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New Zealand tends to focus on big infrastructural projects such as tunnels or light rail to change cities. But there are cheaper ways to add public spaces to urban design. Simon Kingham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury Marco Amati, Professor of International Planning, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Tasmania launches six weeks of consultation on the final design of its first renewable energy zone.

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Campaigners urge Australians not to buy Tasmanian farmed salmon to avoid ‘extinction event’ for Maugean skate

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Campaigners working to save the critically endangered Maugean skate – a ray-like fish species found only on Tasmania’s west coast – have brought the battle to the door of the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, in inner-city Sydney.

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A carbon project developer has secured funding from a group of climate finance investors to fund the first phase of its ARR project in South Africa that can generate more than 30 million carbon credits during its lifetime, it announced Tuesday.

A mandated 55% emissions cap for Canada’s oil and gas sector by 2035 would entail lower production and a C$247 billion hit to GDP, according to a study commissioned by a fossil fuel industry trade group.

Zen Energy has broken ground on its first big battery project.

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'I thought why don’t we give it a try?' said student Swapnil Shrivastav, after inspiration struck.

Investing carbon tax revenues into public projects rather than returning them to taxpayers leads to greater economic growth, according to a report released on Monday.

A carbon capture and storage (CCS) bill awaits Illinois Governor Jay Pritzker's (D) signature to become law, and appears to have adopted language from a slew of CCS bills covering pore space ownership, emergency management, and sequestration fees.

Women's fundamental rights and wellbeing are at risk due to inaction on the climate crisis across the European Union, a feminist and green group claimed last Tuesday.

It is now abundantly clear that not enough transmission was built before solar got going in Victoria and NSW. The above graph shows a rolling 90 day average of actual exports northward from Victoria to NSW between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, and the prescribed limit from the Australian Energy Market Operator. […]

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Scalloped hammerhead and greeneye spurdog among at-risk shark discovered in genetic testing of fillets

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One in 10 fillets of shark meat bought by Australians at fish and chip shops and markets – often labelled as flake – is from a threatened species, according to a study that has uncovered widespread mislabelling of shark sold to the public.

Nine of 91 fillets were found to be either scalloped hammerhead, greeneye spurdog or school shark – all considered threatened in Australia – after scientists at Macquarie University used DNA analysis to check what they were sold.

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Ensuring China's CO2 emissions peaked in 2023 is feasible as long as the expansion of clean energy sources continues at the unprecedented rates observed last year, a report has found.

Australia's biggest superannuation funds are bankrolling an expansion of coal, oil and gas rather than investing in clean energy companies, an index shows.

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A state-owned Brazilian financial institution is accepting bids for 1 million Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) generated through a waste handling programme launched in 2012 with the support of the World Bank.

A CO2 pipeline developer was accused of a lack of communication from landowners during a North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) hearing Friday, in its second attempt to secure construction permits, local media reported.

A group of environmental NGOs outlined a set of policy recommendations for stakeholders and governance bodies in the safe and equitable implementation of REDD+ projects in Colombia’s voluntary carbon market (VCM).

More than 30,000 pilings completed in just eight weeks that will help protect new solo farm from cyclonic winds.

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Underwater rivers ferry large volumes of seaweed from shallow seas into the deep, where its carbon is stored naturally Albert Pessarrodona Silvestre, Research Fellow in Ecology, The University of Western Australia Karen Filbee-Dexter, ARC Future Fellow in Marine Ecology, The University of Western Australia Mirjam van der Mheen, Research fellow, Oceanography, The University of Western Australia Thomas Wernberg, Professor of Marine Botany, The University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Over 20 states and a major auto manufacturer separately filed motions to intervene in a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards.