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California lawmakers are expected to decide Monday whether to advance a budget bill that would require regulator ARB to complete a carbon market rulemaking next year, though numerous business groups continued to vociferously oppose the idea.

EU parliamentarians are divided across party and national lines over by how much to raise the bloc's 2030 emissions reduction goal, while lawmakers from mostly eastern member states want more funding for their home nations via ETS-financed schemes.

The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Projects Directorate (PJ) – Safeguards & Quality Management Department (SQM) - Environment, Climate & Social Office Division (ECSO) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a (Associate) Climate Change Adaptation Specialist.

A pair of California-based livestock offset projects are seeking eligibility under the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with the applicants vying for the transportation sector programme’s electricity pathway rather than renewable natural gas (RNG), according to public filings.

E3G is looking for an experienced practitioner to lead E3G’s European work within its political economy and governance cluster. The role will be central to shaping our engagement across the EU institutions and key Member States. The role can be based in either E3G’s Brussels or Berlin offices.

The Multilateral Governance Officer, reporting to the Multilateral Governance Manager, is responsible for supporting work related to the GCF engagement and response to the UNFCCC, UN multilateral governance processes and their synergies with the UNFCCC, and climate finance initiatives and their complementarity with GCF.

Ember is expanding our work in Europe and internationally. This role is for a new team member to support our European power sector analysts - who are working to achieve a coal phase-out in Europe by 2030, transition to a renewables-based electricity system and avoid false solutions such as fossil gas and high-carbon biomass.

Ember is expanding in Europe and internationally. We need a new power sector analyst to support our work in Europe. Your work will help us phase-out coal by 2030, transition to a renewables-based electricity system and avoid false solutions such as fossil gas and high-carbon biomass.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

EUAs slipped to their lowest level for over a week early on Friday, declining below €22 as markets grew wary about the pace of the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic amid a resurgence in new cases.

New hydrogen car company launches in NSW with aim of reviving car manufacturing industry and delivering new SUV called Snowy in 2022.

The post H2X hopes to jump-start Australian car industry with launch of hydrogen SUV appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Solgen Energy says 1.7MW of solar – including four “mini solar farms” – installed across five Cairns wastewater treatment plants will cut grid electricity consumption by 25%.

The post Cairns council installs another 1.7MW solar across wastewater plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.

With species fast disappearing, the world needs a single target for fighting extinction, say experts.

Three Western German towns will trial running their local grids without coal and gas, using instead a mix of wind, solar, storage and green hydrogen produced on-site.

The post German towns launch trial to kick coal and gas from energy supply appeared first on RenewEconomy.

JinkoSolar has been confirmed as the most bankable photovoltaic (PV) module supplier to the solar industry for the five year period covering 2015 to 2020.

The post JinkoSolar confirmed as most bankable PV module supplier for five-year period 2015-2020 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The plant takes its name from the colonial botanist Joseph Banks, but the coastal banksia's history goes way back to ancient times. Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

ClimateWorks report says national EV strategy needed to cut transport emissions, and push for quieter, healthier and cleaner cities.

The post Australia is one of world’s worst transport polluters: Covid-19 response could change this appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hazer Group successfully raises $8.4m in share placement to fully fund completion of ARENA-backed biogas to green hydrogren pilot plant.

The post Hazer successfully raises $8.4m to fund biogas to hydrogen pilot appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Aluminium smelters are being advised that they can act as "giant batteries" for the grid, hastening the clean energy transition and locking in their own future.

The post Australia’s big smelters could also be giant batteries, and go green at same time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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