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Consultation is now open on a draft legislation package for the National Standard for Environmental Risk Management of Industrial Chemicals (the National Standard). Closes 5pm 21 February 2020.

Consultation is now open on a draft legislation package for the National Standard for Environmental Risk Management of Industrial Chemicals (the National Standard). Closes 5pm 21 February 2020.

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A US offset registry and agricultural technology company began the process of developing a soil carbon methodology for the voluntary offset market on Wednesday, with a focus on streamlining the process of proving additionality.

California regulator ARB divvied out nearly 1.3 million new California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) in its first issuance of 2020 as the all-time supply rose to nearly 170 mln, according to data published Wednesday.

2019 ranks as world's second warmest year on record as global warming 43rd consecutive year of above average temperatures.

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If you want to invest in climate change mitigation there are a myriad potential stocks. Here's some ideas.

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Until now, there's been little evidence our evolutionary relatives could swim.

Oregon Republicans are open to walking out on the upcoming legislative session for a second straight year to protest a revised WCI-modelled ETS bill released this week, arguing the proposal should instead be decided by a ballot initiative.

What can the weather tell us about our changing planet? Ben Rich looks at the latest data in the first of our new monthly series, Climate Check.

Allocations of free carbon allowances to new and expanding companies in the EU ETS ground to a crawl in the second half of 2019, with nearly two thirds of the over 310 million units assigned to the bloc’s New Entrants’ Reserve (NER) remaining unclaimed with a year left in the phase.

An old political maxim is to 'never waste a crisis', but sometimes a crisis isn't enough. John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute Emily Millane, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

In time Australia's AAA credit rating will be at risk. John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

There's logic in burying carcasses as they can harbour nasty diseases, but they also help landscapes recover from fire. Emma Spencer, Ph.D. student, University of Sydney Chris Dickman, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney Philip Barton, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Thomas Newsome, Lecturer, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The past five years – and the past decade – are the hottest in 150 years, the latest research has shown. It is bringing increasingly severe storms, floods, drought and wildfires, with one scientist saying the records being broken year after year is “the drumbeat of the Anthropocene”. We look at what the five hottest years look like in pictures

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California regulator ARB should consider an automatic supply-cutting mechanism in the WCI-linked carbon market, and subsequently should adjust the compliance value of banked permits, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.

The EU's Parliament gave its firm backing to the European Green Deal on Wednesday, while stressing that the bloc needs interim targets towards its 2050 net zero emission goal.

Scott Morrison suggest he will ‘evolve’ his government’s climate policy but many still openly doubt the science

The science minister, Karen Andrews, has said it’s “time for everyone to move on” from ideological debates on climate change.

“Every second that we spend discussing if climate change is real is a second we don’t spend addressing these issues,” she told Nine Newspapers. “Let’s move on and get over this.”

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National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility funding was discontinued in 2017, while Scott Morrison was treasurer

The Coalition’s decision to axe funding to a climate change adaptation research body in 2017 has left Australia “not well positioned” to deal with fires, the “silent killer” of drought and other global heating impacts, its director has said.

Jean Palutikof, the director of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), told Guardian Australia the decision to discontinue funding in 2017 – when Scott Morrison was treasurer – had hollowed out the research community and “the capacity to take action on climate change is smaller than it was decade ago”.

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Pizza Hut, Burger King and Domino’s are among UK outlets rated ‘very poor’ in report from leading animal charity

Customers of some of the UK’s biggest fast-food chains including Pizza Hut and Burger King may be eating meat that comes from chickens reared in poor conditions, claims a new report from a leading animal charity.

Amid growing concerns about the intensive and large-scale production of meat – with some birds growing so fast that they routinely suffer from lameness and skin lesions – World Animal Protection (WAP) has ranked eight of the leading brands according to their commitment, ambition and transparency to improve chicken welfare globally.

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