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Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) on Monday approved new technical guidelines for valuing three kinds of domestic carbon units on balance sheets, setting the stage for a new era in accounting.

The builder of Australia's biggest battery project describes the country's long stringy grid as like a peal necklace, and notes the "precipitous" fall in battery cell costs.

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The DOE has awarded $200 million to an ethylene plant slated for the US Gulf Coast that is expected to demonstrate a carbon capture technology in an ethylene production process, the companies announced.

Encouraging walking, cycling and public transport use requires a cohesive, collaborative approach by all involved. The latest University of Canterbury travel survey shows how effective it can be. Simon Kingham, Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury Matt Morris, Sustainability Manager, University of Canterbury Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Increasing temperatures puts a strain on electricity supplies, while bushfire smoke can limit the electricity produced by solar panels. So, what can we do about it? Shukla Poddar, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney Merlinde Kay, Associate professor, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Almost half of us are now angry about climate change. But who we’re angry at can change whether we turn anger into action – or despair Samantha Stanley, Research Fellow in Social Psychology, UNSW Sydney Iain Walker, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne Teaghan Hogg, PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, University of Canberra Zoe Leviston, Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia's biggest coal grid witnesses record output of wind energy - in the evening peak.

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The first big solar battery hybrid is cashing in on demand peaks, providing power until late in the evening and displaying flexibility not possible for coal or nuclear plant.

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The UK government has published an updated list of free carbon permit handouts by installation for the period 2021-25, which will see levels in 2025 fall by less than 100,000 tonnes compared with 2024, though annual volumes in each year are lower than the previous totals published over the summer.

The second chapter of the EU's Emissions Trading System risks being delayed and watered down if governments leverage certain clauses aimed at protecting vulnerable people, as political clashes within the bloc continue to undermine the reputation and very existence of the European Green Deal.

Healthy volumes of high-priced voluntary carbon credits changed hands in November, across a very wide range of traded values, according to an exchange platform.

The White House released plans Thursday to reduce economy-wide emissions 61-66% by 2035 as part of its updated nationally determined contribution (NDC), in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

Australia on Thursday approved life extensions for four more coal mines, to condemnation from environmental groups.

The EU disbursed €2.7 billion from the EU ETS-financed Modernisation Fund for decarbonisation measures in eight member states, the European Commission announced, at the same time it approved billions of euros of state aid for clean energy projects.

The CEO of a large carbon project developer has said that excitement is building across the voluntary carbon market after countries finalised the Article 6 rulebook at COP29 in Baku.

Japan has released the draft version of its 7th Energy Basic Plan, proposing to ramp up the share of renewables in its energy mix while saying carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be needed to offset emissions it can’t otherwise eliminate.

McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’

One of Louisiana’s top public universities has prompted concerns about “corporate capture” over its expanding relationship with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, despite environmental warnings about pollution and prolonging fossil fuel use.

As the US’s LNG boom gained momentum in south-west Louisiana, McNeese State University courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence currently under construction, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their own research center at the university, according to emails obtained via public records requests by DeSmog and the Guardian.

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The arrival of sweeping EU disclosure requirements next month is prompting one of the chief drivers of voluntary corporate climate disclosures, CDP, to adapt its remit to a focus on reducing the burden of reporting, and making sure that the right data is collected and put into action.

Chile’s CO2 tax, which accepts select carbon units in lieu of payment on a tonne-for-tonne basis, has added two new standards and all their methodologies to its eligibility pool, potentially bringing in millions of tax-eligible credits to a supply-constrained market.

An industrial project to decarbonise steel and produce e-methanol aims to improve the competitiveness of Europe’s steel industry and reduce its exposure to the EU ETS.