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Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) on Wednesday doubled down on assuring carbon market participants of the stability of the state’s cap-and-trade system, citing “broad” support from the business community — including tech giant Microsoft and oil firm BP — and beyond, despite a November ballot initiative which looks to repeal the measure.

Many measures commonly thought to reduce the toll of animals injured and killed on our roads aren’t effective. But there is evidence to support other solutions. Graeme Coulson, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne Helena Bender, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Social Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

An already delayed proposal for a national cap-and-trade system in Mexico will likely not see concrete regulations put forth until a new presidential administration takes over in October, an expert told conference attendees Wednesday.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday announced its emissions standards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles effective as of model year 2027, seeing weakened targets relative to its first proposal, but still anticipated to avoid 7.2 billion tonnes of CO2 through 2055.

The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) has approved its first grants, agreeing to spend $40 million on four projects in Brazil, Gabon, and Mexico, administrator Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced Wednesday.

London company SEN's ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.

The 88 MW Dugald River solar farm, described as the largest solar facility on a remote grid in Australia, has been officially opened by APA Group.

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While the growing number of project rating firms is an overall net positive for global voluntary markets, the head of an advisory firm and project developer warns their lack of resources and relative newness could lead to unfair negative sentiment toward poorly-rated projects.

Travis John Branson killed about 3,600 protected birds to sell their parts online from 2015-21.

Seven solutions could unlock private demand for UK natural flood management projects, boosting the market for such initiatives should the government adopt them, a Green Finance Institute (GFI) expert group has said.

Women in India are found to be twice as likely to lose babies if they are working in hot conditions.

An English estate is partnering with a climate tech firm to use innovative technologies like vertical farming and micro-propagation of genetically relevant plant stock to improve the survival rate of voluntary carbon credit-generating reforestation projects.

Japanese and Korean steel industries appear to be actively lobbying the EU and other institutions to weaken the carbon border adjustment mechanism’s ambition, according to analysis by a think-tank.

Germany issues green paper for the decommissioning of the country’s gas distribution network to smooth transition to climate-neutral heating.

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Gas giant Woodside has been accused of preparing to detonate a "new climate bomb" that would dwarf national efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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AGL launches website that allows consumers to cost solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps.

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Established 24 years ago, the Carrifran Wildwood has been credited with inspiring the current surge of rewilding projects across the UK and beyond

About 6,000 years ago, most of southern Scotland was covered by broadleaf woodland, interspersed with patches of rich scrub, heath and bog. In stark contrast, the landscape today is dominated by close-cropped, severely nature-depleted hills, punctuated by sharp-edged blocks of non-native spruce plantation.

Now, thanks to the Carrifran Wildwood, one of the UK’s first community-led rewilding projects, patches of habitat resembling Scotland’s primeval forest are staging a comeback.

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The UN’s international shipping body has drawn up a legal framework for decarbonisation measures which includes a carbon pricing mechanism, according to a draft text seen by Carbon Pulse on Thursday, despite fears by some delegates that this option could still be removed.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is targetting this summer for a final version of its voluntary carbon guidelines, encouraging the public to report instances of fraud and manipulation as part of the agency’s efforts to support market credibility.