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Battle to build, install, and operate the world’s largest wind turbines has seen another record fall after the installation of an 18MW behemoth in China.

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Worried about what will happen when the wind don't blow and the sun don't shine? And the cost of filling those gaps? An online model allows you to build your own ISP.

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Anglo Australian miner Rio Tinto has acquired Mitsubishi Corporation’s interest in an aluminium smelting company, Rio announced Tuesday, which operates a smelter covered under the Safeguard Mechanism.

Just before the lights go out, here is a bedtime story about conservatives, vested interests, spin doctors and dog whistles.

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Credit values for both Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) and Washington Clean Fuel Standard (WCFS) plummeted towards the end of last week, while California's Low Carbon Fuels  Standard (LCFS) credit prices remain pressured in recent months.

Incentivising households and landlords into renewable tech such as batteries and solar would save billions on large-scale infrastructure, new report says.

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Verra has suspended a registry account linked to three projects that are reportedly the subject of a fraud probe launched by the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) last week.

Iowa’s ethanol plants that have partnered with a CO2 pipeline developer would require 3.36 billion gallons (12.7 bln litres) of water every year to capture carbon, potentially depleting the state’s aquifers, according to an environmental non-profit.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices reversed course from the week’s downslide as the Q2 auction record settlement beat market expectations.

The New York State Senate approved Friday a bill seeking to establish a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), but the proposal once again failed to clear both chambers ahead of the end of the legislative session.

The extension of the EU ETS to maritime shipping on Jan. 1 will not result in fee-dodging at a meaningful scale, or for a protracted period, keeping up a manageable pressure to decarbonise, two industry experts have told Carbon Pulse, despite fears to the contrary.

Around the world, coral reefs are suffering. But scientists in high-income nations are developing new ways to build coral resilience. We have a duty to share our skills and build capacity elsewhere. Mark Gibbs, Lead - Pilot Deployments Program (AIMS); Professor (Queensland University of Technology; Adjunct), Australian Institute of Marine Science Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Earth’s climate system is connected across hemispheres. When the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakens and Europe cools, warming in New Zealand and southern mid-latitudes accelerates. Shaun Eaves, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Andrew Mackintosh, Professor & Head, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment; expert on glaciers and ice sheets, Monash University Helen Bostock, Associate Professor , The University of Queensland Joel Pedro, Honorary Research Fellow, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Negotiators have managed to significantly shorten a text that would move towards creating a new global climate finance goal during mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn, but most of the key details are yet to be hashed out.

The OECD has launched a call for tenders, on behalf of the International Energy Agency (IEA), to source suppliers of clean cookstove and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) carbon credits.

Electric vehicle market share growth slowed down sharply in Europe last year, according to new data from the European Environment Agency (EEA), analysed by Carbon Pulse.

North Warwickshire council seeks to extend controversial order against ‘persons unknown’ for Kingsbury terminal

A council is trying to extend a controversial injunction against “persons unknown” to stop any future protests outside an oil terminal operated by Shell UK.

Lawyers for North Warwickshire borough council will argue in the high court on Tuesday that an interim injunction granted in 2022 should be made permanent to stop protests outside Kingsbury oil terminal in Tamworth.

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Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe

A group of the world’s last wild horses have returned to their native Kazakhstan after an absence of about 200 years. The seven horses, four mares from Berlin and a stallion and two other mares from Prague, were flown to the central Asian country on a Czech air force transport plane.

The wild horses, known as Przewalski’s horses, once roamed the vast steppe grasslands of central Asia, where horses are believed to have been first domesticated about 5,500 years ago.

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The first voluntary credits tagged with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label nudged higher last week, after the ICVCM approved its methodologies, but expectations that the integrity-stamped units would immediately spark demand were snubbed out.

A ‘biodiversity bond’ with a tailored nature-specific structure, distinct from a green bond, is planned to issue for $50 million from BBVA Colombia in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC).