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Other nations have acknowledged the demise of coal, and it’s time Australia caught up.

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Toronto based Amp Energy unveils plans for $2 billion green hydrogen play, snapping up three big solar and battery projects in South Australia.

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Networks make final pitch for new transmission link seen as crucial for South Australia to reach net 100 per cent renewables, and for NSW to exit coal.

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The phasing out of single-use plastics gathers pace with big companies adopting alternatives.

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Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices trended down this week outside of nature-based offerings, while participants reported few direct pricing or liquidity impacts from Verra’s recent guidance to not require corresponding adjustments for voluntary carbon market (VCM) transfers.

EnergyAustralia to build the country's first "green hydrogen" capable gas generator in NSW, helping fill market gap created by closure of Liddell.

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Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez asked Congress to withdraw a tax reform package on Sunday that included a revision to the country’s roughly $5/tonne CO2 levy after protests against other aspects of the proposal left several dead.

Human farts and sneezes can be big — so imagine the size if they came from the world's biggest animals? Vanessa Pirotta, Wildlife scientist, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A Houston-based environmental trader has joined the New York-based financial firm Hartree Partners, Carbon Pulse has learned.

The US EPA put forth a rulemaking on Monday to implement bipartisan climate legislation passed last year, with the draft regulation to reduce potent HFC gases through an allowance trading system for regulated entities.

Environmental Protection Agency proposes rule to cut production and import of HFCs in the US by 85% over the next 15 years

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to restrict the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), extremely powerful planet-heating gases found in refrigerators and air conditioning units that are the target of an international push for phasing out.

In the first move by Joe Biden’s administration to directly cut a greenhouse gas, the EPA has proposed a rule to drastically reduce the production and import of HFCs in the US by 85% over the next 15 years. The step is a significant one as Biden seeks to cut total US emissions in half by the end of the decade.

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Massachusetts electricity generators regulated under the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade system saw emissions spike over the first quarter, with these facilities on track for an annual shortage in the in-state programme, recent data showed. 

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Even short, temporary increases in airborne particles can damage brain health, research suggests

Temporary rises in air pollution may impair memory and thinking in older men, according to research that indicates even short-term spikes in airborne particles can be harmful to brain health.

Scientists found that the men’s cognitive performance fell following rises in air pollution during the month before testing, even when peak levels remained below safety thresholds for toxic air set by the World Health Organization and national regulators.

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The European Commission will present its 2030 climate policy package including the revision of the EU’s carbon market on July 14, confirming Carbon Pulse’s reporting that the legislation was poised to be delayed by a few weeks.

Australia’s Santos and Italy-headquartered Eni will investigate introducing CCS at a gas field in Timor-Leste that could store CO2 imported from Australia, generating carbon credits in the process, they announced Monday.

The German government said it could launch its scheme for carbon contracts for difference (CCfDs) this year to spur decarbonisation of its heavy industry, according to a document published by the federal Ministry of Environment (BMU).

Global phenomenon known as river piracy demands urgent adaptation from ecosystems and people who rely on their flow

As glaciers around the world recede rapidly owing to global warming, some communities are facing a new problem: the sudden disappearance of their rivers.

River piracy, or stream capture, is when water from one river is diverted into another because of erosion or, in this case, glacier melt.

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