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If you don’t know where you're going, you’ll end up someplace else. — Yogi Berra Since 2017, the California bighorn sheep on Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge have declined by almost 70%. Refuge biologists counted just 48 sheep during aerial surveys conducted in 2020, a trend that puts the population at risk of extirpation. To address the decline, Refuge staff, in coordination with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and USDA-Wildlife Services, developed a Bighorn Sheep Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The EIS is focused on evaluating and managing factor...

By Temitope Ponle Abuja, April 6, 2021 A study has shown that a combination of Green Banks working alongside National Climate Change Funds (NCCF) has the potential to scale private investment in support of climate and sustainable development goals. The Scoping Report is by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) titled “Potential for Green Banks and National Climate Change Funds in Africa”. The report, published in March, is expected to underpin the development of a multi-country climate finance initiative in Africa. A green bank is a financial instituti...

Published: 18 Jan 2021, 11:05 By: Andy Colthorpe The Neoen-Tesla Hornsdale Power Reserve battery storage project in South Australia, which in many ways kicked off a wave of large-scale battery storage project announcements across the country. Image: Neoen-Tesla. Renewable energy developer Neoen last month published its plan for a new project in New South Wales, Australia, called the ‘Great Western Battery’ which will be among the country’s largest battery energy storage system facilities to date. Neoen hired infrastructure services company AECOM to write a Scoping Report w...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes MP has proposed a series of changes to the  Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW) under a new Rapid Assessment Framework (Framework). The proposed Framework introduces a range of measures designed to streamline and standardise the development assessment process for State-significant projects. These measures include the introduction of ‘template' environmental assessment requirements, a suite of ...