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Voluntary carbon offsetting in its current form has not been a useful tool in leading towards meaningful emissions reductions and a new approach should be adopted including setting an internal carbon tax to enable companies to execute more effective climate strategies, a white paper released on Tuesday has claimed.

Culture secretary says potential ‘tweaks’ to levelling up bill will be considered because of MPs’ concerns

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Ministers will make an announcement on a ban on onshore windfarms in the coming days, including potential “tweaks” to the levelling up bill, in the face of a growing rebellion by Conservative MPs.

The culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, gave the strongest hint yet that the government is preparing to lift the de facto onshore wind ban after the number of public rebels grew to 34 on Monday night.

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The government of China's Hebei province, known as the country's steelmaking hub, has teamed up with a state-owned bank to provide financial support for the development of climate-related projects with a fund scale of 50 billion yuan ($6.98 bln) for the upcoming three years.

The Australian government plans to launch a consultation on the draft programme guidelines for its Indo-Pacific Carbon Offset Scheme (IPCOS) next year, as some market participants are lamenting its go-slow approach to the policy’s development.

Environment ministers from both sides are determined not to see the Barrier Reef listed as in danger. The question is – why? Jon C. Day, PSM, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Number of homes at high risk likely to almost double by 2055, warns report by infrastructure commission

In England more than 600,000 properties face flooding in the future without investment in drainage, a report from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has found.

At the moment, 325,000 English properties have a 60% risk of flooding in the next decade, according to calculations by the NIC, due to a lack of investment in infrastructure.

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Fossil fuel giant Woodside beats out green energy evangelist Andrew Forrest's Fortescue for lead role in what has been described as world's biggest green hydrogen project.

The post Woodside beats Fortescue for lead role in “world’s largest” green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Households participating in Tesla virtual power plant in South Australia get a credit after their batteries play key role as shock absorbers in grid separation.

The post Battery households get $55 credit from Tesla after helping to keep the lights on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Big solar output breaks above 5GW for first time, representing an 18-fold increase in little more than four years.

The post Big solar output bursts through 5GW for first time, 18 times more than in 2018 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A domestic carmaker has agreed to work with South Korea’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to develop and promote blue carbon projects in a bid to sequester CO2 and protect biodiversity.

Australia-based Gelion, whose non-flow zinc-bromide energy storage technology was spun out of the University of Sydney, has a new CEO.

The post Gelion names new CEO to take “breakthrough” Aussie battery technology global appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WA state-owned water utility kicks off shift to renewables with deal to buy and build a 150MW wind farm to help power its operations, including desalination.

The post State owned water utility to build new wind farm to provide power for desalination appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A startup tech company that secured $28.5 million in its Series A funding round this month has teamed up with a project developer to build a blockchain-based carbon exchange, with plans to launch a new standardised nature-based product for its target audience of institutional investors.

First concrete poured to support first of 1,500 steel towers that will make up Australia’s largest electricity transmission project.

The post First concrete poured for 1,500 steel towers in renewable superhighway appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As the voluntary carbon offset market grows, price risk is becoming a bigger factor. “Having a clear price signal is important for companies, giving them the confidence to move forward.”

A Canadian sustainable commodities supplier is launching an international environmental commodities trading desk.

Compliance entities added to their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) position in the lead up to the release of the Q4 WCI auction results, while financials shortened their CCA holdings and added to their RGGI length, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Monday.

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