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A ‘wetter farming’ project explores rehydrating peatland to help grow crops in boggier conditions while cutting CO2 emissions

“I really don’t like the word ‘paludiculture’ – most people have no idea what it means,” Sarah Johnson says. “I prefer the term ‘wetter farming’.”

The word might be baffling, but the concept is simple: paludiculture is the use of wet peatlands for agriculture, a practice that goes back centuries in the UK, including growing reeds for thatching roofs.

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Whatever happens on election day, it’s certain that the Coalition’s promotion of nuclear power will cost it votes. It will probably cost the Coalition seats and may cost them the election. 

The post Nuclear power is shaping up as an election loser, and the Murdoch media is not happy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Battery storage hits new record output in evening peak, reaching 5.1 pct of total grid supply for first time and helped along by two newly commissioned battery projects.

The post Newly commissioned projects push batteries to output record, and a 5 pct share of the evening peak appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In what’s being called an Australian first, network company safely completes the transfer of an energised 500kV powerline in southwestern Victoria.

The post “Hot sticks” and “bare handing”: Australia’s first live transfer of a high voltage powerline completed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Electrification could be a significant opportunity for a workforce looking for a future-proof career. But we risk being left in the dark on how to prepare.

The post Electrification workforce could dwarf number needed for renewables – but will they be ready?  appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Transmission company shocks renewable and storage developers with a 50 per cent hike in the cost of connection queries and applications.

The post Transmission company jacks up cost of connection queries and applications by 50 per cent appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Depending on where things end up after Saturday, the biggest climate push may come from the crossbench

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If further confirmation was needed that the Peter Dutton-led Coalition would take Australia aggressively backwards on dealing with the climate crisis, his final election costings released on Thursday tell the story in black and white.

The Liberal and National parties plan to gut programs designed to cut emissions and help create green industries to give the country an industrial future as demand for fossil fuels falls. They also plan to ignore advice that Australian nature is in poor and deteriorating health and strip back already limited funding for environment programs.

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Australian head of Spanish renewables giant says western NSW and Queensland could host wind projects at an "offshore scale," but for a much lower "onshore price."

The post Wind can deliver “offshore scale” projects for “onshore price” in inland Australia, Spanish giant says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

In a Queensland river where natural gas seeps up through the water, many living creatures have come to depend on it for their carbon. Paul McInerney, Senior Research Scientist in Ecosystem Ecology, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Green group says Bowen Basin coal mine expansion would overwhelm the state’s emissions reduction efforts and make it "almost impossible" to meet climate targets.

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South Australia scraps its Hydrogen Power office after cancelling its proposed green hydrogen power plant and redirecting funds for the rescue of the Whyalla steelworks.

The post South Australia disbands Hydrogen Power office as Whyalla project officially cancelled appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) on Thursday released the first round of its draft report on no-cost allocations for Emissions Intensive, Trade Exposed Industries (EITEs), detailing initial considerations regarding best practices for avoiding leakage and methods to develop GHG benchmarks.

A legal expert noted several avenues of action that the US Attorney General could take against California’s carbon market, but described them as “quite weak”, in a meeting with the state’s carbon market watchdog Thursday.

Nash Core was travelling through the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia with his wife and sons when he came across three men trying to rescue a great white shark stranded in shallow water. Core used his drone to shoot video of the writhing shark before he and son Parker, 11, decided to help the trio who were struggling to move the shark into deeper water

• ‘My heart’s pounding’: Australians wade into ocean to save great white shark stranded in shallow water

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Analysis has shown key sectors of Australia’s economy are getting behind the government’s climate policies, specifically its Future Made in Australia (FMIA) initiative.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) hovered within a narrow range over the week faced with unresolved risks to the state’s ETS from the threat of potential federal action, and awaiting legislative reauthorisation ahead of the upcoming second quarterly permit sale, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) extended higher in thin trade.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits against Vermont, New York, Michigan, and Hawaii in federal courts this week, targeting state efforts to seek damages from fossil fuel companies from alleged climate harms.

Integrating carbon markets within the Pacific Alliance bloc of countries could support market growth by lowering barriers to entry and attracting finance, though a single market might be too idealistic, according to speakers at the Colombia Carbon Forum in Bogota last week.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s win will have “tremendous” impacts on the future of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in Canada, experts said Wednesday.

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