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A new study - completed on Wednesday - using real time data finds renewables can meet 98.8% of demand over the year, with just five hours storage.

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APA unveils climate plans that appear to undermine - under a 1.5°C scenario - its own massive investment plans and emissions rhetoric.

The post APA eyes more solar farms, but faces climate crunch on expanding gas plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

I attest these rather ordinary, mud-covered stingrays are beautiful, and I never tire of watching them. Unfortunately, they are at risk of decline and localised extinctions. Jaelen Nicole Myers, PhD Candidate, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Ukrainian campaigners call for immediate end to investments, to cut funds to war and help avoid climate breakdown

US and UK financial institutions have been among the leading investors in Russian “carbon bomb” fossil fuel projects, according to a new database of holdings from recent years.

Campaigners in Ukraine said these institutions must immediately end such investments, to limit the funding of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to avoid climate breakdown.

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New 150MW wind farm in WA wheatbelt region waved through by environmental body.

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Blending green hydrogen into residential gas supplies is dumb on many levels, but a new report says it would send home energy costs skyrocketing even higher.

The post Hydrogen in the gas grid is a dumb idea – very dumb appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tips, tricks and what's new in solar safety with Erik Zimmerman from SiteTech Safety.

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Scientists develop new resin which can be turned into many things, including gummy bears. One scientist ate one to prove the point.

The post Wind turbine blades can be recast into candy and nappies, says new research appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Parts of China are enduring the worst heatwave in decades, affecting crops and power supplies as water levels reach record lows

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Queensland's biggest battery at Wandoan South is now in full commercial operations after nearly a year of testing on the grid.

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The dugong, a relative of the fabled manatee, has been declared functionally extinct in the region.

As Senior Environmental Planner, Cap-and-Invest Program and Linkage, you will be the agency’s lead expert on the process Washington will use to explore linking the state’s Cap-and-Invest Program with other jurisdictions such as California and Quebec.

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Offset standard developer and manager Verra on Tuesday welcomed two new senior staff from North American subnational government agencies, with both hires having significant experience with compliance-based carbon markets. 

A California state assemblymember amended legislation Tuesday to introduce Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) more ambitious 2030 GHG reduction target, with a vote potentially coming later this week.

The long delays in housing displaced flood victims point to the need to develop a permanent reserve of temporary housing to be available wherever and whenever disaster strikes. Mark Maund, WSP Team Lead Regional NSW & ACT / Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle Kim Maund, Deputy Head of School, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle Thayaparan Gajendran, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

I watched little ravens line their nests with messmate stringy bark last spring. Here’s what birds might seek your garden trees this year. Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As environment secretary, Liz Truss made cuts that undermined regulation. Now coastal communities are suffering

Untreated sewage pouring into coastal waters around England is far from the only crisis afflicting the UK in this worrying summer. But there could be few more dispiriting signs of the state we are in than the fact that holidaymakers on some of our most popular beaches are being warned to stay out of the sea because of the risks to health from swimming with faeces, while the majority of rivers are on “red alert”. In some locations, including Littlehampton in West Sussex, there are no working monitors, meaning that there is no way to measure pollution.

Rightly, the water companies and Ofwat, their ineffective regulator, are coming in for heavy criticism. And the headline figures and facts that sum up the sector’s dismal performance are worth repeating. Between 1991 and 2019, English and Welsh water companies paid out £72bn in dividends, and took on around £55bn in debt. But the investment in infrastructure that was supposed to follow privatisation never came. Not one new reservoir has been built in 30 years, while Scottish Water, which remains publicly owned, has invested 35% more per household. On a host of measures, from leaks to river water quality, the UK’s performance is poor, with leaked data showing that at current rates it will take 2,000 years to replace the pipe network.

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A crypto startup has announced a series of blockchain partnerships in a bid to streamline processes and undercut the costs of the traditional over-the-counter broker in the voluntary carbon market (VCM)

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