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Energy Estate and RES join forces to propose 2GW of wind, solar and storage to deliver low emissions and long term future Queensland industrial hub of Gladstone.

The post Plans unveiled for 2GW of wind, solar and storage in Queensland industrial hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solar power has fallen to prices that are, by any stretch of the measure, insanely, world-changingly cheap. And they are going to fall further.

The post The future of solar power: From unbelievably cheap to insanely cheap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Roy Morgan survey finds most of Australia's electricity and gas companies have some of the lowest levels of trust amongst Australian consumers.

The post Electricity and gas companies rank amongst Australia’s least trusted brands appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ground-breaking 56MW hybrid renewable microgrid completed in remote Western Australia – the first in Australia to use wind to power a mine.

The post Solar-wind-battery microgrid completed and powering remote W.A. gold mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

By creating a labyrinth of legal frameworks, regulators have made it all too hard for developers to think beyond installing the simplest possible hot water solutions.

The post Building all-electric homes – and why ditching gas isn’t as easy as it should be appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Atlas V rocket, carrying the X-37B space plane, launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday.

The new values are a worrying outcome that no one wants, but one we must still grapple with. Michael Grose, Climate Projections Scientist, CSIRO Julie Arblaster, Associate Professor, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As countries and companies work towards ambitious 2030 emissions targets, poor investments today will soon be exposed

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We are experiencing a human tragedy. The Covid-19 crisis is leading to human loss and suffering, hardship and job destruction. It has necessitated immediate and significant public health and economic global responses, affecting all of us, both now and for the foreseeable future.

But with the economic recovery comes great opportunity to embrace a low carbon future and refocus on the green economy rather than stick to 20th century business models and infrastructure.

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Exclusive: Ed Miliband calls for creation of ‘zero-carbon army’ for eco-friendly industries

• Is Covid-19 crisis the catalyst for the greening of world’s airlines?

Labour is drawing up ambitious proposals to rescue the post-coronavirus economy with a radical green recovery plan focused on helping young people who lose their jobs by retraining them in green industries.

Seeking to seize the initiative on the country’s future direction once the pandemic abates, Ed Miliband, the shadow business secretary, has called for the plans to include creating a “zero-carbon army of young people” doing work such as planting trees, insulating buildings and working on green technologies.

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We can see and feel the benefits of reduced fossil fuel use: cleaner air, quieter spaces, healthier local environments, and increased walking and cycling. A good time for a carbon fee.

The post Five reasons why now is a good time for a fee on carbon emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Baby orangutans are learning new skills from their human surrogate parents.

Manchester is spearheading a new effort to create space for walking and cycling.

Carlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make ‘all-plant’ drinks bottles

Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers.

A biochemicals company in the Netherlands hopes to kickstart investment in a pioneering project that hopes to make plastics from plant sugars rather than fossil fuels.

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Summer holidays abroad look doomed, but there is comfort and reward to be found just by being curious about your surroundings

It’s likely that we will all be spending time in our local areas for the foreseeable future and taking our holidays in our home countries rather than abroad. Could we bring to these experiences the same kind of curiosity we might feel when visiting a different city or landscape? Is it possible to find dynamism and novelty in our parks, streets and woodlands?

During lockdown, I’ve come to know my nearest green spaces – my favourite a wild but urban cemetery – more deeply and gratefully. Instead of becoming bored, as I imagined I might, I’ve found that my local natural areas feel like new destinations each day, even by the hour, for nature is in constant flux. Bird songs are richest at dawn and dusk. The wild garlic smells stronger when the soil is warm. The nettles glow Kermit-green when the sun is low in the sky. The scarlet pimpernel shows itself when light and humidity are just so.

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Birds born in one of three nests at Knepp estate in West Sussex as part of breeding project

White stork chicks have hatched in the wild in the UK for the first time in centuries.

Eggs in one of three nests at the Knepp estate in West Sussex have hatched, the White Stork Project announced.

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Scientists use the precious element to grade the quality of the natural sweetener.

Horticulturists urge better sex mix of city trees to mitigate rising asthma and CO2 pollution levels

Eight years ago Tom Ogren, a horticulturist, was in Sacramento, California, when he noticed that the ground around the State Capitol building was covered in thick yellow pollen.

Scanning the trees along the street with his binoculars, he saw the trees were all deodar cedars (Cedrus deodara) and all cultivated males.

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Speculators trimmed their length in the California Carbon Allowance (CCA) market as the secondary market trended back towards the WCI floor price, with compliance entities adding to their holdings during that period,US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed Friday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal released Thursday anticipates reduced revenue from quarterly cap-and-trade auctions in the next fiscal year, with a flexible mechanism to allocate funding based on future ETS proceeds.