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The European Commission has set the 2024 emissions cap for aviation under the EU ETS.

Being able to prove green claims is becoming increasingly important as regulators and customers begin to demand evidence.

The post Quinbrook hopes new software will prevent energy greenwashing claims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Project Manager will be part of a small team focused on finding and developing new project opportunities to participate in ‘Koala Friendly Carbon’.

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are currently not explicitly regulated in any direct way, according to a legal opinion released Tuesday backed by environmental law experts, as conservation groups express concern over government reforms attempting to tackle the issue.

Verra has opened a public consultation on a proposed minor revision to one of its methodologies to broaden its scope to include wood waste.

The Microsoft Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) team is charged with procuring high-quality carbon removal that enables Microsoft to meet its ambitious goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030. To this end, the CDR team seeks a curiosity-driven individual to join our team as a Carbon Removal Buyer. This position will join one of our existing deal teams charged with originating high-quality, innovative carbon removal projects—and negotiating the transactions that will get those projects built.

Construction will begin within weeks on a 300 MWh big battery to be built in Queensland, alongside the country's biggest coal unit.

The post “Unsung hero:” New big battery next to Australia’s biggest coal unit gets go ahead appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new study has shed new light on the intricate relationships between tree growth, mortality, and reproduction in global forests and how these factors interact to affect carbon absorption.

The first auction for renewable and storage projects to bid for a place on the grid in the first renewable energy zone in NSW has been delayed, frustrating developers.

The post Disappointment as tender for access rights to NSW renewable energy zones delayed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) saw their third-highest quarterly net credit build during the April-June period, as volumes of renewable natural gas continued to push past decline in ethanol credits, growing the surplus bank to a new all-time high, according to state data published Tuesday.

Australian banks are in the box seat to develop and advocate for new, inventive measures that green up the nation’s single largest asset class, the housing market.

The post Big banks take on greening of Australia’s $10 trillion housing stock appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Murdoch University deep dive into the CSIRO Beetaloo report found its emissions projections are underestimates of up to 84% in some cases.

The post Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did the modelling make it look otherwise? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A bio-agricultural company announced the global launch of its Verra-certified carbon credits programme that utilises mycorrhizal fungi for carbon dioxide removal, the first of its kind.

An Indigenous group appealing Guyana's jurisdictional REDD+ programme said it was forced to give up on its appeal Friday, claiming the committee overseeing the complaint was stacked by the standard responsible for issuing the credits.

Wind and solar reached 100 per cent of demand on 282 days in last year in South Australia, and the state will average 100 per cent within a few years, grid owner says.

The post South Australia to reach 100 pct wind and solar within a few years, says network company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research published Monday concludes that deforestation in the Amazon has a more drastic and long-reaching warming effect on non-local land surfaces than previously known, suggesting an even greater importance for forestry projects located in the world's largest rainforest.

The EU should set binding soil health targets for member states, provide tailored government support for farmers, and do more to involve the private sector to ensure soil contributes to the growth of the bloc's carbon sink by the end of the decade, according to an NGO report compiling stakeholder views published on Tuesday. 

Storms are the greatest threat to beach erosion, not sea level rise, research reveals. This is the longest continuous beach monitoring survey in the Southern Hemisphere. Thomas Oliver, Senior lecturer, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy Bruce Thom, Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney Roger McLean, Emeritus Professor, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The troubled Kariba REDD project suffered another blow to its reputation on Tuesday after a rating agency downgraded its carbon credits to the lowest possible score, but also took the unusual step of delisting the project from further assessment in the future.