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Varta says new battery factory will go into operation some time during the Northern hemisphere’s Summer with initial production output of 500MWh.

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AGL to fast-track Liddell battery and reveals another three as it updates its plans to shift from being country's biggest polluter to green energy.

The post AGL adds three more big batteries, concedes gas demand will fall even with coal exit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rallied through a packed week of activity including a cap-and-trade public workshop discussing plans to increase programme stringency, options expiry, and macro markets rallying after a pause in the US interest rate hiking cycle, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) initially lurched higher on the announcement of a small reserve sale in August.

Germany's economy ministry on Wednesday unveiled a draft of its long-anticipated climate action programme, easing the burden on big emitters while seeking to steer the nation towards its currently-out-of-reach 2030 emissions reduction target.

One day we’ll look back in amazement that wood heaters were once tolerated in cities right next to houses, schools and hospitals. Bill Dodd, Knowledge Broker, Centre for Safe Air (NHMRC CRE), University of Tasmania Bin Jalaludin, Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Fay Johnston, Professor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Three activists use glitter cannons and air horns during performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites

Just Stop Oil protesters have interrupted a performance during the Glyndebourne opera festival in East Sussex by letting off glitter cannons and blowing air horns.

The disruption took place during a performance on Thursday of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites at the festival near Lewes.

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European birds nest in Norfolk much to the delight of twitchers – but environmentalists warn it’s a clear sign of climate change

With plumage cherry red, ultramarine, turquoise and yellow, usually found streaking like multicoloured darts across the skies of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Spain, they present as an epitome of tropical glamour.

British birdwatchers are aflutter to have found European bee-eaters swooping and burrowing in a disused quarry in Norfolk for the second summer in a row.

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A decade on from its beginnings, the BigPicture Natural World photography competition attracts thousands of entries from around the world. Its aim is to highlight the extraordinary and often fleeting moments of wonder and beauty in nature while bringing attention to ecosystems in need of protection and conservation. Open to professionals and amateurs, contestants enter for the chance to win cash as well as the opportunity to be exhibited at the California Academy of Sciences

• Ten years of Guardian Australia’s best photography – in pictures

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A Sierra Leone rewilding project run by a Canadian company had $2.5 million (C$3.3 mln) of its yet-to-be generated carbon credits pre-purchased by a Fortune 100 company, the developer announced Thursday.

Bonn conference settles on agenda for next COP in Dubai, without addressing the underlying problems that are holding up climate negotiations and real action.

The post “It’s a fudge:” Bonn climate talks hit by stalemate over finance and emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Carbon credits should only used as a last resort in corporate climate action, and large corporates should prioritise eliminating or reducing sources of emissions over offsetting, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has advised in updated guidance.

Campaigners have heralded the move as a victory for transparency, making polluting industries more accountable

Fossil fuel lobbyists will have to identify themselves as such in registering for the UN Cop28 climate summit, making polluting and carbon-intensive industries more accountable at the annual talks.

The move by the UN to require anyone registering for the summit to declare their affiliation was heralded as a victory for transparency by campaigners who have been increasingly concerned at the growing presence of oil and gas lobbyists at climate talks.

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Moves to create a benchmark price for voluntary carbon credits are gathering pace, with Singapore-based CIX platform now exploring other categories in the market after launching its REDD avoided deforestation assessment last week, a company executive told Carbon Pulse on Thursday.

Spain wants to speed up a reform of the EU electricity market design as the country prepares to take over the rotating EU presidency next month, though the nation's July elections may spur a rapid change in course as the ruling administration trails in the polls.

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Animals to be introduced during next three years but ecologists say they still face survival challenges

About 20 specially bred wildcats are being released at secret locations in the Scottish Highlands by conservationists hoping to save the species from extinction in the UK.

The animals were raised in captivity at a wildlife park in the Cairngorms as part of a breeding programme run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which is expected to release up to 60 cats into the wild over the next three years.

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A Canadian-based voluntary carbon project investor has launched an online marketplace offering credits from its portfolio.

Parties negotiating rules for the new Article 6.4 UN carbon crediting mechanism under the Paris Agreement managed to advance discussions on technical details during UN climate negotiations held in Bonn over the past two weeks, despite chaotic scenes that held up wider progress at the gathering.

Queensland’s $550 electricity bill rebate for all and staggering $19bn investment in renewables show why it’s time for NSW to put in place a similar system

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When Queensland posted a surprise $12bn surplus – the largest ever recorded by an Australian state – in this week’s budget, it was a testament to its progressive coal royalties system.

Introduced by the treasurer, Cameron Dick, in June 2022, royalties range from 7-40% of revenues depending on coal prices, and are immediately delivering beyond expectations for the people of Queensland.

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Carbon credit certifier Gold Standard has partnered with the intergovernmental body Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to deliver a policy crediting framework than would enable country-to-country emissions trade at scale under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.