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The 51-year-old has a narrow escape from the animal while snorkelling off a luxury island.

The Commonwealth Bank has partnered with a carbon project developer to expand its native seed production to help meet growing demand for carbon and biodiversity restoration projects, the company announced Tuesday, as new research has highlighted Australian banks’ continued spending on fossil fuels.

There is plenty of room to remain skeptical, but we may be witnessing an important capital shift that signals the end of fossil fuel climate denialism.

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Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.

The cost of corporate carbon offsetting could double by the end of the decade and increase by a factor of thousands under a mid-century carbon removal scenario posing risks to UK businesses striving to meet net zero commitments, according to analysis published on Tuesday by a major global consultancy.

Dingoes are not wild dogs, research reveals. Most of the 307 wild animals sampled in this study were pure dingo. Australia’s apex predator deserves our respect after thousands of years on this land. Kylie M Cairns, Research fellow, UNSW Sydney Mathew Crowther, Associate professor, University of Sydney Mike Letnic, Professor, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Electricity prices are going up again by as much as 25% on July 1. The advice to consumers is to shop around to get the best deal. Yet neither electricity bills nor comparison sites are user-friendly. Lurion De Mello, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

From the furnace of federal politics to fires, droughts and floods, Guardian Australia’s photographer-at-large captures 10 years of tumult and triumph

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

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Rich nations should pay for biodiversity loss, which disproportionately affects poor countries, say scientists

Wealthy countries should pay for the loss and damage they cause to nature in poorer countries in the same way as for climate impacts, researchers have argued.

At the Cop27 climate talks in November, world leaders agreed to a dedicated “loss and damage” fund providing financial assistance to poor nations stricken by climate disaster. More developed countries, which are largely responsible for driving climate breakdown, are to pay compensation to poorer nations, which are typically more vulnerable to its impacts.

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The Pakistan government has given its approval for a major mangrove project to sell carbon credits to international buyers in the voluntary carbon market over the next two decades, although this approval does not mean corresponding adjustments within accounting frameworks.

Low demand combined with sunny conditions and meltwater lifts hydro and solar production

Over the last week, several European countries had power prices in the wholesale energy market dip into negative values during daylight hours. The decline in prices was mostly driven by the abundance of available energy generated by renewable sources, combined with the relatively low demand for energy for heating or cooling, caused by normal springtime temperatures.

Negative prices often occur when there is an excess supply of electricity in the market. This can happen when renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, or hydro produce a large quantity of electricity which exceeds demand and cannot be stored for later use. In such cases, producers may offer negative prices to incentivise wholesale consumers to take the surplus electricity off the grid and avoid overloading the system. This situation occurred due to an area of high pressure dominating across much of central and north-west Europe, providing lots of solar power generation across the area. Meanwhile, Finland experienced an oversupply of hydroelectric power resulting from excessive springtime meltwater which in turn led to negative prices here as well.

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The Environmental Consultant (Nature-Based Solutions) will support best practice delivery of advisory services including stakeholder engagement, technical design, modelling and reporting to develop the desired environment, social and financial impacts of our diversified portfolio of projects.

The committee’s core responsibilities are to provide advice to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy on making, varying and revoking carbon offset methods, and the outcomes of method reviews.

This is an exciting, important fast-paced work programme, which links with other market mechanisms including the ETS, and the voluntary carbon market.

Reverse engineering: First solar farm to be built next to a pre-existing battery project sends its first output to the grid.

The post First major solar farm to be added to a big battery starts operations in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian carbon offset developer Greening Australia has appointed the former CEO of Bush Heritage Australia for its top job, the company announced on Saturday.

An Australian agri-food tech investor has committed funding to a new accelerator to support to 10 carbon and climate focussed start-up companies, it announced Monday.

Windy conditions in south-eastern Australia last week led to an interesting energy generation mix for Tasmania, including more wind than hydro.

The post Wind out-powers hydro for five hours on Tasmania grid, allowing utility to cash in appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The startup is offering 30 jobs at its new site but will need to compete hard for a limited number of skilled hydrogen employees.

The post Singapore hydrogen tech startup SunGreenH2 eyes Melbourne talent with new hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Co-locating plants in sun-rich, iron-rich parts of Australia can help overcome the “first mover problem” for green hydrogen. Here's how it would work.

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