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Ministers are planning to ban solar farms from most of England’s farmland, the Guardian can reveal.

The new environment secretary, Ranil Jayawardena, is understood to oppose solar panels being placed on agricultural land, arguing that it impedes his programme of growth and boosting food production.

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Report shows adding wave power generation into the renewable energy mix in Australia could alleviate the need for costly battery storage.

The post Wave power generators could help to “firm” solar and wind, says report appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Latest data from Rystad Energy shows South Australia dominating the list of best performing assets for the month of September.

The post Top 10 best performing wind farms for September: South Australia cleans up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

GreenCollar makes submission to government review with Prof Andrew Macintosh, who has described the scheme as ‘largely a sham’

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The biggest generator of Australian carbon credits has joined critics in calling for a revamp of the scheme’s governance, saying it has “fundamental problems”.

GreenCollar, which describes itself as the country’s largest environmental markets investor, natural resource manager and conservation-for-profit organisation, has made a joint submission to a government review of the carbon credit system with academics including Prof Andrew Macintosh, who used to be responsible for the scheme’s integrity.

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With the Collie coal plant out for three months, new data from Rystad Energy shows the state's coal fleet capacity factor is looking pretty miserable.

The post Chart of the Day: Shortages and outages paint dismal picture for WA coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Australian government has opened consultation on draft legislation needed to create Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs), which will be rewarded to industrial facilities that stay below their emissions baselines.

Proposed reforms will swap ACCUs for the new credit, but now they'll only be granted if the emitter can get under their new baseline emissions level.

The post Bowen tackles carbon market reform with new look Safeguard Mechanism – but is it enough? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Brisbane-based Line Hydrogen will develop a “zero carbon” renewable energy power system for a new mining project in WA, including an on-site green hydrogen electrolyser.

The post On-site renewable hydrogen electrolyser to help power WA gold mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The ballot in the state that hosts most of Germany's wind power capacity is seen as a mood barometer for the national government's energy crisis response.

The post Energy crisis looms large in election in Germany’s biggest wind power state appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A closer look at eight value-adding critical mineral refining projects in Australia's $10 billion pipeline of investment proposals.

The post Eight key critical minerals projects in Australia’s $10bn pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Micael Gunner will lead FFI's new Darwin-based team, but will bring a legacy of support for "atrocious" polluting gas projects.

The post FFI taps former chief NT minister to lead green charge in Top End appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s richest man recently took on the world’s richest man over the shape of our green future. But it’s not either batteries or green hydrogen – we need both. John Mathews, Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A new assessment into parts of the climate system that are sensitive to "tipping" delivers some sobering conclusions.

The post Climate tipping points could lock in devastating changes – how close are they? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nets used to be brought to shore and left in landfill or discarded in the ocean - putting seals at risk.

Up to 90 million national-scale forest protection credits are likely coming to the global voluntary carbon market after the UN completed a technical check, which would represent a potentially massive supply injection from a supply route that has so far seen very limited demand.

Citizen scientists find high phosphorous levels in the soil could be polluting the river in Herefordshire

Campaigners have revealed the results of farmland testing which provides new evidence of the potential link between intensive poultry units and the decline of the River Wye.

Citizen scientists sampled farmland along public footpaths near a tributary to the river in Herefordshire. They discovered the soil with the highest levels of phosphorus, which can blight a river, were close to intensive poultry units.

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An assessment released Friday shows the population is down 38% from its peak in 2015 and 2016

US researchers say the number of gray whales off western North America has continued to dwindle during the last two years, a decline that resembles previous population swings over the past several decades but is still generating worry.

According to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries assessment released Friday, the most recent count put the population at 16,650 whales – down 38% from its peak during the 2015-16 period. The whales also produced the fewest calves since scientists began counting the births in 1994.

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Forest fires ignited by Russian shelling have devastated Ukraine's Drevlyansky reserve.

The four-bin approach is common in the world’s top recycling countries, but experts say a lot more is needed to create a genuinely circular economy

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In Germany, the most successful recycling nation in the world, there’s a town that has provided services to recycle a dead dog or a deer head.

In South Korea, another champion of the circular economy, a garbage inspector may fossick through your refuse and fine you if you put the wrong thing in the wrong bag.

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US imposed ban on British meat during BSE epidemic but restriction was lifted earlier this year

British lamb has been exported to the US for the first time in more than 20 years after a ban put in place during the BSE epidemic was lifted.

US president Joe Biden committed to scrapping the ban on imports of British meat in September 2021.

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