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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced conditional loans totalling nearly $3 billion to two biofuel producers with the goal of expanding sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) output.

Survey of young people aged 16-25 from all US states shows concerns across political spectrum

The overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about the climate crisis, and more than half say their concerns about the environment will affect where they decide to live and whether to have children, new research finds.

The study comes just weeks after back-to-back hurricanes, Helene and Milton, pummeled the south-eastern US. Flooding from Helene caused more than 600 miles of destruction, from Florida’s west coast to the mountains of North Carolina, while Milton raked across the Florida peninsula less than two weeks later.

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A major athletics brand seeks to offset the emissions generated by shipment from its online purchases in the US through forestry-based carbon credits, targeting nearly 27,600 acres of forestland in Oregon.

The European Commission on Thursday announced a €15-million funding opportunity aimed at advancing technologies in direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) and bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS).

Massive wind and battery project attracts nearly 100 hundred objections, but none from locals and most from people who don't live anywhere near the project.

The post Massive renewables hub gets all clear from locals, but long distance activists complain about the view appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An oil refinery in the Los Angeles area is set to shutter in Q4 2025, less than a week after California's legislature approved controversial fuel supply minimums for in-state refiners, according to a company announcement on Wednesday.

Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned. Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

NSW won't reduce the 8-hour definition for long duration energy storage and is setting both a new target and regulations to make this field more attractive to developers. 

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Russia will present ideas for creating an international carbon market at the UN climate summit COP29 in Baku next month, local news outlets have reported.

A carbon project financier has launched arbitration proceedings and a court action in Canada against the developers of a large Indonesian REDD project.

A technology-focused carbon removal programme has for the first time launched a public consultation on a reforestation protocol, the company announced on Thursday.

The European Commission is looking at all options to incentivise carbon removals, not just their potential integration in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), a senior EU official has said.

England desperately needs a land use framework to best determine how land should be apportioned for the many competing priorities of farming, nature, carbon, energy, and housing, industry experts said on Thursday.

Non-profit SeaTrees is preparing to release 300,000 voluntary marine biodiversity credits for sale at UN biodiversity conference COP16 from a Kenyan initiative, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Verra has cancelled over 5 million voluntary carbon credits issued to C-Quest Capital (CQC) projects following an investigation launched back in June, also in the wake of charges of fraud by US authorities on former executives at the company.

Protecting 30% of New Zealand's lands and seas could help the country save more than NZ$270 billion ($163,6 bln) over the next 50 years, according to a study released on Thursday.

Portugal's energy agency has announced this week a public tender to find a company to develop its voluntary carbon market registration platform.

Spider eyes, butterfly wing scales, truffle spores and slime mould come under the spotlight in the 50th anniversary of the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. The award celebrates photography through the light microscope, capturing the breathtaking beauty of a world hidden from the naked eye

• A year in focus: Walkley award photographic finalists 2024 – in pictures

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Rating agencies should expand into assessing letters of authorisation for Article 6-aligned projects, a carbon market veteran said on Thursday.

UK-based investment manager Ninety One has launched the Sovereign Biodiversity Index to help investors assess national-level nature risks.