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Greens leader Adam Bandt has revealed his party will support Labor's climate bill but signalled a further fight for a climate trigger to block new fossil fuel projects. 'The fight begins now to get Labor to stop opening coal and gas mines,' Bandt said while addressing the National Press Club. Prime minister Anthony Albanese welcomed the move, saying it was 'a good day for Australia'. Climate change minister Chris Bowen said the climate wars may not be over, 'but they are suddenly in retreat, under this government'

• Greens give crucial support to Labor's climate bill for 43% emissions reduction by 2030
• Australian politics updates

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Bill Gates' clean energy fund leads fund raising for technology that automates and accelerates development, construction, and operation of large scale solar plants. 

The post Bill Gates leads $US44m funding round to automate and accelerate solar PV construction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Transmission and balance of plant works finally begin on delayed wind project near Port Fairy in Victoria.

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Wind output records tumble on Wednesday as a series of storms sweep across southern Australia, taking prices down with them.

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An Australian upstream oil and gas company has secured the right to develop and generate carbon credits from three REDD+ projects in Zimbabwe spanning over 300,000 hectares.

As Germany turns to coal to get through the gas supply crisis, estimates suggest emissions may have increased by 10m tonnes in the first half of the year.

The post Rebooted coal power could deliver major emissions blow-out in Germany appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Illuminating new research suggests we can rethink the type of silicon needed to make high-efficiency solar cells.

The post Solar is the cheapest power – a lightbulb moment showed we can cut costs even further appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar installers are now required to take selfies during installations, and we speak to the CEO of Hysata, an Australian start-up claiming the world’s lowest cost green hydrogen electrolyser technology.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar selfies, and the world’s cheapest green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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*PREMIUM LISTING - Volkswagen ClimatePartner GmbH is looking for a Freelancer (m/f/d) or a Company to support in screening, planning, developing, and managing GHG emission reduction projects mainly in Africa.

*PREMIUM LISTING - Volkswagen ClimatePartner GmbH is looking for a Freelancer (m/f/d) or a Company to support in screening, planning, developing, and managing GHG emission reduction projects mainly in Brazil.

*PREMIUM LISTING - Volkswagen ClimatePartner GmbH is looking for a Freelancer (m/f/d) or a Company to support in screening, planning, developing, and managing GHG emission reduction projects mainly in China.

Emissions recorded under Massachusetts’ Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade system increased in Q2 of this year compared to 2021, according to data updated Monday.

US biofuel credit (RIN) values on Tuesday rose to highs not seen since early June, which market participants attributed to demand from Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) importers and declining ethanol producer margins.

New York-headquartered hedge fund Kepos Capital has raised over $76 million for a new carbon-focused investment vehicle, as financial interest in the space steadies into the late summer.

A technology company announced Tuesday that its proposed project to scale up regenerative agriculture is the first in the US to enter the validation round under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard, with the related protocol potentially seeing significant credit issuance from other jurisdictions.

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Families in social housing flats in multimillion pound One Tower Bridge site told games in corridors ‘breached tenancy agreements’

Children living in social housing flats in a multimillion pound riverside development in London have been warned off playing in shared spaces on the site by their landlords.

Parents received letters from City of London council telling them that children playing in the corridors had been recorded on a “noise nuisance app” by a neighbour, and that the games were “a breach of tenancy agreements”.

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Fish populations in the Hampshire chalk stream would be harmed if EA gives drought permit, says Fish Legal

Southern Water is being challenged on Wednesday over its attempts to resort to a drought permit to take more water for its customers from a chalk stream as the dry conditions continue, even as the company leaks approximately 88m litres of water a day from its pipes.

The water company is asking for permission to remove more water from the River Test because of drought conditions in the south of England. But Fish Legal has asked for a formal hearing to challenge the attempt to abstract more water. The campaigning legal group says the company has not done enough to reduce water usage by customers or come up with a way to protect fish populations in the river before resorting to a drought permit.

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The appointed body overseeing the UN's new carbon crediting mechanism met for the first time last week to hammer out an agreement on several procedural elements crucial to advance Article 6.4, but left much to be done ahead of a targeted end-2023 timeline for trading to begin.