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Australian renewables gentailer Zen Energy signs PPA to buy the majority of the output of a hybrid solar and battery plant being built in New South Wales.

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A real estate developer claims it will open the first 'carbon-positive' hotel in the US, achieved through its tree-planting partnerships and use of efficient materials.

Carbon Pulse rounds up developments in Latin American and Caribbean carbon markets for the week ending Aug. 25, which saw lurches toward full legalisation of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in anti-VCM holdouts Ecuador and Bolivia, a strong early showing by LATAM biodiversity markets, and new sovereign issuances by Suriname.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices on the secondary market peaked at a new all-time high early last week before dropping off on heightened volumes ahead of the upcoming Q3 auction.

Biggest battery in Queensland to double in size after AGL signs up to a 10-year "virtual" contract as big generators lock in to battery storage.

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The benefits of leafy mistletoes for wintering arthropods include shelter from extreme weather and hungry birds as well as a more humid microclimate to avoid desiccation. Janice Lord, Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago James Crofts-Bennett, PhD candidate in Botany, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

For decades it seemed as if nothing could change the trajectory of population growth. But a huge change is looming. Andrew Taylor, Associate Professor in Demography, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Supriya Mathew, Postdoctoral researcher in climate change and health, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The current global economic situation is hindering the deployment of carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), which currently represents less than 5% of its global capacity, according to a report calling for stronger incentives towards supporting the technology.

Liquidity dried up last week amid the height of the summer holiday season, and with the market still waiting for the next batch of Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) methodology approvals for its Core Carbon Principles (CCP) high-integrity label.

Germany plans to allocate €3.3 billion for projects aimed at decarbonising industry, which includes storing CO2 underground at offshore locations, it announced Friday.

Climate policy experts have shared their key recommendations on how to implement carbon removal (CDR) technologies within the EU’s 2040 climate target, based on findings from a four-year project funded by the European Commission.

Cameroon has opened a tender for support, via the UN Development Programme (UNDP), in establishing a national framework for carbon market and climate finance, with a focus on Article 6 engagement.

Three-quarters of households that park cars on street do not have charger within five-minute walk, data shows

North-east Derbyshire and Redditch, in the West Midlands, are among the worst public “charging deserts” for electric vehicles in Great Britain, according to an analysis that found 9.3m households do not have off-street parking where they could install a charger.

More than three-quarters of households that park their cars on the street do not have a public charger for electric vehicles within a five-minute walk, according to the analysis by the Field Dynamics consultancy.

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The EU regulation on deforestation-free products is providing small farmers with a unique opportunity to gain market access and be a privileged supplier, an environmental nonprofit has told Carbon Pulse.

A financial technology platform has released a methodology for creating tokenised biodiversity credits, with details on how to ensure projects meet integrity standards and units are tradeable.

Donation from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment will be used across country’s more than 400 national park sites

The official non-profit organization of the US national park service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100m gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country’s national parks.

The National Park Foundation, which Congress created in the 1960s to support national parks, will receive the donation from the Indianapolis-based foundation Lilly Endowment Inc. The park foundation described the gift on Monday as the largest grant in history benefiting US national parks.

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Verra has begun the piloting of its Scope 3 Standard (S3S) programme, a new scheme that will certify value chain interventions and issues voluntary carbon units that companies can use as part of their value chain emissions accounting.

European carbon prices eased on Monday morning on thin volume due to a UK public holiday as participants were said to be easing some gas-linked risk premium out of the benchmark futures contract as concerns around supply fade and storage levels remain healthy.

Six properties disconnected in past year but there are thought to be 5,000 unlawful apartments in Spanish city

A court in Seville in southern Spain has ruled that the city council is within its rights to cut off the water supply to illegal tourist apartments.

Over the past year the city has disconnected the supply to six illegal apartments. Three owners appealed but the judge, mindful of neighbours’ complaints about noise, accepted the council’s argument that the apartments were not the owners’ residences.

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From the merveille du jour to the burnished brass, Britain’s 2,500 species of moths are all special in their own way

• Tim Blackburn is professor of invasion biology at UCL and author of The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules

Let me start with a confession: I love moths. If your instant reaction to that statement is a shudder and expression of dislike (or worse), be assured that you’re not alone. It is the commonest response I get. But before you scroll on or turn the page, I hope you will give me a couple of minutes of your time to persuade you to change your mind. Moths are extremely important and beautiful creatures, and we should all love them.

Almost all of them, anyway. There’s a couple of tiny species that nibble holes in your jumpers and chew your carpets, and I’m not going to try to make you love those. Feel free to hate them with a vengeance, particularly as autumn draws in and you open your jumper drawer to find unwanted evidence of their labours. But Britain has about 2,500 other species of moths, and it would be unfair to let the clothes moths colour your perceptions of the other 99.9%. And the others really are special, in all sorts of ways.

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