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Final GenCost report confirms nuclear too slow and costly for Australia, and integrated renewables remain by far the lowest cost and quickest option.

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Scientists believe they avoided perils including artillery fire on their way to their traditional breeding ground.

An Italian nature tech firm is poised to release a set of standardised guidelines for a biodiversity framework late this year that will underpin its first certified biodiversity credits in 2025 for the European voluntary market, the company told Carbon Pulse.

The European Cement Association (CEMBUREAU) aims to reduce production emissions 37% by 2030 and by 50% down the value chain, as per an updated net zero roadmap published Tuesday.

One of Japan's leading financial groups is participating in a joint study that explore the potential for utilising domestically produced stablecoins for digital carbon credit payments.

We developed My Climate View to help Australian farmers and producers better understand the risks and opportunities they face over the next 50 years. Road-testing with farmers was vital. Stephen Snow, Research Scientist, CSIRO Aysha Fleming, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Yuwan Malakar, Research Scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

European carbon prices gave back some of the previous session's steep gains in a quiet and relatively illiquid session on Tuesday morning, as energy markets also retreated after Monday's robust increases, while UK permit prices continued to trade around their recent four-month high.

Case alleges French company’s exploitation of fossil fuel contributed to deaths of victims in extreme weather disasters

A criminal case has been filed against the CEO and directors of the French oil company TotalEnergies, alleging its fossil fuel exploitation has contributed to the deaths of victims of climate-fuelled extreme weather disasters.

The case was filed in Paris by eight people harmed by extreme weather, and three NGOs. The plaintiffs believe it to be the first such criminal case filed against the individuals running a major oil company. The public prosecutor who received the file has three months to decide whether to open a judicial investigation or dismiss the complaint.

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Two carbon removal standards focused on biochar have partnered up with the aim of strengthening their certifications to keep pace with the fast-growing sector.

The international voluntary carbon market has seen a priority change in offset project implementation over the past decade, with forest management solutions in developed nations attracting more attention from developers at the expense of REDD+ projects, researchers have found.

Move reflects wider state of politics around active travel – arguing around the margins and doing little to change lives for better

In the six days since a law to prosecute dangerous cyclists was announced, somewhere close to 30 people will have been killed on UK roads, none of them struck by bikes. About 500 more will have suffered serious, potentially life-changing injuries, with pretty much all connected to motor vehicles.

Again, going on the statistical averages, over those same six days, slightly more than 1,600 people across the UK will have died due to illnesses associated with physical inactivity. Riding a bike cuts your likelihood of developing such conditions by about half.

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Australia’s opposition Coalition needs to make its stance on the Safeguard Mechanism clear in order to provide stability and confidence for participants and investors, a conference heard Tuesday.

Traditional Owner consent for a carbon project in Australia shouldn’t be a one-time event but an ongoing process where consent is asked for and given “again and again”, a conference in Cairns heard Tuesday.

An Australian research group will begin receiving A$87 million ($57 mln) in federal government funding in July as part of efforts to transition the country’s agriculture sector to net zero emissions, a conference heard Tuesday.

There’s already demand for critical minerals and solar panels. But what about green hydrogen? Kylie Turner, System Lead, Sustainable Economies, Climateworks Centre Luke Brown, Head of Policy and Engagement, Climateworks Centre Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Without changes that include significant support for household batteries, the schemes that incentivise excess power being exported by households to the grid are no longer fit for purpose.

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One of Australia's biggest renewable energy zones has suffered a three-year delay. The cause has not yet been explained, but Barnaby Joyce has been a noisy opponent.

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South Australia's accelerated target for net 100pct renewables made more difficult by delays to new link to NSW and its own hydrogen power plans.

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The Independent Planning Commission wants to hear from local communities as it weighs up whether or not to approve a 600MW solar and battery project in NSW.

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Less than a week after the federal budget allocated $1.7bn to green metals and low-carbon liquid fuels, a new China-Australia collaboration on sustainable aviation biofuel has won grant funding.

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