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An Australian coal miner got its Scope 1 emissions assessment under the Safeguard Mechanism wrong, according to a conservation group that lobbied for documents filed to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, but this is just the beginning of coal mining's emissions issues, the group said.

Environment Agency data shows sewage spilled into England's waterways for over 3.6 million hours last year.

The owners of the largest gas plant in South Australia have been hit with a heavy fine for the role it played in a major blackout in early 2017, when it sat idle and failed to comply with market rules.

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Japan's voluntary domestic carbon market has recently added almost 200 new participants, further expanding the share of national emissions covered, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on Wednesday.

International research has found that a warming climate will turn Australia’s soil into a net emitter of carbon dioxide.

One of Australia’s most noted retired statesmen and politicians has co-signed a letter asking the environment minister to reject Woodside Energy’s plan to extend the life of a 40-plus year old LNG export plant to 2070, a move seen to result in several billion tonnes of CO2e emissions.

Can Alice Springs switch off fossil fuels in the middle of the day? Lyndon Frearson from Ekistica on the options and lessons for the NEM. Plus: Eraring and NVES.

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An assessment of marine protected areas (MPAs) in 34 countries has revealed that ocean conservation can generate significant economic benefits to the fishing and tourism industries, with some profits in the billions.

The Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market faced a downturn Wednesday in the wake of a fresh study damning the integrity of human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects.

The Australian Labor government on Wednesday introduced legislation to set up the Net Zero Economic Authority (NZEA), which will oversee the country’s transition to net zero emissions, and has committed A$189 million ($123 mln) to its establishment.

A developer of biochar-based carbon removals in Bolivia has signed a deal with a German marketplace startup to supply 81,600 of tonnes to the platform, the companies announced on Wednesday, among the largest deals done so far in the sector.

A report released Wednesday has called on the Australian government to strengthen the Safeguard Mechanism by expanding its coverage to the electricity sector, as well as to bar Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from being used for compliances purposes.

Relying on private financing such as environmental credits as the main means to scale funding of nature could be "a risky strategy", a top advisor to African biodiversity negotiators said Tuesday.

Some ‘ecologically sound’ brands contain as little as 2.7% of the eco-friendly paper alternative

In the bathrooms of the ecologically conscious, bamboo toilet paper is the new bottom line – a supposedly green alternative to the bog-standard pulp-based loo roll that requires the chopping down of 1m trees a year, just to be flushed down the pan.

But new findings from consumer watchdog Which? will wipe away that smug feeling: samples of three out of the five of the UK’s top bamboo brands were actually made from other woods, some of them heavily implicated in deforestation.

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In my opinion there will not be enough new renewable supply built in NSW to fully replace Eraring by the end of 2025. The lights may stay on, but at a price.

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Corporations will be covered by a climate reporting regime under new laws but not yet, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers bends to pressure from the big end of town.

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Solar output records fall across the US, as California extends its run of reaching 100 pct renewables.

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A Hong Kong-headquartered airline has set a new carbon intensity target for 2030, with plans to expand the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its climate goals.

A peer-reviewed paper has cast further doubt on human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects in Australia, finding that a large portion of pre-2022 projects are non-additional, while highlighting the politically-charged nature of the country’s carbon market.

Federal government waves through plans for what could be biggest solar farm in NSW, and biggest battery in the country.

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