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A Hong Kong-headquartered airline has set a new carbon intensity target for 2030, with plans to expand the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support its climate goals.

A peer-reviewed paper has cast further doubt on human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects in Australia, finding that a large portion of pre-2022 projects are non-additional, while highlighting the politically-charged nature of the country’s carbon market.

Federal government waves through plans for what could be biggest solar farm in NSW, and biggest battery in the country.

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Green hydrogen hub rejected because the energy supply was not green enough to justify land use change.

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The 16-mile tunnel across central London will capture raw sewage that would have spilled into the river.

Transgrid releases amended route for the New South Wales side of the controversial VNI West transmission project.

The post VNI West sidesteps town, weaves around farmland in latest changes to contested transmission line appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Verified emissions covered under the EU ETS likely fell by a record 14% year-over-year in 2023, according to a poll of 13 analysts.

A new report has found the marine reserve covering the Heard and McDonald islands must urgently be expanded. Ian Cresswell, Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia Andrew J Constable, Adviser, Antarctica and Marine Systems, Science & Policy, University of Tasmania Keith Reid, Honorary Research Associate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Continued aggressive spending on new production capacity, alongside plummeting profitability, has made China's steel sector financially vulnerable and hampered the industry-wise shift to greener furnaces, a report has found.

A British Columbia regulator rejected a provincial utility's proposal to provide 100% renewable natural gas (RNG) to all new homes at subsidised rates, while an environmental non-profit took the company to court on Tuesday for alleged greenwashing.

A Canada-based offset project developer has hired a European carbon market expert to lead its trading desk.

Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study shows

Europe’s “tone-deaf” expansion of fossil gas is accelerating climate breakdown and increasing reliance on hostile regimes, campaigners have warned.

Just four of Europe’s gas-fired power plants have a retirement plan and new projects will increase the continent’s gas generation capacity by 27%, according to analysis from the campaign group Beyond Fossil Fuels.

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Researchers find carbon offsets approach, which is supposed to regenerate scrubby outback forests, was not reducing emissions as promised

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Australia’s main carbon offsets method is a failure on a global scale and doing little if anything to help address the climate crisis, according to a major new study.

Research by 11 academics found the most popular technique used to create offsets in Australia, known as “human-induced regeneration” and pledged to regenerate scrubby outback forests, had mostly not improved tree cover as promised between about 2015 and 2022.

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More than half of sustainability experts polled by a green think tank believe the Green Deal agenda might be weakened after the 2024 European Parliament elections, preliminary results showed.

EU ministers welcomed potential new rules for the agriculture sector on Tuesday despite weak requirements for climate action, as farmers rioted outside in the streets of Brussels.

Governor Spencer Cox (R) last week signed legislation that would allow Utah to purchase the state's largest coal-fired power plant, originally scheduled for retirement in 2025, amid backlash from the operator citing a drop in electricity demand.

Cemex continues to cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, allowing it to stretch the length of time it can rely on its surplus of European carbon allowances, the cement-maker said on Tuesday.

New research from three Australian universities shows forest regrowth projects show little improvement, many going backwards.

The post “It makes climate change worse:” Carbon credit projects claiming to regrow forests are failing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Major new report maps out a path for Australia to deliver a 75% emissions cut below 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero by 2035.

The post “No excuses:” Australia urged to exit coal, double rooftop solar by 2030 in accelerated push to net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.

An Atlanta-based direct air capture (DAC) company announced its official launch Tuesday, aiming to provide an economically advantageous way to remove CO2 at large scale.