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An Australian company looking at a novel approach to restore coral populations has suggested future biodiversity markets could provide the scale needed to save the fast-eroding species where blue carbon markets so far have not.  

More solar beer for Australian fridges as iconic Queensland brewery goes 100% renewable in an energy offtake deal with Lightsource bp.

The post 100 per cent renewable XXXX, as oil giant and beer giant strike new PPA appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The rest of the nation should follow the ACT’s lead. Incentives to boost the transition to electric vehicles are one of the best ways to tackle Australia’s fastest-growing source of emissions. Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australian energy transition expert officially joins Saul Griffith in his company's mission to "electrify everything" with solar and battery storage.

The post Australian energy transition guru to lead “most exciting climate strategy anywhere” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fully Charged LIVE Australia will be packed with progressive companies and 10-15,000 positive consumers.

The post MG4 debuts in Sydney, as Fully Charged show ‘almost every EV’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The arrival of a Coquerel's sifaka brings the number in European zoos to seven, experts say.

These are interesting times for the previously teflon-coated coal tycoon Gautam Adani and his hydra-like empire. The world is watching.

The post Adani: Are we witnessing a corporate Hindenburg? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the team awarded "Nobel prize" of engineering, and how solar will eliminate fossil fuels, and Australian's leading role in that transition.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Leading solar researcher predicts technology will "wipe fossil fuels" out of the global economy, and help deliver a resilient, reliable and extremely cheap energy grid.

The post Solar’s stunning journey from lab curiosity to global juggernaut wiping out fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iconic biscuit brand announces shift to 100% renewables, in a deal with major Queensland utility that's also making the move from black to green.

The post Cracker of a deal: Arnott’s takes iconic biscuit operations to 100 per cent renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The spot price for Australian Carbon Credit Units fell A$2, or 5.6%, on Thursday, as the price corrected slightly following flurry of activity in January following the release of the Safeguard Mechanism paper and the results of the Chubb review.

Canada's proposed investment tax credit for clean hydrogen could result in higher emissions and less energy efficiency, according to an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland sent on Thursday and signed by 55 environmental organisations and 110 academics.

We can’t expect markets to end the burning of coal as quickly as we need to halt global warming. That means we’ll need policies to do the work.

The post Coal whack-a-mole: Current efforts to phase out coal power just won’t cut it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices reversed from early-week gains in recent days as traded volume dried up ahead of next week’s quarterly auction, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) activity stayed quiet ahead of the first sale for the state’s own cap-and-invest programme later this month.

Germany-based utility RWE, historically the EU’s top corporate emitter, reported a 3.3% rise in its ETS-covered thermal power output for 2022, it said on Thursday, upping its demand for carbon allowances for the second straight year.

A carbon project developer is hoping to urgently scale an approach that simultaneously improves clean drinking water and reduces GHG emissions, noting that corporates will increasingly be on the hook to demonstrate investments in social, as well as climate benefits.

The OECD launched a new working group on Thursday, gathering more than 100 countries to share best practices on how to cut global emissions, and aiming to coordinate policies and provide the data necessary to compare efforts across geographies.

A global financial services firm on Thursday announced its third procurement of multi-year carbon removals in as many months, as the company aims to reach net zero emissions by 2030 and transition away from avoided-emissions credits.

We can now monitor coastal changes across thousands of beaches over the last 40 years, from Australia, New Zealand and Japan, to Chile, Peru, Mexico and California. Here’s what our new tool uncovered. Kilian Vos, Research Associate, UNSW Sydney Mitchell Harley, Scientia Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.