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California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) both declined over the past week, as “random” end-of-year market dynamics took hold of thinning volume in the former, while the prices for the latter could be driven by weakening hydropower in the Pacific Northwest in the near future, market participants noted.

A deadly strain of bird flu is circulating in animals. So far the virus has been detected in seabirds on islands near Antarctica. What does this mean for wildlife, tourism and research? Hanne E F Nielsen, Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania Meagan Dewar, Lecturer in the School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University Australia Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Neoen flags construction of its second biggest solar project after awarding EPC contract and emerging as winner of NSW generation tender.

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California gasoline sales for September dipped in comparison to levels seen in August while diesel consumption continued its upward trajectory for a second month, although both values hovered below 2022 levels, according to state data released Thursday.

Energy exchange EEX late Thursday published next year's EU carbon allowance auction schedule, showing a increase of 22% over the volume sold between January and August this year.

Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus. Sally Lau, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University Jan Strugnell, Professor Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University Nerida Wilson, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) on Wednesday issued the first carbon offsets under the state's cap-and-invest programme, awarding them to two projects that collected and destroyed refrigerant gases.

Valuing ecosystem services with monetary figures of investments can help to show conservation activities' true profitability, Hague-headquartered ASN Bank has said.

Outrage in Colaton Raleigh after trees felled by government agency without consulting community

Not much happens in the sleepy village of Colaton Raleigh, where almost half of the residents are retired. So local walkers were horrified when they woke up one morning to an act of “environmental vandalism” that left behind the maimed stumps of 100 ancient beech trees.

Residents in the east Devon community are grieving the loss of the beloved trees, which were located in a special conservation area and site of special scientific interest, home to lots of local plants and animals, after they were felled by a government agency without consulting the community or council.

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New clean energy record set after windfarms generate 21.8GW in half an hour on Thursday morning

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The blustery weather brought by Storm Pia has helped Britain’s windfarms set a new clean energy record, with wind turbines generating more than half of the country’s electricity.

Windfarms generated 21.8 gigawatts (GW) of electricity between 8am and 8.30am on Thursday, according to RenewableUK, a not-for-profit renewable energy trade association, citing figures from National Grid’s electricity system operator (ESO).

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A certifier’s new REDD+ methodology would have issued fewer carbon credits to past REDD+ projects in three of four cases studied, according to newly-published research, potentially mitigating over-crediting associated with forestry-based activities.

A key test of the impact of the COP28 UN climate talks will be whether the ambition filters through to countries’ updated NDC climate pledges, but experts say the vague language and loopholes of an otherwise breakthrough agreement could hamper this.

A startup seeking seed funding to help channel primary voluntary carbon investment has wound up operations.

The fight to tackle the biodiversity crisis on farms in countries across the EU faces significant obstacles despite the setting of national plans on the topic, the EU executive's environmental department has said.

The EU Ombudsman has criticised the European Commission’s refusal to provide access to documents concerning EU ETS emissions reported for the ceramics industry. 

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the US state's market-based Climate Protection Program (CPP) was invalid on the basis of its administrative rules.

Part of certifier body Verra’s definition of nature credits, under the proposed standards in its SD Vista Nature Framework, is equivalent to its description of offsets, an executive at UK-funded development agency FSD Africa has said.

An Indian climate tech startup has raised $550,000 in pre-seed funding towards developing what it said are scalable nature-based sequestration solutions tailored to the country’s unique environmental conditions.

Cookstove carbon credits tagged with Article 6 authorisation look set to trade at around double the price of current market values, according to sources this week as the first of these types of units emerge.