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The government, its water regulator and the Environment Agency could all be taken to court over their failure to tackle sewage dumping in England after a watchdog found failures to comply with the law.

An investigation by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) found Ofwat, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (EA) all failed to stop water companies from discharging sewage into rivers and seas in England when it was not raining heavily. The OEP was set up in 2020 to replace the role the European Union had played in regulating and enforcing environmental law in the UK.

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Australia’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) on Tuesday ordered applications for new projects under the beef herd management method be suspended amid integrity issues.

The New Zealand government confirmed Tuesday it will set the annual charge for forest owners in the country’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) to NZ$14.90 ($8.60) per hectare.

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Mingyang says its two-headed floating offshore wind platform has begun operations despite reports of blade damage to the giant 20MW turbine.

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A bid to convert the Basslink undersea cable into a regulated transmission asset knocked back by regulator as offering too little benefit at too high a cost to consumers.

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Emissions from city drivers have largely fallen, while emissions from rural and regional drivers have risen. Kai Li Lim, St Baker Fellow in Electric Mobility, The University of Queensland Anthony Kimpton, Lecturer, Urban Planning, University of Southern Queensland Jonathan Corcoran, Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland Renee Zahnow, Associate Professor, Social Science, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.

Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.

A "tidal wave" of big batteries and record amounts of new solar and wind are driving down prices and will help deliver 82 pct renewables by 2030, but only if momentum can be maintained.

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The US proposed a Sustainable Maritime Fuel (SMF) Grand Challenge to stimulate a faster decarbonisation transition for the US maritime sector, according to an action plan published jointly by four federal agencies.

The US EPA this month requested the nation’s highest court to transfer a case on small refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to the DC Circuit by vacating a ruling from another appeals court.

The OEP has ruled that it allowed excessive sewage into England's rivers and seas.

Carbon credit standards body Verra has hit back against criticism aimed at its REDD methodology being approved under the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) framework, describing the scrutiny as “flawed and inaccurate”.

Tasmanian port plans to play host to renewable energy terminal and serve as a key hub for offshore wind development.

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RGGI Allowances (RGA) in the secondary market continued to rebound from a weak Q4 auction over the week, with traders deliberating reasons behind unexpected strength into year end.

A London-headquartered NGO has written to the CEOs of Europe’s 20 largest banks, including HSBC, Barclays, and BNP Paribas, urging them to set science-based targets for financing sectors vital to the net-zero transition, it announced Tuesday.

A Toronto-based carbon credit financier has tentative plans to transition its carbon credit inventories to one of the voluntary carbon standards recently approved for Phase 1 of CORSIA (2024-26) by the UN aviation body ICAO, although the financier is still awaiting formal guidance from Verra.

Latest battery storage auction prices in China stun analysts with another big price fall that could fast-track green energy switch and uptake of EVs.

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Zimbabwe has awarded a Sri Lankan firm the contract to develop its national carbon registry, as part of efforts to advance its climate policies and align with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.