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Group of 16 EU organisations partner to scale up floating offshore solar technology to 150MW so it can be more easily installed within existing and new offshore wind farms.

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When we see false information circulating, we might move to debunk it. But prebunking lies and explaining manipulation techniques can work better. Christian Turney, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Wind and solar set a number of output records in Victoria and across the main grid amid the grid chaos on Tuesday.

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Land-based measures show the highest potential to support CO2 removal (CDR) in the near term, but the world's climate targets will not be met without the deployment of a range of such solutions at a multi-gigatonne scale, with ocean-related technology holding the most large-scale promise long term.

New survey finds strong public support for The Superpower Institute's proposal to bring back a carbon tax.

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Indonesia’s former defence minister Prabowo Subianto declared victory late Wednesday in Indonesia’s presidential election, after unofficial tallies showed he had secured a majority of the votes.

California compliance-grade offset issuance over the last three weeks fell to almost 45% below January’s distribution, with units offering direct environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state also trailing the prior month, according to data published by state regulator ARB on Wednesday.

The European Parliament is examining what lessons can be learned from restrictions on tobacco lobbyists to protect the environment from continued use of fossil fuels.

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It’s a horror story unfolding in the west that could sweep across the country. Beware the shot-hole borer, an exotic pest that threatens our tree crops, plantations, urban forests and wild places. Theo Evans, Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia Bruce Webber, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia's biggest energy retailer doubles underlying earnings to $1.995 billion, taking advantage of higher bills and lower fuel costs, but remains coy about the future of the Eraring and pace of green energy transition.

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Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) generated a record-high volume of credits for the second consecutive quarter, growing the programme’s credit bank amid cratering secondary market prices, according to state data published Tuesday.

A climate solutions company specialising in technology to cut methane emissions and deliver affordable zero-emissions hydrogen has closed on a $10 million investment to further develop its offering.

A carbon capture technology company is looking to raise capital via a private placement of shares to fund expansion into the US and develop its technology further.  

The Article 6.4 Supervisory Body, mandated to shape the rules governing carbon crediting under the Paris Agreement, will come together to discuss several procedural mechanisms and the role of a centralised registry at the end of February, as observers noted with surprise a developed appendix dedicated to REDD+ activities in one of the draft documents published ahead of the meeting.

Fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for their contribution to inflation, and kept at arm's length from policy making, just like tobacco lobbyists, according to groups heard on Wednesday by the European Parliament's Petition committee.

Australia’s Soft Plastics Taskforce has been under pressure to fill the vacuum left by the demise of REDcycle. But this time the small trial announced for Melbourne has the potential to succeed. Anya Phelan, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Denialism highest in central and southern US, with Republican voters less likely to believe in climate science

Nearly 15% of Americans don’t believe climate change is real, a new study out of the University of Michigan reveals – shedding light on the highly polarized attitude toward global warming.

Additionally, denialism is highest in the central and southern US, with Republican voters found less likely to believe in climate science.

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The current wave of protests endangers environmental progress. But imaginative politics can get the green deal back on track

Another day, another tractor blockade. Earlier this week, all economic activity at the Belgian port of Antwerp ground to a halt as hundreds of farmers prevented access to freight. In Spain, tractors blocked motorways near Seville and Granada, and in Catalonia. As a rolling wave of rural discontent has made itself felt across Europe since the start of the year, only four EU member states have remained unaffected.

Numerically, farmers account for only 4% of Europe’s working population. But as Europe’s political leaders are belatedly coming to realise, the burgeoning crisis has outsize implications. A perfect storm of factors – including rising energy costs, competition from lightly regulated foreign imports and supermarket profit-gouging – have driven angry farmers off the land and on to the streets of capitals. But in disputes that touch on some of the faultlines of contemporary culture wars, there is a growing danger that the EU’s green deal takes the rap for a crisis incubated elsewhere.

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The European Commission is "not too worried" about the tumbling price of carbon allowances, Kurt Vandenberghe, director-general of DG CLIMA, told a virtual event on Wednesday.

A New Mexico bill to implement a clean fuel standard by mandating a reduction in transportation fuel carbon intensity (CI) passed the legislature on Tuesday and now awaits approval by the governor.