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Inconsistent laws and penalties for water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin make compliance and enforcement especially challenging. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Adam James Loch, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide David Adamson, Associate professor, Royal Agricultural University Mark Giancaspro, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide Michael Croft, Legal Researcher, University of Adelaide Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Australian government will introduce legislation to establish national environmental protection and information bodies, but has split reforms that would strengthen laws underpinning them into a separate tranche.

The world’s main emissions trading association published new guidelines on Tuesday about how corporate buyers should use carbon credits as part of their decarbonisation pathways.

Building developers in England will be able to more easily address the biodiversity impacts of their projects and comply with the biodiversity net gain (BNG) mandate thanks to the launch today of a new BNG software, which helps companies understand the biodiversity impact of different building designs.

Tanya Plibersek says two new agencies will be established but a commitment to rewrite national environment laws has been pushed back

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The Albanese government has further delayed a commitment to rewrite Australia’s failing national environment laws.

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said the government would introduce legislation in coming weeks to create two previously announced bodies – an environment protection agency and a second organisation called Environment Information Australia, which will provide public data on ecosystems, plants and animals.

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Germany’s international development agency GIZ and the Philippines Climate Change Commission on Tuesday announced the soft launch of a programme aimed at protecting, conserving, and rehabilitating biodiversity and natural carbon sinks in the Southeast Asian nation.

High-quality carbon credits could be a “potentially important” tool to incentivise investment in low-emissions hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and direct air capture (DAC) projects in order meet production targets required to achieve the world’s climate goals, a joint report released Tuesday found.

A major Japanese trading company has announced its participation in a large direct air capture (DAC) project in the US, as it continues to seek opportunities in the carbon removal sector.

Members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) can reduce their decarbonisation costs by $800 billion by 2050 if they work together to build power interconnectors, hydrogen networks, and energy storage infrastructure, according to research published Tuesday.

Young sharks are gathering at a popular beach. Here’s why we should skip our fear response and go for wonder – and protection Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Columbia Law School researchers identify 33 of the most pervasive myths about solar, wind and electric vehicles and rebut them using transparent, fact-based responses.

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Australia will soon have its first national, independent environment watchdog that can issue hundreds of millions in penalties, but Labor has delayed reform of EPBC Act.

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Scientists have recorded widespread bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef as global heating creates a fourth planet-wide bleaching event. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch, 54% of ocean waters containing coral reefs have been experiencing heat stress high enough to cause bleaching

• Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record

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Authorities have also warned of landslides and flash floods in the coming days.

GridBeyond raises $86 million to help advance VPP technology and help consumers match renewables with demand.

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With submissions about to close on the government’s proposed fast-track consenting legislation, its possible impact on New Zealand’s diminished and delicate ecosystems demands proper scrutiny. Margaret Stanley, Professor of Ecology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

You can’t prevent people from having bad ideas. But sometimes, a piece of legislation can prevent bad ideas from taking up large amounts of money and time.

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Japan's largest coal and gas plant owner, which has been making moves into offshore wind – including in Australia – launches a renewables-only platform.

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A toxic gas is turbocharging heatwaves, bushfires and coral bleaching, and going largely unreported under "faulty" emission safeguards, satellite data suggests.

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Singapore and New Zealand have agreed to work together on carbon markets as one of several green economy measures, according to an agreement signed between the two countries Monday.