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Energy Renaissance secures federal government funding for pilot lithium ion battery factory in Tomago.

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Worldwide energy body warns more must be done to help developing countries give up fossil fuels

Global greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise to record levels in the next two years, as governments fail to “build back better” from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Emissions will rise again this year and next year, after a fall last year, and 2023 is now on track to see the highest levels of carbon dioxide output in human history, equalling or surpassing the record set in 2018, according to forecasts released by the International Energy Agency on Tuesday.

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CleanCo CEO says time to seize the huge decarbonisation opportunities available through solar - "the lowest cost energy" ever seen.

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Cheap renewables and a focus on renewable hydrogen production could revitalise Australia's manufacturing industries, Queensland minister says.

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We are seeking an Account Manager to manage our relationships with landowners, and support them to understand and adopt carbon farming.

We are seeking an additional senior lawyer to support bp trading & shipping (T&S) in respect of its international low carbon trading business!

Verra’s Program Team is looking for a Program Manager, Technological and Industrial Solutions to support our work to foster climate impact and generate related environmental and social benefits through the VCS Program. In the context of this position, technological and industrial solutions encompasses all sectors other than the Natural Climate Solutions sector.

Verra’s Program Team is looking for a Program Manager, Natural Climate Solutions, to support our work to foster climate impact and generate related environmental and social benefits through the VCS Program.

The Senior Project Coordinator will be responsible for assuming the responsibilities associated to both collaborator and project manager (PM) roles that include but are not limited to delivering all milestones proposed for any specific REDD+, ARR, ALM, WRC or other land-use projects, and collaborate when necessary with other members of the AFOLU team.

To reinforce our team, we are seeking an experienced sourcing manager, who can help us expand our reach across geographies and different project methodologies under the Emissions Reduction/Climate Solutions Fund (ERF/CSF), as well under voluntary standards.

A record $US501 billion ($A683 billion) was invested in the clean energy sector in the last financial year.

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Traditional ecological and cultural wisdom was embraced and valued, enhancing Western scientific knowledge of a beautiful, fragile marine area. Jim Underwood, Research Fellow and Indigenous Partnerships, Australian Institute of Marine Science Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Battery storage industry happy with new rules that recognise some of their multiple tools, but not pleased with another two-year wait.

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Dennis Tito paid $20 million to travel to the International Space Station in 2001.

A British Columbia First Nations group and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) firms on Monday announced a proposal to build a 12 million-tonne-per-year export facility, and are aiming to use carbon offsets as one of several strategies to counteract its emissions. 

The Canadian government on Monday announced an investment to develop a carbon offset system for grasslands, with several thousand tonnes of credits expected from these projects.

CORSIA-grade offset values on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) stretched all-time highs this week, while an analyst said yearly demand for voluntary emissions reductions (VERs) could eventually top out near the 2 billion-tonne mark.

Wild pigs are on every continent, except Antarctica. All up, they likely turn over the the same amount of soil as the area of Taiwan. Christopher J. O'Bryan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Eve McDonald-Madden, Associate professor, The University of Queensland Jim Hone, Emeritus professor, University of Canberra Matthew H. Holden, Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland Nicholas R Patton, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Researchers estimate the invasive species releases 4.9m metric tonnes of greenhouse gas annually by uprooting soil

The climate impact of wild pigs around the world is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 1.1m cars annually, according to new research.

Modelling by an international team of researchers estimates that feral pigs release 4.9m metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year globally by uprooting soil.

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