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Speaking at the UK River Summit, Philip Duffy said officials do not want to reveal the true ‘embarrassing’ environmental picture

The head of the Environment Agency has admitted that freedom of information requests have been buried by the regulator because the truth about the environment in England is “embarrassing”.

Philip Duffy, the body’s chief executive, told an audience at the UK River Summit in Morden, south London, this week that his officials were “worried about revealing the true state of what is going on” with regards to the state of the environment.

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Snowy Hydro has upped the valuation of its troubled pumped hydro project, but battery storage could add competition.

The post Latest Snowy 2.0 business case a surprise, but batteries might eat its lunch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Equatic, in partnership with EcoEngineers and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has launched a new MRV methodology for electrolytic ocean-based CO2 removals.

Industry-first trial will use helicopters flying on a mix of sustainable aviation fuel to transport workers to and from an offshore wind project under construction in the Baltic Sea.

The post Vestas trials helicopters powered with green fuel in offshore wind first appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A European oil firm has agreed to spend around $90 million to purchase as many as 10 million carbon credits from nature-based carbon projects in Ghana as part of a jurisdictional REDD+ deal.

As we launch into a Future Made in Australia, we need to map and better understand the social and economic risks – as well as potential benefits – for remote and disadvantaged communities. Deanna Kemp, Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland John Burton, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsility in Mining, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Over the past decade, global solar generation has grown ninefold while wind generation has tripled. In contrast, hydro, nuclear and coal generation have barely moved.

The post Global solar and wind generation will soon overtake nuclear and hydro appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s largest carbon project developer, GreenCollar, has resigned from co-chairing industry working groups developing the integrated farm land management (IFLM) method due to losing confidence in the process, a spokesperson told Carbon Pulse.

The New Zealand commissioner for the environment has joined a growing list of bodies calling for forestry to be removed from the country's emissions trading scheme.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rallied through the rescheduled Q2 auction as market participants looked to the forthcoming cap-and-trade workshop, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices gained on significantly smaller volumes than the week prior.

Permits awarded to Neoen, Iberdrola, TagEnergy and Mainstream to pursue massive wind projects in state plantation forests, away from communities and wilderness.

The post Forestry Corp awards permits to four big wind projects in state plantation forests appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The RGGI carbon market saw its permit bank surplus expand slightly in 2023, according to a report published Thursday.

A US federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a request from an investment advisory firm to halt an oil major’s lawsuit against shareholders over their calls for stronger climate targets.

A group of 19 US Republican state attorneys generals (AGs) filed a petition Wednesday asking the nation's highest court to prohibit efforts by Democratic-led states to hold oil producers financially liable for the climate impacts of fossil fuels.

Massive Sun Cable project will now include 12GW of wind, with the solar component "trimmed" to the same size and rolled out in several stages.

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Five years, a pandemic and a war later, the troubled 810MW Empire Wind project will begin construction after gaining final approvals from New York.

The post Pioneering and repriced offshore wind farm gets final approval in New York appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Our research shows decisions on the fate of public housing towers that are based on a proper process of considering all the evidence could go either way: demolish and rebuild, or retrofit. Trivess Moore, Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University David Kelly, Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University Ralph Horne, Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University Robert Crawford, Professor of Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Any decision to authorise offshore drilling and other activities contributing to climate change will now need to be assessed under the law of the sea in addition to international climate agreements. Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Carbon removals (CDR) could contribute meaningfully to compliance carbon pricing systems but they should be limited to a certain percentage of total emissions permits and may be subdivided by durability, Puro.earth CEO Antti Vihavainen told Carbon Pulse.

Boffins from Cambridge University in the UK have become the latest to claim the green cement mantle with their idea of “electric recycling of Portland cement” featuring on BBC news this week, adding to the growing band of innovators seeking an emissions solution for the hard-to-abate industry.