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The second New Zealand ETS auction for 2024 has declined, due to lack of demand and allowances in the secondary market trading below the auction floor.

Coalition will push ahead with potential sites across Australia, but serious questions remain about viability and cost

Peter Dutton has announced seven potential sites for nuclear power plants including two in Queensland and two proposed small modular reactors but dodged questions about the cost of the Coalition’s nuclear power plan.

A snap Coalition party room meeting on Wednesday heard the opposition will propose that Tarong and Callide in Queensland; Mount Piper and Liddell in New South Wales; Collie in Western Australia; Loy Yang in Victoria; and the Northern power station in South Australia could host nuclear power plants.

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The contaminants have also recently been found in testes and semen amid concerns about falling male fertility

Microplastics have been discovered in penises for the first time, raising questions about a potential role in erectile dysfunction.

The revelation comes after the pollutants were recently detected in testes and semen. Male fertility has fallen in recent decades and more research on potential harm of microplastics to reproduction is imperative, say experts.

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Under a Canadian emissions cap, oil and gas producers would reduce output rather than invest in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), resulting in a C$282 billion ($205 billion) decline in GDP over the next 10 years, according to a report commissioned by the province of Alberta.

An agreement signed between a northwestern British Columbia First Nation and a Vancouver-based project developer will see the generation of voluntary carbon offsets via improvement of 1.1 million hectares (2.7 million acres) of forest, the duo announced Tuesday.

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), followed by federal incentives for biomass-based fuels production, has spurred renewable diesel (RD) production in the US and consequently transformed the global feedstock trade landscape, according to the country’s Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Two US forest carbon firms have announced the expansion of their successful collaboration into the northeastern region of the US, targeting over 200,000 landowners with forestlands ranging from 40 to 5,000 acres.

NSW to spend $128 million to upgrade roads to support transport of massive wind turbine blades and towers and other equipment to regions.

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A group of 39 European clean tech innovators, investors, industry associations, researchers and NGOs have joined forces to call on the European Investment Bank (EIB) to ramp up public guarantees for investments in clean technologies ahead of a key board meeting on Friday.

Global study reveals dirty air is second only to malnutrition as cause of death among under-fives

Nearly 2,000 children under five are dying every day from air pollution, which has overtaken poor sanitation and a lack of clean water to become the second biggest health risk factor for young children around the world.

More than 8 million deaths, of children and adults, were caused by air pollution in 2021, according to a new study from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), as both outdoor and indoor pollution continue to take an increasing toll on health.

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A wildlife habitat initiative from the National Audubon Society (Audubon) and a Texas-based grasslands carbon project developer announced Tuesday a partnership to establish a carbon crediting programme for landowners who implement regenerative land management practices.

Aerial footage has revealed the scale of a wildfire in Colusa County, northern California. Video released by California forest protection department showed the blaze covers 10,000 acres. Firefighters in California have been struggling with several wildfires, which have led to evacuation orders and warnings in affected areas

• Strong winds hamper crews battling Los Angeles area’s first major fire of the year

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Center for Biological Diversity signed a joined petition to recognize the increasing number of heat-related crises

A coalition of environmental non-profit organizations have called on the the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) to add extreme heat and wildfire smoke to its list of major disasters that could qualify for emergency funding.

The Center for Biological Diversity signed a joint petition on Monday urging Fema, the federal government’s lead agency in responding to natural disasters, to officially recognize the increasing number of heat-related crises.

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A carbon markets intelligence firm and data provider has partnered with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), they announced Tuesday, facilitating information sharing between the two.

A corporate CO2 removals (CDR) buyers' club and a Stockholm-based energy firm announced Tuesday a $48.6 million offtake agreement for 800,000 tonnes worth of credits from a commercial-scale CDR retrofit on a biomass-fueled district heating facility.

Approximately 80% of country’s population is experiencing temperatures at or above 90F for long periods of time

More than 270 million Americans – about 80% of the country’s population – are experiencing a kind of heatwave not seen in decades, smashing records with temperatures at or above 90F (32.2C) for long periods of time under a weather phenomenon known as a heat dome.

New York governor Kathy Hochul has announced that she activated the National Guard to assist in any heat emergencies that may develop over the next several days.

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Vermont is prepared to implement and defend in court its first-in-the-nation “Climate Superfund” law, even if it must go it alone, one of the lead sponsors of the legislation told Carbon Pulse.

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Council approved Tuesday a $500 million spending package on environment, including nearly $170 mln on efforts to tackle biodiversity loss.

The challenge is part of Arena's bid to reduce the installed cost of solar to just 30 cents per watt and reach a levelised cost of electricity under $20 per megawatt hour by 2030.

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