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Plastics Rebellion complains to advertising watchdog about claims made in British TV advert

Innocent drinks have been accused of “greenwashing” by plastic pollution campaigners after releasing an advert that claims buying their smoothies can help save the environment.

Activists, who recently occupied the company’s headquarters, have lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about claims made in an advert entitled Little Drinks, Big Dreams. The ASA is currently reviewing the evidence submitted by the activists and Innocent, and is expected to make a ruling imminently.

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The European Commission released its long-awaited second delegated act of the Taxonomy Regulation on Wednesday, largely sticking to plans to label some gas and nuclear power plants as green investments despite heavy criticism.

Brisbane based eleXsys to trial new voltage regulating technology, that could solve problems caused by high solar penetration, through ARENA backed trial.

The post Brisbane firm to trial new tech for managing grid voltages and boost solar penetration appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EUAs jumped by nearly €4 to a new record in early trading on Wednesday as traders extended Tuesday's rally, while energy prices made more modest gains as tensions in Ukraine rose.

Concerns government guidance will not bring an end to the ‘scandal of untreated sewage pollution’

Ofwat must do more to make the water industry in England and Wales protect the environment, the government has said.

Setting out the priorities for the regulator for the next five years the environment minister Rebecca Pow said water companies should significantly reduce the frequency and volume of sewage discharges from storm overflows.

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River Dee initiative comes as rising water temperature from climate heating threatens species’ survival

Millions of trees are being planted beside Scotland’s remotest rivers and streams to protect wild salmon from the worst effects of climate heating.

Fisheries scientists have found rivers and burns in the Highlands and uplands are already too warm in summer for wild Atlantic salmon as they head upstream to spawn, increasing the threat to the species’ survival.

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A Brazil-based company specialising in tokenising carbon credits from forestry projects in the Amazon has raised $10 million from investors to expand its Web3 activities in environmental markets.

An Australian resources firm has revealed plans to generate hundreds of millions of carbon credits from forestry projects in Papua New Guinea, after being granted forest concessions by PNG authorities.

Britain's tallest bird is making a strong comeback with a record-breaking 72 pairs.

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Plants now bloom in mid-April on average, with scientists warning of mismatches with insects and birds

Plants are flowering a month earlier in the UK as the climate heats up, a study has found.

The researchers examined 420,000 recorded dates of first flowering for more than 400 species, dating to 1793. The average date for the first blooms was about 12 May up to 1986, but since then the date has been pushed forward to 16 April.

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Labor wants to run the Kurri Kurri gas power station on green hydrogen. But the figures don’t stack up. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Andrew Forrest’s FFI acquires stake in Australian technology that promises to produce renewable hydrogen using just sunlight.

The post Fortescue buys into Australian low cost hydrogen technology that only needs sunlight appeared first on RenewEconomy.

British oil and gas giant to partner with newly formed Hydrogen Chemistry Company to develop a green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands.

The post BP and Macquarie offshoot to jointly develop 250MW green hydrogen plant at Rotterdam appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Gravity-based, long duration energy storage technology of Swiss company Energy Vault gains major new investor and foothold in massive China market.

The post Energy Vault inks massive China deal for gravity-based storage project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Efforts to restore major supply routes in South Australia have been hampered by huge rainfalls but the weather system is expected to ease

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Fires, flooding and humidity may have made life hard for many Australians in the last week but it looks like there may be a reprieve as the monsoon system causing havoc across the continent is expected to break apart before the weekend.

A monsoonal weather system swept across the continent dragging with it tropical moisture from the equator that caused massive rainfalls from the far north-west of the country, right into central Australia.

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Woodside, which is developing Australia's biggest fossil fuel project in a decade, also happens to be the biggest fossil fuel political donor.

The post Australia’s political leaders need to re-think where their money is coming from appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia based battery start-up chosen for Acciona trial that could see it form part of the renewable energy giant's portfolio of energy storage providers.

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Monsoonal weather systems swept in across central Australia this past week, bringing massive rainfalls and floods in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Vital roads and rail lines were cut off, with trucks forced to take a 3,000km detour from Adelaide distribution centres to get supplies up to the NT.

The Australian defence force was forced to deliver 20 tonnes of food and supplies to Coober Pedy in South Australia where grocery shipment routes have been affected by flood waters.

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• Remote Northern Territory town hit by food shortages amid flood and Covid crises
• Flooding cuts off key railway supply routes in central Australia

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Chris Bowen says Labor will focus on winning economic argument for climate action, to avoid Coalition election scare tactics.

The post Labor wants to win economic debate on climate, but fears scare campaign on efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.