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China has seen coal power projects accelerate dramatically last year with new permits reaching the highest level since 2015, adding to the worries over the country's ability to realise its climate goals, a report has found.

Fund backed by billionaire green energy supporter closes first tranche of new raising to bankroll long duration battery storage and help kick coal out of Australia's grid.

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Ending the stalemate over how best to fix Australia's grid congestion problems not been easy. Here's how the alternative could work.

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NSW declares the fifth and so far final renewable energy zone, with the latest to focus on offshore wind, storage and green hydrogen.

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Construction of new 252MW wind farm in Queensland to start soon after connection deal signed with transmission company.

The post Transmission company signs connection deal for 252MW wind project in new REZ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first comprehensive population assessment of the raptor affectionately known as The Red reveals a species in trouble. Australia’s rarest bird of prey needs our help. Christopher MacColl, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland James Watson, Professor, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chris Bowen says he is not happy with situation at Snowy 2.0, but the project won't be cancelled because it is too important for the grid.

The post “Not happy:” Bowen says Snowy 2.0 is problematic but won’t be canned appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Country’s capacity to generate renewable energy shot up last year, producing enough electricity to power 64m households

A new report by Climate Central shows how US capacity to generate renewable energy shot up last year – and surprisingly, red states lead the nation in solar and wind power production.

National wind and solar capacity grew 16% compared to 2021. All told, renewables generated enough electricity to power 64m American households. The report comes as the Biden administration starts to make billions of dollars available for renewable energy projects. The administration has committed to decarbonizing the grid completely by 2030 and getting the US to net zero emissions by mid-century.

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One man's bid to learn the secrets of the endangered frog that grows to the size of a domestic cat.

Energy prices, Brexit and climate crisis mean growers lack confidence to plant crops, says NFU deputy

Shortages of some fresh fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers could be the “tip of the iceberg”, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said.

Certain products are hard to come by in UK supermarkets due to poor weather reducing the harvest in Europe and north Africa, Brexit rules and lower supplies from UK and Dutch producers hit by the jump in energy bills to heat glasshouses.

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Arctic mammal that drew crowds in Hampshire, North Yorkshire and Northumberland is spotted 850 miles further north

A walrus that drew crowds when spotted on the south and east coasts of England appears to have arrived in Iceland.

The arctic mammal appeared in Hampshire in December before spending new year in Scarborough and then heading 70 miles further north to the Royal Northumberland Yacht Club in Blyth.

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The South African government is taking steps towards introducing a tradeable component to the country’s carbon tax regime.

Only two of thousands of PFAS are regulated, while the EU is already contemplating stricter standards

• Ministers told to get a grip on scale of ‘forever chemicals’ pollution in UK

PFAS “forever chemicals” are everywhere, they don’t break down in the environment, and they can build up in the body and can be toxic. The world is waking up to the issue but so far action has been slow.

There are thousands of PFAS but in the UK, just two – PFOS and PFOA – are regulated, and the country risks falling behind the EU, where plans to get a grip on the substances are under way.

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Conservationists say boats with propellers could destroy floating water-plantain on Montgomery canal

Conservationists are calling for only horse-drawn barges to journey along a section of the Montgomery canal when it is reopened, to protect rare aquatic plants and wildlife on the rewilded waterway.

The naturalist and broadcaster Iolo Williams has joined the campaign to protect floating water-plantain as well as dragonflies, grass snakes, kingfishers and otters on the canal between Arddlin and Llanymynech, which has been unnavigable to canal boats for decades but is to be restored with £14m from the government’s levelling up fund.

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Tougher regulations needed now, says Green MP Caroline Lucas as Tory colleague calls for monitoring

• UK risks falling behind Europe in controlling ‘forever chemicals’
• What are PFAS, how toxic are they and how do you become exposed?

The UK government must get a grip on the scale of “forever chemicals” polluting rivers and seas and threatening human and animal health, the Green MP Caroline Lucas has said.

The Guardian has revealed that high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as forever chemicals, have been found at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe in a major mapping project.

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Output of wind and solar smashes previous records in main grid, as renewable output hits new peaks in South Australia and Victoria, and gas posts a record low.

The post Large scale wind and solar smash output records on main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) generated the highest quarterly net deficit in its history during the third quarter, pending residential EV charging credits that are issued biannually, as deficit generation from gasoline and diesel soared to record levels, according to state data published Thursday.

The Canadian government on Friday published a refrigerant carbon credit protocol that will apply nationwide under the federal offset system, as it unveiled further details of other methodologies currently under development.

The German government sold a total 217 mln emissions certificates in 2022 under the country's domestic carbon tax scheme for transportation and heating sectors (nEHS), it announced on Thursday, raising some €6.4 billion in revenues.