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Standardised nature-based voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices eased back from record levels this week as some participants flagged a potential pause in the market's consistent upward rally.

Second world war codebreaking calculations used at Bletchley Park
find 9,000 of those species are yet to be discovered

There are an estimated 73,300 species of tree on Earth, 9,000 of which have yet to be discovered, according to a global count of tree species by thousands of researchers who used second world war codebreaking techniques created at Bletchley Park to evaluate the number of unknown species.

Researchers working on the ground in 90 countries collected information on 38m trees, sometimes walking for days and camping in remote places to reach them. The study found there are about 14% more tree species than previously reported and that a third of undiscovered tree species are rare, meaning they could be vulnerable to extinction by human-driven changes in land use and the climate crisis.

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How the EU measures, certifies, and uses carbon removal outcomes under its climate policy package is up for debate until the end of the year, a conference heard on Monday as experts explored ways of integrating removal credits into the EU ETS and working with voluntary market standards boards.

Fungi come in a beautiful diversity of shapes, sizes and colours. See stunning photos of those growing in southwest Australia. Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Mark Brundrett, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

RGGI CO2 output jumped higher than both 2019 and 2020 levels in the fourth quarter of last year, with emissions rising in nearly every state in the power sector cap-and-trade programme, official data showed on Monday.

EUA prices sagged in quiet Monday morning trading, extending Friday's losses after the weakest auction of the year to date, while energy markets also slid on an uncertain weather outlook as tensions with Russia remained high.

Ryanair saw its passenger rate jump almost 300% year-on-year to 31 million in Q4 2021, its highest quarterly total since 2019 despite the re-imposition of travel restrictions due to the Omicron coronavirus variant, the airline said in financial results on Monday.

Editorial calling for cycling licences and insurance is odd given paper’s previous campaigns for safer roads

Even in the context of the UK media’s famously curious coverage of everyday cycling, this was a surprise. Away from the more familiar tabloid cries of a “battle” over changes to the Highway Code, tucked away in the sober enclave of the Times’s editorial pages, something odd was happening.

It was near the bottom of a leader column on cycling that a paper which, less than a decade ago, launched the most concerted and effective media campaign for safe cycling seen in this country for years, decided in effect to declare war on those who opt for two-wheeled transport.

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The firm responsible for minting the majority of voluntary carbon credits as on-chain tokens has over the past few days without warning withdrawn a significant amount of nature-based BCT units ahead of launching a separate token, seeking to prevent speculators from crashing the price of the new credit.

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A proposal to let the agriculture ministry veto some offset projects deemed to have unintended consequences for rural Australia could destabilise the nation’s carbon market, according to a chief industry body.

APPEA, Australia’s oil and gas peak body, on Monday called for the federal government to provide tax and other incentives to secure investment in CCS and fossil fuel-based hydrogen to help meet the country’s recently set net zero emissions goals.

A proposal to grant the federal agriculture minister powers to veto proposed carbon offset projects has been slammed by the Carbon Market Institute.

The post “Unsupported by evidence:” CMI slams carbon farming veto powers for minister appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Up to 300,000 jobs in regional parts of Queensland and WA are at risk if governments fail to prepare for shift from fossil fuels, new research shows.

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Shipment of massive, 80 metre wind turbine blades for Neoen's 157MW Kaban wind farm have arrived in north Queensland.

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Fossil fuel groups are asking for more support for troubled carbon storage projects as the federal budget looms.

The post Fossil fuel industry asks Morrison government for more support for CCS appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Ampol's application to become an energy retailer reveals details of its executive team and more about its strategy to deal with the energy and transport market convergence

The post Ampol reveals strategy and team to lead its push into energy retailing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Western Australia launches independent investigation into blackouts that left tens of thousands of households without power during a four-day Christmas heatwave.

The post “Unmanaged energy”: WA gears up for solar switch-off rules, to probe Christmas blackouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Hospitals will have to plan for larger floods - and find ways to safely evacuate staff and patients. Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Maziar Yazdani, Doctoral candidate, UNSW Mohammad Mojtahedi, Senior lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.