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Bangkok customs officers arrest six after finding 87 animals, including lizards, birds, a monkey and snakes

Thai customs officials have arrested six Indian nationals for attempting to smuggle dozens of wild animals, including a red panda and cotton-top tamarin monkey, out of the country.

Officers found 87 animals, including monitor lizards, birds and snakes, packaged inside the suspects’ checked luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. They were trying to fly to Mumbai.

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Australian airline Qantas has partnered with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation as well as committing A$10 million over 10 years to roll out what it described as world-first coral restoration technology, it announced Thursday.

China may see limited supply of carbon credits in the coming months even after the official relaunch of the national voluntary programme, as the government is taking a cautious approach to ensure offset quality and avoid oversupply issues, the Carbon Forward Asia conference heard Thursday.

Logging stopped as Australian Agribusiness Group says its teams have resolved to increase efforts ‘on the protection of the local animal population’ and that they ‘are operating well beyond what is considered best practice for wildlife management’

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Government and RSPCA inspectors are investigating the logging of blue gum plantations on Kangaroo Island after the release of what the South Australian deputy premier described as “horrific” images of koalas allegedly being killed and injured.

Logging has been stopped while the investigation takes place.. It follows Guardian Australia publishing photos of seriously injured and dead koalas, and the Seven Network airing footage of koalas clinging to and being thrown from falling blue gums.

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A former director of advisory firm Pollination has joined Australian airline Qantas as its head of carbon markets.

Green economists dismayed by failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business

Opportunities to revive the UK’s flagging economy by boosting green industry were missed in one of the least green budgets of recent years, experts have said.

Several said this failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business – the net zero economy grew by 9% in key areas last year, while the rest of the economy was stagnant, according to CBI estimates – would drag down the UK in the short and long term.

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Australian resources company Mayur Resources is facing further trouble getting its REDD+ project in Papua New Guinea off the ground, as the country’s National Forestry Authority (NFA) continues to attempt to cancel its permits, the company announced Thursday.

NSW energy minister rejects allegations of bullying, says mental health support to be increased for residents and landholders affected by transmission projects.

The post Sharpe denies”bullying” as renewable zone transmission push comes under fire appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Will it make a difference when companies have to track and report emissions and environmental impact? Only if policies with teeth follow. Martina Linnenluecke, Professor of Environmental Finance at UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño.

Global average temperature for past 12 months highest on record at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels, data shows

Last month was the warmest February on record globally, making it the ninth month in a row with record temperatures for the time of year, scientists have said.

Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows.

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New analysis shows 10 EU countries representing more than 60% of the bloc’s electricity generation capacity have committed to exit fossil fuel generation by 2035 or sooner.

The post Ten EU countries commit to stop burning fossil fuels by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's only solar manufacturer says it's time for government to embrace risk and back in local PV manufacturing, instead of "milling around the starting line."

The post “We’re at square one:” Plea for investment in solar manufacturing after years of “zero support” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chris Bowen was so impressed by an Australian battery storage company that he bought one of its solar battery systems.

The post Chris Bowen visited Australian storage stand, and bought a solar battery called Troppo appeared first on RenewEconomy.

2023 was the year of the big battery in the NEM. Here's what the latest market data reveals about Australia's battery storage boom.

The post Year of the Big Battery: Economics and performance of the NEM’s storage fleet appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Bowen says nuclear is "utterly uneconomic" and just the latest iteration of the Coalition culture war on energy and climate.

The post Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Each year new gas appliances lock in $1.2 billion in lifetime energy costs for households across the country. Victoria is bearing nearly $900m of this total cost.

The post Kicking gas and electrifying households can slash energy bills by billions a year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ocean-going vessels with no-one on board - a vision of the future that's coming faster you think.