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The legislation underpinning China's emissions trading scheme (ETS) is yet to be finalised, a situation that is creating regulatory uncertainties for participants around the definitions of allowances and trading rules, in turn impacting market activities, experts have told Carbon Pulse.

Community members react after a town meeting at the Menindee civic hall which was held to address concerns relating to the cleanliness and security of the water of the town following the deaths of millions of fish in the Darling-Baaka river.  'A lot of the people who were here wanted answer to why another fish kill occurred. Why solutions weren't put in place after the last fish kill,' says the NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann, who attended the meeting

• Menindee residents ask officials to drink town’s water as reassurance after massive fish kill
• Flood and heat: why millions of fish are dying in western NSW

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China’s coal demand is set to bounce back strongly in 2023 on the back of strong GDP growth, which could also push global consumption for the carbon intensive fuel to a new record level in the most bullish scenario, according to an outlook on the impact of China’s post-Covid-19 re-opening on the Asian economic giant’s demand for commodities.

New Zealand ETS observers were optimistic about the government’s announced review into the ETS, however there are fears that it will add even more policy uncertainty for the market ahead of the coming election.

An Australian agtech firm has announced plans to put forward a new soil carbon methodology of sequestering carbon to begin generating Australian Carbon Credit Units, in the hopes of leveraging compliance demand created by the reformed Safeguard Mechanism.

Compostable food waste bin caddies are the main sustainable use for bioplastics at present. Almost all bioplastics are ending up in landfill. Elsa Dominish, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Fiona Berry, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Nick Florin, Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Rupert Legg, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to moving vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

It’s a classic end-of-pipe solution. Rather than addressing the problem at source, it piles one problem upon another. Yet, like so many disastrous schemes, it is now developing a momentum of its own. The political capital being invested in this project threatens to make it the next HS2.

The south-east of England is permanently threatened by water shortages. A shocking lack of planning and investment by the water companies, alongside their gross failure to reduce demand and conserve supplies, ensure that as drought looms again the stupidest of all solutions begins to look attractive. Rather than properly managing its supplies, Thames Water wants to pipe huge volumes across the country from another catchment: the Severn.

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A look at one waterway clogged with rubbish as the UN global water summit takes place.

The Prince Albert II Foundation and Monaco Asset Management have launched a fund that aims to invest €100 million this decade in start-ups seeking to reduce ocean pollution and protect marine ecosystems.

Powerlink CEO explains how the Australian state with the biggest dependence on coal is getting ready to have no coal power at all in little more than a decade.

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The coal plant Origin has seen fit to close seven years early has become a hot topic in the NSW election campaign, casting a pall over the state's renewables leadership.

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Greens in internal negotiations over backing down on demand for ban on new coal and gas projects in Labor’s climate policy

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Labor could agree to treat existing non-fossil fuel industries – such as cement, aluminium and steel – differently to new coal and gas developments in a bid to reach agreement with the Greens on a signature climate policy.

But it is unclear whether the possible compromise on the design of the safeguard mechanism would be enough to win support for the Albanese government’s plan, which requires major industrial polluting sites to reduce emissions intensity onsite cuts or buy carbon offsets.

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Powerlink’s Paul Simshauser on how the Sunshine state will transform into a renewables powerhouse for the grid. Plus: Safeguards and the IPCC.

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Scientists show "conclusively" that wind turbine infrasound doesn't make you dizzy, nauseous, disrupt sleep or cause any "wind turbine syndrome" symptoms.

The post Wind farm noise not harmful to health: New study finds no evidence of wind turbine syndrome appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of the biggest challenges facing the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is presenting a united front in the face of criticism, speakers at the North American Carbon World said Wednesday, noting this should include backing a learning-by-doing model that emphasises progress and impact.

Washington state should have the ability to alter its WCI-modelled cap-and-trade programme and more closely align with California as the jurisdictions pursue linkage, though it is difficult to say whether full fungibility between the two carbon markets as currently structured could take place, a conference heard Wednesday.

The 11 RGGI member states will look into ratcheting down yearly allowance caps to zero by 2040 as one possible scenario in the power sector carbon market’s third programme review, according to a document posted Wednesday.

The Australian state of New South Wales has implemented tough new Treasury guidelines that one expert says applies a carbon price through regulation, would make new fossil fuel projects untenable, and could be easily applied to other state and federal jurisdictions.

Defying a global energy crisis and supply chain issues, new data shows global renewable generation capacity soared in 2022 to record highs.

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