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An ASX-listed mining company has signed an agreement with an Australian tech company focused on sustainability to provide Guarantee of Origin (GO) certification for the full supply chain and production of “green” pig iron.

The New Zealand government has indicated that it is unlikely to implement a ban on permanent exotic plantings in its ETS next year, sparking outrage from the agricultural industry.

Most of the world’s mountain glaciers are retreating because of the climate crisis, but those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable. Smaller and with less ice cover, this year they are on track for their highest loss of mass in at least 60 years of record keeping

From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland’s glaciers.

Glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer and assistant Andrea Millhaeusler drill a hole at a measuring point on the Pers glacier, near the Alpine resort of Pontresina

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The recent dry weather is causing problems for farmers in the East of England.

Origin reports windfall gains from gas generation, a $2.2 billion hit from the electricity market crisis crunch, and is still seeking coal to feed its biggest generator.

The post Origin reports LNG earnings windfall, but is still scratching around for coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

If Australia legislates its climate targets and then misses them, what happens? The CSIRO "future world" report reminds us the outlook is grim.

The post CSIRO reminds our leaders that it’s the climate science that counts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The American bullfrog and brown tree snake damage crops, cause power outages, and disrupt ecosystems.

Human-caused climate change made the high temperatures last week much more likely, say scientists.

Tightening safeguards is sound policy, but misses easy pickings from electricity and transport, and risks being rendered pointless by new coal and gas projects.

The post Two cheers for the tightening of the safeguard mechanism appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Neoen trebles earnings from its Australian big batteries, helped by new Victorian Big Battery and the volatile markets.

The post “We make good money for a great service:” Big batteries boost Neoen profits and outlook appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fears that turning muddy route BR-319 into an all-season road will make it an artery for illegal logging and deforestation

Brazil’s environmental authority has granted an initial permit to allow a major highway to be paved through the centre of the Amazon rainforest, the minister of infrastructure said, in a move that threatens to increase deforestation.

On the campaign trail, Brazil’s rightwing president, Jair Bolsonaro, had pledged to repave the road, called BR-319, that would connect the largest Amazon city of Manaus year-round to the rest of Brazil.

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Transgrid and AEMO make case for VNI West as best option for linking north-west Victoria and south-east NSW, promise nearly $700m in net benefits.

The post Race on to build renewable “superhighway” as network makes case for VNI West appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ad hoc, lot-by-lot efforts to house more people in our ageing suburbs are failing to increase liveability and sustainability. Our cities need strategic, precinct-scale regeneration. Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Giles Thomson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, Blekinge Institute of Technology Peter Newton, Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology Stephen Glackin, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

For the first time, big batteries made more money out of energy arbitrage than they did out of frequency control markets.

The post Batteries and pumps revel in market volatility; the price cap not so much appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Both California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices tracked broader market sentiment this week, rebounding towards the latter part of the period, while the status of Pennsylvania’s Q3 auction volumes remained unresolved.

California electricity consumption in 2021 bounced back from a slight hit taken during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with fossil gas generation increasing further amid a continued dearth of zero-carbon hydroelectric generation, according to state figures.

Provisions to link federal wind and solar energy development to oil and gas leasing in the revamped US budget reconciliation package garnered heavy criticism from some environmental organisations on Thursday, though other green groups were supportive of the package’s methane fee and clean energy tax credits.

Australia’s protected areas have grown and grown. But at the same time, ecosystems are falling apart. How can that be? Benjamin Cooke, Senior lecturer, RMIT University Aidan Davison, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Jamie Kirkpatrick, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania Lilian Pearce, Lecturer, Environmental Humanities, Centre for the Study of the Inland, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Tidal marshes can build up their soil to keep pace with sea-level rises – up to a point. It turns out the point when the marsh is drowned matches the average rise when global warming exceeds 1.5℃. Neil Saintilan, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.