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There’s a risk that the belief that electric vehicles are much greener results in owners driving more often or faster, or using cars instead of public transport. Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility & Resilience, UNSW Sydney David A Hensher, Professor and Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Hadi Ghaderi, Professor in Supply Chain and Freight Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

It’s not enough to have parks in city outskirts or urban green belts. Green spaces must be accessible for residents and placed to provide effective flood protection for cities. Paul Blaschke, Honorary Research Associate, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Edward Randal, Research Fellow at the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities, University of Otago Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Associate Professor in Regenerative Architecture, Auckland University of Technology Meredith Amy Claire Perry, Associate Professor in Physiotherapy and Health Equity, University of Otago Philippa Howden-Chapman, Sesquicentennial Distinguished Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Ralph Brougham Chapman, Associate Professor in Environmental Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Washington's Q3 current vintage auction settled nearly $3 below front-month futures prices in the secondary market the day prior to the sale, with buyers recoiling from the uncertainty surrounding the future of the state’s carbon market.

The construction of 5 GW and modernisation of 2 GW of “hydrogen-ready" gas power plants could start being put out to tender in Q1 2025, the German government announced with a consultation launched on Wednesday.

The first high-stakes US presidential debate between a swapped Democratic nominee and a Republican contender barely addressed environmental policy, yet some traders are factoring in potential volatility in compliance carbon markets before and after the November elections, adjusting positions based on perceived risks or opportunities.

An initiative that funds clean cooking in Africa has handed out a total €2.8 million in financing for Kenya-based organisations, it announced this week.

Plants eaten by wild gorillas have medicinal properties that could be harnessed in drug discovery, say scientists.

Nature-based voluntary carbon projects are becoming increasingly beneficial for biodiversity, according to new data from AlliedOffsets that has been shared with and analysed by Carbon Pulse.

A new member of the European Parliament from the left-wing Socialists and Democrats group (S&D) has been appointed to lead negotiations on the EU's Green Claims Directive, which aims at tackling greenwashing and sets rules for the corporate use of voluntary carbon credits.

Despite disparities across countries and regions, the European Union is on track to ensure its energy security, according to the European Commission's latest annual assessment looking back at what has been achieved so far.

The high price of carbon removal credits is set to spike before it declines, as new government policies help to drive more buyers to the nascent market, according to speakers at the Carbon Unbound Europe conference on Wednesday.

Scotland urgently needs strong targets to ensure impact in its forthcoming nature bill, covering areas ranging from habitats to species, experts said during a webinar on Wednesday.

The EU’s pandemic recovery funds contribution towards climate action and the green transition is likely over-estimated by at least €34.5 billion, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Wednesday.

One of the largest forestry management firms in Ireland has teamed up with the country’s first certified carbon management company to sell credits in the voluntary market.

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has put out for consultation draft guidance on the first scientific targets for ocean impacts, ahead of the full roll out in 2025.

Tenders for long duration energy storage and a spot in the South West Renewable Energy Zone have left NSW spoiled for choice on the best projects to replace its aging coal plants.

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Exclusive: Environment Agency warned about ‘forever chemicals' 20 years before it started to regulate them

The Environment Agency was warned about the “chronic threat” that firefighting foams containing PFAS “forever chemicals” pose to the environment in 2003, 20 years before it started the process of regulating the chemicals, it can be revealed.

In a 200-page report obtained by the Ends Report via a freedom of information request and shared with the Guardian, consultants commissioned by the Environment Agency conducted an environmental review of firefighting foams with a “particular emphasis on their fluorosurfactant content”.

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There are still many unknowns about what will be required of farmers under an agricultural bill passed by the Scottish government in June, including on the incentives for woodland creation and peatland restoration, a trade body representative told a webinar on Wednesday.

The European Commission expects to formalise its Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation by the end of this year, giving it the legal basis on which to set certification methodologies for the first batch of removal techniques next year, a Brussels official confirmed on Wednesday.

A clean cooking project developer has sold all of its carbon credits of a vintage through 2024 at $35 per tonne, its CEO told an event Wednesday, in a sign that demand for 'high-quality' units is there for the voluntary market.