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Papua New Guinea environmental NGOs have accused the government’s Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA) of failing to provide stakeholders with enough time to scrutinise REDD+ safeguard documents, and to properly enforce its moratorium on such projects to be developed for the voluntary market.

Participants in Japan’s voluntary emissions trading scheme will not be required to set specific emissions targets for the current financial year, but instead focus on the preparation for the full-scale launch of the market in April next year, the government said Wednesday.

What’s pushing up coal and gas prices is pushing up electricity prices, but some states have better shields than others. Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Critical minerals like cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements abound in Australia. But we’re not making the most of these in-demand resources. Mohan Yellishetty, Associate Professor, Resources Engineering, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Queensland secures key co-operation agreement with a major European port, with ambitions of kick-starting green hydrogen exports.

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Two tugboats move 12,000-panel solar array out to its mooring on the Alqueva reservoir in Portugal, ahead of operations in July.

The post Huge floating solar plant towed out to new home on hydro dam appeared first on RenewEconomy.

IEA says Putin's war makes strong case for renewables, but long term outlook remains in the hands of policy makers.

The post Putin pushes renewables to record year, but strong policy vital beyond 2022 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Our author spots four of these striking birds as they pause their migration at the Somerset Levels

Sporting the splendid feathery collars that give the ruff its name, they reminded me of the foppish, preening courtiers of Tudor times.

This trio of male ruffs, along with a much smaller female (known as a reeve) were frantically feeding at the RSPB’s Ham Wall reserve. This is one of their favoured stopover points on their long journey north, from Africa to the Arctic tundra.

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The Transport and Environment campaign group says Neste is cynically using the band

Coldplay have been branded “useful idiots for greenwashing” after announcing a partnership with the Finnish oil company Neste to halve their touring emissions last week.

Neste claims to be the world’s largest producer of sustainable biofuels, but the firm’s palm oil suppliers cleared at least 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) of forest in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia between 2019 and 2020, according a study by Friends of the Earth.

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Ark Energy to fast track 9GW of wind and solar projects as it seeks to accelerate green energy switch and renewable hydrogen.

The post Zinc giant seals 9GW wind and solar pipeline for Australian green hydrogen plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Independent candidate Georgia Steele wants to dislodge climate-denier Craig Kelly and revive federal action on climate change.

The post Georgia Steele: The climate independent with Craig Kelly in her sights appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wind and solar have delivered “substantially lower” wholesale electricity prices in South Australia, but it has yet to flow through to consumers.

The post SA renewables surge bringing down energy prices, but consumers miss out appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Angus Taylor visits a solar factory, the big news out of Smart Energy Expo, and the solar-coaster. Again.

The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The day the Coalition discovered solar panels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.

California’s WCI-linked cap-and-trade system will play a slightly smaller role in achieving the state’s 2030 climate target due to more complementary policies, with regulator ARB either punting any reform measures to the legislature or conducting them after the final Scoping Plan is completed, according to the draft plan published Tuesday.

Senior MEPs have reached a comprehensive early deal on EU ETS reforms just days ahead of a crunch vote, with compromises emerging on higher overall ambition and on curbing the role of speculators, according to meeting notes seen by Carbon Pulse.

A preliminary injunction to temporarily block Pennsylvania’s cap-and-trade regulation would prevent the state from participating in the Q3 RGGI auction, Governor Tom Wolf’s (D) administration argued Tuesday as Republican lawmakers and the coal industry claimed that the programme is unconstitutional.

Plans for Integrated Ocean Energy Marketplace would include a pilot-scale microgrid combining wind, wave, solar, storage and more.

The post Offshore microgrid to showcase ocean energy and storage technologies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

We’re lagging behind on the shift to electric vehicles and clean transport. Here’s what we need to do. Jake Whitehead, E-Mobility Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Donna Green, Associate Professor, Investigator for UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute; Affiliated Investigator NHMRC Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research, Associate Investigator the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Sydney Emma Rachel Whittlesea, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Liz Hanna, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.