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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.

The post Super funds back fossil “climate wreckers” over clean energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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.

Singapore and Ghana, two forerunners in developing Article 6 trade, have struck a deal that will see sovereign carbon credits from the West African country flow into the Asian island-state.

South African voters head to the polls Wednesday amid energy shortages, a proposed carbon tax hike, and incoming international carbon tariffs, with the country’s three biggest parties open to adding new energies to the national mix but resistant to transitioning away from coal.

Shipping firms based in Greece face EU ETS costs of €335 million this year, rising to €1 billion once the sector is fully integrated in the bloc's carbon market, analysts said.

The EU will not be too strict with companies during the transitional phase of CBAM and is looking into a possible WTO-compatible solution to promote exports of less carbon-intensive products made in Europe, a senior European Commission official told Carbon Pulse.

Exclusive: Facilities owned by Bingo Industries and Aussie Skips Recycling among more than 20 named in NSW parliament for breaching regulations

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Some of the best-known waste companies in New South Wales are among those that broke safety rules that led to potentially contaminated soil fill being supplied to backyard landscapers, schools, childcare centres and parks across the state.

As part of an investigation into soil contamination, Guardian Australia can reveal that Bingo Industries, Aussie Skips Recycling, Benedict Recycling and KLF Holdings breached state regulations for testing a type of cheap soil made from recycled construction and demolition waste.

Companies found in the 2019 investigation to have asked private laboratories to keep retesting samples when they exceeded contaminant thresholds were: Bingo Industries in Auburn, four Benedict Recycling facilities in Sydney, Breen Resources in Kurnell, South Coast Equipment Recycling at Warrawong, Hi-Quality Waste Management at St Marys and Brandown Pty Ltd at Cecil Park. The 2013 investigation also found two Benedict Recycling facilities were retesting samples.

Twenty-one facilities were found in the 2019 investigation not to have been meeting EPA sampling rules such as the frequency with which samples should be collected and tested and what they were tested for: eight sites owned by Bingo Industries, four owned by Benedict Industries and one each by Aussie Skips Recycling, KLF Holdings, Breen Resources, Brandown, Hi-Quality Waste Management, Budget Waste Recycling, Rock & Dirt Recycling, South Coast Equipment Recycling and Builders Recycling Operations. Aussie Skips Recycling and Hi-Quality Waste Management were also among 11 facilities found in 2013 to be breaching testing rules.

Following the 2019 investigation, the EPA issued prevention notices to six facilities after it detected asbestos in their recovered fines. In at least two instances the product had already been removed for use in the community.

In one case identified in the 2019 EPA investigation, 16 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated soil produced by KLF Holdings was supplied to an apartment complex in Bankstown, and the regulator was forced to order a clean-up.

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The Coalition has no climate policy. But Labor’s positions are undermined by its confused stance on gas and the delay of new environmental laws

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Federal parliament is back for the next fortnight and I have a wishlist. Not for things that will happen – let’s not get ahead of ourselves – but for questions that could be addressed if the country is to treat the climate and extinction crises as seriously as our leaders claim they do.

There is no shortage of discussion about nuclear energy due to the Coalition’s much-hyped but yet-to-appear plan to overturn a national ban and bring it to Australia. The issue won plenty of attention after a CSIRO-led assessment that it would be far, far more expensive than wind and solar backed by energy storage and new transmission lines.

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The summer doldrums has arrived early in the voluntary carbon sector this year after another week of generally thin liquidity and sideway pricing, but pockets of high-priced trades for nature-based credits and early interest in Article 6-eligible units propped up optimism for the future.

The energy transition has massively expanded during the five-year term of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, with the share of renewables in the EU's electricity sector jumping to 44% and investments in clean technologies more than tripling, according to fresh data published on Monday.

A Swiss-headquartered non-profit has released a set of recommendations to bolster Africa’s biodiversity credit markets, including setting minimum price floors for units and establishing an independent body tasked with determining project outcomes.

The South Downs has become the first national park in the UK to establish a formal scheme for a voluntary biodiversity credit market, aiming to scale up private investments in nature recovery.

A US-based global environmental asset authenticator, registry, and exchange announced its first Middle Eastern franchise in Iraq in partnership with the Iraqi branch of a Canadian carbon and energy advisory firm.