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Nasa grants last-minute reprieve to invaluable climate and biodiversity scanner on International Space Station, due to be incinerated in Earth’s atmosphere

Nasa has extended the life of a key climate and biodiversity sensor for scanning the world’s forests which was set to be destroyed in Earth’s atmosphere.

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (Gedi) mission – pronounced like Jedi in Star Wars – was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2018, and has provided the first 3D map of the world’s forests.

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The shadow net zero secretary Ed Miliband to set out how plan will create jobs in clean energy

Labour is recasting its green growth plan as the British version of the US’s Inflation Reduction Act to underline its ambition to invest in good, clean energy jobs.

Ed Miliband, the shadow net zero secretary, will set out how the party’s green prosperity plan will deliver a multi-billion investment by government and businesses to drive jobs in green industries.

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Exclusive: Australian company resurrects flesh of lost species to demonstrate potential of meat grown from cells

A mammoth meatball has been created by a cultivated meat company, resurrecting the flesh of the long-extinct animals.

The project aims to demonstrate the potential of meat grown from cells, without the slaughter of animals, and to highlight the link between large-scale livestock production and the destruction of wildlife and the climate crisis.

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Four solar companies partner to create a lower-cost rooftop PV package that can slash power bills for social housing tenants by up to 40%.

The post Solar relief for social housing as four companies act to slash soaring power bills appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The new tunnel under the River Thames in London is 25km long was built at a cost of almost £5bn.

The world's most renewable grid is about to take another big step towards running truly fossil fuel free – at least on occasions.

The post South Australia about to take another big step towards fossil free grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s new climate deal contains wins for the Greens – but the negotiations were bruising Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Coalition thought of it, and the Greens, Teals and Labor got rid of most of its warts. But exactly what will the Safeguard Mechanism do?

The post From Coalition fig leaf to Green-teal ALP deal: A closer look at Safeguard Mechanism 3.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New figures show that small-scale rooftop solar systems provided the biggest chunk yet of Australia’s electricity needs during the summer months.

The post Rooftop solar’s dominant summer: Homes and businesses outpower brown coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Financial institutions should push to transform key pesticide companies and their significant contributions to global biodiversity loss, financial market campaigners ShareAction have urged.

The spot price for Australian Carbon Credits Units (ACCU) has risen 5% following the accord struck between the Greens and the government to further strengthen the Safeguard Mechanism, as the market mulls how the reforms will play out.

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A Dutch voluntary carbon offset firm has terminated Nigel Farage's stock options, which were at one point expected to amount to a €20-million windfall for the former UK lawmaker and Brexit campaigner.

Companies pay tiny amounts for recyclable waste in Beirut. Deiri Fayyad dives into bins to find it.

Forget telling Alexa to turn the heater on, the indoor climate control of the future could be as simple as a spray-on film for your windows.

The post Spray on nanodots could be the passive heating and cooling of the future appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two wins for wind industry sustainability, with recyclable turbine blades entering operation in the North Sea and a new 95% recyclable offering from China.

The post Recyclable wind turbine blades make debut in offshore project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Switzerland's latest carbon allowance auction has cleared at a new record high.

Delays mean private tenants in the 2.4m homes with an EPC rating below C will face years of high bills

Private renters face paying an additional £1bn in gas and electricity bills because of delays in the introduction of new standards forcing landlords to make their properties more energy efficient.

The government has been criticised for dragging its feet on enacting new proposals that would require landlords to improve properties to at least a C rating under the energy performance certificate (EPC) scheme.

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Washington will accept offsets issued from two US-based carbon registries under the state’s WCI-modelled cap-and-trade system, the state’s environmental agency announced Monday, though it is unclear when compliance-eligible credit generation may commence.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values traded within a narrow range through another volatile week for global markets tossed around amid ongoing banking sector nervousness and interest rate hikes, while participants assessed modelling scenarios ahead of the power sector carbon market's first programme review meeting in 15 months.