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Regulator flags power price hikes across the main grid, but experts question why prices are still being determined by frameworks first designed decades ago.

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NSW now has a roadmap to exit coal by the end of the decade. But it requires a commitment from the state government. Will Labor run with it?

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Forestry firm Stora Enso is launching a pilot programme where it will pay forest-owners across several regions in Finland for leaving their harvested forests in better shape than required by regulations.

World’s only wind farm built in a major active conflict zone officially opened on Monday, after workers spent nine months working in bullet proof vests and spending time in bomb shelters.

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Sourcing existing yet untapped capacity will help solve our overarching goals of providing cleaner, quicker and more cost-effective electricity to consumers.

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The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation’s (NEFCO) Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) has announced a partnership with the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) to boost clean cooking solutions in sub-Saharan Africa.

The expansion of a Queensland coal mine could potentially push the boundaries of the reformed Safeguard Mechanism, given that the mine’s owner has been historically underreporting its emissions, according to a think-tank submission.

There’s a lot of enthusiasm for wildflower fields and bug hotels. But before introducing these insect-saving measures, we need to better understand when they help – and when they don’t. Rob Cruickshank, Lecturer – Teaching & Administration, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is celebrating the birth of meerkat pups for the first time in 16 years.

Carbon neutrality of low-cost telco Belong relies almost solely on buying overseas offsets, and how an Institute of Public Affairs fellow misread the Great Barrier Reef

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Telstra’s low-cost mobile and internet company Belong is in the middle of a nationwide advertising campaign that’s memorable for its imagery of a sliced-off bloodless thumb crawling up a snow-driven mountain.

“The average Australian is estimated to scroll the height of Everest on their phone every month. That’s why we proudly offset our network emissions,” the advert declares.

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Market experts are clashing in their views as to where EU carbon prices go next, with the bears amongst them predicting a possible re-test of last year's lows while the bulls foresee another go at the €100 level before the year's out.

The clean-up begins after catastrophic flooding that has left tens of thousands of people homeless in north-east Italy. Rising waters swallowed houses and landslides isolated hamlets

• ‘Roads have disappeared’: Italy begins cleanup after catastrophic floods

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US President Joe Biden's EPA has a strong legal basis for allowing states to implement emissions trading schemes such as RGGI and WCI to comply with its proposed emissions limits on fossil fuel-fired electricity generators, while technology forcing should also stand up to court scrutiny, experts told Carbon Pulse.

Rainforest Builder’s Forest Carbon Lead will be critical to the company’s success, providing specialist technical expertise and analysis and turning forest restoration opportunities into registered carbon removal projects. You will thus lead the carbon asset development process through to registration and validation.

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California gasoline and diesel sales dropped year-on-year in February amid recession concerns and a pick-up in gasoline prices, according to state data published Tuesday.

California this week distributed the highest number of compliance offsets in over a year, with the vast majority of the credits under the cap-and-trade programme accruing to an in-state forestry project, according to government data published Wednesday.