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A Houston-based environmental commodity firm has hired a former official for the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme as a market analyst, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Renewables supplied six times more power than gas generators over the most recent Australian summer, the Climate Council reports.

The post Renewables shine over Australian summer, as gas share slumps to new lows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

European carbon prices hit a record high for the fifth day in a row on Monday, but then lost ground amid a less supportive energy complex.

A jet fuel made from food waste has the potential to reduce emissions from flying, scientists say.

Community scientists have been photographing animals and plants in the months after the Black Summer fires. Each observation is a story of survival against the odds, or of tragedy. Will Cornwell, Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolution, UNSW Casey Kirchhoff, PhD Candidate, UNSW Mark Ooi, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Green hydrogen produced using New Zealand's mostly renewable electricity sounds like a great idea, but a high-tech smart rail and urban tram network is a more obvious and sustainable option. Susan Krumdieck, Professor and Director, Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Significant storms have been forming earlier than usual in recent years.

RGGI will cut nearly 16% of this year's CO2 budget under the power sector cap-and-trade scheme as it accounts for the pre-2021 allowances surplus, with the adjustment leading to slightly smaller upcoming auctions, data released Monday showed.

International Renewable Energy Agency says $131tn investment in renewables could be required over three decades

Renewable electricity production needs to grow eight times faster than the current rate to help limit global heating, according to a report.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) said urgent action was needed to keep pace with rising demand for electricity, which could require a total investment of $131tn in renewables by 2050.

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Scientists have turned polythene into fabrics in a move they say can make fashion more sustainable.

Study of tree rings dating back to Roman empire concludes weather since 2014 has been extraordinary

The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2,000 years, research suggests.

The study analysed tree rings dating as far back as the Roman empire to create the longest such record to date. The scientists said global heating was the most probable cause of the recent rise in extreme heat.

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Verra’s Innovation team is looking for a Senior Program Officer to support our work to foster climate impact and generate related environmental and social benefits through the VCS Program and other emerging standards, tools and programs.

Some 31 out of 52 EU ETS-covered industries will face the maximum possible tightening of their free allocation benchmarks over the next five years, according to EU rules adopted late Friday that give 12 sectors an easier ride compared to earlier drafts, with green groups and even some industry players flagging concerns that the system does not align with the goals set by the European Green Deal.

Emergent, a non-profit intermediary between forest countries and the private sector, is looking for a director for its fund control and reporting group. The role holder will be charged with operationalizing and continuously improving Emergent’s fund control and reporting arrangements.

A sandstorm has combined with already high air pollution to turn the sky over Beijing an eerie orange. Air quality indexes recorded a “hazardous” 999 rating on Monday as commuters travelled to work through the thick, dark air across China’s capital and further west. Large-scale deforestation is considered a factor in the spring dust storms that are relatively common at this time of year and are usually attributed to winds blowing across the Gobi desert

• Beijing skies turn orange as sandstorm and pollution send readings off the scale

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Candidate to provide support in purchasing & sourcing carbon credits, to develop and expand carbon credits portfolio for the company by working with international project partners. and to provide market update of project host countries to the team internally.

Reporting to the Director General (CEO) of the COP26 unit, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing development and delivery of the COP26 strategy for the UK 2021 presidency. Ensuring that the presidency has a coherent plan for delivering success during the planning and preparation for the summit, the successful candidate will oversee a team of officials and be responsive to the rapidly evolving international political, economic, social, environmental and technological contexts of COP26.

QEM, the developer of the Julia Creek shale oil project in Queensland, wants to use green hydrogen to process raw oil into usable fuel.

The post Shale company joins renewable hydrogen rush, so it can process oil appeared first on RenewEconomy.

South Pole’s head of climate strategy for the Oceania region has left the company to take up a position as director for commercial development at one of Australia’s other major offset developers.

Guardian analysis of 44 studies finds nearly 40% of 9,000 products from restaurants, markets and fishmongers were mislabelled

• Is your fish a fake? How to spot seafood fraud and what to do if you’re suspicious

A Guardian Seascape analysis of 44 recent studies of more than 9,000 seafood samples from restaurants, fishmongers and supermarkets in more than 30 countries found that 36% were mislabelled, exposing seafood fraud on a vast global scale.

Many of the studies used relatively new DNA analysis techniques. In one comparison of sales of fish labelled “snapper” by fishmongers, supermarkets and restaurants in Canada, the US, the UK, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, researchers found mislabelling in about 40% of fish tested. The UK and Canada had the highest rates of mislabelling in that study, at 55%, followed by the US at 38%.

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