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Campaign update: Commitment to secure future of Tomago Aluminium smelter with renewable energy agreement  from Lindsay Soutar Senior Strategist  The Sunrise Project December 2025  What has been announced?  Today (Friday 12 Dec) the Prime Minister, Industry Minister, unions and the management of Tomago Aluminium in the Hunter Valley have announced significant progress on securing the…

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Tue 11 Nov 2025 The Guardian China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to…

Environmental and consumer advocates welcome Z Energy apology  in consumer. 2 Nov 2025 Z Energy has apologised for any confusion caused by aspects of its advertising campaign, which claimed it was moving with the times and in the business of getting out of the petrol business.  In November 2023, Consumer NZ, Lawyers for Climate Action…

New Princeton research shows that reclaimed wastewater can replace purified water in hydrogen production, cutting treatment costs by 47%. By Anthropocene Team October 30, 2025 When made by splitting water using renewable electricity, hydrogen promises to be a green fuel for transportation and industries. The process requires large amounts of clean fresh water, though, which stresses…

The Hon. Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy 7 November 2025 COP30: Australia must support an ambitious outcome on just transition Dear Minister Bowen, We write as climate justice groups, community and civil society organisations to urge the Australian government to champion a groundbreaking outcome to advance just transition outcomes, including the establishment…

GET THE PUBLICATION Identifying the highest-priority, most effective climate actions in Southeast Asia To help avoid dangerous levels of climate change, we need to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions from the food, agriculture, and land use (FALU) sector. We also need to preserve natural carbon sinks, boost nature-based carbon removal, and promote food system changes…

“I want that route closed. The coal stockpiles can be transported overland to the main river, so we can protect this species,” Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government is stepping up measures to protect the endangered Mahakam dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), including the establishment of a conservation zone free from coal-carrying vessels to help preserve its population.…

Original title: The Coalition have a better chance of winning by chasing teal voters over One Nation voters Nick Evershed Opposition faultlines have opened up over net zero and immigration, but the data shows there’s more to gain targeting moderate electorates Mon 3 Nov 2025 The Guardian Recent moves by prominent Coalition figures Andrew Hastie…

by Dan Sherrard-Smith on LinkedIn Costa Rica pulled off a miracle.Forest cover jumped from 21% to 57% in just 33 years.Here’s how 👇 In the 1980s, Costa Rica was dying. Forests stripped bare. Cattle ranches spread across the hills. The soil was so poor, it could barely feed one cow per hectare. Yet ranching was…

By Daniel Jeffrey2:50pm Oct 28, 2025 in 9 news New buildings in Australia’s largest city will be required to be fully electrified following a successful council motion outlawing the installation of gas appliances. The new planning controls were given final endorsement by the City of Sydney Council yesterday. The council had restricted indoor gas appliances, like stoves and heaters,…

A new analysis of 3,500 US cities reveals that the carbon “hoofprint” of meat can vary more than threefold depending on where it’s produced—and where it’s eaten. By Emma Bryce in Anthropocene October 24, 2025 A new study on U.S. meat consumption suggests we’ve been missing a crucial piece of the carbon footprint puzzle: where our…

Engineers have made a nanofiber filter that fits in building ventilation systems and soaks up CO2 at lower cost than massive direct-air capture plants. By Anthropocene Team October 23, 2025 Direct air capture, the technology to snag carbon dioxide emissions from thin air, has always been contentious. It requires giant fans to blow large volumes of air across…

Kaiser Yang Co-Founder, Platypus Labs 1 week ago VIDEO In September, a wind turbine the size of a basketball court floated 1,000 feet above the Xinjiang desert and generated 1 megawatt of power. It wasn’t mounted on a tower. It was suspended in the air by a helium-filled shell, tethered to the ground by cables.…

Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand Fiona Harvey Environment editor Tue 28 Oct 2025 The Guardian Wind power has cut at least £104bn from energy costs in the UK since 2010, a study has found. Users of gas have been among the biggest beneficiaries Users of…

It’s one thing to design a solution to an environmental problem. It’s another to make something that people will actually use. By Warren Cornwall October 22, 2025 Anthropocene That was the challenge confronting Arizona State University (ASU) biologist Jesse Senko and collaborators, as they tried to build a lighting system that fishers would be willing to attach to…

The answer lies in strategic charging to encourage solar and wind power development By Sarah DeWeerd October 21, 2025 Anthropocene Charging electric vehicles (EVs) when renewable energy is abundant—and supplying power back to the grid when demand peaks—could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from the power system, according to a new study. The analysis finds that…

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