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Inquiry into more than 2,000 treatment sites prompts calls for transparency from Environment Agency

A legal action group is warning there may be an information blackout on sewage discharges by water companies for years, after the Environment Agency announced an inquiry into more than 2,000 sites.

Fish Legal said that in the past, the EA has refused to disclose any information once an investigation is launched. The group said the systemic abuse of the permit conditions under which sewage treatment works have to operate had been brought to light by the public, often using environmental information requests.

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This role will primarily support AGL's greenfield carbon project development opportunities and will be responsible for conducting detailed qualitative and commercial assessments, carrying out due diligence across investment proposals, identifying new development opportunities and reporting on progress against the carbon project pipeline.

Danish shipping giant Maersk has launched a green financing framework to kickstart its carbon neutrality by 2050 goal, the company announced.

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The roadmap predicts that by the 2030s, the sector could boost Australia’s annual GDP by around A$10 billion, create 26,200 jobs and reduce emissions by about 9%. Bernadette McCabe, Professor and Principal Scientist, University of Southern Queensland Ian O'Hara, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Carbon-backed crypto initiative Klima DAO has shook the voluntary offset market since its launch a month ago, and it could be just the start as decentralised finance and blockchain ventures eye up project development and intergovernmental emissions trade.

Conservation groups welcome push by Andrew Forrest to phase out diesel fuel rebate for big miners in return for support for green hydrogen.

The post NGOs back Andrew Forrest call to dump diesel rebate in favour of green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Here are three simple, low cost actions that could accelerate push to zero emissions, and some less easy policy moves that could lock it in.

The post Three simple, low cost actions that can accelerate transition to zero emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

For all the moderate liberal MPs who say they’re committed to action on climate change, barely an inch of ground has been gained in the most significant issue of our time.

The post If you vote for moderate Liberals, you will end up with Barnaby Joyce again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Shell boosts presence in Australian energy market in deal to buy the Powershop Australia operations of Meridian Energy.

The post Shell snaps up Powershop to accelerate challenge to big energy retail incumbents appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrew Budziak spends his nights photographing the animals of Toronto, Canada.

Conservation groups, farming community and government to work together on 10-year project

The curlew holds a cherished place in Welsh folklore and culture, its bubbling, haunting call traditionally regarded by many as a harbinger of spring.

However, numbers of the wading bird have declined to such low levels that a major plan involving a string of conservation groups, the farming community and the Welsh government has been launched with the aim of saving the creature from extinction in what used to be a stronghold.

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Boris Johnson to announce plans at CBI conference, telling business leaders the UK is at a pivotal moment

Boris Johnson will seek to boost the UK’s clean energy credentials after a tricky UN climate crisis conference by announcing that all new buildings in England will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year.

In a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in the north-east of England on Monday, the prime minister will reveal plans, briefed as “world-leading”, to toughen up regulations for new homes and buildings.

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South Australia on Sunday became the first gigawatt scale grid in the world to reach zero operational demand on Sunday.

The post Rooftop solar helps send South Australia grid to zero demand in world first appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Speaking at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis encourages young people in their efforts to protect the environment, telling them to be 'the critical conscience of society'

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A coalminer’s application for a lease in the middle of the famous wine region has galvanised local opposition

The Broken Back Range has always loomed large in Sally Scarborough’s life.

She grew up in Cessnock in its foothills, amid wine country and the Great Dividing Range of the New South Wales Hunter Valley. But beyond the state forest lay rural farmland – and coalmines.

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Green experts and human rights activists are concerned the hardline Cairo regime will suppress any civil society action

Concern is growing over plans to host a UN climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh next year, in what will be a crucial summit if the world is to limit global heating to 1.5C.

Several green experts and human rights activists have told the Observer they fear the ability of civil society groups to protest at the summit will be curtailed by Egypt’s authoritarian regime, reducing the pressure that can be brought to bear on leaders and ministers from the nearly 200 countries expected to take part.

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AEMO announces departure of another two key executives, including the person who led the preparation of the Integrated System Plan.

The post Architect of Integrated System Plan to leave AEMO as staff exodus continues appeared first on RenewEconomy.

State government urged to manage and resource recent property acquisitions to protect native species and habitat

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In June last year, the New South Wales environment minister, Matt Kean, announced the acquisition of Narriearra station, a sweeping property on Karengappa country in the state’s north-west, for the national parks estate.

Dotted with huge temporary wetlands that fill and attract waterbirds during inland floods, the 153,415 hectare outback cattle station was the single largest purchase of private land for a national park in the state’s history.

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