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As other nations race to restructure their economies in line with a low-carbon future, Australia risks being left behind. An economy-shaping tax on fossil fuels is a conversation we must have. Ian A. MacKenzie, Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Cost savings, not saving the planet, are the priority in corporate decarbonisation plans, survey finds, and Australian businesses are lagging their peers.

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The founder and CEO of one of the biggest carbon project developers in the voluntary market is stepping down from his leadership position, while announcing his successor.

Further steps need to be taken to secure minerals and materials needed to overcome issues plaguing the development of renewable energy sources in the US, a panel of energy industry representatives said Thursday.

Parameters for carbon capture and storage (CCS) offset credits types, a wider range of emissions covered within industrial facility boundaries, along with tightening benchmarks and added compliance flexibility were some of the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER) changes the Alberta government presented in a webinar Thursday.

The US government has allocated $20 million to help Native Americans tap private markets for investment in forest resilience and climate mitigation.

Singapore and Indonesia have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to collaborate on cross-border carbon capture and storage, they announced late Thursday.

Brazil’s main transmission network last year recorded the lowest rate of emissions per unit of power generated since 2012, as the country sourced more electricity from hydropower and wind, Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy announced Wednesday.

Extremely potent greenhouse gas leaked from a Kazakh well for over six months.

One of Australia’s major banks has launched a pilot with an emissions platform company to model how farming practices could be changed to reduce GHG emissions, it announced Thursday.

We’re going to build a lot more solar as we race to clean up the grid. But as the world heats up, solar will degrade faster in hot, humid areas. We need to plan ahead. Shukla Poddar, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to resume liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the sole discretion to approve export facilities, effectively excluding the Department of Energy (DOE) from the process.

The ‘20°C effect’ could give us new insights into how temperature controls ecosystems and influences evolution – as well as how species might adapt to climate change. Mark John Costello, Professor, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University Ross Corkrey, Adjunct Senior Researcher in Biostatistics, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A market for a traditional medicine made from donkey skin is fuelling the slaughter of working animals.

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a new class of materials that they believe “exhibit great promise” and could revolutionise carbon capture technology.

Verra’s Forest Carbon Strategy for 2024-26 will see numerous developments occur under the umbrella of overhauling the standard’s REDD+ methodologies, as announced in a webinar the registry held Thursday.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices declined on greater volumes leading into the first auction of 2024, while Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) prices moderately shifted on thin volumes.

A Texas-based oil and gas producer has agreed to pay $4 million in fines for failing to comply with air quality regulations in two US states, and will also spend $5.5 mln to prevent future emissions, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed.

Egypt’s nascent voluntary carbon market (VCM) received a push on Wednesday as the country’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) officially approved three verification and certification bodies.

An overturned barge has been leaking oil into the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, prompting authorities on the island nation to declare a state of emergency. Satellite imagery showed parts of the Trinidadian coast dyed black from the spill, and the leak began reaching nearby Venezuela and Grenada. Farley Augustine, chief secretary of Tobago’s House of Assembly, said: 'We need those responsible to come clean and we need those responsible to know that they have to pay for this mess, that they are culpable as part of this mess'

• Trinidad & Tobago says oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency

• Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela

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