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The so-called “polluter elite” must change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says.

Coca-Cola Amatil joins the global RE100 renewable energy initiative.

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A new "crypto climate accord" wants to clean up Bitcoin. But the calls for government regulation, bans and taxation are growing.

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The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on a proposal to list Pseudophryne dendyi (Dendy’s Toadlet). Consultation closes on 28 May 2021.

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Environmental groups condemn plan to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed nuclear station in two years’ time

Japan is to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, the government has said, a decision that is likely to anger neighbouring countries and local fishers.

Official confirmation of the move, which came more than a decade after the nuclear disaster, will also deal another blow to the fishing industry in Fukushima, which has opposed the measure for years.

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Two of the world’s largest investment firms have teamed up to fund next-generation solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The makers of the Bafta-winning documentary want to preserve the underwater ecosystem it features.

UK developer seeks to clear the first environmental hurdle for plans to build a $1 billion wind farm in WA waters south of Perth.

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Virginia’s revised RGGI-modelled cap-and-trade rule should be invalidated because the programme represents an illegal tax, while tweaks to the regulation finalised last year failed to adhere to administrative requirements and went beyond legislative intent, according to a brief filed by an industry group last week.

Canadian emissions inched higher in 2019 on the back of rising Alberta GHGs and steady output from the transportation and oil and gas sectors, coinciding with the start of Ottawa’s federal ‘backstop’ CO2 levy and output-based pricing system, government data published on Monday showed.

The New York State Pension Fund will immediately divest of equity and debt associated with seven companies in its portfolio and cease new investments in companies with oil sands exposure after announcing a net zero target last year, the fund said Monday.

This position will develop, coordinate, and implement corporate engagements across Canada that will deliver against our conservation, funding and brand awareness goals. The preferred location is Toronto or Ottawa.

At bp, we are now looking for a lawyer to support bp Trading & Shipping (T&S), bp’s energy trading and shipping business, in respect of its power trading business and some of its low carbon, natural gas and bio gas trading businesses.

Prices for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) could more than double by 2030, rising to a range of $20-45/t.

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A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the federal government has overlooked the national security threats of climate change. Cheryl Durrant, Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Rising levels of microplastic pollution raise questions about the impact on human health, experts say

Microplastic pollution is now “spiralling around the globe”, according to a study of airborne plastic particles.

The researchers said human pollution has led to a global plastic cycle, akin to natural processes such as the carbon cycle, with plastic moving through the atmosphere, oceans and land. The result is the “plastification” of the planet, said one scientist.

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Voluntary emission reduction (VER) prices continued a month-long descent this week as activity picked up in the futures market, while voluntary carbon market (VCM) traders pondered the impacts of US-based The Nature Conservancy undertaking an internal review of its forestry projects over additionality concerns.

Quebec shifted past vintage allowances into its price containment reserve and doled out additional free allocations in Q1, with the remaining Vintage 2019 volume for the province's cap-and-trade programme to be auctioned at the May WCI sale, according to the provincial environmental ministry.

Organization: Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) Position: Project Manager Financial Institutions and Climate Duty Station: Paris, Ile-De-France, France Deadline for Application: 19 April 2021