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Western Australia’s (WA) state Environmental Protection Authority has outlined measures for GHG abatement at Chevron’s Gorgon gas and LNG project that will require the project’s operator to commence a straight line GHG emissions reduction trajectory from 2025 to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050.

New Zealand’s climate change minister has suggested that large emitters would have to buy forestry NZUs from the government rather than from foresters in what would be a dramatic shakeup of the ETS, according to domestic media reports.

Japan’s hydrogen strategy is misguided in terms of what hydrogen can be best used for and how it can be best produced, and needs to be fundamentally revised if it is to contribute to the country’s decarbonisation goals, a Japanese green energy think tank has argued in a report.

Out of 44 charities, only 4% said they had a consistently implemented action plan to increase ethnic diversity

The environment sector has failed to act on its ambitions to become more inclusive, suggests new research that finds just one in 20 organisations are enacting plans to increase ethnic diversity.

According to a sector-wide survey, out of 44 environment charities, 84% had considered or were taking action over a lack of inclusion, but only 4% said they had a consistently implemented action plan.

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Yes, the new threatened species plan is better. But it’s nowhere near enough to actually prevent Australian species from dying out Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney Yung En Chee, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A telescope in Chile captures an image of a comet-like plume of debris behind the giant rock.

Australia Post pledges to source 100% renewable electricity by 2025 using mix of on-site solar generation, renewable electricity certificates and PPAs.

The post Australia Post targets 100 pct renewables by 2025 with mix of certificates and electrons appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Land-based carbon credit projects could be severely threatened by worsening climate change impacts, according to Australia National University, urging the government to reassess the risk-of-reversal buffer in its carbon accounting.  

Australia's atomic culture warriors are now focused on promoting ‘advanced’ nuclear power and small modular reactors. A new report debunks – yet again – the propaganda.

The post Coalition nuclear power bill “dead on arrival,” but somehow the debate lives on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A decentralised exchange (DEX) has launched an option that will allow its users to have all their transactions on the platform automatically offset.

The former boss of the now demolished Hazelwood coal plant in Victoria, Tony Concannon, has been appointed by Labor to the CEFC board.

The post Coal man turned solar champion joins CEFC board appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CEFC brings in Infradebt to underwrite Neoen Australia's 100MW/200MWh Capital Battery, known for its innovative “virtual battery” offtake deal with AGL Energy.

The post Neoen secures finance for its “virtual” big battery in Canberra appeared first on RenewEconomy.

FFI inks deal with Deutsche Bahn to develop modified diesel train engines that use a mix of green ammonia and hydrogen – an alternative to the "infinity train."

The post Forrest’s FFI inks deal to develop green ammonia and hydrogen train engine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Could the solution to plastic pollution be found inside the mouths of tiny wax worms?

Climate activists say Egypt should reverse its decision because of Coca-Cola's plastic pollution.

The long duration energy storage offered by pumped hydro is vital to Australia's renewables transition. So how can we limit its environmental damage?

The post How to ensure the world’s largest pumped-hydro project isn’t a disaster for the environment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How can we ensure a fair and sustainable transmission transition? Here are 12 recommendations to the federal government's Rewiring the Nation policy.

The post Supergrids sound great for renewables, but they must be fair and sustainable too appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Steady year-on-year growth in renewables generation was enough to meet the rise in global electricity demand in the first half of 2022, enabling global power sector emissions to be unchanged from the same period last year, according to analysis from an energy and climate think-tank released on Wednesday.

Alok Sharma says the King has been a champion of the environment and other countries want him to attend COP27.