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Fourth quarter emissions under the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) reached a five-year high in 2023, although total annual emissions still ended at their lowest levels since 2020, according to data updated this week.

Cheap, highly insulating and sustainable, straw has a lot of potential for the building industry.

Two emerging vanadium producers have joined forces to mine the ore and develop a battery that could make solar energy available around the clock.

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British solar developer announces new world record for solar panel efficiency using its perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells.

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The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) released rates on Thursday for proposed 2024 fees charged to Clean Fuels Standard (CFS) programme participants, a marked shift from the fee structure last year, as well as updates to utility-specific carbon intensity (CI) values.

Landmark Silicon to Solar Study finds establishing manufacturing capability is "credible and feasible" with the right government policy support – and will be crucial to Australia's decarbonisation plans.

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Credit issuance can resume to the two Kasigau Corridor REDD avoided deforestation projects in Kenya after Verra completed a review of allegations of sexual offences by staff and improper employment practices.

Researchers say they have found how anemonefish identify unwelcome guests of their own kind, by counting white markings

Unlike the star of Disney’s Finding Nemo, real-life common clownfish are not keen on sharing their home with members of their own species.

Researchers say they have discovered how they kick unwelcome guests out, by counting the stranger’s vertical white markings.

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Introduced water buffalo and camels trash native plants – don’t they? Our research shows megafauna herbivores have the same impact wherever they are. Erick Lundgren, Adjunct Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A comprehensive review of research into the economic consequences of controversial water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin reveals many studies are of poor quality. Better standards are needed. Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Alec Zuo, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide Ying Xu, Research Fellow, School of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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Exclusive: Meal attended by Environment Agency and Ofwat chairs attacked as outrageous example of ‘regulatory capture’

Water company bosses and the chairs of the regulator Ofwat and the Environment Agency went for dinner at an exclusive private members’ club to discuss how to quell public anger over bill rises and sewage spills, the Guardian can reveal.

Campaigners have said the private meeting is an outrageous example of “regulatory capture” as Ofwat and the Environment Agency are supposed to hold water companies to account, rather than help with their public relations.

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A US-based direct air capture (DAC) technology developer has introduced a smaller version of its containerised system for removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

Right-wing politics in Germany poses a threat to nature conservation, as well as all areas of life in the country, a minister has said.

The EU’s 27 leaders managed to agree on the bloc's budget for the next four years on Thursday, with funding secured for Ukraine and migration but no fresh financing for net zero industry.

Experts expressed split views on when remote sensing technology should be deployed for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) purposes of carbon projects, speaking during a webinar Thursday.

A US-based environmental NGO has released an introductory handbook to provide guidance on carbon credits that are developed using natural climate solutions (NCS).

Including land-based carbon removals in the EU ETS may not be a good idea, but credible industrial carbon removals should be incorporated post-2030 to deal with residual emissions from hard-to-abate industries, according to the chair of the scientific board advising the EU on climate change.

CDC Biodiversite has added an overfishing module to its Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) methodology in its first step to integrating marine biodiversity.

Regional and international disclosure frameworks should enhance cooperation to minimise the risk of "biodiversity leakage", a German Ministry of Finance official has warned.