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South Australia to seek new standards to allow smarter control over major household appliances and hot water systems, including EV charging, air-con and pool pumps.

The post Push for smarter grid reaches under rooftops and into South Australia homes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor balances commitment to zero emissions with support for gas and CCS in a proposed policy platform, ahead of a looming federal election.

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GOK requires a technical finance adviser to continue to lead the establishment of a new Climate Finance Division and provide strategic guidance to the division and develop a strategic approach to accessing multilateral funds for climate finance.

LONGi has officially launched its new 66C type Hi-MO 4 monofacial PV module (Hi-MO 4m) for the global distributed generation (DG) market.

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UN review of emissions targets finds countries "nowhere near" on track to keep global warming to safe levels, and countries like Australia must do much more.

The post “Not even close”: UN slams Australia and other rich countries for weak climate efforts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Trading in China’s national carbon market is slated to start in late June, the ecology and environment ministry has said.

Researchers strapped tracking devices to 20 powerful owls in Melbourne and learned these apex predators are increasingly choosing to sleep in urban areas, from backyard trees to golf courses. Nick Bradsworth, PhD Candidate, Deakin University John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University Raylene Cooke, Associate Professor, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

As coal generators exit the grid, Australia is going to have to focus on flexibility in the market, and harnessing distributed resources.

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Planet's natural systems are on the verge of breakdown, after being ignored by economic theory and policies. That must change.

The post Environmental collapse: It’s time economists put the planet on their balance sheets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The ornate discovery was used during festivities and parades almost 2,000 years ago, experts say.

Male called OR-93 makes longest tracked journey of any wolf in a century but elsewhere in US killing of wolves resumes

A grey wolf has made the longest tracked journey of any wolf over the last century, venturing hundreds of miles from its home range in Oregon to California’s Sierra Nevada.

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California cap-and-trade regulated entities and speculators kept positions largely unchanged on the secondary market over the past week as they waited for the results of the first WCI auction of the year, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Prof John Mallard, formerly of Aberdeen University, was known for his pioneering work in medical imaging.

Large land protection package combines various bills that languished under Trump – but now must pass a divided Senate

The US House of Representatives has passed a historic public lands preservation bill that pledges to protect nearly 3m acres of federal lands in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona.

The act combines various bills that languished without Senate approval during the Trump administration. Key provisions include permanently banning new uranium mining on land surrounding the Grand Canyon, giving wilderness designation to 1.5m acres of federal land, and preserving 1,000 river miles by adding them to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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EUAs lost almost a euro on Friday to end the week near-flat, weighed by weakness across wider financial markets and testing the resolve of bulls seeking a rapid return to records levels above €40.

A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including developments related to the national social cost of carbon (SCC), Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and California.

The revised emissions data reflects better understanding of the role highly potent methane gas plays in global warming

The Australian government has acknowledged it previously underestimated the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and has increased the official estimate for every year on record.

Revised data in the latest quarterly emissions update shows Australia pumped out the equivalent of 272.5m more tonnes of heat-trapping gas between 2000 and 2020 than suggested in the last report three months ago.

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