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Australia has put ANU professor Frank Jotzo in charge of a federal review into ‘carbon leakage’ with a view to furthering a carbon border adjustment mechanism that would add a tax to imports of steel and cement.

It ate thousands of seedlings that had been earmarked to help boost Australian koala habitat.

Huge green hydrogen project in central Queensland commissions design work, with a final investment decision expected next year and first production by 2028.

The post Australia’s “biggest” green hydrogen project inches closer to reality with design contract appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Residents say that with Lake Baringo getting bigger they are at greater risk of attack.

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New Zealand’s quarterly carbon auction failed for a third straight time on Wednesday, as the sale again did not clear above the government’s confidential minimum price.

At least 21 people die in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with more flooding expected.

Marinus signs deal for cable supply in downsized sub-sea link, as Tasmania reveals the blown out cost estimate of the full project.

The post Marinus secures cable deal as full costs of sub-sea link revealed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Snowy Hydro railed against battery storage when it sought to justify its vanity Snowy 2.0 scheme. But with 12,000 Tesla Megapacks we wouldn't be arguing about the closure of Eraring.

The post For the cost of Snowy 2.0, Australia could have 12GW of Tesla Megapack batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The European Green Deal is keeping the 27-nation EU bloc competitive in the global race towards zero-carbon technologies, according to a think-tank report published on Wednesday.

A carbon ratings agency has proposed a methodology for risk-adjusting carbon credits to help corporates make credible net zero claims, based on its assessment of the quality of projects that have been issued units in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

A German climate startup has launched a new subscription platform and ditched brokerage fees in an effort to support developers of nature-based carbon credit projects, it said Wednesday.

Market participants believe the September RGGI auction clearing price will jump compared to recent sales and may even flirt with an all-time high, though uncertainty remains as to whether the sale will come in at a slim or moderate discount to the secondary market allowance price.

Areas of Greece report 75.4cm of rain late on Tuesday – the highest level recorded since 2006

Fierce rainstorms have battered neighbouring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including those of two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent at a campsite in northwestern Turkey.

Ali Yerlikaya, the Turkish interior minister, said four other people were missing after the flash flood at the campsite in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria. He said about 12 holidaymakers were present when the waters hit.

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Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, a new report says.

A Toronto-based carbon credit financier has significantly cut executive headcount, subleased office space, and taken further steps to reduce general and administrative expenses and save millions annually, it announced Tuesday.

One person has died in Greece after torrential rain triggered flash flooding in parts of the country.

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras on Tuesday announced its first purchase of carbon credits to fund the preservation of the Amazon rainforest.

The de facto ban on building onshore wind sites has been lifted, but experts say they remain at the whims of ‘quixotic decisions by local councils’

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The European Commission’s strategy to capture, utilise and store carbon is at risk of being published later than the originally anticipated fourth quarter release, an EU source told Carbon Pulse on Tuesday, as the EU's executive grapples with new appointments and approaches the end of its current term.