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New Zealand’s Electoral Commission has released the results of the special votes from last month’s election, showing that the National party and Act will not get a majority together, meaning they will need NZ First to form government.

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Climate change is warming the world's oceans, creating good conditions for jellyfish in the UK.

Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy now has major wind energy projects under development in all three of mainland Australia's east-coast states.

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Barclays is reportedly rebuilding its presence in the carbon market after retreating from them a little over a decade ago.

Short answer: no. Should we lift the ban? It would have no practical effect on electricity markets, but the political fallout could be tragic for Australia.

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The government rejects calls to provide new funding for mental health support for farmers in crises.

A British tribunal has upheld a £24,200 penalty against a Bulgarian airline for failing to surrender sufficient carbon allowances under the UK ETS.

October delivers yet another record contribution to the generation mix from large-scale wind and solar and pushes gas to its lowest share in decades.

The post Record month delivers all-time high for wind and solar generation, 20-year low for gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Genex Power hails "extremely significant" milestone as it moves one step closer to starting fit-out works for its pumped hydro power station in Queensland.

The post “Extremely significant:” Genex hails Kidston pumped hydro tunnelling milestone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Third quarter emissions under the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) maintained a trend of historic lows shown throughout the year so far, according to data updated this week.

The meeting of a body guiding the Paris Agreement’s carbon crediting mechanism ran late into the night on Thursday as experts wrangled over issues including whether to exempt some activities from being forced to ratchet up their ambition over time.

The river wasn’t merely a physical entity – it was a symbol of spiritual and cultural significance, serving as the the life force which flows through Country. David Waldron, Senior Lecturer in History, Federation University Australia Kelly Ann Blake, Gherrang/Biodiversity Project Officer, Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge Shannen Mennen, Project Officer Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) values once again reached a new all-time high, sustaining peak prices following last week's cap-and-trade workshop announcement, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) maintained an upward trajectory until Thursday's linkage decision with the broader WCI market.

American Ornithological Society to change names referencing people or deemed offensive for ones that better describe species

A new rule from the American Ornithological Society (AOS) will cause reverberations around the birding world, and create new names for hundreds of species. The society says it has engaged in conversations with the community of birders, and will focus on first renaming the 70 to 80 species in the US and Canada that are named after people – or have names deemed offensive or exclusionary. Their efforts will start in 2024.

This means Anna’s hummingbird, named after an Italian duchess, and Lewis’s woodpecker, named after explorer Meriwether Lewis, will change. The society drew particular attention to undoing birds whose names are tied to historical wrongs – as in the case of Townsend’s warbler, named after John Kirk Townsend, who robbed Indigenous graves of skulls in the 1800s. This isn’t the first effort in renaming; in 2020, the society changed the name of a bird that once referred to a Confederate army general, John P McCown, to the thick-billed longspur.

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The suspended Kariba REDD project is financially stable for at least 12 months, according to the founder of Carbon Green Investments (CGI), the organisation that developed and runs the huge Zimbabwean avoided deforestation project, while stating that allegations of financial malpractice and illegal activities are groundless. 

South Australia sets stunning new record of 86.7 per cent wind and solar over month of October, while Australia's main grid reaches new peak of 45.1 per cent renewables over the month.

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The US EPA approvals process for state primacy over carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) as well as direct air capture (DAC) are preventing their installation, potentially condemning fossil fuel power plants, US Senators told a committee hearing on Thursday.

EU ETS emissions from heavy industry are set to fall 7% in 2023 compared to a year earlier due to waning output particularly among steel and chemicals firms, analysis said in a report on Thursday that represented a substantial writing down of expectations set out earlier in the year.

When Australia’s government and opposition argue over how to get to net zero emissions, nuclear power is the flashpoint. The argument against nuclear is stronger, but not for the obvious reason. Reuben Finighan, PhD candidate at the LSE and Research Fellow at the Superpower Institute, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.