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Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union

The UK government has weakened energy efficiency targets for farmers after lobbying from the National Farmers’ Union.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) had proposed a 40.9% energy efficiency improvement target for horticulture and a 12% target for poultry in order to cut the carbon footprint of the farming sector and reduce the reliance on fossil fuels to heat greenhouses and sheds.

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Exclusive: Fields run by climate summit host have burned gas near daily despite 20-year-old pledge, satellite monitoring reveals

State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flaring, the Guardian can reveal.

The UAE is hosting the UN Cop28 summit, which starts on 30 November, and Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of the state oil company Adnoc, will preside over the international negotiations to urgently tackle the climate crisis.

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The NSW Planning department has performed a remarkable backflip on the messaging from its wind farm map. Everywhere is now deemed "suitable" for wind turbines.

The post NSW Planning backflips on wind energy map messaging: Everywhere is now suitable! appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntlet.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: State of confusion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A large-scale green hydrogen production facility at bp’s former Kwinana oil refinery in WA has made key new progress, backed by $70m from federal Labor.

The post Kwinana green hydrogen hub reaches “major milestone” at former oil refinery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian researchers develop a new way to make, reproduce and test new perovskite solar cells within a matter of weeks, bypassing years of human labour and error.

The post Australian perovskite breakthrough takes the “alchemy” out of solar cell production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) on Thursday hosted a Q&A session to discuss the potential request for legislation required to facilitate linkage between the state’s cap-and-invest scheme and the joint California-Quebec cap-and-trade programme.

A joint California-Quebec workshop Thursday regarding potential changes to the cap-and-trade programme heard clarifications about modelled CO2 permit prices, as staff responsible for regulation of the joint market also presented their rationale regarding considerations for changes in market mechanisms.

A list of 46 countries and their provisional baseline validity periods for Avoiding Unplanned Deforestation (AUD) projects was published by standards body Verra accompanying a Request for Proposals (RFP), and the organisation wants REDD developers to review the new timeframes.

FREE READ - Dubai will grow in population by the equivalent of a small city as a record number of delegates descend upon the desert metropolis later this month for this year’s COP28 climate summit.

A number of modifications to three of Oregon state’s climate programmes proposed by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) successfully passed, but heard particular concern from the Environmental Quality Commission regarding state regulation of biomethane on Thursday.

Wild swans are stopping off further north as winters become milder, experts say.

The best chance of catching a glimpse is in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday.

There is an unprecedented global swing towards solar and wind power under way

If you’re searching for some hope on the climate crisis before the Cop28 UN meeting in Dubai this month, try this: China may be changing direction on pollution earlier than expected.

Lauri Myllyvirta, a longtime China analyst now with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, calculated that CO2 emissions from the world’s biggest national polluter are likely to fall next year and could then go into “structural decline”.

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Ariel Liebman was a great networker, bringing people together to work on what he called the BHAGs – the big hairy audacious goals relating to climate change.

The post Vale Ariel Liebman: Tackling big hairy audacious climate goals won’t be the same without him appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) both saw rising prices even as volumes traded fell over the week, with market participants largely agreeing that CCAs would remain at a premium after the ARB cap-and-trade informal rulemaking public workshop slidedeck was posted on Wednesday, but were split on the fate of WCAs.

The US federal Environment Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday a string of grants to environmental justice (EJ) initiatives across several states in the Southern US.

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most. Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Waqas Uzair, Edith Cowan University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Labour leader aims to set up ‘British jobs bonus fund’ to challenge oil firms to accelerate shift to clean energy

Keir Starmer has challenged the oil industry to dramatically speed up its shift to clean energy by offering up to £2.5bn to subsidise new jobs in renewables for North Sea workers.

The Labour leader has told executives from firms including Shell and BP that the UK is in a global race to move away from oil and gas, with competitor countries such as the US investing billions in climate-friendly technologies.

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