lord Howe island faces ‘major’ coral bleaching as ocean temperatures continue to break records

The Great Barrier Reef is in the grip of a mass coral bleaching event driven by global heating – the fifth in only eight years – the marine park’s government authority has confirmed.

The authority, together with scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, have completed aerial surveys across 300 reefs over two thirds of the reef, with more to come.

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A Montreal-based carbon removal project developer will evaluate direct ocean capture conducted at its facility through a partnership with a US ocean monitoring firm, the firms announced Thursday.

This marine ecosystem is so important it’s one of the main reasons the federal government has greatly reduced the area available for offshore wind farms in the region. Jochen Kaempf, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences (Oceanography), Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US study says highest risk for battery fires comes from manufacturing defects, but the most risk is at the installation stage.

The post US study says defects create fire risk in one quarter of big batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.