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Institutions alleged to have given billions of dollars to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are harming the rainforests

Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest.

The institutions are alleged to have provided billions of dollars of finance to oil and gas companies involved in projects that are impacting the Amazon, destabilising the climate or impinging on the land and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

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Families in Taranto, Italy, watch their kids play in polluted soil in the shadow of a steelworks, knowing that many people there have lost their lives to cancer. Lisa Sorgini captures their struggle

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China on Tuesday announced the first batch of qualified bodies to conduct validation and verification work under the country's national voluntary carbon credit programme, a move that will remove hurdles for developers to proceed with their offset projects.

Contracting giant building some of Australia's landmark projects - including the biggest transmission link - hit by "negative margins" as costs soar.

The post Contracting giant hit by losses on Australian renewable and transmission projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Open letter signed by naturalist Chris Packham and comedian Paul Whitehouse says pollution from United Utilities treatment plants is degrading lake

The next government must give Windermere greater protection from sewage pollution, campaigners including the naturalist Chris Packham and the comedian Paul Whitehouse have urged in an open letter to all party leaders.

The campaign group Save Windermere, which organised the letter, says the lake has huge ecological significance, is home to rare and protected species and brings in about £750m to the economy. But the signatories, who include the Wildlife Trust, the countryside charity the CPRE and WildFish, say it is being degraded by sewage pollution from United Utilities treatment plants.

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Significant diplomatic and economic repercussions would result from Australia watering down our 2030 targets. Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

AGL takes stake in global energy software business with a management system designed to combine solar, batteries and EVs and deal with an energy "future you can't predict."

The post AGL buys into home solar, battery and EV management platform appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The New Zealand government has dumped agricultural group He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN), saying the former government’s process to price agricultural carbon emissions has failed and vowing to keep the country’s most polluting sector out of the emissions trading scheme.

Coalition's nuclear plan would fail to deliver net zero emissions on the grid by 2050, new analysis shows.

The post Dutton’s nuclear plan wouldn’t even meet net zero by 2050 target, report finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post World-first 18MW wind turbine installed in China appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post How much storage? What’s the cost? Now you can build your own Integrated System Plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post Fossil fools and climate change, or Goldilocks and the Three Fears appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

The post Grants for homes batteries could “save billions” in shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.