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Oil and gas, agriculture lobbying to weaken international methane rules, NGO claims
The oil and gas and agriculture industries are consistently, and successfully, lobbying to weaken regulations to cut methane emissions worldwide, an NGO claims in research published on Thursday.
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“On track and on time:” D’Ambrosio insists Victoria’s first offshore wind auction will not be delayed
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Contract awarded for works on new 2,000 MWh battery in coal centre
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“Blackouts and brownouts:” The ideology behind Coalition’s dystopian take on renewables
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Clean Energy Regulator auditing HIR projects, NGER reports
A compliance update from the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) Thursday said it had begun gateway audits on several human-induced regeneration (HIR) carbon projects, as well as audits of a number of emissions reports under the NGER scheme.
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Five things the “nuclear bros” don’t want you to know about small modular reactors
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LCFS Market: Bear case for prices as credit surplus bank shows no signs of unwinding
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices have continued on a downward spiral, with traders expecting further downside risk as the programme’s credit surplus bank build shows no signs of slowing.
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US details guidance for SAF credit generation under IRA
The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Tuesday released their updated guidance for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credits to establish eligibility for fuel producers, incorporating avenues to reward the use of renewable natural gas (RNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
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Major Canadian power producer folds C$2.4 bln CCS project
An Alberta-based power generator scrapped its C$2.4 bln ($1.7 bln) carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, citing it as not economically feasible, following attempts over several months to secure a carbon contract for difference (CCfD) agreement with the Canadian government.
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EU carbon prices to triple by 2035, analysts predict, publishing amongst first ETS Phase 5 forecasts
EU carbon prices are expected to triple to around €200 in 2035, analysts said this week, making them among the first teams of experts to forecast out that far.
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RGGI emissions rise 9% YoY in Q1
Emissions under the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power sector cap-and-trade scheme jumped 9.1% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2024, as CO2 output in the majority of participating states rose, programme data showed Wednesday.
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Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed
Scientists build a 3D model of one of our evolutionary cousins from the pieces of a shattered skull.
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We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role
Corporations have an incentive to make profits – even if their products hurt or even kill people. Here’s how to stop history repeating.
Nick Chartres, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney
Lisa Bero, Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Removals buyers’ group seals $58.3 mln offtake with US CDR developer
A buyers' club and a Houston-headquartered CO2 removal (CDR) developer announced Wednesday the signing of an $58.3 million multi-year offtake agreement, as the group continues its support of the developing market.
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Gold Standard launches new voluntary carbon methodology to credit home food recycling
Voluntary carbon credit issuing body Gold Standard has unveiled a new methodology that will issue credits relating to home food recycling, it said on Wednesday.
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Market Stability Reserve activation threshold a “key weakness” of EU ETS -analysts
The current activation point for the principal supply balancing mechanism in the EU ETS, the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), is too high and represents a "key weakness" of the market, according to analysts at a bank.
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EU ETS2 prices could almost quadruple with weak energy efficiency policies in place -report
The 2030 prices of the EU’s new heating and transport carbon market (ETS2) could be around four times higher if weak energy efficiency policies are implemented across the bloc, compared to a more ambitious scenario, new analysis has found.
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Climate fund selects 13 carbon removal projects for invesment from 2024 cohort
A fund created as an alternative to carbon offsetting by a EU-based climate project platform has selected 13 activities from the durable carbon removal (CDR) sector from which it will pre-purchase removals in a bid to help scale the nascent industry.
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Developers mixed in willingness to engage with Article 6 market, says standard body
A carbon standard has said it sees a mixed approach among developers on their readiness to engage with Article 6, with some preferring to only transact on the voluntary market due to perceived investment uncertainties and risks relating to the UN mechanisms, while others are attracted to the high potential prices.
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Asset manager sets aside 10% of 1,900-ha regenerative agriculture project for biodiversity
Climate Asset Management has acquired 1,900 hectares of farmland collectively across areas of Spain and Portugal for regenerative agriculture, setting aside 10% for biodiversity while exploring ecosystem services.
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