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The government of Shandong, one of the most populous provinces in China, has said it will encourage innovative insurance products as a tool to protect nature-based carbon sinks generated in the region, following a number of new policies recently introduced by domestic insurers.

Amazon on Thursday announced it is funding the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm in the North Sea while a US seaweed material tech firm this week raised $6 million in pre-Series A funding, providing a welcome boost to a burgeoning industry considered important in addressing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Rio Tinto and trading house Marubeni have agreed to a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure the supply of the mining giant’s low carbon aluminium products to downstream Japanese customers, the two companies announced on Thursday.

David Pocock tables anonymous statement in parliament describing 25,000L spill of condensate off northern WA in 2022

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A Santos employee has sought protection from federal parliament to accuse the Australian oil and gas company of covering up the severity of an oil spill that killed dolphins off the northern Western Australian coast.

A statement by an anonymous whistleblower, tabled in federal parliament by the independent senator David Pocock, described witnessing a 25,000L spill of condensate – a light form of oil – near the Lowendal Islands in March last year.

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has updated its green bonds framework to allow the bonds to also fund biodiversity, ocean, and water protection, opening a new pathway for project finance.

Danish energy company Orsted has stepped up plans to enter the clean fuel market for shipping ahead of the maritime sector being introduced into Europe's carbon market.

A digital art exhibition in Melbourne has created its own form of carbon credits that are generated by acts of industrial sabotage, such as blockading coal ports and slashing SUV tyres.

Report says simply coping with escalating impacts of climate crisis could override tackling root cause

The world is at risk of descending into a climate “doom loop”, a thinktank report has warned.

It said simply coping with the escalating impacts of the climate crisis could draw resources and focus away from the efforts to slash carbon emissions, making the situation even worse.

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The vaping craze sweeping the globe is leaving a legacy of contaiminated e-waste in landfill while waste management authorities scramble to set up recycling schemes. Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Lecturer in Sustainability| Lead, Circular Economy Research Group, Charles Darwin University Matthew Abunyewah, Research Fellow, The Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities, Charles Darwin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Shh, the grown-ups are talking! Bowen declines Greens' offer on coal and gas ban, but wants to continue "sensible negotiations." Can a middle ground be found?

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An Australian low carbon technology start-up has signed a long-term strategic co-operation agreement with Austria’s RHI Magnesita, a supplier of refractory materials for heavy industries such as steel and cement, to help decarbonise the European company’s own global operations, it announced on Wednesday.

Momentum is building for Australia’s rapid switch to a renewables grid. But how to unlock the capital required given the regulatory, policy and market risks?

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The Australian Greens have engaged in a pitched battle with the government over the Safeguard Mechanism, vowing that it will only pass the supporting legislation if Labor agrees to ban new coal and gas developments, while ACCU issuance remained low for a second consecutive week.

Up to 12,000 solar panels sent to Turkey, including to power temporary shelters to provide lighting, heating, telephone chargers and refrigerators.

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The European Union has finally published its official legal definition of renewable hydrogen, including a strict "additionality" clause.

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Yet another research project investigates the benefits – and challenges – of optimising land use by pairing solar farms with agricultural crops.

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Sod turned on Japan-backed pilot electrolyser plant that aims to be shipped low-cost green hydrogen from SA to Indonesia by the end of the year.

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Origin says it is close to signing a deal for the massive Eraring battery, but there is still uncertainty about the final closure date of the country's biggest coal plant.

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Guy Debelle points to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and warns ‘I’m really concerned that we are missing out on a huge opportunity’

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Australia’s natural renewable energy advantage in the race to create a green hydrogen industry is at risk of being overwhelmed by “huge and aggressive” policy support in the US and the Middle East, according to Fortescue Future Industries’ Guy Debelle.

Debelle, formerly FFI’s chief financial officer and now serving as a director, said the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act was mostly aimed at accelerating decarbonisation and was “one of the largest pieces of industrial policy we’ve ever seen”. Without a formal spending cap, it could eventually top $US1trillion ($1.44tn).

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