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More than 440,000 people are still without power as Idalia, now a tropical storm, moves into Georgia.

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New or improved flood protection can give a false sense of security – the so-called ‘levee effect’. But climate change is unpredictable, meaning ‘residual risk’ always exists and must be planned for. Xinyu Fu, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Iain White, Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Rob Bell, Teaching Fellow, Environmental Planning Programme, University of Waikato Silvia Serrao-Neumann, Associate Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A vote on legislation which includes Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva's draft emissions trading system proposal that was scheduled to take place in the Senate Environmental Committee on Wednesday has been postponed.

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US states can now draw on $350 million in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to monitor and reduce methane emissions from their oil and gas operations.

The charity says its frustration at environment plans "led us to attack the people not the policy".

A coalition led by a California-based research centre and an incubator for engineered carbon removal have both received Department of Energy funding to advance direct air capture in the US. 

In an attempt to allay market confusion from contrasting conclusions reached by REDD+ stakeholders and academics last week, an offset ratings firm released an analysis on Wednesday explaining key shortcomings of one of the studies.

AEMO says country's ageing coal plants are getting less reliable, with the rate of unplanned outage rates likely to remain high as they battle with extreme weather.

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The unusual lunar phenomenon can be observed around the world on Wednesday and Thursday.

Forest fires are getting worse, burning almost twice the tree cover in the last 20 years compared to the previous two decades, according to new analysis.

Rising seas are pushing coastal ecosystems to the limit of endurance. Now international research reveals a “tipping point” will be reached if we allow more than 2 degrees of global warming. Neil Saintilan, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Gabon has become the latest African country to be shaken by unrest after senior military officers staged a coup on Wednesday, days before Kenya and the African Union Commission host a summit that intends to drive carbon investment into the continent.

A bipartisan pair of US Congresspersons have introduced a bill to provide up to $150 billion to help family and small-scale forest owners overcome barriers to developing carbon projects.

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The leader of highly-forested Guyana has touted huge aspirations for carbon markets at a recent meeting with a former UK prime minister and separately rebuffed questions on carbon credit integrity.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced plans on Tuesday to partner with a developer of carbon removal facilities to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the east of the US state.

Office for Environmental Protection chair tells ministers plan will degrade England’s rivers and demands that they explain it to MPs

Plans to rip up pollution rules for housebuilders are a “regression” which will degrade England’s rivers, the government’s environment watchdog has said.

An amendment tabled by the government to the levelling up bill orders local authorities to ignore nutrient pollution from new developments in ecologically sensitive areas in England, including the Norfolk Broads and the Lake District. These nutrients, when untreated, cause algal blooms that choke the life from rivers.

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A US-based startup is partnering with Italy’s second largest cement company to trial a technology that converts electricity to stored heat, which could significantly lower CO2 emissions for hard-to-abate sectors.