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Bird keepers in England, Scotland and Wales must implement biosecurity measures, the government says

The global pipeline for carbon capture and storage (CCS) has grown to a new record level of 196 projects, according to the latest status report from an industry group, although the total capacity of facilities either operating, under construction, or in development still accounts for a small fraction of global GHG emissions.

The spot price for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) has steadily dropped off in recent weeks, even as steady demand for Chevron has pushed the cancellation tally for the domestic credit above the 1-million mark for the first time.

Blue carbon projects could potentially be worth more than agricultural land, thanks to its potentially massive carbon sequestration potential and keen investor interest, according to an Australian carbon consultancy.

Climate crisis may explain fights as disappearing ice fuels interspecies competition – with goats nearly always winning

In one corner, there is the agile climber with steak knife-like horns. In the other is America’s largest wild sheep. They are locked in significantly one-sided combat in the mountains of the US west, scientists have found, in a battle over resources uncovered by the region’s vanishing glaciers.

In study sites across a 1,500-mile span of the Rocky Mountains, scientists have documented mountain goats and bighorn sheep competing over mineral deposits among the rocks, at elevations of up to 14,000ft.

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Exclusive: investigation by charity WildFish says firms are avoiding mandatory reporting of sea lice

The Scottish farmed salmon industry is using loopholes to cover up evidence of environmental harm, poor animal welfare and high levels of disease, an investigation has found.

Using open data, investigators from the charity WildFish allege salmon farms are avoiding mandatory reporting of sea lice prevalence in fish to cover up the scale of parasite infestations, which in some cases are more than 20 times those stipulated in the industry’s own code of good practice.

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Carbon credits distract policymakers from concrete actions that actually bring down emissions, TAI submission argues.

The post Carbon credits serve to greenwash business-as-usual, says TAI, won’t cut emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Major Snowy 2.0 contractor Clough Engineering puts itself on the block amid financial crunch, attracting new concerns about the project's timeline.

The post Snowy 2.0 contractor drama continues, with talk of sale raising new concerns appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Speculators in the New Zealand ETS added almost 12 million NZUs to their total holdings in Q3, according to government data, as the value of the permits rose over the period.

Australia is one of the last nations holding out against legislating the human right to a healthy environment Meg Good, Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University. Adjunct Lecturer, School of Law, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The UN predicts more than 300,000 people in Somalia will be in famine by December. 7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Here’s how you can help. Joshua Hallwright, Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership , Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Offer to connect to SA grid brings two solar and battery projects one step closer to harnessing valuable negative pricing opportunities.

The post MPower gets green light to connect solar battery projects, cash in on negative pricing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Waterways across northern Victoria are peaking, with towns along the banks of the Goulburn and Campaspe rivers flooding or in danger of being inundated. Major flooding has peaked at Shepparton and Murchison, where the Goulburn reached 12 metres. It has also hit communities along the Avoca River to Charlton. More than 60 warnings have been issued across the state

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Soaring electricity prices are cutting the payback period for solar and wind farms to less than a year in some parts of the world, new research shows.

The post Wind and solar payback drops to less than a year thanks to fossil fuel crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Germany is still holding auctions to exit coal, but lack of response forced regulators to force the early closure of a plant owned by car maker VW.

The post Germany continues coal exit auctions amid energy crisis, VW told to close plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first chief heat officers appointed in Australia are part of a global partnership that’s responding to the dangers of rising city temperatures and the need to manage the risks. Wendy Walls, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.