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Every year, air pollution kills 2,600 Australians. Australia’s new climate policy regime must account for this and other harms climate change wreaks on society. Thomas Longden, Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Richard Norman, Associate Professor in Health Economics, Curtin University Sotiris Vardoulakis, Professor of Global Environmental Health Tom Kompas, Professor of Environmental Economics and Biosecurity, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state government will consider market-based approaches, such as fees, targeted caps, offsets, or a trading scheme as potential future options to help implement its climate change action plan released on Thursday.

BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies spend $750m a year burnishing climate credentials but only 12% of capital on low-carbon development

Big oil and gas companies are spending tens of millions on adverts publicising their environmental work, while only about a 10th of their investment goes into low-carbon development, a report claims.

A comprehensive study of public communications from five oil and gas firms by InfluenceMap, a climate finance thinktank, found that 60% of the ads made at least one claim highlighting the companies’ positive climate actions. But on average, the five companies devoted only 12% of capital expenditure to low-carbon activities – and this included some gas projects.

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Igneo Infrastructure Partners wins auction to buy 60% stake in the Lal Lal wind farms in Victoria, and is looking at more transactions.

The post Atmos looks to battery storage projects after buying Victoria wind farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate announce major boost to capacity of the offshore wind farm they propose to build in the Gippsland Bass Strait region.

The post Offshore wind plans boosted as developers fathom full Gippsland potential appeared first on RenewEconomy.

All-Energy Australia, Australia’s largest clean energy event, will have a content stream focused entirely on hydrogen and hydrogen technologies.

The post Is hydrogen vital to Australia’s energy and economic future? Find out at All Energy Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Corporate Australia's green energy plans are likely to sweep Australia's most coal dependent state into a future it could barely imagine.

The post Australia’s most coal dependent state may be about to make big green leap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian and international researchers have demonstrated a way to produce renewable hydrogen without the need to consume precious drinking water.

The post Researchers pluck green hydrogen from the air, without any need for liquid water appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW is to become first state to regulate CO2 as a pollutant, potentially establishing the framework for government-backed national climate actions.

The post NSW to be first state to regulate CO2 as pollutant under sweeping new proposals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Developing countries want industrialised countries to pay reparations for loss and damage caused by climate change. Even with disasters ramping up, wealthy nations are resisting. Melanie Pill, Research fellow, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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A new term – renewable gas – has emerged. But to claim the industry is ‘well on the way to decarbonising’ is questionable

Australia’s gas industry and the owners of all the pipes and infrastructure are on a public relations splurge to convince customers to stick with it in the face of the grand decarbonisation challenge.

A new term – renewable gas – has emerged, with the industry talking the talk about replacing its fossil fuel gas with alternatives such as hydrogen and gas generated from waste.

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This ocean warming controls the rate of climate change, and the effects such as sea level rise are irreversible on human timescales

Over the last 50 years, the oceans have been working in overdrive to slow global warming, absorbing about 40% of our carbon dioxide emissions, and more than 90% of the excess heat trapped in the atmosphere.

But as our research published today in Nature Communications has found, some oceans work harder than others.

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The centre-right EPP political group wants to auction €20 billion worth of MSR-held carbon allowances within a single year - rather than the four-year stretch proposed by the European Commission under its RePowerEU initiative, according to legislative amendments submitted this week that could increase bearish pressures on the market.

Super major oil companies spend huge amounts of time and money talking up their green credentials, while their investments and lobbying activities tell a different story.

The post Greenwash: Big oil talks a big game but does little to shift away from fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exposure to diverse microbes boosts our immunity, while spending time in nature restores wellbeing. And COVID reminds us of the risks of new viruses when we intrude on and degrade natural habitats. Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University Christopher Daniels, Professor of Biology, University of South Australia Martin Breed, Senior Lecturer in Biology, Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Chris Skidmore urges new PM to ignore ‘tiny vocal minority in Westminster’ arguing against climate target

Top green Conservative Chris Skidmore is to embark on a net zero tour to show that “normal people are getting on with” decarbonisation, and urge the new prime minister to ignore the “Westminster bubble” that is pouring scorn on the climate target.

Skidmore, a former energy minister, will on Thursday visit green schemes across north-west England, including a home insulation demonstration in Salford and a peat restoration project in Oldham.

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The World Bank Group blew past its previous annual climate-financing record for developing countries' climate mitigation strategies in FY 2022, jumping 19% higher than last year's record-setting delivery.

The EU generated a record 12% of its electricity from solar between May and August, helping to avoid an estimated €29 billion in fossil gas imports, according to an environmental think-tank.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin's (R) administration filed a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) on Wednesday, initiating the first step in the standard regulatory process to repeal the trading rule and Virginia’s participation in RGGI, according to the state registrar’s office.