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The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) on Tuesday approved an application for a construction permit of a proposed CO2 pipeline in the state.

A new judge in a Virginia county circuit court ruled Monday that a green group’s case opposing the state’s withdrawal from the RGGI carbon market has standing to proceed with two claims moving forward.

India can slash 17% of its carbon emissions from heavy industries by 2030 through the use of renewables, a report released Wednesday has found.

A North American carbon dioxide removal (CDR) startup that mixes various technologies has secured its first offtake agreement for biochar credits.

A British forest carbon fund is on course to finish its tree-planting programme by "spring 2025", it announced in an annual investor report Tuesday, though a lack of available equity has held the firm back from acquiring more planting land to continue the scheme beyond this date.

US retailers are under fire for not providing sustainable alternatives to products such as toilet paper and paper towels that are contributing significantly to global deforestation and climate change, according to a new report.

The EU's 27 member countries are running out of time to submit their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), with only a few expected to meet the official deadline at the end of this week.

An oil and gas group has teamed up with a clean shipping industry body to work on solutions to decarbonise the sector, including a focus on carbon capture on ships, they said Tuesday.

The EU should stand firm on its demand for transparency in the Paris Agreement's Article 6, as without it, the entire international carbon market system could fail, the bloc's former top climate official told Carbon Pulse in an interview.

AEMO planning blueprint confirms that renewables and storage the cheapest and smartest way to replace coal, and nuclear would be too slow and costly. But is the rapid transition quick enough?

The post AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Analysis of high-resolution drone imagery concludes 97% of corals died at a Lizard Island reef between March and June this year

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At least 97% of corals on a reef in the Great Barrier Reef’s north died during one of the worst coral bleaching events the world’s biggest reef system has ever seen, according to new analysis.

Scientists at several institutions used high-resolution drone imagery to track the bleaching and death of corals on a reef at Lizard Island.

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John Podesta, Biden’s top climate official, calls for other big economies to step in to help poorer states

The US will “continue to be a leader” in climate finance, the White House’s top climate official has promised, though without specifying how much it would provide to poor countries.

John Podesta, senior adviser to Joe Biden on international climate policy, also defended the large-scale US expansion of gas production, saying the world was fortunate America was strengthening its supply, given the demand for non-Russian sources after the invasion of Ukraine.

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Offset project developer DGB Group on Tuesday announced the sale of a 40% stake in tree-focused retail investment platform Corekees.

A Portugal-based aquaculture company is conducting a study to evaluate the ecosystem services provided by its bivalve farm to venture into the biodiversity credit market, as it says investments in the industry are still insufficient.

Countries need to look to new sources of climate finance including "solidarity levies" on sectors such as shipping, aviation, and fossil fuels extraction, the UN's special adviser on climate change said on Tuesday.

The number of carbon credits generated from cookstove projects could be set to tumble after the UNFCCC released an updated expert report on the key emissions reduction calculation rate.

A Swiss organisation, working on international Article 6 carbon programmes with host nations, expects they will generate an ITMO supply of 15 million tonnes by 2030, according to a report published Tuesday, paying nearly $40 per tonne for a large proportion of the forecast volume.

A German air carrier will make customers pay for rising costs related to environmental regulations through the introduction of an environmental surcharge to apply to departures from January 2025.

The movement is more than double that of east Africa’s renowned ‘great migration’ and has continued despite decades of war and instability

An extensive aerial survey in South Sudan has revealed an enormous migration of 6 million antelope – the largest migration of land mammals anywhere on Earth. It is more than double the size of the celebrated annual “great migration” between Tanzania and Kenya, which involves about 2 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle.

“The migration in South Sudan blows any other migration we know of out the water,” said David Simpson, wildlife NGO African Parks’ park manager for Boma and Badingilo national parks, which the migration moves between and around. “The estimates indicate the vast herds of antelope species … are almost three times larger than east Africa’s great migration. The scale is truly awe-inspiring.”

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Misidentified reptile Ronaldo had not been in contact with any other snakes for at least nine years

The appearance of 14 baby snakes in a vivarium occupied by a Brazilian rainbow boa snake called Ronaldo was surprising on two counts.

First, staff at the City of Portsmouth college had thought Ronaldo was a male; second the 1.8-metre (6ft) long reptile had not been in contact with any other snakes for at least nine years.

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