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The world is far off track to keep warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels or the temperature needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to research released Thursday.

The tech arm of a South Korean conglomerate has launched verification services to help domestic emitters cope with tighter data disclosure requirements proposed by the EU, it announced Thursday.

Approximately 18% of shareholders at drinks giant PepsiCo voted in favour of a resolution to disclose its biodiversity impacts on Wednesday, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Verra and ART TREES have become the latest standard bodies to pass the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)'s conditions for eligibility, but the first approval of methodologies for the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) stamp has been delayed until June as experts grapple with fresh complexities.

The Australian government is developing two new savanna fire management (SFM) method proposals, including one that will propose to credit sequestration in living vegetation for the first time, a department spokesperson confirmed to Carbon Pulse.

It's hard to find anyone in the energy industry pleased with news the NSW government may pay to keep the country's biggest coal generator open for another four or five years.

The post Even rival coal generators don’t want long term extension to Eraring coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Use of enclosed combustors leaves regulators heavily reliant on oil and gas companies’ own flaring data

Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed.

Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants at industrial facilities involved in the disposal of unprofitable natural gas, known in the industry as flaring.

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Queensland households will score a $1000 energy bill discount under a $2.5bn state spend the government says will by covered by coal royalties.

The post Queensland announces $1,000 rebate on household energy bills, paid for by coal royalties appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Extending Eraring has not been adequately justified. Meanwhile, the cost could be significant and so could the extra damage to the environment.

The post Eraring extension could be a cost of living and pollution disaster – and not just from emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The oil and gas and agriculture industries are consistently, and successfully, lobbying to weaken regulations to cut methane emissions worldwide, an NGO claims in research published on Thursday.

Victoria's energy minister says reports the state will delay its first offshore wind auction are "just wrong," with developers "chomping at the bit to go to that next stage."

The post “On track and on time:” D’Ambrosio insists Victoria’s first offshore wind auction will not be delayed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

WA government awards a $160 million for works at on the giant Collie battery, which will be one of biggest in the country.

The post Contract awarded for works on new 2,000 MWh battery in coal centre appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Coalition says its warning of blackouts and brownouts if Australia transitions to renewables is based on "engineering and economics." Seriously?

The post “Blackouts and brownouts:” The ideology behind Coalition’s dystopian take on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A compliance update from the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) Thursday said it had begun gateway audits on several human-induced regeneration (HIR) carbon projects, as well as audits of a number of emissions reports under the NGER scheme.

The hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown. Here are five facts that the nuclear industry and its boosters don’t want the public to know.

The post Five things the “nuclear bros” don’t want you to know about small modular reactors appeared first on RenewEconomy.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) prices have continued on a downward spiral, with traders expecting further downside risk as the programme’s credit surplus bank build shows no signs of slowing.

The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Tuesday released their updated guidance for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credits to establish eligibility for fuel producers, incorporating avenues to reward the use of renewable natural gas (RNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

An Alberta-based power generator scrapped its C$2.4 bln ($1.7 bln) carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, citing it as not economically feasible, following attempts over several months to secure a carbon contract for difference (CCfD) agreement with the Canadian government.

EU carbon prices are expected to triple to around €200 in 2035, analysts said this week, making them among the first teams of experts to forecast out that far.

Emissions under the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power sector cap-and-trade scheme jumped 9.1% year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2024, as CO2 output in the majority of participating states rose, programme data showed Wednesday.