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Gravity storage proponent Energy Vault strikes another big battery deal, this time with a proposed solar farm in Victoria.

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British Airways has partnered with a climate tech firm to create a new platform for passengers to manage and offset their flight emissions.

At least a dozen species display this 'bad habit' and now scientists want to know why.

Scientists say they now understand more about the mysterious role of epigenetics in cancer growth.

The nature repair market is sold as a good news story: willing land managers benefiting nature with support from the private sector. But if offsets are part of it, the reality could be very different. Megan C Evans, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney Martine Maron, Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Victoria Greens issued call for new rules to consider how major development projects affect – and will be affected by – climate change.

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A carbon credit ratings platform has hired a senior executive from data and research firm Fitch to steer and expand commercial opportunities.

The UK government has again tweaked free carbon allowance allocations for heavy industry over the first five years of the country’s ETS, holding back a further 140,000 permits from emitters.

A Canada-based financial services company on Wednesday announced it will purchase carbon removal credits from a Nova Scotia-headquartered firm specialising in decarbonising concrete.

California regulator ARB boosted its compliance offset distribution this reporting period before the Nov. 1 interim cap-and-trade compliance deadline, according to government data published Wednesday, though the year-to-date issuance still lags levels reached in 2021.

EU member states reported that they used 76% of their 2021 ETS auction revenues for climate and energy purposes, the European Commission said in a report published on Wednesday detailing the bloc’s progress on climate policy over the past year.

California regulator ARB has the existing statutory authority to continue its WCI-linked carbon market past 2030, while a simple majority vote from the state's progressive legislature could stave off legal challenges to the agency’s extension of the programme, a law firm has argued.

Sponsorship from fossil-fuel companies is worth millions to Australian sport. But growing opposition from the public and athletes themselves may force sports to rethink these deals. Emma Sherry, Professor and Co-director, Sport Innovation Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Director, Center for Sport Management and Education and the Laboratory for Sustainability in Sport, Texas A&M University Olivia Bramley, PhD Candidate, Sport Innovation Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Our heavy reliance on sandbagging suggests we really don’t understand the river landscapes we inhabit. We must learn from communities that have developed better solutions to living with floods. Penny Allan, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Andrew Toland, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Martin Bryant, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

By playing the sounds of healthy reefs, we can draw oysters back to the barrens where their reefs once stood. Dominic McAfee, Postdoctoral researcher, marine ecology, University of Adelaide Brittany Williams, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Lachlan McLeod, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Sean Connell, Professor, Program Director of Stretton Institute, Program Director of Environment Insitute, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Exclusive: ‘Policy vacuum’ on livestock emissions amid pressure from industry lobbyists blamed for failings

• Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases hit record high

The EU is on track to break a promise to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 made due to a “policy vacuum” on livestock emissions, a report has warned.

Methane is the second biggest contributor to global heating after carbon dioxide, with a greenhouse gas impact at least 27 times worse than CO2 over a 100-year time span.

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The UN Secretary General speaks to BBC ahead of nations meeting for major climate conference COP27.

Scientists warn world ‘is heading in wrong direction’ amid rise in nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane

Atmospheric levels of all three greenhouse gases have reached record highs, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, which scientists say means the world is “heading in the wrong direction”.

The WMO found there was the biggest year-on-year jump in methane concentrations in 2020 and 2021 since systematic measurements began almost 40 years ago.

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Fossil fuels simply don’t check out when it comes to tackling Australia’s rising energy prices while lowering emissions

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When you’re in a bit of a tight hole, it’s quite good advice to first stop digging while you work out how to climb out.

But over the past week, the advice from conservative commentators on tackling Australia’s rising energy prices while lowering emissions has been to keep digging (and drilling).

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Satellite tag data suggests five-month-old migratory bird did not stop during voyage which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania

A juvenile bar-tailed godwit – known only by its satellite tag number 234684 – has flown 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania without stopping, appearing to set a new world record for marathon bird flights.

The five-month-old bird set off from Alaska on 13 October and satellite data appeared to show it did not stop during its marathon flight which took 11 days and one hour.

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