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Mercury is a nasty toxin that harms humans and ecosystems. The gold and sugar-cane industries have tackled the problem, and it's time for coal to follow suit. Jenny Fisher, Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Wollongong Peter Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

National party backbenchers set to sideline farmers in federal climate policies - a move key farming groups say is a huge mistake.

The post Nationals ready to sell out farmers for coal in push for zero carbon carve out appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia’s first dedicated solar panel recycling company has locked in plans to develop its first processing facility in South Australia.

The post Australia’s first solar panel recycling facility to be established in Adelaide appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Elon Musk offers $US100 million to fund innovation in technology that draws carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and stores it for at least 100 years.

The post Elon Musk pledges $100m for carbon removal competition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

UK's Crown Estate awards leases to six new offshore wind projects, with just under 8GW going to the likes of BP and Total, and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group.

The post Oil majors BP and Total, and Australia’s Macquarie win big in UK offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Pipeline of battery storage projects across UK reaches 16.1GW.

The post Pipeline of UK battery storage projects soars past 16GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California regulator ARB should provide greater guidance and streamline its compliance offset issuance process, while also adopting new protocols, reducing the default invalidation period, and allowing for tradeable compliance limits, an expert group wrote Monday.

Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) values soared this week as more participants expressed interest in CORSIA-eligible credits following private sector efforts to scale up and standardise the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

Two additional participants opened RGGI CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS) accounts on Monday, aligning with a growing trend of existing regulated entities opening new accounts in the power sector carbon market, programme data showed.

A new report shows that COVID19 kicked coal in the gut. What will it take to truly bring it down?

The post Covid caused a coal-killing carbon crunch, and it could be permanent appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It isn't easy to make a strategy look bad. We're discovering just how far Australia's government had to go to do just that.

The post Angus Taylor’s own projections confirmed EVs were the best choice two months ago appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Verra is creating the new role of Director, Technological GHG Innovations, to lead the development and implementation of Verra’s strategy around Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and other technological GHG innovation opportunities.

EUAs continued their record-breaking rally into a fourth day on Monday, bolstered by higher energy prices as freezing conditions set in in parts of Europe and some observers predicted further gains for this week.

Pollen released by plants is also more intense than in 1990 in bad news for those with allergies, research in US and Canada finds

The climate crisis is multiplying the miseries faced by people with allergies, with new research finding that the pollen season in North America is now an average 20 days longer than it was three decades ago.

Related: How urban planners' preference for male trees has made your hay fever worse

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No-one says reducing emissions from the agriculture sector will be easy. But it must be done, or farmers will suffer the most. Rachelle Meyer, Postdoctoral Fellow (Farm Systems Analysis), University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The EU should examine the potential for overlaps between sub-national and corporate emissions pledges and the bloc's climate policies to better understand their impact on the EU ETS and other initiatives, a report has found.

The Director of Policy & GR oversees government relations, contributes to policy development and helps manage relationships with external stakeholders. As Director, you will need to be/become an expert on climate change policy, especially the inner workings of carbon pricing. You’ll be the key contact with government staff, and other stakeholder organizations.

Canada can meet its goal of economy-wide net zero emissions by 2050, but to do so the government will need to implement more stringent climate policies, push existing GHG-cutting technologies, and back a variety of innovations to accelerate CO2 abatement, a new report found.

ERCST is seeking a (senior) policy analyst to join its team in Brussels to work on EU and international climate policy, starting as soon as possible.