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Public asked to put away lawnmowers next month to deliver big gains for nature and the climate

A top 10 of the most common plants in British lawns has been revealed as conservationists urge gardeners to let their grass grow for the month of May.

Scientists at the charity Plantlife are asking the public to look out for wildflowers and other plants in their lawns as they put their lawnmowers away for a campaign labelled “No Mow May”.

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Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former brown coal generator in the Latrobe Valley.

The post Hazelwood battery charges up for first time at site of former coal generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The last minutes of Australia's oldest coal generator brought great emotion as employees who spent a lifetime at the plant said goodbye, and AGL painted a green energy future.

The post “She didn’t want to go:” Tears and hugs as oldest coal generator shuts down for last time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New milestone in the development of Australia's first offshore wind farm, with launch of study to test seabed conditions off Gippsland coast in Victoria.

The post Offshore wind milestone as Star of the South seabed survey gets underway appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The European Space Agency's first para-astronaut experiences weightlessness on a "vomit comet".

Green ammonia offers great promise in a net-zero world, particularly as a fuel for long-haul transport and heavy industry. But it's not all good news.

The post Why green ammonia might not be that green appeared first on RenewEconomy.

HB11 Energy signs bilateral agreement with Spanish researchers to develop hydrogen-boron fusion technology in both countries.

The post Australian laser fusion company signs research agreement with Spanish lab appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices traded in step with macro sentiment, trending softer through most of the week but pushing higher on Thursday, while Washington regulators stepped in with emergency rulemaking provisions to dampen runaway prices.

Panama's environment ministry (MiAMBIENTE) and offset standards body Verra have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help develop a national voluntary carbon market in the Central American country, according to an announcement on Thursday.

Behind all the noise, opinions, and stakeholders, lies one meta debate in the voluntary carbon market: Tommy Ricketts of BeZero Carbon asks what financial market structure should it ape?

Over a dozen Democrat-led US states this week asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to shore up language regarding the environmental integrity of voluntary offsets and carbon neutrality claims in order to prevent greenwashing.

A Toronto-headquartered voluntary carbon financier on Thursday announced it has executed a restructuring agreement that will consolidate the ownership structure of its developer arm and see the firm’s COO resign.

Ali Hussein Julood's father told the BBC his son's life was sacrificed for record profits.

Australia has half as much forest as it did before colonisation. Restoring it can be hugely expensive. But new approaches can help Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University Noel D Preece, Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A carbon credit ratings agency downgraded its scores for seven carbon projects on Thursday, including a large REDD scheme in Cambodia that at one stage had been deemed as a highly-ranked activity by the company. 

The Washington Department on Ecology (ECY) announced Wednesday it is conducting an emergency rulemaking on the Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) ahead of the Q2 cap-and-trade auction, as Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) on the secondary market continue to trade above the mechanism’s Tier 2 trigger price.

A carbon credit ratings agency gave details about its views on hundreds of carbon projects on Thursday, depicting low grades for nature activities on carbon promises but higher scores on SDG benefits – while the company also commented on Verra’s proposed new approach to forest carbon crediting.

The 30th edition of the ‘Green Oscars’ was held at the Royal Geographical Society in London this week, celebrating seven grassroots conservationists identified after a worldwide search for locally led solutions to the global biodiversity and climate crises

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Record figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South Asia

Asia is experiencing weeks of “endless record heat”, with sweltering temperatures causing school closures and surges in energy use.

Record April temperatures have been recorded at monitoring stations across Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, as well as in China and South Asia.

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