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Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses

The same racketeering legislation used to bring down mob bosses, motorcycle gangs, football executives and international fraudsters is to be tested against oil and coal companies who are accused of conspiring to deceive the public over the climate crisis.

In an ambitious move, an attempt will be made to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for “decades of deception” in a lawsuit being brought by communities in Puerto Rico that were devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

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Australian iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three partner companies to develop technology for net zero emissions ironmaking, the company announced on Tuesday.

The spot price for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) inched up to a five-month high over the last week, thanks to a flurry of end-of-year activity in anticipation of market reforms, according to analysis.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, and its objections raised the prospect of legal challenges

A once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems finally won full support at Cop15 in Montreal on Monday after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) dropped its opposition.

Earlier on Monday, Ève Bazaiba, the DRC’s environment minister, threatened to throw the integrity of the historic UN biodiversity agreement into doubt just hours after it was signed, when China’s summit president appeared to ignore her country’s objections to the text and forced it through.

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In her book, Forty Farms, the photographer has documented rural life across Cumbria, from the mountains of the Lake District to coastal salt marshes, over 12 months during Covid lockdown

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The Australian government is seeking feedback on draft legislation released Tuesday that looks to include emissions reductions as part of the country’s National Energy Objectives (NEO).

Mature trees found in UK forests play a critical role in fighting climate change, a study suggests

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Federal Energy and Climate Minister Chris Bowen discusses the stream of new announcements in the last month, and what’s in store for 2023.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Chris Bowen on gas, batteries, EVs, wind and targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Chris Bowen dismisses gas as transition fuel, says focus is on batteries and pumped hydro. And he discusses major new legislation on capacity, EVs, safeguards and climate targets.

The post Chris Bowen: Gas is neither a transition fuel, nor low emissions. But at least it’s flexible appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Victoria's grid has recorded a new operational demand low thanks to solar power generated on rooftops.

The post Rooftop solar takes biggest bite yet out of brown coal’s Christmas lunch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The planet is entering its sixth mass extinction event. This global nature summit is our best change to stop this tide of destruction. Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne Jack Pascoe, The University of Melbourne James Fitzsimons, Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Rachel Morgain, Senior Research Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Rebecca Spindler, Adjunct Professor, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Backed by philanthropical funders, the 116 nations in the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC) are restructuring the group’s governance system to better equip it to help nations implement the Kunming-Montreal Agreement on biodiversity.

The Albanese government launches consultation on putting emissions reductions into the objectives of the national energy laws, a long-overdue reform.

The post Bowen takes first step to put environment back into energy market rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue signs another MoU to produce green steel on a commercial scale without burning fossil fuels.

The post Fortescue signs deal to produce hydrogen-fuelled green steel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As bans on elephant ivory are tightened, poachers are killing hippos for their teeth, experts warn.

The effect of a weather phenomenon causing cooler temperatures is due to end next year.

UN secretary general, António Guterres, during his final press conference this year said, 'This is not a time to sit on the side-lines, it is a time for resolve, determination, and – yes – even hope.' Speaking to journalists in New York, Guterres said, 'Despite the limitations and long odds, we are working to push back against despair, to fight back against disillusion and to find real solutions.' Despite his outlook on global heating, one positive development, he pointed out, was that on Monday at 3am, 'delegates at the Cop15 UN biodiversity conference in Montreal agreed on a new global biodiversity framework'

• Climate goal of 1.5C is ‘gasping for breath’, says UN head
• The Guardian view on the Cop15 agreement: nations must do more for nature

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The New York Climate Action Council overwhelmingly adopted the state’s final Scoping Plan on Monday, recommending that regulators implement an economy-wide cap-and-invest programme and consider a clean transportation standard in order to hit the state’s GHG reduction targets.

Two more African nations have introduced guidelines and regulations to govern carbon trading, with a view to selling forest credits and other types of offsets to foreign buyers.