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More than 50 stakeholders have agreed to participate in a string of working groups to develop high-quality digital carbon markets, including a number of significant players in the traditional market.

Australian state and federal energy ministers have agreed to integrate carbon emissions reductions into the nation’s energy objectives in a bid to ramp up decarbonisation work across the sector. 

Yorkshire Water announces ban from 26 August and Thames Water could introduce measure from Friday

A hosepipe ban could be introduced as early as Friday by Britain’s largest water company, covering London and much of the south-east of England, if a drought is declared.

Thames Water is “ready to go” with its hosepipe ban, according to its strategy and regulatory affairs director, Cathryn Ross, who said there was a process for introducing a ban but that it could be bypassed if an official declaration of drought is made on Friday.

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The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including grazing camels, hot bats and a newly hatched turtle

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By restoring these natural wet assets that were neglected for decades we can mitigate the worst effects of climate change

Fresh water is the lifeblood of civilisation. It makes life on land possible. But we have lost touch with how the water cycle works. As Britain runs further into serious drought, people are asking if we are prepared and if we should have planned better, by building more reservoirs or plugging leaks in the water distribution system.

These are hugely important subjects. What is not being discussed are the severe floods that may well arrive in a few months’ time. Climate change is leading to greater volatility in the water cycle. It’s time to stand back and examine our resilience to water extremes and start improving water quality.

Tony Juniper CBE is the chair of Natural England

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Exclusive: Britishvolt’s 95-hectare site seen as great hope for car industry, but construction severely limited until February

Construction of a huge electric car battery factory that has attracted tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer cash and been hailed as a flagship project of Boris Johnson’s levelling up policy has been put on “life support” to cut spending, leaked internal documents suggest.

Work on Britishvolt’s 95-hectare site near Blyth in Northumberland has been severely limited until February to minimise spending as it focuses on unlocking its next round of funding and critical power supply infrastructure, the documents suggest.

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The Discovery Boffins at the CSIRO have uncovered 139 new species! What are they and how are we going to kill them? Ahaha just kidding…

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Many in the New Zealand forestry sector are calling for the government to update the settings of the ETS to more efficiently encourage gross emissions reductions as well as native afforestation.

Energy ministers agree to put emissions into energy objective, and have "taken control" of the capacity mechanism work previously managed by ESB.

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New report shows Australia's record gas exports are driving up emissions, at a time when the carbon budget must be reined in hard.

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MPower says it has completed its acquisition of a "fringe-of-grid" large-scale solar and battery storage project in far north Queensland.

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Plans emerge for a massive wind farm and big battery proposed for construction in the South-West Renewable Energy Zone in NSW by Spark Renewables.

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All-Energy Australia, Australia’s largest clean energy event, is taking place this October in Melbourne to continue supporting the industry’s growth and to help accelerate Australia’s transition to a renewable energy future. 

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Hertz vice president Eoin Macneill on the Polestar 2 EVs now available at most airports. Plus: Model Y and Atto 3 deliveries break supply deadlock.

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David Leitch from ITK Services and co-host of Energy Insiders, joins Nigel to discuss the machinations of the energy market.

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Solar PV plus battery storage has become the favoured mix of hybrid plants in the US, but there are 20 different hybrid configurations.

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Genex has revealed the fine details agreed to on the purchase of the massive 2GW Bulli solar and storage development project in Queensland.

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Technology giant Microsoft has stepped up plans to become carbon negative by 2030 by extending its investment in direct air capture (DAC) company Heirloom Carbon.

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A nature-based climate tech marketplace focused on improved forest management and tonne-year accounting announced its first project outside the US on Thursday, choosing a pair of neighbouring Canadian provinces for the location.