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The federal budget didn't contain any surprises, but experts are hoping consumer-level energy initiatives are being saved for the election.

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The UN-backed study used aircraft-based measurements to extrapolate what the Hail Creek coal mine may have actually emitted in FY2023.

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Soil sequestration projects have great potential, but are underdeveloped, said tech giant and carbon credit buyer Microsoft on Tuesday, calling for standardisation in approaches to such initiatives.

Using carbon credit methodologies to develop scope 3 emissions interventions presents challenges, experts told attendees at the North American Carbon World (NACW) conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Massive offshore wind project in Gippsland wants to erect turbines that are 375m tall, but that is just one small part of the work ahead.

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The divergence between federal and state climate policies further compels industry advocacy, a policy expert told conference attendees Tuesday.

A thermal fleet the size of Australia's entire coal generation fleet has been offline in Texas. Time for solar, wind and batteries to step forward.

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Verified emissions covered by the EU ETS continued their downward trend in 2024, analysts polled by Carbon Pulse predict, with total output seen 5-8% lower year-on-year.

A multidisciplinary research group is working on five academic priorities to improve carbon markets, addressing study gaps related to durability, baselines, and leakage, a conference heard on Tuesday.

In the search for quality among beleaguered cookstove credits, pricing disparity placed CORSIA-eligible units as a benchmark, a trading exchange representative told attendees at a conference on Tuesday.

The government appears willing to put the future of an entire unique Australian species at risk at the behest of one industry. The hypocrisy is mind-boggling

The anger I have witnessed over the past few days within the environment and climate movement has been extraordinary.

I have spent the past four days in emergency meetings with leaders across the environment movement furiously responding to Anthony Albanese’s latest attack on nature.

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Carbon credit prices could be decided by the different permanence timelines different project types provide, market experts said at a conference on Tuesday.

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday that may determine whether cases involving disputes under the Clean Air Act (CAA) should be routed to the Washington DC Circuit court or remain in regional circuit courts.

US states should revise their industrial decarbonisation strategies, according to a new report, which recommended steps they can take to reduce their reliance on federal funding that faces an uncertain future and tailor their financial, technical, and policy approaches.

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) credits on average are yielding a 40% price premium for each step up in their rankings, a ratings agency expert told conference attendees on Tuesday.

UN-backed research has found emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from Glencore's Hail Creek coalmine are probably between three and eight times higher than officially reported. Two aircraft with different types of monitoring equipment and flying at different altitudes looked for plumes of methane coming from the coalmine in Queensland's Bowen Basin – a site highlighted in a previous study as a major emitter. Glencore has challenged the results, saying in a statement it had 'significant doubts' about the research, claiming it used 'out of date' data

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• Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds

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Savvy investors are watching the RGGI market very closely as offsets are becoming more feasible, while investment opportunities continue to grow globally, analytics company cCarbon said at the North American Carbon World (NACW) conference on Tuesday.

After shelving plans to reform Australia’s nature laws, the prime minister wants to walk back existing protections with new legislation introduced this week. Phillipa C. McCormack, Future Making Fellow, Environment Institute, University of Adelaide Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Politicians claim we need to dig up more gas to run a clean power grid. It ain't true.

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A federal judge has denied a request from the US Forest Service to partially dismiss a lawsuit alleging it failed to assess the effects of its logging projects on carbon storage and emissions.