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‘It covers most of Australia but lots of locations only have one or two chargers,’ BP Pulse boss says, as others call for greater public spending to reduce queues

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Electric vehicle charging stations are located right across Australia but in many locations there are only one or two outlets, experts say, and that needs to change if people are to avoid lengthy queues next summer.

Significant government investment in regional EV infrastructure is the key to ending the frustrations many holidaymakers have experienced over the past few weeks, a number of charging companies have said.

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European carbon began the week on a bearish note on Monday as energy prices extended their losses for a fifth consecutive session, despite forecasts calling for a spell of lower temperatures that would bring the bearish prospect of coal-to-gas fuel switching closer than it has been for many months.

Australia's Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) is seeking a proactive Senior Carbon Coordinator to join our Northern Strategic Projects team to lead the development of the ILSC’s carbon strategy.

US climate envoy John Kerry on Sunday set out initial core principles and the first experts for an advisory panel for the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) jurisdictional carbon crediting mechanism.

South Korea's SK Group has agreed to form a partnership with Mubadala Investment, a sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to cooperate in voluntary carbon markets (VCM) in the Asian region.

The Australian government will provide A$70 million ($49 mln) for the development of a hydrogen hub in the state of Queensland, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Bowen, have jointly announced.

Recent research suggests plants may be able to learn and communicate. This really put me off my baked potato

If you were starting to polish your Veganuary halo, sorry, I have upsetting news, gleaned from a Radio 4 programme called Is Eating Plants Wrong?. Spoiler alert: maybe.

Plants, it explained, “can sense the world around them, learn, remember and engage in complex communication with the species around them”. Research suggests that pea seedlings can learn to associate a sound with the light they need and choose to grow in a particular direction as a result. They can also eavesdrop on each other and protect themselves based on what they “hear”. Sagebrush plants communicate to each other the risk of being chomped by insects and trees share nutrients through what Prof Suzanne Simard pleasingly calls the “wood wide web”; they do so more with trees they are related to than with “strangers”.

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A pair of the semi-aquatic mammals will be released on to Ewhurst Park estate

Beavers are set to be reintroduced into an enclosure in Hampshire, marking the first time in 400 years that they have lived in the county in south-west England.

A pair of the semi-aquatic mammals will be released on to Ewhurst Park estate, which is being restored for nature and sustainable food production.

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Billionaire green investors Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes are shaping up for a battle of control over Sun Cable, the world’s largest solar and battery project, with big differences emerging over its design and purpose. Sun Cable – which is working on a 20GW solar farm and up to 42GWh of battery storage – was […]

The post Forrest and Cannon-Brookes shape up for control of Sun Cable, with or without sub-sea link appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UGL to build Western Downs big battery for Neoen which will be located next to the country's biggest solar farm.

The post UGL to build Neoen’s new Tesla big battery next to Australia’s biggest solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The secondary price for NZUs in New Zealand’s ETS has hit a six month low in recent days, as recent government announcements indicate it aims to keep prices low due to inflationary and political pressures. 

The Kimberley region of Western Australia is currently being devastated by flooding. Remote communities need more support with prevention and recovery plans. Toni Hay, Expert in Indigenous climate adaptation, Indigenous Knowledge Courtney-Jay Williams, Principal Advisor at Indigenous Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

First big battery in New Zealand will be built by a unit of French oil giant Total and promises a quick return on investment.

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Humanity is set for its next big leap into space with nations and private companies racing to build outposts on other worlds

Wind, solar and storage cannot address the energy transition cost-effectively without fixing thermally poor buildings and replacing inefficient electric appliances and gas.

The post South Australia may lead world in wind and solar, but leaky buildings will cause problems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Birdsong plays a vital social role in the lives of these gregarious finches. Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University Hugo Loning, PhD candidate in Behavioural Ecology, Wageningen University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new gecko species in New Zealand was named te mokomoko a Tohu in consultation with a local Māori tribe. This could be a good example for how taxonomists might approach the naming of new species. Lachie Scarsbrook, DPhil Student, University of Oxford Kerry Walton, Researcher, University of Otago Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

One sample taken close to the plant contained 80,000 times the safe level of banned substance TBT

A large marine paint-making company has been fined £650,000 after a highly toxic banned chemical was washed out from a holding tank into a “pristine” river in south-west England.

International Paint Ltd “utterly failed” to control a substance called TBT that it had stored at its mothballed plant on the banks of the Yealm in Devon, a judge concluded.

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The fledgling practice of issuing voluntary biodiversity credits based on the area protected by a project is among the elements scrutinised in a draft set of integrity and governance principles for the market released by the World Economic Forum.

Marine farmers point finger at jellyfish swarms but campaigners call for boycott to curb ‘ever-worsening problem’ of overcrowding

Salmon deaths on fish farms in Scotland nearly doubled last year, official figures show, owing to growing levels of disease, parasites and jellyfish blooms. Campaigners have blamed overcrowding and called for a boycott.

Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) data shows that nearly 15m salmon mortalities were reported by farms in Scotland from January to November 2022, the latest data available, compared with 8.58m in all of 2021 and 5.81m in 2020.

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