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If we build homes on a production line, we could make them cheaper, faster and more sustainable. Louise Dorignon, Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The rally in RGGI Allowance (RGA) values continued through another week with a high level of spread activity leading to the largest weekly transaction volumes on ICE, in step with the rally in California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values and global macro positivity.

All-party climate group says backing away from green policies would be catastrophic for the economy

A cross-party group of influential politicians has urged Rishi Sunak to set an example by attending the UN climate summit this November, as both major parties come under pressure over their net-zero policies.

The group of MPs and peers wants him to commit to attending Cop28 in Dubai, and to appoint a secretary of state as special envoy for the climate ahead of the UN general assembly in September, where preparations will be made for Cop28.

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Climate contributions divorced from offsetting claims are necessary to increase the number of “high-hanging fruit projects" in cost-prohibitive sectors and unlock deep decarbonisation, a think-tank said Friday.

PM sees short-term advantage in smothering green policies while studiously ignoring signs of climate collapse

After Uxbridge, le deluge. In Manchester at least. In parts of Greece it was wildfires. For Rishi Sunak it was just a bonfire. A bonfire of green policy. The world was not quite warm enough. What the UK needed was a culture war.

Who would have guessed that the result of one byelection in west London could have such far-reaching consequences? The message Labour took from Uxbridge was that maybe Sadiq Khan would like to rethink his Ulez scheme with a general election due in less than 18 months. When it should have maybe pointed out during the byelection campaign itself that the clean air scheme had actually been introduced by the Tories. And that the then transport secretary, Grant Shapps, had written to Khan to enforce it. Instead, Labour had tried to disown it entirely, hoping voters would ignore it. Go figure. Let the public die.

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Carbon credit prices drifted lower generally in the voluntary market over the past week amid the over-supply of available units, but investment continued to pour into certain sectors to underline a positive outlook amid a steady rise in corporate net zero pledges.

The French parliament has voted through a green industrial law that is expected to open up ecosystem restoration projects in the country to biodiversity and carbon credit stacking.

The result of general elections in Spain on Sunday has thrown the country into political disorder that could last for months and spill over into EU climate policy.

Parts of Europe have seen ETS-covered fossil generation spike due to higher demand for air conditioning after extreme heat has swept across Southern countries such as Greece, Spain, and Italy, as analysts point to sustained consumption this summer with temperatures set to remain elevated.

European carrier Ryanair has outlined the main climate-related risks to revenues in a 2023 sustainability report published Monday, with increased carbon pricing cited as "most impactful" on strategy in the firm's net-zero outlook.

Endeavour Energy launches sestern Sydney’s first community battery and will invite residents to join the program to ‘rent’ a portion of the battery for $15 per month.

The post First community battery in western Sydney now “open to rent” by residents appeared first on RenewEconomy.

European carbon prices gave up early gains on Monday morning to stand modestly weaker at midday, as prices consolidated after six successive days of gains ahead of August's annual drop in auction supply, while gas prices held on to early advances.

The climate activist was on trial for disobeying a police order to leave the protest in Malmo last month.

Activist had pleaded not guilty on grounds she acted out of necessity at demonstration that blocked oil trucks in Malmö

Greta Thunberg has been fined by a Swedish court after she was found guilty of disobeying a police order to leave a climate protest.

The 20-year-old climate activist, who from 2018 became the face of the youth climate movement, had admitted taking part in the protest in Malmö in June, but pleaded not guilty on the grounds she had acted out of necessity.

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Licences UK has approved in last two years will result in carbon dioxide matching annual emissions of Denmark, Greenpeace finds

New oil and gas licences for the North Sea that the UK government has approved in the past two years will produce as much carbon dioxide as the annual emissions of nearly 14m cars, or the entire yearly emissions of Denmark, analysis has shown.

This amount – about 28m tonnes of carbon dioxide over the lifetimes of the fields – will be increased more than eightfold, if potential licences under consideration are also granted, according to data from public sources analysed by Greenpeace.

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Chemical production in the EU is on course to decline by about 8% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with no imminent recovery of demand in the region, a large industry group has warned, as it proposes a new climate manifesto for Brussels to follow during the next legislative cycle to keep the ETS-covered industry competitive.

Wasps have taken over my shed and are a wonder to behold – especially since I worked out how to live with them in harmony

My tiny, wonky shed has new owners. I have never had a garden shed before, so I wasn’t expecting to give it away so quickly, but once they moved in I accepted it was rightly theirs – for this summer at least. I have never had such a good view of a wasp nest. I peer in most weeks to marvel at its progress.

It is quite exquisite in its grey, papery layers. Where there was once a solitary queen, now there are many more insects building and foraging, so the nest is only going to grow in size. These are common wasps, Vespula vulgaris, and the colony will survive into early autumn, until the first queen dies. At this point, in a fit of genetics and anger, the worker bees will revolt against the collective and start to lay their own eggs.

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Discovery of dark bordered beauty males where caterpillars were released raises hopes species can be revived

A moth on the brink of extinction in Britain and reared for the first time in captivity has been found flying at a site where its caterpillars were released.

The dark bordered beauty is clinging on in just three places in Britain but its numbers are being increased by a conservation project to establish new populations in the Scottish Highlands.

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One of the largest energy solution providers in South Korea is planning to expand its renewable energy business in Vietnam and accordingly secure carbon credits, it announced on Monday.

New suit charges that the EPA disregards ethanol production’s impact on endangered species as it is directed to study under law

The US biofuel program is likely killing endangered species and harming the environment in a way that negates its benefits, but the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is largely ignoring those problems, a new federal lawsuit charges.

The suit alleges the EPA failed to consider impacts on endangered species, as is required by law, when it set new rules that will expand biofuel use nationwide during the next three years, said Brett Hartl, government affairs director with the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which brought the litigation.

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