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Transgrid is using German technology to recycle spent transmission lines in situ, cutting down on waste and emissions and saving money.

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New report warns Safeguard Mechanism will shift investment to the offset market, with evidence a shift in climate capital is already underway.

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EVs will play a key role in balancing supply and demand on the main grid, even assuming only 10-20% of this mobile battery bank can be utilised daily.

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Conservative technology deniers take note: The Australian state charging towards 100 per cent wind and solar has the smallest reliability gap.

The post South Australia: Grid with the most wind and solar has the smallest reliability gap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The beach community at Muriwai has experienced deadly landslide in the past, but houses were nevertheless allowed to be built on the debris of former slips. Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A rule change in New Zealand’s ETS that came into effect on Jan. 1 has spared foresters from potentially massive financial losses from damage caused from Cyclone Gabrielle, though the cyclone may still have significant impact on the market as affected carbon foresters will have to stop their accounting and NZU issuance until their forests have recovered.

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The EU's aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 is being undermined by methane emissions associated with fossil fuel imports, according to researchers in a report published on Tuesday.

One-third of local councils have rules to stop pet cats roaming because of their major impacts on wildlife. More councils want to get on board but many are hampered by state laws. Sarah Legge, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University Georgia Garrard, Senior Lecturer, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University Tida Nou, Project Officer, School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The government must protect domestic food supply, the National Farmers' Union warns.

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UK academics have joined with remote sensing and blockchain specialists to develop an assessment tool that aims to compare nature-based carbon credit projects on a like-for-like basis with any other offset project type.

Upcoming changes to the world’s largest voluntary carbon crediting programme promise to look broader and deeper than simple tweaks to methodologies, according to the organisation’s CEO David Antonioli, pointing to past trends that have seen more fundamental shifts in the standard.

EU foreign ministers on Monday failed to unanimously agree on a call to push for a global phaseout of fossil fuels, though officials promised a fresh approach on the bloc’s climate diplomacy.

Offering ‘carrots’ like biodiversity credits to landholders won’t stop natural collapse. Banning land clearing and stronger environmental laws are much more likely to work. Yung En Chee, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Prof Dame Angela McLean is to replace Sir Patrick Vallance as the government chief scientific adviser.

Chinese solar module maker Risen Energy achieves new pair of records for its HJT Hyper-ion 700W+ solar module series.

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The gulf between standardised nature-based contracts and newer vintages in the REDD+ avoided deforestation market remained very wide over the past week, while prices for standard CORSIA-eligible credits dropped lower.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) price volatility evaporated this week as market participants dismissed the near-term impacts of New Jersey accelerating its 100% clean electricity target, while a state-owned Chinese oil company opened a speculative account in the power sector carbon market.

Controversy stirs in New Jersey along political lines as some scientists say wind turbine theory is ‘cynical disinformation’

Thousands gathered at New Jersey’s Point Pleasant beach on Sunday with a united mission: to pause offshore wind projects in response to recent whale deaths along the New York-New Jersey coast.

The gathering unfolded even as officials dispute the notion that the projects may be to blame for the dead whales, a controversy that – like many – is breaking along political party lines.

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