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Occidental Petroleum has acquired a direct air capture (DAC) startup, according to media reports, marking its second such purchase in under two years through its subsidiary Oxy Low Carbon Ventures.

When asked if he accepts we are already seeing the impacts of climate change, the opposition leader responded 'there's an impact', but said the real question is what Australia can do about it. Pressed further, Dutton said 'I don't know' and 'I'm not a scientist' when asked if he was willing to say 'this is climate change happening right now'.

• Dutton looks shaky as he fights Albanese to a draw at best – and he’s fast running out of chances to get ahead

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Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?

Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

Despite over a decade of international commitments to uphold the rights of Indigenous and local communities (IP&LCs) involved in forest carbon markets, many initiatives are falling short in practice, according to a recently published study.

Peter Dutton weirdly brings back a little moment of old-school climate denial - but does Anthony Albanese really 'accept the science'?

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In two separate lawsuits, federal judges ordered multiple federal agencies on Tuesday to unfreeze billions in climate funds “unlawfully” suspended as per an inauguration day executive order issued by US President Donald Trump.

The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) played a critical role in building out Chile’s renewable energy generation, Carbon Pulse analysis of new national data has found, while dozens of Chilean renewables projects look ahead to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM).

Removal of the Biden administration’s clean power plan rule and vehicle fuel economy standards would increase US emissions by over half a billion tonnes of CO2 by 2050, according to federal data released Tuesday.

Emissions Reductions Alberta (ERA) launched a C$65 ($47) million funding opportunity for technologies with environmental benefits through its annual Industrial Transformation Challenge on Wednesday.

Many of us form highly meaningful connections with our leafy companions – including mourning a plant when it dies. Brianna Le Busque, Lecturer in Environmental Science, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Brazilian public prosecutors issued a recommendation recently to cancel the state of Para’s $180 million deal for the sale of jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) credits, saying the agreement violates national law.

The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago. The individual – captured on film near the South Sandwich Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean – is a baby, at just 11.8in (30cm) in length

• Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever

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A West Virginia bill allowing the state to lease space under its parks is heading up the chain of command for final approval. 

Uganda is very close to signing a bilateral agreement with Switzerland under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, following the legalisation of country’s carbon market regulations earlier this month, an official from the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) said Wednesday.

A large Silicon Valley-based technology company confirmed it had retired over 700,000 voluntary carbon credits last year, up 52% year-on-year, in its sustainability report published Wednesday.

Global energy-related emissions could begin a structural decline from 2025 after likely peaking last year, despite surging electricity demand from data centres and a wider push to electrify more sectors of the economy, according to new research from BloombergNEF.

EU carbon permit prices rose on Wednesday after weekly Commitment of Traders data showed investment funds had liquidated almost all of the net EUA length they had accumulated since February, further raising the prospect that prices might start to float higher and test a key technical level, while UKAs steadied as positions data showed speculators had built up record net length.

A young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the heaviest invertebrate on earth, was filmed in the Atlantic Ocean

The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago.

Growing up to 23ft (seven metres) long and weighing up to half a tonne, the squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is the heaviest invertebrate on the planet. The individual captured on film near the South Sandwich Islands, in the south Atlantic Ocean, is a baby, at just 11.8in (30cm) in length.

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