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The company’s new campaign trumpets that it is ‘laying the foundations for a low carbon future’ – without mentioning the nearly $1bn it spent on coal production in 2020 and 2021

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Glencore is one of Australia’s largest exporters of thermal coal – a product that, when burned, is a major driver of the climate crisis.

But the Anglo-Swiss mining giant is on an advertising and marketing blitz in Australia – tagline: “Advancing everyday life” – where mention of the thermal coal that earned them US$10.9bn in revenue in the last two years has so far been conspicuously absent.

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Study found nine years of culling has failed to reduce bTB levels in UK cattle herds

Scientists, vets and naturalists are calling for a moratorium on the badger cull in the light of evidence that they say shows nine years of killing badgers has failed to reduce bovine TB in cattle.

The culling of legally protected badgers to reduce cattle TB enters its 10th season this summer, despite the publication of a scientific paper in the journal Veterinary Record earlier this year which concluded that culling had no significant impact on bTB in cattle herds. The paper sparked a row over its methodology, which the government says was flawed, but its supporters say it shows the practice should be ended.

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The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has purchased Calgary-based offset developer and sustainability firm Radicle, the companies announced Wednesday, as financial players have yet to relent on taking a stake in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

An energy efficiency scheme in the US has been given a low chance of avoiding or removing a tonne of CO2 by a ratings agency in its latest round.

A cookstove project in Africa expects to generate 3 million carbon credits over the next seven years after securing new funding.

EU member states should curb their natural gas demand by 15% over the coming eight months from August, the European Commission said on Wednesday in a plan designed to increase the bloc’s resilience in the face of potential Russian gas supply disruptions.

AEMO tells two Snowy Hydro gas generators to stop producing power unless they can prove they are not drawing from depleted central reserve.

The post AEMO tells two Snowy Hydro generators to stop burning gas as supplies shrink appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Another Chinese company has been caught falsifying data under the national emissions trading scheme as regional governments continue efforts to identify and stamp out carbon market fraud, though available sanctions against wrongdoers remain weak.

EUAs tumbled below a key technical level and prompted additional selling as the market reacted to details of the European Commission's plan to reduce gas demand ahead of the winter demand season.

Endemic frogs of captivating beauty, mammals and wild birds are among the species to be found in Peru’s Cordillera Escalera conservation area, a protected highly biodiverse area between the Andes and the jungle in the east of the country

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Global electricity CO2 emissions are expected to fall, albeit slightly, in 2022 as weakening economic growth and soaring energy prices put the brakes on power consumption while renewables have a bumper year, according to the IEA in a report published Wednesday.

Experts say it would take years to begin shale gas production and it is far less accessible than once thought

The political earthquake in Downing Street has delayed publication of a review into the scientific evidence around fracking for shale gas, which had been expected earlier this month.

In the face of an urgent and intensifying energy crisis, that delay can only be bad news – or so the vocal media and political supporters of shale gas development would have you believe. (The Sun has published at least 14 editorials this year calling for UK fracking – one every fortnight.)

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An increase in approvals for new coal power facilities in China has reflected rising concern over energy security at home, an NGO report published on Wednesday found.

The level of CO2 captured and stored at CCS facilities annually is well below total yearly global capacity, by 19-30% on average, highlighting the urgent need for uniform and more comprehensive reporting on CO2 capture and storage rates, a study has found.

Prices in China’s national emissions trading scheme will grow steadily in coming years, but by the end of the decade could be more than 50% higher if the government sets an absolute cap on ETS emissions compared to if it carries on with an intensity-based scheme, according to analysts.

There is a yawning gap between Australia's green hydrogen hype, where it leads the world, and the projects that are likely to be delivered anytime soon.

The post Australia leads world in green hydrogen hype and hope, but not in actual projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian heavy industry's push to offset emissions is expected to drive massive demand in the country’s carbon market, with the help of the government’s revamped Safeguard Mechanism, according to analysis set to be released Thursday.

An Australian resources company planning on turning 1.4 million hectares of forest in Papua New Guinea in to a series of  REDD+ projects has had its carbon permits revoked by the country’s National Forestry Authority (NFA).

SolarDuck to build first offshore floating solar pilot in hope that it can be integrated into offshore wind projects.

The post SolarDuck to build offshore floating solar pilot as potential partner for offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Low-emission zones, now in 320 cities, are increasing as EU battles pollution health emergency

The number of clean air zones across Europe has risen 40% since 2019, forcing older and more polluting vehicles off the road, according to new research based on EU data.

Low-emission zones (LEZs) have now been introduced in 320 European city regions, and that figure is expected to rise by more than half again, to 507, by 2025.

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