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New Zealand carbon allowances on Tuesday reached a record high for the tenth successive session, as last week’s bumper auction and patchy supply continue to fuel the market’s latest bull run.

China launched a pilot market for green power trading on Tuesday that some observers say might put the squeeze on offset-generating renewable projects.

A man on a train told me to go back to where I’m from – and so I did. Walking alone in nature, I felt liberated from prejudice

I was sitting on a stage inside a tent recently, surrounded by the mountains and valleys of the beautiful Brecon Beacons national park, and gazing out into a sea of hundreds of faces – audience members, mostly silhouetted.

“Put your hand up if you’re a person of colour,” I said.

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Australia-headquartered New Forests and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) will assess soil carbon opportunities after agreeing to purchase a 90,000-hectare agricultural land estate from Macquarie Asset Management.

The expansion of dragonflies across Britain and Ireland is an indicator of climate change, say experts.

Rooftop solar sends minimum "operational demand" to a new low in WA's main grid, some 10 per cent below the previous benchmark.

The post Rooftop solar delivers 62% of total generation, drives demand to record low in WA appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IFM Investors, one of the world’s biggest infrastructure investor firms, has set an interim 2030 emissions reduction target of 40% for its infrastructure asset class, the company announced Tuesday.

Vaccine inequality and travel challenges risk excluding many delegates from poorer nations.

Livestock companies with large emissions receive billions of dollars in funding, campaigners say

Twenty livestock companies are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than either Germany, Britain or France – and are receiving billions of dollars in financial backing to do so, according to a new report by environmental campaigners.

Raising livestock contributes significantly to carbon emissions, with animal agriculture accounting for 14.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Scientific reports have found that rich countries need huge reductions in meat and dairy consumption to tackle the climate emergency.

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South Korea on Tuesday released an administrative notice that will give financial institutions limited access to trading CO2 allowances, perhaps as early as next month.

Coal power has been the foundation for much of what Europe is today. But what has been the cost? Since 2016, half of the continent’s coal plants have closed, or are scheduled to close, as markets shift and the race to save the climate gathers speed. NGOs and grassroots organisations are working with communities to ensure the transition from coal is rapid, focused on renewables, and, most importantly, fair.

This increased attention on the people who have long lived with coal has revealed unsteadiness, illness and deep seams of injustice in communities across the continent. The photographer Dan Wilton joined the environmental law charity ClientEarth to investigate and document Europe’s journey beyond coal

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Plans to export Queensland-made renewable hydrogen to South Korea are being weighed in a memorandum of understanding between Ark Energy and Port of Townsville.

The post Port of Townsville signs MOU to export green hydrogen to South Korea appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Investment experts say coordinated and comprehensive climate policies needed for Australia to seize full potential of energy transition.

The post Fractured policies will stymie Australia’s clean energy transition, experts say appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WA Labor government announces tens of millions in new funding for the state’s renewable hydrogen industry, including a $50 million fund.

The post Western Australia creates new fund to kickstart renewable hydrogen industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The site of what was once Australia’s largest oil refinery in WA is being sized up as domestic renewable hydrogen hub by BP.

The post BP sizes up former oil refinery as industrial renewable hydrogen hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Proposed new potash project looks to source two thirds of its power needs from wind, solar and batteries to slash costs and emissions.

The post Potash mine to build wind, solar and battery micro-grid for most of its power needs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The hardest part of achieving 100 per cent renewables is the last five or 10 per cent. Green hydrogen is now being viewed as a cheap and effective solution.

The post Green hydrogen could help solve the puzzle of getting to 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There is a superhighway to rapid elimination of 80% of Australian greenhouse emissions, using low-cost, existing technology from vast production runs.

The post Australia can achieve rapid, deep and cheap emission cuts from tech we have now appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Oil and gas firm Woodside has agreed with project developer Greening Australia to more than triple the land area on which they plant trees to generate carbon offsets.

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