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As the nation charts its course towards a cleaner energy future, it is critical that farmers receive not only due acknowledgment of their contributions but also targeted support.

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Tesla reveals details of its plan to take on traditional utility incumbents in Australia by focusing on household and business packages that combine rooftop PV, electric cars and battery storage.

The post Tesla reveals plan to be Australian energy retailer and “disrupt traditional incumbents” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian solar innovator 5B has snagged a high profile new CEO, with David Griffin – the co-founder and former chief of Sun Cable – taking up the role.

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Fugitive emissions that leak from the ground during the extraction of coal and gas represent 11% of Australia’s reported greenhouse gas emissions. So why are they being ignored?

The post If Australia is serious about climate, it must get serious about coal mine emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Eruptions on the south-western Reykjanes Peninsula may mark a new cycle, warn Icelandic meteorologists.

Graveyards, bridges and harvests are swept away in the worst floods to hit Somalia in a century.

Market operator has to put out call for more synchronous generation as the number of coal units operating fell to record lows. More grid forming battery inverters might be needed.

The post Australia’s biggest coal grid is running short of spinning machines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A New Zealand exchange-traded fund tied to the country’s emissions trading scheme has seen its value recover in line with the NZU price.

Concerns rose when no wind projects were put forward for government’s recent clean energy auction

The government will offer significantly higher subsidies for new offshore windfarms after crisis talks with developers that are battling cost inflation across global energy supply chains.

Ministers have agreed to raise the starting price of the government’s next auction for offshore wind subsidies by around two-thirds to £73 per megawatt hour to help more offshore windfarm projects to move ahead despite higher costs.

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The Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) sale in Washington state’s WCI-modelled cap-and-invest programme saw strong demand and sold out of its permits at one fixed price, according to results published Wednesday.

Group which owns Kmart and Target has not signed up to initiative that would impose 4 cent levy on garments to fund research

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The federal government has called on one of Australia’s biggest retailers, Kmart Group, to support an industry-led textile recycling scheme, or risk regulation.

Spearheaded by the Australian Fashion Council (AFC), the Seamless initiative is designed to tackle clothing waste through a levy system to increase the number of garments being resold, repaired, reworn and recycled.

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Toronto-headquartered carbon project developer Base Carbon explained to an investor call on Wednesday why it lost $1.7 million loss in Q3, said when the company would become profitable, and detailed its new project in India.

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Southwest Airlines has announced a comprehensive new sustainability strategy, titled 'Nonstop to Net Zero', taking another step towards its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

A Toronto-headquartered voluntary carbon credit firm provided updates on its restructuring measures to optimise costs as it recorded net income for the third quarter of the year, according to quarterly earnings published Tuesday.

An independent federal agency selected on Tuesday an adaptive infrastructure firm for $1 million in small business research funding to develop technology for the measurement of carbon stocks in coastal wetlands.

The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) outlined rules on Wednesday for how recipients of the state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) funds should report expenditures and benefits to the state regulator ahead of its upcoming rulemaking.

It’s still possible for Australia to cut emissions in line with holding climate change to 1.5°C. Here’s how. Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Anna Malos, Climateworks Centre - Country Lead, Australia, Monash University Michael Li, Research and Analysis Manager, Climateworks Centre, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The idea that harm done today can be offset in the future is based on a basic misunderstanding of the carbon cycle. Planting more trees is important – but it’s no substitute for cutting emissions. Mike Joy, Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A climate tech company has raised $1 million in seed funding to establish its first biochar production facility, located in Kenya, according to a press release on Wednesday.