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High energy prices, regulatory uncertainty, and a lack of offtakers are among the several challenges direct air capture (DAC) firms are facing when considering project development in California.

The UK's new agri-environment schemes and England's biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy could make the average farmer better off, but the majority of farmers are still not confident they will benefit from changes, a new report has found.

“An urgent change in gear” is needed to ensure the EU’s cleantech sector grows at the same time as the bloc decarbonises, a coalition of industry and think tanks said on Wednesday ahead of the European Commission's much-awaited Clean Industrial Deal initiative.

Without further incentives, a cumulative 50 million extra boilers running on fossil fuels could be sold across Europe by 2040, setting the EU off track from its decarbonisation targets, researchers warned on Wednesday.

Latin American and Caribbean countries would see increased revenues from hiking carbon taxes and reforming fossil fuel subsidies - equipping the region with the finance needed to deliver on Paris Agreement commitments, according to a report by a UN commission.

Increasing homegrown carbon credit supply and instituting comprehensive regulatory frameworks can help airlines in Latin American and the Caribbean meet compliance requirements under the UN's CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme amid a shortage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to a report published last week.

New data reveals that the total amount of large-scale solar and wind curtailment in 2024 was equivalent to the annual output of the original Snowy Hydro scheme.

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Hydro Tasmania inks new deal to supply manganese smelter with a majority renewables power mix that makes it one of the greenest in the world.

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Tilt Renewables has acquired the Boco Rock wind farm in New South Wales, a decade after stage one of the project was first commissioned.

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The European Union should impose a ban on new fossil fuel projects in what would be a "perfectly feasible" policy move, according to environmentalists.

Enhanced rock weathering tests haven’t yet resulted in carbon sequestration on Mid-Atlantic, US farmland, results from a preliminary study from the area have claimed.

The money will be spent on projects ranging from tidal barriers and flood walls to nature-based solutions.

Labour pledges to protect 66,500 more properties, criticising previous Tory efforts

Ministers are topping up flood defence investment in England to a “record” £2.65bn, after accusing the previous government of “putting lives at risk” by under-spending.

An extra £250m is being pledged on top of the £2.4bn previously announced, to shore up defences and protect an extra 66,500 properties from flooding over a two-year period, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

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Kenyan draft carbon regulations would establish a ‘carbon budget for trading’ for each UN target-setting period and empower the government to withhold Paris Article 6 ITMO credits in the course of project authorisation, among other provisions.

Analysis drawing on satellite data and 13 climate models concludes that climate change makes marine heatwaves 20 times more likely

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Marine heatwaves linked to the deaths of 30,000 fish off the Western Australia coast were up to 100 times more likely to occur because of climate change, new research has found.

Waters off WA have been affected by prolonged marine heatwaves since September last year.

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A group of research organisations is seeking feedback on an ocean alkalinity protocol that aims to set best practises for data management.

Researchers found the stop-start way we drive actually prolongs battery life. Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Oil major Shell retired some 4.2 million carbon credits in January across the major registries - but even with that contribution, total retirements for the month fell year-on-year.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has entered into an agreement with an international exchange operator to advance the country's carbon market development, the partners announced Tuesday.

The Philippines House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would set up a domestic emissions trading scheme with offset provisions as well as task the government with establishing a framework for trading carbon credits under the Paris Agreement.