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Deberra, as the insects are known in the Taungurung language, are a vital food source for animals across Victoria's alpine country — so their rapid decline has implications for the entire ecosystem. The bogong moth is one of the more than 2,000 Australian species listed as being under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis

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Taking action against species extinction can be risky but it’s better than surrender

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Extinction. In 1844 Ketill Ketilsson won the race to grab the last pair of great auks. They were nesting on Iceland’s Eldey Island. Millions of these penguin-like birds had been slaughtered for feather-stuffed quilts to keep Europe’s burgeoning human population warm. Ketilsson strangled the two but tripped over and broke their egg. Never mind, he won the reward being offered by museums in Copenhagen for the final specimens.

A perverse market rule on species had been established: the rarer a species gets, the more valuable it becomes. It came too late for those who killed the last dodo, moa or Steller’s sea cow – but look at the money now going into resurrecting mammoths and thylacines.

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Analyst says nuclear is the ‘thirstiest’ energy source, as report commissioned by Liberal supporters throws doubt on plan’s feasibility

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About 90% of the nuclear generation capacity the Coalition proposes to build would not have access to enough water to run safely, according to a report commissioned by Liberals Against Nuclear.

The report authored by Prof Andrew Campbell, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, assessed nuclear energy’s water needs and the available supply across the seven sites where the Coalition has proposed new reactors.

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Revenues from emissions trading systems (ETSs) fell for the first time last year even as a record number of schemes came online, primarily due to lower prices and higher market volatility, according to a report released Tuesday.

A non-profit buyer of carbon removal (CDR) is looking to scale investment and diversify its portfolio this year, having reached over $3 million in purchases so far.

A Seoul-headquartered developer has launched a clean cooking project in Ghana compliant under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, expecting the credits to sell at a price making them attractive for Singaporean emitters with carbon tax obligations, the developer told Carbon Pulse Tuesday.

The onslaught of US tariffs, and the resulting trade war it could trigger, reinforces the need for Europe to bolster its own energy security and create opportunities for clean tech on the continent, according to industry observers.

A UK carbon capture technology specialist has won €2.5 million in EU funding, the company announced on Tuesday.

Venture capital (VC) investments in nature tech startups surpassed $2 billion last year, with the biodiversity credit and MRV markets attracting one-fourth of early-stage support, according to a recently released analysis.

New research examined coral restoration projects worldwide to calculate what it would actually cost to bring back what’s already been lost. Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University Clelia Mulà, PhD student in Marine Ecology, The University of Western Australia Giovanni Strona, Doctoral program supervisor, University of Helsinki Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Article 6 carbon markets have the potential to massively scale crediting of SF6 mitigation, with interest increasing in 2025, according to a new report.

The 3D replica corroborates eye witness accounts about what happened after the liner hit an iceberg.

The 3D replica corroborates eye witness accounts about what happened after the liner hit an iceberg.

Gold Standard has removed the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) eligibility for credits issued by three landfill gas projects in Turkiye.

Days of heavy rains have led to rapidly swelling waterways and prompted a series of flood emergencies from Texas to Ohio. Forecasters attributed this violent weather to warm temperatures, an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming from the Gulf. The climate crisis is bringing heavier rainfall and related flood risks in most parts of the US, with the upper Midwest and Ohio River valley among the regions most affected, according to Climate Central, an independent nonprofit

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European carbon prices weakened for a fifth consecutive day as the impact of US tariffs continued to roll over global markets, with energy commodities mostly lower by midday even as European equity indices recorded a modest recovery, helping power gas and EUAs up from their early lows amid a relaxation in the general sell-off.

Independent experts say three white wolf puppies are not dire wolves, as claimed by US company Colossal

France has opened public consultations on three agricultural methods aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through improved farming practices under its Low Carbon Label scheme.

A Dutch initiative is spurring three pilots of a government-backed biodiversity credit framework it hopes will scale nationally, Carbon Pulse has learned.

More clean electricity was generated in 2024 but there was a rise in the amount of coal and gas burnt too.