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The US can significantly contribute to combating climate change with the Biden administration's commitment to "climate-smart" agriculture, but several factors are currently holding the practice back, according to a report from Stanford Law School's Law and Policy Lab and the Bezos Earth Fund.

Madeleine King says gas can help decarbonise the economy but not even big users of the fossil fuel are convinced

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The words from the resources minister, Madeleine King, must have felt like a comforting salve to Australia’s gas industry.

In a speech last week in Western Australia, King told resource industry figures in Perth that gas would be indispensable as Australia and the region decarbonised.

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New Zealand’s independent Climate Change Commission (CCC) has warned that the country is not on track to meet its climate targets with its current ETS settings, once again urging the government to drastically increase the cost containment reserve price trigger and lower auction volume limits.

Closing Liddell is unlikely to cause the lights to go out. Rather, the demise of ageing and unreliable coal plants offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

The post Farewell Liddell: What to expect when Australia’s oldest coal plant closes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iberdrola to build battery recycling facility in Spain with global minerals giant and also plans major solar PV manufacturing plant.

The post Iberdrola takes on battery recycling and plans big solar PV manufacturing plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Data and satellite images show oil spills over five years that threaten species like orca whales.

Nasa's JPL is developing a snake robot surveyor to search for signs of life in our universe

California regulator ARB retired nearly 300,000 credits from the offset buffer pool after a forest project violated reporting requirements under the WCI-linked cap-and-trade regulation, while another project must submit additional compliance instruments after an intentional reversal took place, state data showed Wednesday.

The Cap-and-Trade Program (Program) is seeking an enthusiastic team member with expertise in the industrial sector and assessing decarbonization policies to work on the development, implementation, and analysis of the California Air Resources Board’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions programs, principally a new Net-Zero Strategy for Cement Use in California.

The Air Quality Program (AQP) within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Senior Cap-and-Invest Market Monitor (Financial Examiner 4) (In-Training) position. This position is located in our Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.

Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) credit values lifted to a two-year high this week as traders pointed to tighter carbon intensity (CI) targets and the influence of Washington state’s new cap-and-trade system, while California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices continued climbing as data showed speculators are building additional length in the futures market.

Experts have slammed AEMO's reasoning behind the VNI-West transmission line, calling it a "monumental mistake".

The post “A monumental mistake:” Energy experts slam VNI West transmission plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A ministerial commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recommended terminating 30 forest concessions, including a handful linked to REDD+ projects as well as undeclared carbon credit sales.

Dairy farming in New Zealand has intensified by using more supplementary feed. While this boosts production, costs also rise and this ultimately cuts profits - and it adds more harm to the climate. Wanglin Ma, Associate Professor of Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Kathryn Blackman Bicknell, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Fear and Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation, and sponsored by the Climate Council. In episode three, we discuss the latest advances in extreme weather attribution. Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Michael Green, Host + Producer, The Conversation Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Liddell’s closure is an historic moment in the Australian energy landscape. Now, let’s get to net-zero. Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Buyers' club Frontier has seen its total commitment for engineered carbon dioxide removal (CDR) purchases climb above $1 billion by 2030 with the inclusion of four new multinationals’ pledges announced on Wednesday, a year after the launch of the venture. 

The European aviation sector will need an extra €820 billion in funding if it is to reach its net zero emissions goal by 2050, according to an industry-commissioned report released on Wednesday.

Sadiq Khan to press on with plans for ultra-low emission zone despite challenge being allowed to proceed

A legal challenge to the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone will be heard in the high court later this year, after a judgment permitted councils to proceed.

The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, vowed to press on regardless with plans to extend the Ulez, which he has argued is needed to tackle toxic air that is responsible for thousands of premature deaths a year.

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