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A site in WA the size of greater Sydney has been chosen for the $100bn project to convert wind and solar power into green fuels

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An international consortium wants to build what would be the world’s biggest renewable energy hub in Australia’s south-west to convert wind and solar power into green fuels like hydrogen.

The group of energy companies announced the proposal over a 15,000 sq km area that could have a 50 gigawatt capacity and cost $100bn.

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"We are now in a race to "electrify everything". ANU opens new research lab to test distributed energy technologies in real-world conditions.

The post “A race to electrify everything:” ANU lab to fast-track distributed energy technologies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The annual fire season has barely started - and there are claims that 2021 might be the worst year yet.

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Smartphones and satellite data help indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon to limit deforestation.

Six-week-old kit seen on National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset after pair of adults were reintroduced

A baby beaver has been born on Exmoor for the first time in 400 years after two adults were successfully reintroduced by the National Trust in January 2020.

Camera footage shows the six-week-old kit swimming to the family lodge with its mother in a large enclosure on the Holnicote Estate in Somerset, where two Eurasian beavers were released for the first time in the trust’s 125-year history.

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California should further evaluate the contribution of its WCI-linked cap-and-trade programme to reach the state’s long-term GHG reduction goals, while state regulator ARB should also implement further climate policies to decarbonise the building and transportation sectors, stakeholders wrote in public comments.

The Canadian government opposed Saskatchewan’s carbon tax proposal as it outlined more stringent benchmark criteria for provinces under the federal ‘backstop’ CO2 pricing regime, while the country’s updated Paris Agreement NDC confirmed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration will hike the national price by C$15/tonne annually over 2023-30.

A Pennsylvania-based pipeline company announced plans on Monday to acquire carbon offsets over a 10-year period for an interstate pipeline, with the credits to make the project carbon neutral over its first decade of operation.

Massive 50 gigawatt wind and solar project proposed by CWP and Intercontinental - the two parties behind the 26GW Asia Renewable Energy Hub.

The post World’s biggest renewable energy hub planned for south-west Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Survey respondents who overestimated the amount and speed of sea-level rise were more likely to express greater concern. But concern is not always helpful in prompting action. Rebecca Priestley, Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Richard Levy, Principal Scientist/Environment and Climate Research Leader, GNS Science Taciano L. Milfont, Reader in Environmental Psychology, University of Waikato Timothy Naish, Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Zoë Heine, PhD Candidate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

We are looking for a passionate leader to take on the career-defining opportunity of launching and scaling Europe’s first dedicated, independent carbon removal (CDR) advocacy organisation as Founding Executive Director.

German energy bourse EEX on Monday launched a Zero Carbon Freight Index that it said will allow players in the dry freight market to measure how carbon costs will affect them.

London, and the other areas in the south of England, were hit by torrential downpours that resulted in significant flooding on Monday night.

London fire brigade said its 999 control officers received more than 150 calls to flooding incidents in the capital. Forecasters said the torrential showers were expected to continue through most of the evening

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In the past, wildlife vigilantes have illegally moved Tasmanian devils off the island — an illegal practice known as "covert rewilding". They may well might try again. Michael Bode, Professor of Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology Zoe Nay, Research Associate, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Neither an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) nor a steep rise in carbon allowances prices – two long-term expected outcomes from the bloc’s major climate and energy package to be released this week – will have a significant impact on EU industry or consumers, economists said Monday.

Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices for CORSIA-eligible credits topped out above $3.00 last week to cap off a months-long voluntary carbon market (VCM) bull run, as registry data showed offset issuances and retirements rose significantly year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021.

Letter to world heritage committee comes as minister embarks on week of lobbying against change

Australia’s major environment groups have written to the UN’s world heritage committee, urging it to put the Great Barrier Reef on its “in danger” list as the Morrison government ramps up its lobbying against the change.

The environment minister, Sussan Ley, was due to land in Europe on Monday evening for a week-long campaign against the in-danger recommendation for the ocean jewel.

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Ingrid Horrocks learned to swim in the wild – but no river or lake in the region she grew up in is ‘swimmable’ any more

For most of those of us who swim, swimming is not something we think about: it is something we do.

I learned to swim in the sea, as some of us did in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 1980s, walking down to the beach with my Auckland primary school. One of my earliest memories is of graduating to the “heads under” group and of sucking salt from my hair.

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The October trigger price for the Cost Containment Mechanism (CCM) in the UK ETS has been raised by 5.4% month-on-month, the British government announced Monday, reflecting climbing allowance prices.