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A backlog of registry-listed forestry projects will finally culminate in large issuances of California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) this year, but the estimated future supply of credits that will provide direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs) will remain low, analysts said Wednesday.

The developers of the massive 11GW wind and solar project proposed in the Pilbara in north west Australia have hinted the project could get even bigger as it eyes huge markets for green hydrogen in the Asia market. The so-called Asia Renewable Energy Hub is the largest project of its type being developed in the...

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California fuel sector emissions likely dropped in 2018 for the first time in the state's carbon market era, while the power sector could see an increase after years of GHG reductions, according to Carbon Pulse estimates.

A new study found the settlement of new coral larvae fell by 89 per cent in the wake of the ocean heatwaves.

Australia's environment took a beating in 2018, as temperatures rose, rainfall declined, the health of rivers and ecosystems worsened, and floods, droughts and bushfires all took their toll. Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

After repeated bleaching in 2016 and 2017 corals on the Great Barrier Reef are producing far fewer offspring. Morgan Pratchett, Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Governments are chronically underfunding the restoration of natural landscapes that can simultaneously tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, an international group of campaigners said Wednesday.

Study shows dramatic fall in baby coral numbers but also change in type of coral

The number of new corals on the Great Barrier Reef crashed by 89% after the climate change-induced mass bleaching of 2016 and 2017.

Scientists have measured how many adult corals survived along the length of the world’s largest reef system and how many new corals they produced in 2018 in the aftermath of severe heat stress and coral mortality.

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Clean Energy Australia snapshot shows investment in large-scale projects has doubled to $20bn

Despite Canberra remaining locked in ongoing partisan war about emissions reductions, and Malcolm Turnbull losing the prime ministership after a conflagration about energy policy, 2018 was a boom year for renewable energy, according to the latest Clean Energy Australia report.

The new assessment, to be released Thursday, finds the amount of renewable energy capacity committed in Australia during 2018 increased 260% on 2017, with 14.8 GW underway in 2018 compared to 5.6 GW in 2017.

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EU ETS reforms have strengthened the case for countries to ramp up their own climate action in capped sectors by greatly reducing the carbon price-damping effect of national policies, according to experts.

China has circulated a set of draft regulations for its national emissions trading scheme for public consultation, the first official ETS document to surface since the government delayed the programme indefinitely in Dec. 2017.

The US EPA’s push to develop rulemaking that declares biomass from managed forests as carbon neutral could run up against the recommendations of the agency’s own science panel, according to a recent review.

Christiana Figueres, who helped secure the Paris Climate Change Agreement, gives her suggestions.

New CO2 removal technology gains significant investment from fossil fuel companies, but greens have doubts.

A British Columbia-based company has shown that it can extract CO2 from the air in a cost-effective way.

Edinburgh Science faced protests from activists for taking money from oil firms

The charity running the Edinburgh international science festival is to ban sponsorship from oil companies including Shell and Total after protests by climate campaigners.

Edinburgh Science said on Wednesday it realised its commitment to educating people on climate change was substantially compromised by accepting money from fossil fuel companies.

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New material could replace plastic or glass in construction of energy-efficient homes

In an era of glass and steel construction, wood may seem old-school. But now researchers say they have given timber a makeover to produce a material that is not only sturdy, but also transparent and able to store and release heat.

The researchers say the material could be used in the construction of energy-efficient homes, and that they hope to develop a biodegradable version to increase its eco-friendly credentials as an alternative to plastic, glass or even cement.

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Around three times as many carbon allowances will be available in next week’s South Korean auction as in the previous sales, after the government announced Tuesday it has borrowed nearly half a million KAUs from the June volume to boost market supply.

The Galápagos Islands are supposedly one of the most pristine locations on the planet, but plastic pollution arriving by sea is threatening this unique habitat and wildlife. Leah Green travels to the islands to see how our reliance on plastic is affecting even the most remote of locations, and to see how the archipelago is hoping to lead the worldwide fight against plastic

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In world first, Sydney researchers observe lizard’s egg laying and live birth three weeks later from a single litter

Skinks may be much stranger than previously thought after researchers discovered a lizard that laid eggs and gave birth to live young in the one pregnancy.

Researchers at the University of Sydney observed a three-toed skink lay three eggs and weeks later give birth to a live baby.

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