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Snowy Hydro on negative ratings watch because of likely cost blowouts and delays at its Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro and Kurri Kurri gas projects.

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A Japanese government fund on Monday announced investments of 15.9 billion yen ($117 mln) into research aimed at boosting carbon sequestration in agricultural, forestry, and fisheries products.

Scientists say loss may be as significant as ‘insectaggedon’ in terms of impact on soil, birds and ecosystems

Populations of earthworms in the UK may have fallen by about a third in the past 25 years, an assessment has shown.

Earthworms are vital for the healthy soil that underpins all ecosystems and scientists said a large decline would sit alongside concerns about “insectaggedon” and the global destruction of wildlife.

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Arena funding means Risen Energy will build its first big battery in Australia, with another three in the company's project pipeline.

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Spanish energy giant Iberdrola to work with Abel Energy to build a world-scale green hydrogen and methanol production plant in Tasmania.

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While other countries have made additional pledges, Australia criticised for failing to offer more than its budget commitments

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The Greens have criticised the Albanese government for failing to offer any new money for conservation measures at a global conference aiming to secure a new agreement for nature for the next decade.

Countries have been meeting at the Cop15 summit in Montreal to negotiate targets for the protection and restoration of nature, including a target of $US200bn a year to fund conservation work.

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Neoen to add big battery to what is now the country's biggest operating solar farm in Queensland.

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Decision day looms for sealing a global deal to stop the destruction of nature.

Rapidly emerging TagEnergy announces new renewables hub in north Queensland after ARENA battery funding win.

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Australia's offshore wind industry launched, with formal declaration of first development zone and a leg-up to the 2.2GW Star of the South project.

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Final agreement could bring better protection for vital ecosystems and big reforms to agriculture

A potentially transformational agreement for nature is close to being reached at Cop15 in Montreal, which could bring better protection for Earth’s vital ecosystems such as the Amazon and Congo basin rainforests, big reforms to agriculture and better protection of indigenous territories and rights.

After four years of negotiations and 12 years since the last biodiversity targets were agreed in Japan, the Chinese president of Cop15 put forward its recommendations for a final agreement after two weeks of intense negotiations at the UN biodiversity summit in Canada.

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Until February 17 2023, you can have your say on the government’s plan for standardised company reporting of climate‑related risks, which would start in 2024-25. Anita Foerster, Associate Professor, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The amount of time without sea-ice is becoming too long for the bears to survive, experts say.

The fossil fuel industry’s campaign of naked self-interest has failed to get traction. Could this be a turning point?

Much has changed when it comes to climate and energy in Australia during 2022 but the country ends the year still needing an honest conversation about gas – what it is, the damage it does and the extent to which it is needed in the future.

Last week may eventually come to be seen as a marker of a change in how the country thinks about fossil fuels. The gas industry, backed by the Coalition and some news media, launched a campaign of naked self-interest against government plans to limit the impact of skyrocketing gas prices that echoed successful campaigns against carbon pricing and an increased mining tax a decade ago.

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My brother organised a medical camp after the summer’s deadly floods – a disaster caused by powerful nations

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This summer, intense monsoon rains combined with glacial melt caused super-floods across Pakistan. We are home to the second largest number of glaciers after the polar regions and, thanks to global heating, they are melting at unprecedented, terrifying speed. This is the year the climate emergency came home to me, and this is a photo that haunts me.

The floods wiped out approximately a million livestock, decimated crops, displaced 30 to 50 million Pakistanis, destroyed thousands of kilometres of roads – and months later, the damage is still going on. Stagnant water means farmers cannot plant new crops – those who could not plant rice in October, with water in certain parts remaining thigh high, will have no harvest to reap come March.

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Higher electricity prices compound the problem – as will the government’s plan to scrap ‘retained’ EU laws

The UK is falling far behind EU countries in its performance and policies on home insulation and energy efficiency, and will lose further ground if “retained laws” from the European Union are scrapped, according to a new study.

The report, by UK pressure group Another Europe is Possible and Germany’s respected Friedrich Ebert Foundation, says the UK is failing to match new EU laws which aim to double the annual rate of building renovation and reduce primary energy consumption by 39% by 2030.

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The first big battery in NSW is now officially fully operational. It will be joined by dozens more in coming years.

The post “Like riding a bike:” First big battery in Australia’s biggest coal grid enters full production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU legislators struck a provisional deal on the remaining EU ETS-related bills under the bloc's overarching Fit for 55 climate policy package early Sunday, agreeing to backload efforts until later in the decade but securing a slightly higher 2030 emissions reduction target than originally proposed. 

South Australia reaches 104.1 per cent wind and solar over state demand for the last seven days.

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A handful of thorny issues remain unresolved as delegates at COP15 prepare for the final two days of negotiations in Montreal, even as a steady drip of new funding announcements over the past couple of days have intended to brighten the mood of the talks.