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Company cites decisions by pair of sustainability organizations to take away their endorsements of the US lobster fishing industry

Environmental groups are once again at loggerheads with leading politicians and fishing businesses in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end US retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster.

Whole Foods recently said that it will stop selling lobster from the Gulf of Maine at hundreds of its stores around the country. The company cited decisions by a pair of sustainability organizations to take away their endorsements of the US lobster fishing industry.

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A Singapore-based company has formed a partnership with a German certification provider to help companies measure their emissions and develop a rating system of their performance, they announced on Monday.

China's energy regulator on Friday issued a draft of trading regulations for the country's spot power market, a move considered crucial to make a transition towards market-based electricity pricing and improve the effectiveness of the national emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Grant Shapps says there will be more onshore wind projects ‘where communities are in favour of it’

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Downing Street appears likely to allow new onshore wind projects in England after years of an effective ban, Grant Shapps has indicated, with ministers giving way in the face of a growing backbench Conservative rebellion.

Shapps, the business and energy secretary, said there would be more onshore wind projects “where communities are in favour of it”, which would mean the end of a de facto block on such projects since 2014 under planning rules.

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The International Carbon Credit Advisor will join Aurecon's advisory business.

Aurecon is looking for a caron market analyst to join its advisory business.

The Andrews government has signalled a major shakeup of Victoria’s energy sector. But are they enough to bring the state’s energy prices down and reduce emissions? Ariel Liebman, Ariel Liebman Director, Monash Energy Institute and Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists trying to replicate 1964 study say results reveal alarming deterioration in river’s ecosystem

A survey of mussels has revealed an alarming deterioration in the River Thames ecosystem since the 1960s, according to a study.

Scientists attempting to replicate a 1964 survey of freshwater bivalves in a stretch of the Thames near Reading found striking results, as native mussel populations had crashed by almost 95%. One native species, the depressed river mussel, had vanished completely, and the remaining species were much smaller for their age, reflecting slower growth.

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Voluntary carbon offset provider Climate Impact Partners retired nearly 6 million Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) units in November, as issuance of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) dropped off.

Queensland says it wants to establish a local wind turbine manufacturing industry to supply its new giga-watt scale projects.

The post Queensland pledges to make its own wind turbines amid boom in giga-scale projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian gravity storage hopeful signs MoU with global engineering firm GHD which it says is already opening doors in Australia and overseas.

The post Australian gravity storage hopeful eyes international market after pilot project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The antithesis of whistle-stop world tours, single-destination holidays offer sustenance and sustainability

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I came late to a love of travel. A combination of early marriage, child rearing and a focus on my own front yard were to blame for the delay. But I recovered from all three and started to focus on the horizon instead. Being well into my 50s, I knew my chances of ticking off all the usual tourist destinations were slim. And, for me, there was only one other horizon I absolutely had to see for myself. It belonged to a country with a cuisine, culture and history I knew better than that of my own: one whose language I had studied for nine years but had never spoken on its soil. In 2015 my long-distance love affair with France was finally consummated.

Liberated at last from – and with the encouragement of – my children, who clearly wanted me out of the country, I joined a house- and animal-minding website. I then went about trying to sell my animal husbandry skills – at the time non-existent – to potential hosts.

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Australia's biggest wind project - already at more than 1GW - will double in size to become one of the biggest onshore wind precincts in the world.

The post Australia’s biggest wind project to double in size to create first 2GW precinct appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Queensland court rules Palmer-owned Galilee Basin coal project should not go ahead, due to impacts on climate, environment and human rights.

The post Court ruling on Clive Palmer’s enormous coal mine heralds new era for climate cases appeared first on RenewEconomy.

These Aussie miners are expanding their global positions upstream and downstream to become essential suppliers of lithium, copper, nickel, rare earths, and graphite.

The post Nine Australian miners poised to ride the green minerals wave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scotland Yard believes environmental activist group will launch two weeks of ‘disruption’ in the capital before Christmas

Just Stop Oil is expected to begin two weeks of action from Monday and has accused the government and police of “groundhog day” rhetoric over crackdowns on protesters.

Scotland Yard said on Sunday that it believes the environmental activist group will launch two weeks of “disruption” in London in the run-up to Christmas.

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Jake Berry is latest senior MP to urge prime minister to amend de facto block on new projects in England

Rishi Sunak is embroiled in a growing rebellion over his ban on new onshore windfarms as the former Conservative chairman Jake Berry became the latest senior MP to announce he would join an effort to overturn the policy.

The former cabinet minister said he would support the former levelling up secretary Simon Clarke, who has tabled an amendment to legislation going through parliament demanding the current moratorium on new developments be lifted.

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"S-E-C, S-E-C." Victorians reject fossil fuel dogma and chant name of the public utility that will lead the transition from dirty brown coal to renewables.

The post “Goodbye to them:” Victoria votes to end coal and make radical shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Connection deal signed for part of the first wind stage of what will be the country's biggest wind, solar and battery project.

The post First stage of Australia’s biggest wind, solar and battery project signs grid connection appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Genex boosts the wind component of what will be the country's biggest hybrid project by almost a third, and chooses a turbine maker.

The post Australia’s first wind, solar and hydro storage project just got a lot bigger appeared first on RenewEconomy.