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Australia's main grid is heading to 50 per cent renewables in two years, and batteries are moving from a sideshow to centre stage as cell prices plunge.

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False claims about weather manipulation and geoengineering have been spreading online. What are the facts?

False claims about weather manipulation and geoengineering have been spreading online. What are the facts?

Forest carbon projects are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate-related disasters including large-scale fires, according to a new analysis from an offset ratings agency.

An Oregon-based investor and his associated firms have been ordered by a US judge to pay over $120 million in restitution and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme and committing fraud related to digital asset investments and a carbon offset programme, a federal court ruled on Wednesday.

Tesla has smashed its records for battery storage deliveries in a single quarter, more than double its previous best and double analyst estimates.

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How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.

Scientists are collecting eggs from rhinos in zoos in a bid to boost the gene pool of wild rhinos.

Scientists are collecting eggs from rhinos in zoos in a bid to boost the gene pool of wild rhinos.

Maine-headquartered Running Tide, the now-shuttered ocean carbon removal project developer, saw only a handful of early buyers and investors patient enough to see through the company’s delivery of voluntary carbon credits, as critics slate and executives defend its efforts to scale up.

Engineer appointed to design transmission line that will link Pilbara iron ore mines to one of world's biggest renewable energy hubs.

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Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released Wednesday a series of draft updates to the state's Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Technologies (OR-GREET) model used to assess carbon intensity (CI) for the Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP), ahead of a workshop next week to discuss proposed programme changes.

takeover target Genex Power has successfully refinanced its portfolio of two operating solar projects.

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Nuclear energy proponents are trying to discredit renewable energy and promote nuclear and fossil gas, and their myths they are receiving little or no challenge in the mainstream media.

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Low humidity, gusty winds, and a dangerous heatwave are exacerbating fire risks in the northern part of the state.

US auto manufacturer General Motors (GM) will retire approximately 50 million credits under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) greenhouse gas (GHG) programme, after the agency identified excess CO2 emissions from approximately 5.9 million GM vehicles.

Washington’s third quarterly carbon allowance auction in September will feature the highest number of current vintage permits offered so far this year, according to a notice published by the state's Department of Ecology (ECY) Wednesday.

Financial institutions have a key role to play in funding green building construction and retrofits to cut energy use, running costs and emissions. Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Nicky Morrison, Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices moved higher as market participants positioned ahead of next week's rulemaking workshop, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) values were up, with volumes picking up momentarily in the otherwise muted market.

Alberta Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) system credit prices dropped below $50 as transaction activity in June slid from all-time highs into the 2023 compliance deadline with record levels of retirements, according to a report published Tuesday.