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Australia’s most prominent companies and industry associations are failing to translate their headline climate aspirations into actions that support national policies to address it, a report released Monday found.

Australian oil and gas company Santos has won its second court case against Traditional Owners and can proceed with gas pipe-laying at its Barossa gas project and the associated carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

For some farmers already struggling, paying for more of their pollution is a step too far. Germany is the latest country to see anger boil over

The columns of tractors that have blocked roads in Germany, causing chaos in cities and headaches for commuters, are the latest wave in a growing tide of anger against efforts to protect Europe’s nature from the pollution pumped out by its farms.

In recent years, farmers in western Europe have fought with increasing ferocity against policies to protect the planet that they say cost too much. In the Netherlands, where the backlash has been strongest, a court ruling on nitrogen emissions in 2019 triggered furious and recurring protests over government efforts to close farms and cut the number of animals on them. In Belgium, similar fights led to convoys of tractors clogging the EU quarter of Brussels in March last year. In Ireland, which has seen smaller protests, dairy farmers angry at nitrogen restrictions marched with their cows to the offices of three government ministers last month.

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Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers says proposed changes to the PRRT will mean the offshore gas industry "pays more tax sooner."

The post Fossil tax tweak promises to squeeze more money from gas super profits appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Adopting a 1.5C compatible pathway could save the EU at least €1 trillion by 2030, making climate action not just necessary but economically imperative, and this will mean aiming for net zero emissions by 2040, according to an NGO report published on Monday as environment ministers gather in Brussels to discuss post-2030 climate ambition.

As reports emerge that Flotation Energy's 1.5GW proposal has been rejected, we look at what we do and don't know about the projects that will make up Australia's first offshore wind zone.

The post Is Flotation out of the race? Offshore wind rumours swirl as Gippsland decision looms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW court rules the solar project didn't take into account its impact on the landscape's character and fell short on community consultation.

The post Court rejects solar farm for wrecking a town’s view, poor consultation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Climate change will worsen potholes but scientists hope new technology will help make them a thing of the past.

The minor New Zealand government coalition party Act has released a draft bill for consultation to use offshore mitigation to meet its emissions targets as well as to allow emitters to use international carbon credits to meet their compliance obligations.

Vanadium miner taps Enel Green Power to develop 1GW of renewables to power a major new project in Queensland's North West Minerals Province.

The post Enel tapped to build giga-scale solar and wind project on Queensland’s Copperstring line appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Cambodian government has approved an operations manual to implement Article 6 carbon crediting projects, as two Verra-listed projects in the country were granted permission to sell correspondingly adjusted (CA) credits, according to their developer.

No successor has been named for Lord Deben – and now the independent watchdog’s chief executive has resigned

Rishi Sunak has been accused of trying to avoid scrutiny of his green policies after details surfaced about his government’s failure, over more than 18 months, to appoint a new chair of the independent climate change committee.

Senior environmentalists said they believed Sunak may be deliberately trying to avoid appointing a successor to Lord Deben – who first announced that he was stepping down in July 2022 – until after a general election, so he does not face criticism for his U-turns on green issues.

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Orbiting solar reflectors are still some way off. But they represent a way to connect the space and energy sectors to tackle climate change.

The post Reflectors in space could make solar farms on Earth work for longer every day appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The former secretary of state sets his sights on helping Joe Biden's re-election campaign.

The leading contender for Australia's first offshore wind project is unfazed by the veto of a port assembly plant to protect wetlands.

The post Star of the South: First offshore wind farm still on track, despite port veto appeared first on RenewEconomy.

John Kerry will leave his posting as the Biden administration's climate envoy in late winter or early spring, multiple media sources have confirmed.

Hotter and wetter weather has led to populations of the region’s most famous bird species to be halved in the last 30 years

Some of Scotland’s most famous bird species, including grouse and kestrels, are among those declining as a result of climate change, a new report has found.

The study, by public body NatureScot, charted the populations of Scotland’s terrestrial breeding birds between 1994 and 2022. It found significant changes to the numbers and species of birds living in the country’s urban, woodland, upland and farmland habitats, in large part due to ­hotter and wetter weather related to the climate crisis.

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New paper claims unless demand for resources is reduced, many other innovations are just a sticking plaster

Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption. One month out from Cop28, the world is further than ever from reaching its collective climate goals. At the root of all these problems, according to recent research, is the human “behavioural crisis”, a term coined by an interdisciplinary team of scientists.

“We’ve socially engineered ourselves the way we geoengineered the planet,” says Joseph Merz, lead author of a new paper which proposes that climate breakdown is a symptom of ecological overshoot, which in turn is caused by the deliberate exploitation of human behaviour.

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Charity says new evidence shows how poultry farms are draining excrement into river system

The Environment Agency faces new allegations of neglect of the River Wye after a project by a conservation group found effluent and contaminated waters at free-range egg farms flowing directly into watercourses in the catchment.

Out of 47 sites visited in England and Wales in the Wye catchment, 19 had drains running from the poultry units to a nearby watercourse. Many of the farms had drains excavated within a few metres of the sheds.

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