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Independent MP Helen Haines on pushing Labor on climate, and taking the lead on community energy.

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New report details the parallel step-change in construction activity – and jobs – that will be generated by the “meteoric transformation” of Queensland's energy network.

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The Forest Carbon Accounting Senior Program Officer (SPO) collaborates closely with multiple landscape focal points and the WWF-US Forest team in the design, impact assessment and monitoring, reporting and verification of land-based climate change mitigation interventions in tropical forest countries.

The Climate Warehouse is a market infrastructure institution which aims to mobilise climate action toward the Paris Agreement’s objectives by enhancing transparency and environmental integrity of carbon credit transactions and international carbon markets. We are recruiting an Executive Director, based in Singapore, to lead the work of the Secretariat.

US investment giant BlackRock plans to invest at least $1 billion in big battery projects in Australia after buying out Melbourne-based develoeopr Akaysha.

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Planning has begun for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and already it’s clear the city has learned from the mistakes of other hosts, but its plans to be truly sustainable have one glaring weak point. Anthony Halog, Lecturer/Research Group Leader in Industrial Ecology and Circular Economy, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Oil firm wins decision against environmental protesters blocking 105km-long Southampton-to-London pipeline project

The oil company Esso has secured an interim high court injunction to prevent environmental protesters disrupting construction work on a 105km-long aviation fuel pipeline.

Activists have targeted efforts to replace most of the underground Southampton to London pipeline by interfering with equipment and “attacking” it with angle grinders, a judge was told.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) circulated draft legislation on Friday to offer utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) a loan to preserve the Diablo Canyon Power Plant for another decade, as separate bill languages comes together to raise the state’s 2030 GHG reduction target.

Plots of tropical rainforest and peatland put up for sale as oil blocks in the Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) would likely be sold cheaply, an analyst told Carbon Pulse on Monday, bolstering the hopes of a group of carbon crypto activists who want to use the power of carbon markets to stop big oil.

Heavy rain might seem ideal now for parched areas of the UK, but scientists warn it's a hazard.

VERs were steady for prompt and nearby offset prices this week, maintaining the uptick seen at the end of the previous week, while later dated vintages for nature-based credits climbed higher.

An offset project developer and carbon credit vendor has opened an account with a registry with the aim of building out several tree planting and sustainable charcoal projects in South America.

Polish scientists only found elevated salt levels after thousands of dead fish were found floating in the central European waterway

Mystery continues to surround the cause behind a “catastrophic” mass die-off of fish in the Oder River, after Polish scientists said laboratory tests found elevated salt levels but no other toxic substances in the central European waterway.

German municipalities have banned bathing and fishing in the Oder after thousands of dead fish were found floating in the 520 mile (840km) river, which runs from the Czech Republic to the Baltic Sea along the border between Germany and Poland.

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The Climate Investment Analyst will support CI’s Conservation Finance Division investment activities of the Carbon Finance team, which is responsible for developing the institution’s carbon pipeline of investible avoided deforestation, restoration, improved forest management, and blue carbon initiatives.

Germany has issued a tender for a contract to auction EU Allowances and EU Aviation Allowances for the second half of the present phase of the bloc's carbon market. 

Yellow thunderstorm warning follows weeks of drought caused by extreme heat and little rainfall

Heavy rain and thunderstorms could cause “dangerous” flooding this week in cities and rural areas across the UK, forecasters have warned.

The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for most of the UK on Monday and Tuesday with the possibility of flash flooding, disruption to transport and power cuts.

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Farming union chief says situation ‘nothing short of a travesty’, as crops also hit by drought and record heat

As much as £60m of food has been wasted on farms because of a labour shortage, according to the National Farmers’ Union, which found at least £22m of fruit and vegetables had been wasted so far this year.

The NFU said 40% of respondents to a survey of its members said they had suffered crop losses as a result of labour shortages, with farms 14% short of the size of the workforce they needed on average. The problems were worsened by some staff not turning up for work or quitting early.

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Multimillion-pound payouts should be shelved until investment put in to help country recover from drought

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Water company bosses should be stripped of their multimillion pound bonuses until they fix leaks and build reservoirs, politicians and campaigners have said as the country is gripped by drought.

The current drought, in which parts of England are the driest they have been since records began after five consecutive months of below average rainfall, have led to homes running out of water, rivers turning dry and farmers facing crop failures, causing many to be outraged at the companies that have failed to invest in reservoirs, fix leaks and stop sewage pollution from their pipes.

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French renewables developer Total Eren unveils plan for 2GW of large scale solar in the Northern Territory, supporting a 1GW green hydrogen electrolyser facility.

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