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From trade unions to a bishop, activists are uniting to keep the UK government to its North Sea climate commitments

When the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, tweeted on the eve of the long jubilee weekend that the government was giving the go-ahead to a new oil and gas project in the North Sea, ministers probably hoped the news would slip out without much fuss.

But less than 24 hours later hundreds of protesters, furious that the government was planning to expand fossil fuel infrastructure in the midst of a climate crisis, took to the streets across the UK to voice their objections.

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The potential for agrivoltaics is huge – particularly in a changing climate, where both food security and energy security are at a premium.

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Partial production at wind farm host to turbine collapse resumes after a month off line, but cause of the incident yet to be identified.

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The idea that the US government would subsidise the feeding of supersonic jets, rather than people, beggars belief.

The post The madness of cutting down forests to grow food crops for supersonic aircraft biofuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Official advice suggests warming your house to 18℃. But it’s perfectly possible to live in an unheated house with personal warming devices and better clothing. Robert Nelson, Honorary Principal Fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Hydro Tasmania says new CEO will lead battery of the nation project in midst of "most critical transformation our industry has ever experienced."

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Renewables achieved double-digit cost reductions in 2021, and saved tens of billions in fossil fuel costs, but IRENA warns of supply chain and commodities crises.

The post New wind and solar saved $82bn in fossil fuel costs in 2021, but supply pressures loom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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An orange flame on your stove would be the signal that you were now burning “renewable gas”, the advertorial said, promising this would happen “sooner than you expect”.

Above the article, which ran in the Age last week, was an advert from pipeline and distribution company Australian Gas Networks (AGN) showing a gas flame burning an unfamiliar green with the words “renewable gas”.

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The discoveries included a fungus previously recorded in the Arctic and another in Antarctica.

After two successful funding rounds, a blockchain carbon offsetting platform is expanding its presence in the US with a new base in Florida and a new advisor in the country, and is eyeing further senior hires.

A US agricultural technology company has raised $20 million in Series A funding, which it said will allow it to significantly expand farming and commercial adoption of its seaweed-based digestive aid for methane-spewing cattle.

Three natural gas companies filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Pennsylvania’s RGGI rulemaking, adding to a growing caseload the state faces in its efforts to join the 11-state cap-and-trade programme that is pending resolution from the state Supreme Court.

California regulator ARB divvied out fewer than 100,000 compliance offsets for the third time in four issuance periods as the slow crediting rate this year continues, according to government data published Wednesday. 

Water from disused mines could be used to heat homes and cut bills, the Welsh government says.

The Associate Director, International Carbon Markets will focus on expanding MIMTA’s forest carbon project development globally.  This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in the company’s continued growth and success and to make significant contributions to an international, dynamic, and entrepreneurial team. 

A US national conservation organisation has teamed up again with its international partner to launch a nature-based offsets programme for small scale, family-owned and individual forest holdings, the companies announced Wednesday.

A Dutch carbon offset firm has agreed to sell around 535,000 voluntary carbon offsets from a Kenyan clean cookstove project.

This week, Austalia began a climate pivot on its relationship with the region. Fossil fuels are out and exporting green energy and green manufacturing techniques are in. John Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University Elizabeth Thurbon, Scientia Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW Sydney Hao Tan, Associate Professor, Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle Sung-Young Kim, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Discipline of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Some 13 EU countries are eyeing alternatives to fund the bloc's shift away from Russia fossil fuels amid concerns that a Brussels plan to sell MSR-held carbon units is too disruptive for the EU ETS.