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Clean Energy Council’s Christiaan Zuur on the work being done to cut delays and costs for grid connections. Plus: NSW releases roadmap to coal-free grid.

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Big renewable hydrogen project in Queensland lands a new partner and the biggest public-private injection of funds so far in Australia.

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A unanimous US Supreme Court ruling delivered on Thursday narrows the federal government’s authority in regulating bodies of water and could have larger implications for protection of wetlands across the country, according to analysis from an environmental publication.

Investment in solar to overtakes oil for first time as world accelerates switch to renewables and fossil fuel companies pocket their super profits.

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Agricultural technology startups Grow Indigo and Dvara E-Registry on Thursday announced a partnership aimed at fostering climate-smart agriculture and creating new income opportunities for smallholder farmers in the Madhya Pradesh region of India.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices increased through a quiet week as participants awaited WCI Q2 auction results released Thursday, while there was a continued lull in activity ahead of next week’s Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) auction.

The World Meteorological Congress has given the green light to a new “landmark” global greenhouse gas monitoring initiative that aims to plug critical information gaps, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Wednesday.

Landlords don’t think renters will pay more for homes with rooftop solar. But the evidence suggests otherwise. Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Lee White, Fellow, Australian National University Mara Hammerle, PhD candidate, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Scientists have detected a 30% slowdown of the deep ocean currents that form in Antarctica, with profound consequences for Earth’s climate, sea level and marine life. Kathy Gunn, CSIRO Matthew England, Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), UNSW Sydney Steve Rintoul, CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Q2 California-Quebec current vintage carbon auction settled at its highest point since Q2 2022, nearly matching secondary market levels, according to government data published Thursday.

Rising carbon prices in Europe would have a “rather limited impact“ on the euro zone economy, though the increase would not be enough to drive the emission reductions needed to meet the bloc’s 2030 climate target, the European Central Bank has found.

Redrawing the relationship between ship owners and charterers could lead to a 15-20% reduction of maritime-related emissions, according to a white paper published on Thursday by a technology software company and one of the world’s largest shipping association.

A trove of biodiversity has been catalogued by scientists in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast area of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico, which has been targeted by deep-sea mining companies keen to exploit its mineral wealth

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A venture capital firm, which focuses investment in climate technology companies active in urban environments, on Thursday claimed its portfolio removed or reduced nearly 500,000 tonnes of carbon last year.

Ruling by conservative-dominated court shrinks scope of landmark law to protect America’s waterways

The scope of a landmark law to protect America’s waterways has been shrunk by the US supreme court, which has sided with an Idaho couple who have waged a long-running legal battle to build a house on wetlands near one of the state’s largest lakes.

In a ruling passed down on Thursday, the conservative-dominated court decided that the federal government was wrong to use the Clean Water Act, a key 50-year-old piece of legislation to prevent pollution seeping into rivers, streams and lakes, to prevent the couple building over the wetland beside Priest Lake in Idaho.

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Thousands of 'otherworldly' animals live beneath the ocean in an area that may be mined for metals.

A wealth of biodiversity has been found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an area earmarked for exploitation by mineral firms

Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 new species living on the seabed in an untouched area of the Pacific Ocean that has been identified as a future hotspot for deep-sea mining, according to a review of the environmental surveys done in the area.

It is the first time the previously unknown biodiversity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a mineral-rich area of the ocean floor that spans 1.7m sq miles between Hawaii and Mexico in the Pacific, has been comprehensively documented. The research will be critical to assessing the risk of extinction of the species, given contracts for deep-sea mining in the near-pristine area appear imminent.

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A Berlin-based startup has raised €2.5 mln in a funding round as it looks to develop a digital solution for the shipping sector to manage and reduce its carbon emissions, as well as engage in the EU ETS.

A France-based carbon startup has launched a new platform to help firms report on their environmental and climate impact, specifically preparing companies for compliance rules due to come into force under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).