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Government asked to put ‘people and planet before profits’ as analysis shows potential illegal discharging of raw sewage

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Regulators face pressure to act after further evidence of potentially illegal activity by water companies has been revealed.

Analysis of the latest data shows that more than 2,000 overflows owned by a number of companies are discharging raw sewage into rivers and seas at a scale that should spark an immediate investigation into illegal breaches of permit conditions.

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Applying beyond value chain mitigation (BVCM) principles in practice will initially need feasible internal carbon fees to gain traction, but its breadth can inspire greater corporate climate coordination, according to stakeholders speaking on a webinar Wednesday.

An inter-governmental organisation comprised of oil and gas stakeholders has underlined the importance of carbon markets for the energy transition, especially for financing technological solutions to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, in a recent report.

The end of the EU carbon allowance price rally is in sight, with prices likely to start falling again in the next couple months, according to the research arm of a Dutch bank.

The introduction of a carbon credit scheme supporting the restoration of UK saltmarshes would be feasible and provide a pipeline for private investment to help restore these degraded areas with significant carbon storage potential, a government-backed study has found.

UK-headquartered biodiversity credit developer RePlanet has stressed the need to develop tailored biodiversity units for marine conservation due to critical challenges holding back the market.

California regulator ARB has issued the highest number of compliance-grade offsets so far this year, although year-to-date totals continue to lag behind 2023, data published by the agency Wednesday showed.

The voluntary climate action disclosure from 10 oil and gas majors falls short of what investors need to accurately gauge how they will meet their goals, and the risks posed by those transitions, according to analysis published on Wednesday.

A guide for investor members of the Nature Action 100 (NA100) initiative on engaging with companies in eight priority sectors has been published by non-profit Ceres.

A former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has joined the board of a Los Angeles-headquartered carbon removal company that specialises in direct air capture (DAC) technology.

Finland and Sweden – the two EU countries with the biggest forest carbon sinks – came up with the most elaborate positions on carbon capture and storage (CCS) as well as negative emission technologies during a ministerial debate on Monday about the EU’s future 2040 climate policy.

The UK's offshore oil and gas regulator is asking developers to boost electrification and cut down on flaring and venting or face potential closure, in an effort to reduce emissions from fossil fuels production while keeping supply secure.

Registries should address key inhibitors to voluntary carbon market growth, including insufficient price transparency, standardisation, and interoperability, according to stakeholders surveyed by two financial analytics firms.

Three high street budget fashion giants have pledged they will change the way they display, describe, and promote their green credentials in the UK amid a clamp down by the competition regulator on greenwashing that will impact the use of carbon offsets across the sector.

New analysis says the potential taxpayer cost of keeping Eraring open for another few years would be "unconscionable", and not needed.

The post “Unconscionable:” Eraring delay could cost $150m a year, adding to massive Origin windfall, report says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU firms and governments are promoting green hydrogen infrastructure in Mauritania, in a push that could account for most of the bloc’s 2030 target for green hydrogen imports and capitalise on the country's proximity, cheaper production costs, favourable regulatory environment, and vast solar and wind energy potential.

UN Food Waste Index report says food wastage is major contributor to climate crisis

More than a billion meals are thrown away every day, in poor countries as well as rich ones, despite more than 730m people living in hunger around the world.

About a fifth of food around the world is wasted, sometimes through profligacy or poor planning, sometimes from a lack of access to refrigeration or storage, according to the UN Food Waste Index Report, published on Wednesday, at a global cost of about $1tn a year.

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Federal Labor puts its money on Australian made solar, pledging $1bn to kickstart the supply chain in regions like the NSW Hunter.

The post Solar Sunshot: Albanese pledges $1bn to take Australia from “pit to panel” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

EU carbon prices were little changed at midday along with natural gas, after weekly commitment of traders data showed a fourth consecutive reduction in net short positions held by investment funds.

Boats had been barred from landing since July 2022 owing to virus, which has ravaged populations of seabirds

The puffins started arriving two weeks ago – and now there are thousands of them fizzing around in a mad frenzy. They have joined kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills, fulmars and shags. Soon Arctic terns will arrive after their epic journey across the world from the Antarctic.

This week humans arrived after a two-year ban from the Farne Islands in Northumberland, one of the UK’s most important sanctuaries for breeding seabirds.

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