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The solar market has reached a plateau, but new projections suggest that home batteries might finally have their day.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Why the solar boom is starting to cool down appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Exclusive: Area twice the size of London devoted to grouse shooting in UK’s parks, threatening efforts to tackle climate crisis

National parks supposedly at the heart of efforts to tackle the climate crisis and boost nature are dominated by intensively managed grouse moors, according to new research.

Driven grouse moors, which are associated with the controversial burning of vegetation and the illegal persecution of birds of prey, make up 44% of the Cairngorms national park, 28% of the North York Moors and a fifth of the Peak District, a study by the charity Rewilding Britain has found.

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Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solution

Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry misinformation campaign over the climate crisis during last year’s presidential election, according to a new analysis released on Thursday.

The report by the London-based thinktank InfluenceMap identified an increase in advertising on the social media site by ExxonMobil and other fossil-fuel companies aimed at shaping the political debate about policies to address global heating.

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Australian hydrogen technology start up secures research partnership with QUT to commercialise high efficiency fuel cell technologies.

The post Australian hydrogen start-up taps QUT for high efficiency fuel cell tech appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It’s true farmers are facing a lot of regulation but only after decades of fighting off smaller reforms – we need them to change

In July, an estimated 60,000, mostly rural New Zealanders took to the streets to protest environmental regulations farmers say are unworkable. Angry and frustrated, they rolled into 57 towns and cities on tractors and trucks to form the country’s biggest farmer protest.

I grew up in rural New Zealand, and many of my family work in and around the dairy industry – so I have experienced a lot of this frustration first hand.

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Decmil Group Limited is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth up to $23 million, to deliver the civil balance of plant works for the Crookwell 3 Wind Farm Project.

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Plans have been unveiled for three big battery storage projects in NSW, including two in New England and another in the state's north.

The post Plans filed for 900MWh of big battery storage in Tamworth, Armidale and Lismore appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO flags yet more delays to introduction of 5-minute settlement, a major market reform that will favour battery storage.

The post Regulators flag possible delay to key switch to 5-minute settlements appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Scuba-diver Ross McLaren has taken thousands of photos of marine life in Scotland's rivers and sea-lochs.

Commercial formulas, which contain multiple chemicals, should require their own licences, researchers say.

What will happen to Alaska's whales when tourism returns to waters stilled by Covid?

Leading expert says outlawing use of chemicals in private and public areas could slow insect decline and protect human health

A leading insect expert has called for a UK-wide ban on the use of pesticides in gardens and urban areas to protect bees, wildlife and human health.

Dave Goulson, a professor of biology at the University of Sussex, said outlawing chemical spraying in the country’s 22m private gardens, along with road verges, parks and other green spaces, could slow insect decline by creating a network of nature-friendly habitats where insects can recover.

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Consortium of big tech companies that approve emojis for digital communications will not allow wind turbines.

The post The world has more than 3,000 emojis, but wind turbines are not allowed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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For biodiversity offsets to work, landholders need to be on board, but their diverse perspectives remain poorly understood. Roel Plant, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney Laure-Elise Ruoso, Senior Research Consultant, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Anyone flouting the rules could be fined due to the damage some lotions can cause to coral.

The top holder of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits reduced its share of the bank once again during the six-month period ending in Q1 2021, continuing a persistent trend over the past several years, recent data showed. 

An increasing number of Eastern EU nations are accelerating their plans to shut down coal-fired power plants, amid rising costs of burning the fuel and financial support to recover from the coronavirus crisis.

Organization: European Climate Foundation Position: Senior Associate, Clean Energy Duty Station: Flexible Deadline for Application: 16 August 2021

The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) is slated to make a decision as early as this week on whether Dominion Energy can recover $167.8 million from ratepayers for RGGI-related compliance costs, an agency spokesperson told Carbon Pulse.