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The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 21 August 2020.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 21 August 2020.

The public consultation period for assessment for export accreditation will be open until 21 August 2020.

New Zealand carbon allowances hit a fresh all-time high in Tuesday trade, with prices being pushed up because potential sellers are holding on to their NZUs in the anticipation that prices will continue to rise.

Just 3.6% of complaints about environmental damage resulted in penalties, figures show

The vast majority of complaints to a hotline designed for the public to report offences such as fly-tipping and pollution did not result in any sanction, it has been revealed.

Data from a freedom of information request submitted by the Liberal Democrats shows just 3.6% of complaints about pollution, fly-tipping, oil spills, fish kills and other environmental damage last year resulted in penalties for those responsible.

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Central banks warn that meeting the Paris Agreement will require the end of coal in Asia before 2050, but provides a huge opportunity for renewables.

The post Central banks, including RBA, urge rapid coal phase-out to meet Paris climate goals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Group of New Zealand's largest commercial and industrial energy users join forces to procure what could be thousands of gigawatt-hours a year of renewable electricity.

The post NZ biggest corporate PPA seeks up to 2,000GWh a year of new renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new anode will allow lithium-ion batteries to be made from 100% silicon, boosting energy density by 70%.

The post New battery breakthrough paves way for 100% silicon batteries with higher energy density appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In places where reusable cups are allowed, coffee drinkers, cafe owners and local governments can use insights from behavioural science to discourage use of throwaway cups. Sukhbir Sandhu, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Ethics, University of South Australia Robert Crocker, Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Design Theory, University of South Australia Sumit Lodhia, Professor of Accounting, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

JinkoSolar claims new conversion efficiency record for its N-type mono-crystalline silicon solar cells.

The post JinkoSolar claims new mono-crystalline solar cell record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Santos is the latest gas company to write off more than $1b from its gas investments, as total reported losses by Australian gas sector approaches $20b.

The post Santos latest to write down gas investments, as total Australia losses near $20 billion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Samuel's assessment of the EPBC finds Australia's environmental laws are largely ineffective, but his review fails to address the challenge of climate change.

The post Review of Australia’s hopeless environmental laws completely ignores climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction has begun on the Viking Link infrastructure project in what will feature the world’s longest sub-sea cable linking Denmark and UK grids.

The post Work begins on world’s longest sub-sea cable linking Denmark, UK grids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If the government doesn’t see funding environmental projects as a serious investment, why should the private sector?

None of the suggestions in the long-awaited interim report from the independent review of Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act released on Monday are particularly surprising or controversial, and many are entirely sensible.

The chair of the review, Graeme Samuel, was unequivocal in his assessment that the EPBC Act is ineffective, inefficient, and not fit for the purpose of protecting Australia’s natural and cultural heritage – echoing the recent damning Australian National Audit Office report (and its previous five reports). A major reason for the act’s failure has been successive government’s failure to provide resources it needs to function properly, a situation which is only getting worse.

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Australia’s Queensland could earn some 5 million carbon credits by reinstating tidal exchange in some 90,000 hectares throughout the Great Barrier Reef catchments, a study has found.

Influential climate campaigner says Gulbenkian rights award gave her ‘more money than I can begin to imagine’

Greta Thunberg has been awarded a Portuguese rights award and promptly pledged the €1m ($1.15m) prize to groups working to protect the environment and halt climate change.

“That is more money than I can begin to imagine, but all the prize money will be donated, through my foundation, to different organisations and projects who are working to help people on the front line, affected by the climate crisis and ecological crisis,” the Swedish teenager said in a video posted online on Monday.

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The Thames has some of the highest recorded levels of microplastics in the world, a study says.

Fitting thousands of homes with new energy technology could create 50,000 jobs, housing bodies say.

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Jobs could be created in three years with a focus on 12 areas including large-scale renewable energy and electric vehicle networks

Nearly 80,000 jobs could be quickly created through a stimulus plan that aims to rebuild the economy from recession while tackling the climate crisis, an analysis commissioned by the Climate Council says.

The report by the consultants AlphaBeta says 76,000 positions could be created over three years through nearly $22bn of combined public and private investment. It focuses on 12 areas including creating large-scale renewable energy projects, restoring degraded ecosystems, better dealing with organic waste, retrofitting inefficient public buildings and expanding electric vehicle networks.

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