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Documents show Tasmania's publicly-owned companies expect to lose tens of millions on 'onerous' wind farm contracts.

The post Premier directed Hydro Tasmania to enter into loss-making deal, utility says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

China's increase in biodegradables is outpacing its ability to degrade plastic, warns Greenpeace.

The Emissions Reduction Fund’s next offset auction will be held on Apr. 12-13 next year, the Clean Energy Regulator said Thursday.

Solar finance provider Brighte to enter retail electricity space, following a $100 million injection by investors led by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.

The post Brighte to take on big electricity retailers, backed by Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Footage captured by the New South Wales State Emergency Service shows the wide impact of flooding on the region after parts of Australia's east coast were hit by heavy rain. Wild weather has battered NSW and southern Queensland, with severe thunderstorms and flash flooding hitting hard. The SES has attended thousands of jobs since the downpours began on Saturday

• Man killed in Queensland flood waters as wild weather leaves NSW reeling

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Engineers investigating the unexplained outages found they were caused by murmurations of starlings.

Walk at dusk reveals murmurations bouncing networks’ electricity cables and switching off the lights

The mystery surrounding a string of unexplained power cuts across a small town in Scotland has been solved after video footage revealed the culprits – starlings dancing on power lines.

The birds’ murmurations are thought to be behind the baffling spate of evening blackouts in Airth, their combined mass bouncing the overhead electricity lines and causing the power to trip.

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NSW grants priority status to transmission network upgrades, helping to fast-tracking approvals process for first Renewable Energy Zone and up to 3GW of new wind and solar.

The post NSW to fast-track network approvals for first renewable energy zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The British Columbia government on Wednesday announced a new interim emissions reduction target for 2025 to help the province reach its medium- and long-term climate goals, although an accompanying report shows more work to be done to hit the 2030 target.

Federal Coalition could try to regain credibility with an EV strategy, and its failure to do so is probably the single dumbest thing it has done.

The post Failure to produce an EV policy is the dumbest thing the Coalition has done appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The correlation between EU carbon and coal prices has strengthened in recent days as both have rallied on a mix of higher demand and constrained supply.

AEMO to model faster paths to net zero emissions, with new "Export Superpower" scenario to assume Australia to get there by 2040, and more rapid emission cuts in electricity grid.

The post Export superpower: AEMO to model even faster paths to net zero emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An NGO proposal to replace international offsetting with climate finance in order to avoid double claiming has been met with resistance from some in the voluntary carbon market, who fear a lack of corporate interest.

US biofuel credit (RIN) values edged toward a new 2020 high on Wednesday as the EPA prepares to publish next year’s long-delayed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) quotas by the end of the month.

New research found curly leaves on the forest floor create litter beds with more air gaps. And this fuels bigger fires. Jamie Burton, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Alexander Filkov, Senior research fellow, University of Melbourne Jane Cawson, Research Fellow in Bushfire Behaviour and Management, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Commodity price reporting agency S&P Global Platts on Wednesday announced it will begin assessing prices for carbon credits approved for use in ICAO’s global aviation offset system CORSIA, as interest in the voluntary market grows.

EUAs extended their record high for a fourth straight day on Wednesday amid buoyant financial markets, bullish technicals, and data showing record investor interest, before profit-taking pulled prices back.

Chinese media report that the capsule carrying samples of lunar rock and dust has landed in Inner Mongolia.

Analysis: death of Ella Kissi-Debrah means MPs can no longer ignore dangers of dirty air

• Air pollution a cause in girl’s death, coroner rules in landmark case

Air pollution is the invisible killer, unseen but also unacknowledged on the death certificates of the 40,000 people it sends to an early grave in the UK every year. But on Wednesday, for the first time, the lethal impact of toxic air was given a name and a face – Ella Kissi-Debrah, a nine-year-old girl from south London.

Politicians have been told for many years that dirty air kills but have ducked the decisions needed amid the noisy honking of the motoring lobby. The coroner’s conclusion that air pollution was a cause of Ella’s death means those politicians can no longer pretend that illegal levels of pollution are a victimless crime.

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