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

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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.

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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.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Office MEDIA RELEASE

The prime minister has called the presentation "very important' - now we get to see it.

If flowers continue to appear earlier as the planet warms, there are risks for farming and nature.

BHP says works have begun on solar and battery storage at its Nickel West operations in WA, and it's scouting for suitable sites to add up to 50MW of wind.

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Power sector emissions under the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme came in above the adjusted cap for the second straight year in 2021, even as CO2 output in the fourth quarter continued on a downward trend compared to historic levels.

The Asset Development team in the new Carbon Markets unit will position Equinor to participate in natural climate solutions projects. The team will have diverse backgrounds and experience, working in Norway, UK and Brazil, where learning, knowledge sharing, and a collaborative style will be key to success.

The Asset Development team in the new Carbon Markets unit will position Equinor to participate in natural climate solutions projects. The team will have diverse backgrounds and experience, working in Norway, UK and Brazil, where learning, knowledge sharing, and a collaborative style will be key to success.

GHG output under the Nova Scotia cap-and-trade programme fell during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, though emissions from the Canadian province’s electric utility remained far above its free allocation level, according to government data published Tuesday.

South Australia, a leader in renewables, is about to take a massive step backwards by giving the green light to a particularly dangerous fossil fuel extraction method.

The post South Australia about to set fire to underground coal, and its green energy credentials appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research finds Queensland’s laws fail to protect private conservation areas from the hidden impacts of mining on groundwater. Rebecca Louise Nelson, Associate Professor in Law, The University of Melbourne Rebecca Spindler, Adjunct associate professor, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

But one coral reef expert says even reefs that bleach every five years could have corals that survive

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Almost no corals on the planet will escape severe bleaching once global heating reaches 1.5C, according to a new study of the world’s reefs.

Reefs in areas currently regarded as cooler refuges will be overwhelmed at 1.5C of heating, and just 0.2% of reefs will escape at least one bleaching outbreak every decade, according to the research.

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Formerly rare high temperatures now covering half of seas and devastating wildlife, study shows

Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research.

Scientists analysed sea surface temperatures over the last 150 years, which have risen because of global heating. They found that extreme temperatures occurring just 2% of the time a century ago have occurred at least 50% of the time across the global ocean since 2014.

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