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Victorian electricity distribution company wins transmission licence, an achievement it says will create more competition and faster connections for new wind and solar in the state.

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Appointee was a climate chief at the World Bank and will lead UK’s return to high-level environmental diplomacy

• Who is Rachel Kyte, the UK’s new climate envoy?

A former climate chief of the World Bank has been appointed to lead the UK’s efforts to forge a global coalition on climate action, the Guardian can reveal.

Rachel Kyte, who previously served as special representative for the UN and a vice-president of the World Bank, will take up the role of climate envoy to lead the UK’s return to the front ranks of global climate diplomacy.

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When sighting rates for basking sharks are high they are low for minke whales, says monitoring programme

The highest ever recorded numbers of minke whales and the lowest number of basking sharks were observed in the Hebrides in 2023, according to a report.

The latest findings of the 20-year monitoring programme by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust suggest a possible association between these two highly mobile and long-lived species. When sighting rates for basking sharks are high, they are low for minke whales, and vice versa.

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Consortium of companies picked to build the transmission system for the Central-West Orana renewable energy zone has been awarded an operator's licence.

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Biden government announces huge support package across 25 projects and 14 states to “boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide.”

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Federal Labor green lights three major thermal coal mine expansions, in a move that lays bare the blatant disregard of climate change in Australia's environmental laws.

The post “Shocking, shameful, abhorrent:” Coal mine approvals slammed for reckless disregard of climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Prices spike towards market cap in South Australia this week, despite significant amounts of unused capacity. What will the regulator discover?

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New Zealand-headquartered dairy co-op Fonterra cut operational emissions by 18.5% in FY2024, according to its annual report published Wednesday, but has made little little progress on its Scope 3 emissions.

Climate action from Azerbaijan, the host of the UN's COP29 summit in November, has been rated "critically insufficient" by an independent analysis group, according to a report released on Sep. 24.

A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.

A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.

A Berlin-headquartered environmental trading platform has partnered with a Bangkok-based consultancy to launch Southeast Asia Carbon Coalition (SEACC) for tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, the partners announced Wednesday.

Researchers find climate crisis aggravated the four days of heavy rainfall and deadly floods

• ‘We’re getting rid of everything’: floods destroy homes and lives in Czech Republic

Planet-heating pollution doubled the chance of the extreme levels of rain that hammered central Europe in September, a study has found.

Researchers found global heating aggravated the four days of heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in countries from Austria to Romania.

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Biodiversity monitoring and protection has taken centre stage in talks around forest carbon credits at the Climate Week NYC, with standards, project developers, and policymakers pushing for more nature accounting within the market.

Narrative that transition has stalled ‘demonstrably not true’, researcher says, but investment and construction must accelerate

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Large-scale renewable energy investment and construction in Australia is rebounding this year after a slump, but will need to accelerate to reach the pace needed to meet the Albanese government’s goal for 2030.

The country could add more than 7 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity this year, up from 5.3 GW last year, according to data released by the Clean Energy Regulator.

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New research shows that heating perovskite layers in a microwave instead of an oven is faster, almost as efficient, and makes them more recyclable.

The post Microwave tech cuts perovskite cell cook time from 30 mins to just 30s appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two Madrid-based companies announced an agreement Tuesday to provide carbon capture, transport, and storage services to large industrial customers.

The UK’s international development fund is backing voluntary carbon market (VCM) projects but does not seek to fund Paris Agreement Article 6 initiatives at this time, the group’s climate lead told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of Climate Week NYC.

A global tech giant has paid for the removal of 8,000 tonnes of CO2 over five years through a US-based company’s enhanced rock weathering (ERW) technology, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

Researchers in the United States have discovered a simple method of extending the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries by as much as 50 per cent.

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