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An outlook report indicates that 2025 will be a year marked by more uncertainty for energy markets than any year since the pandemic as conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza remain unresolved and geopolitical rivalry between China and the West ratchets up.

California diesel consumption in September inched up year-over-year (YoY), rising for the fifth month this year, while gasoline volumes continued their long-standing YoY, state data published Monday showed.

RGGI allowances (RGAs) continued to hold above the $23 threshold as market activity dampened heading into the holiday season.

A Texas-based renewable fuels company has reached a settlement in its ongoing bankruptcy case with the US government, agreeing to retire nearly 19 million Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) to meet its previous obligations.

California electricity sector emissions fell year-on-year (YoY) in November as the share of generation from renewables and natural gas decreased while imports increased, data published Thursday by the state's grid operator showed.

Four bipartisan members of the US Congress introduced new legislation focused on developing federal programmes for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) over the next decade, which would appropriate more than $2.5 billion among various agencies.

Charges encompass a total of 102 alleged offences relating to 26 sites, including Rozelle parklands

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The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority is prosecuting three companies and one individual in response to its investigation into Sydney’s asbestos in mulch scandal.

The prosecutions encompass 102 alleged offences relating to 26 sites, including Rozelle parklands.

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Cyclone Tracy reshaped Darwin and marked a turning point in Australia’s approach to disaster resilience. Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney Arthur Stukas, Professor of Social Psychology, La Trobe University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

"Yana" is the latest pre-historic discovery in a crater in a remote region of Russia.

Hydrogen fuel cell planes may not hit the market until the late 2040s, which means the aviation sector will have to adopt other measures to reduce emissions, such as increasing energy efficiency or redesigning airspace, according to a developer of the technology.

The past five years have seen philanthropic giving towards the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry soar, with foundations becoming a major force getting innovative projects off the ground.

The deadline is approaching for a $550,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) tender to pilot a blue carbon credit system in Trinidad and Tobago.

Retirements of voluntary carbon credits remained high last week across the big four registries, which saw the gap continue to narrow to last year’s record total, but other, smaller organisations have seen volumes grow, putting 2024 on course to hit a fresh annual high.

European climate advocacy groups are worried about their future — and the future of the causes they care about — as their government funding dries up and public backlash rises.

OECD’s Pisa program will measure the ability of students to take action in response to climate anxiety and ‘take their position and role in the global world’

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“It’s going to get hot and everything’s going to be on fire and the oceans will rise. That’s just like the worst of the worst. How do you combat that?” asks year 11 student, Josh Dorian.

“Well, you fix it, you stop it from happening, you take preventive measures,” says Josh, who is studying VCE environmental science at Mount Lilydale Mercy College, a high school in Melbourne’s outer east. “Involving kids in that is scary, but I think it’s necessary.”

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Two UK universities last week announced an advanced form of hydrochar that could remove 30 million tonnes of CO2 per year globally by 2030 at £100 per tonne.

Scaling the voluntary biodiversity credit market could help Colombia bridge the financing gap on ecosystem services preservation, though steps must be taken to improve integrity and unlock corporate investments, the UN Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) has said.

The Norwegian capital is testing the potential of biochar to store carbon and improve urban planting conditions in a new pilot project along a cycle path in the Oppsal suburb, the local municipality announced last week.

European carbon prices gathered strength on Monday on low volume, rising 2.5% over the morning as they tracked strength in TTF natural gas, with the few active buyers encountering little resistance amid the quiet market.