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A British international bank may enter carbon markets via bonds next year, but in Indonesia the scale of the market must match the bank’s large-scale appetite for investment, a conference heard this week.

Exclusive: Lib Dems call for water companies to be more transparent with their data on sewage spills

Thames Water has pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into the River Thames since 2020 – roughly equal to 29,000 Olympic swimming pools – new figures reveal.

Water firms have no legal obligation to report the amount of sewage discharged, only the number of hours that it was released. But campaigners argue this data is insufficient as this does not properly quantify how much sewage is in England’s rivers.

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Norway and Senegal on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the second such deal the Scandinavian country signs in just two weeks.

Genex is succeeding where others feared to tread, with a new big battery, the first pumped hydro project in four decades, and massive wind, solar and storage plans. CEO Craig Francis explains how.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Wind, solar, batteries and pumps appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wyatt Roy on SunDrive's progress towards make cheaper, more sustainable solar – right here in Australia. Plus: Will 2023 be a record year of rooftop installs?

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: SunDrive’s hot pursuit of Australian-made PV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The opposition of Australia's biggest super fund to the Brookfield bid for Origin follows a familiar tale of delay and obfuscation on climate and the green energy transition.

The post Climate wars shift to executive suite as Australia’s biggest fund seeks to block Origin deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The third-largest floating PV plant in the world has been launched in Indonesia, with plans in the works to add an extra 500MW of additional capacity.

The post Indonesia’s solar plans go to water with opening of region’s biggest floating PV facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Muttonbird ‘wrecks’ are becoming more common. Despite speculation about many possible causes, the evidence points to changes in the Arctic ocean ecosystem from where the birds migrate to Australia. Lauren Roman, ARC DECRA Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Canadian oil sands producers accept the need for a cap on oil and gas emissions, if done appropriately, which could also drive further investment into carbon-cutting technologies, attendees at a climate conference heard Thursday.

The livestock industry is championing a new metric for estimating its climate impact that allows it to minimise reported emissions while putting poorer nations at a disadvantage, according to a sustainability campaign organisation that is urging a different approach as the sector comes increasingly into focus.

Implementing a federal cap-and-trade policy in the US would complement the Inflation Reduction Act and help reduce both air pollution and retail electricity prices, ensuring the country reaches its climate goals for 2030.

Expedition captures first ever footage of spiky egg-laying mammal that walked with dinosaurs.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values made new all-time highs on two occasions before sharply declining in the week preceding the fourth quarterly auction, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) prices dropped as positions were rolled, market participants said.

"People know that things are weird, but they don't they don't necessarily know why it's weird. They don't connect back to the fact that we're still burning coal, oil and natural gas."

The post “Nobody is safe:” Burning of fossil fuels send global temperatures to hottest on record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California's Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) to state regulator ARB on Thursday recommended several limitations to the cap-and-trade programme, while experts from a Washington, DC-based think tank presented their findings on facility-specific emission reductions.

Bouldercombe big battery completes full commissioning just six weeks after Megapack module fire, and will now be operated by Tesla using its autobidder program.

The post Tesla takes control as Bouldercombe battery gets green light just six weeks after Megapack fire appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Colorado will fall behind it's 2030 GHG mitigation target by almost 11 million tonnes a year, but a series of legislative actions and regulatory rule changes can speed up progress, according to new analysis.

Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has embarked on an extensive project to analyse the carbon content in agricultural soils across 16,000 plots.

European co-legislators found a provisional agreement late Thursday night on a bill to restore at least 20% of the bloc’s land and sea areas by 2030, after a long day of closed-door negotiations.