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Market operator has to put out call for more synchronous generation as the number of coal units operating fell to record lows. More grid forming battery inverters might be needed.

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A New Zealand exchange-traded fund tied to the country’s emissions trading scheme has seen its value recover in line with the NZU price.

Concerns rose when no wind projects were put forward for government’s recent clean energy auction

The government will offer significantly higher subsidies for new offshore windfarms after crisis talks with developers that are battling cost inflation across global energy supply chains.

Ministers have agreed to raise the starting price of the government’s next auction for offshore wind subsidies by around two-thirds to £73 per megawatt hour to help more offshore windfarm projects to move ahead despite higher costs.

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The Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) sale in Washington state’s WCI-modelled cap-and-invest programme saw strong demand and sold out of its permits at one fixed price, according to results published Wednesday.

Group which owns Kmart and Target has not signed up to initiative that would impose 4 cent levy on garments to fund research

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The federal government has called on one of Australia’s biggest retailers, Kmart Group, to support an industry-led textile recycling scheme, or risk regulation.

Spearheaded by the Australian Fashion Council (AFC), the Seamless initiative is designed to tackle clothing waste through a levy system to increase the number of garments being resold, repaired, reworn and recycled.

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Toronto-headquartered carbon project developer Base Carbon explained to an investor call on Wednesday why it lost $1.7 million loss in Q3, said when the company would become profitable, and detailed its new project in India.

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Southwest Airlines has announced a comprehensive new sustainability strategy, titled 'Nonstop to Net Zero', taking another step towards its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

A Toronto-headquartered voluntary carbon credit firm provided updates on its restructuring measures to optimise costs as it recorded net income for the third quarter of the year, according to quarterly earnings published Tuesday.

An independent federal agency selected on Tuesday an adaptive infrastructure firm for $1 million in small business research funding to develop technology for the measurement of carbon stocks in coastal wetlands.

The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) outlined rules on Wednesday for how recipients of the state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) funds should report expenditures and benefits to the state regulator ahead of its upcoming rulemaking.

It’s still possible for Australia to cut emissions in line with holding climate change to 1.5°C. Here’s how. Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Anna Malos, Climateworks Centre - Country Lead, Australia, Monash University Michael Li, Research and Analysis Manager, Climateworks Centre, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The idea that harm done today can be offset in the future is based on a basic misunderstanding of the carbon cycle. Planting more trees is important – but it’s no substitute for cutting emissions. Mike Joy, Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A climate tech company has raised $1 million in seed funding to establish its first biochar production facility, located in Kenya, according to a press release on Wednesday.

The US Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) on Wednesday announced the formation of an international working group aimed at enhancing the transparency and reliability of methane and other emissions data in the natural gas supply chain, while a major investment bank extolled the financial benefits of mitigation efforts in the sector.

GHG emissions across the EU fell over 5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, with electricity and gas sectors making the biggest decline, the statistics agency Eurostat reported on Wednesday.

A major ‘pure play’ sustainability consultancy has formed a strategic partnership with a software platform specialising in carbon and sustainability data management.

Voluntary carbon accreditation body ICROA has appointed its first independent advisory committee to oversee fundamentals and help drive integrity under its program of continuous improvements.

Rules would require firms to report emissions, find and fix leaks, and limit wasteful venting and flaring

The EU has struck a deal that will force the fossil fuel industry to rein in dangerous methane pollution.

Under the proposed law, the first of its kind, coal, oil and gas companies would be required to report their methane emissions and take steps to avoid them. The measures include finding and fixing leaks, and limiting wasteful practices such as venting and flaring gas by 2027.

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A report published by the French government, in collaboration with CDC Biodiversite, underlined that greater finance from across the spectrum of stakeholders would be needed to protect nature, while also assessing the various tools available to scale funding.