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Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped

Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed.

Dozens more cities, including Lucknow, Madrid and Riyadh have suffered a climate “flip” in the last 20 years, switching from dry to wet extremes, or vice versa. The report analysed the 100 most populous cities, plus 12 selected ones, and found that 95% of them showed a distinct trend towards wetter or drier weather.

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Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) developers in the US are searching for new ways to advance project proposals to final investment decisions (FIDs) as the industry faces new economic and political uncertainties, developers said Tuesday at CERAWeek.

Minneapolis is launching a municipality-owned and -operated biochar production facility, reinforcing the city’s commitment to climate resilience and carbon sequestration.

Linking Washington state’s carbon market with California and Quebec would lead to greater overall emissions reductions but could reduce Washington’s auction revenues and slow local air quality improvements, a new report has found.

The EU ETS is set for significant tightening and higher allowance prices from 2026 as emissions caps shrink, free allowances phase out, and the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) moves to full implementation, according to a large bank’s investment strategy unit.

Peer-reviewed research that integrated various carbon price determinants from all over the world has estimated that Brazilian agricultural emissions reductions should carry an intrinsic valuation of $11.54 per tonne CO2 equivalent.

The next generation of geothermal energy could be key to meeting the demands of AI boom in the US, according to a new report.

Brazil’s National Bank for Economic Development (BNDES) and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) on Tuesday announced the opening of a public consultation on expanding homegrown capacity to certify carbon credits.

AGL advances its first pumped hydro project - planned for an old coal mine just up the road from its NSW coal generators.

The post AGL adds pumped hydro project based around old coal mine to EPBC pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's ad hoc approach and low appetite for risk seen as barrier to shift to green industry.

The post “We’re not throwing money at crazy stuff:” Australia’s low appetite for risk a roadblock to green industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Alberta’s energy minister disavowed retaliatory responses to US tariffs Tuesday at CERAWeek in Houston, while also hinting that the province may challenge the federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER).

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension fund in the US, has come under scrutiny after an analysis revealed it had classified more than $3 billion in investments in oil drillers, coal companies, and other major emitters as part of its “climate solutions” portfolio.

Remember when the first “Tesla big battery” at Hornsdale was connected to the grid in South Australia in 2017? It was the first of its kind in the world, but few would have predicted the astonishing growth of the technology across the world in the years since. Australia led the world in the uptake of […]

The post Big batteries just hit a new record in Australia, but it’s a small fraction of the battery output in California appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New data shows 10 states have increased their collective EV count by 38 times in a little more than a decade.

Applications to the sustainable farming initiative no longer accepted but no clarity on what will replace it and when

Farming and countryside groups in England are furious that the government has paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what will replace it and when.

In a statement on Tuesday evening the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the sustainable farming incentive would no longer accept new applications.

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US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have reintroduced legislation to repeal 45Q tax credits that have become a negotiating tool to avoid a looming government shutdown this week.

“Farming” behaviour is very unusual in the non-human world. As lyrebirds forage, they cultivate the soil and shore up their own food sources. Alex Maisey, Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University Andrew Bennett, Emeritus Professor in Ecology, La Trobe University Angie Haslem, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, landscape and fire ecology, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The global energy transition will withstand climate sceptic policy emerging from the Trump administration, former US climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday.

Startup carbon removal (CDR) companies and university teams are invited to apply for up to several million dollars' worth of grants to start a pilot project in Kenya.

A coalition of US industry groups has challenged a recent federal decision related to California’s authority to regulate truck emissions.