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Shipping operator MOL completes “carbon offset voyage” from Japan to Europe
Vast Solar and 1414 team up for new attempt at Port Augusta solar storage hub
Vast Solar and thermal storage hopeful 1414 Degrees to join forces to try and finally deliver long awaited solar thermal project near Port Augusta.
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EPA imposes stricter limits on four types of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA administrator Michael Regan announces ‘aggressive action’ but new PFAS limits are advisory and critics call them ‘baby steps’
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new advisory limits for four kinds of PFAS “forever chemicals”, warning that the compounds, which most Americans are exposed to daily, are far more toxic than previously thought.
The dangerous chemicals are estimated to be contaminating drinking water for more than 200 million people, and the new limits could have significant financial consequences for PFAS polluters, including the US military and producers like 3M, DuPont and Chemours.
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Nova Scotia’s June carbon auction clears 75% above floor price, C$19 over November settlement
New York power generators request CO2 price in final Scoping Plan
Race to Zero campaign tightens rules to help prevent greenwashing
Bank group accused of exploiting loopholes and ‘greenwashing’ in climate pledge
‘Net zero’ global alliance of financial institutions, begun at Cop26, can still invest in coal and other fossil fuels
Banks that have signed up to a global climate pledge, led by Mark Carney, a former governor of the Bank of England, can still invest unlimited amounts in coal mining and coal power, despite promises to tighten the rules on their lending.
Green campaigners have slammed the loopholes, uncovered by the Guardian, as “greenwashing”, after updated criteria for banks involved in the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) were unveiled on Wednesday.
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Oil major and forestry firm team up to generate carbon credits in Gabon
Carbon credit ratings agency gives Canadian forestry project its lowest grade
Defra Weybridge animal disease lab fighting bird flu needs rebuild - report
Post-Covid economic recovery a missed opportunity to lock in lower emissions pathway, report says
EU lawmakers strike provisional deal on ETS reform ahead of repeat vote
China slows fall in thermal power generation as lockdowns ease
Australia's National Electricity Market was just suspended. Here's why and what happens next
Lack of policy development holds up PNG carbon sales, official says
Crypto groups weigh joint effort to destroy HFC-23 carbon tokens
Climate change: Green energy 'stagnates' as fossil fuels dominate
AEMO warns of tight electricity supplies in NSW, after seizing control of market
AEMO chief Daniel Westerman warns NSW faces a night of tight electricity supplies, as the market operator takes control of the National Electricity Market.
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