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St Baker family seeks to replicate success of first energy innovation fund with a new $200m vehicle focused on the energy transition and electric mobility.

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Alan Schwartz is investing millions into a group he hopes will bring together business and NGOs.

The post Rich lister to fund lobby group to strengthen climate laws and accelerate transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new report warning of "endemic" water scarcity is released ahead of a three-day water summit.

New report finds threat of cyber attacks on Australia's energy industry and infrastructure is rising, particularly as digitisation and 3rd party controls come into play.

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Spark Renewables joins forces with Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 to develop floating offshore wind projects in one of Australia's hottest new zones.

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Not all La Niñas are wet, nor El Niños dry – especially if you live in Sydney. So here’s how to interpret what an El Niño forecast means for you. Carly Tozer, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Nandini Ramesh, Senior Research Scientist, Data61, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The House of Lords report blames government, regulator and water companies for pollution.

Investors have taken up greater short positions in the power sector RGGI carbon market because of its growing allowance bank, an analyst told the North American Carbon World (NACW) conference in Anaheim on Tuesday.

California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) with direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs) will retail for more roughly double the price of credits without this distinction by the end of the decade, analysts said Tuesday.

Unravelling the mystery of how life in Antarctica survived past ice ages involved sampling some of the oldest museum records. When combined with a dating database, a familiar story is revealed. Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Andrew Mackintosh, Professor & Head, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment; expert on glaciers and ice sheets, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Another large storm is forecast to hit the state's central and southern coast this week.

The full battery opportunity won't be unlocked, however, unless Australia puts in the policy and industry legwork first.

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The financial trail of underlying projects is of equal interest to would-be voluntary carbon credit buyers as other transparency elements such as project location and methodology, a panel heard Tuesday.

Saudi developer secures agreements to build three solar plus storage projects in one of the world’s largest power purchase deals.

The post “World’s biggest” solar and battery storage offtake deal to deliver giga-scale projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Officials at a heated town meeting in Menindee, outback New South Wales, are challenged to drink a mug of town water in front of the crowd after assuring the community that it meets Australian drinking water standards. The request is issued by Jan Fennell, a resident who says the town is tired of being given instructions by authorities without being granted meaningful involvement or reassurances

• Menindee residents ask officials to drink town’s water as reassurance after massive fish kill
• ‘All this here will kill this river’: traditional owners grieve for the Darling-Baaka after mass fish death

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UN report predicts water demand will increase by 80% as crisis threatens to get out of control

The number of people lacking access to safe drinking water in cities around the world will double by 2050, research has found, amid warnings of an imminent water crisis that is likely to “spiral out of control”.

Nearly 1 billion people in cities around the world face water scarcity today and the number is likely to reach between 1.7 billion and 2.4 billion within the next three decades, according to the UN World Water Development Report, published on Tuesday ahead of a vital UN summit. Urban water demand is predicted to increase by 80% by 2050.

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Trains in the north and south of the Netherlands are affected, with some services stopping for a week.

The Australia Institute lists the nation's 116 new fossil fuel projects and the massive carbon bomb that they will set off if they all proceed as planned.

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Czech majority state-owned utility CEZ reported a 5% year-on-year drop in its EU ETS-covered thermal power output for 2022, it said on Tuesday, though its demand for carbon allowances saw less of an impact as coal output held relatively steady.