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The UK welcomes the biggest battery to join its grid, while Australia's Eku Energy says it has energised another two batteries in the UK.

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A wind farm proposed for a state pine forest in an area dotted with coal mining assets is mulling a 2,000 MWh big battery and 8 MW turbines

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The Government of Alberta has announced an investment of nearly C$55 million ($39 mln) in 15 projects aimed at reducing GHG emissions and improving the competitiveness of the province’s industries.

A Canadian green tech company placed an offering of up to C$5 million ($3.5 mln) in shares on Friday to finance the sale of its hydrogen-on-demand device for diesel engines.

There stands to be more investment funds moving in to track carbon credit portfolios this year, according to the head of a carbon industry body.

Older homes are more at risk from bushfires. Retrofitting can make your house more likely to weather a fire. Subha Parida, Lecturer in Property, University of South Australia Lyrian Daniel, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of South Australia Michaela Lang, Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioural Science, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

What can we learn from the bushfires in Tasmania? Beware of climate change, especially the unpredictable nature of blazes sparked by dry lightning. David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Grant Williamson, Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice Age some 2.6 million years ago. Pascale Lubbe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Ecology, University of Otago Michael Knapp, Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, University of Otago Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The Greens in the European Parliament are sounding the alarm over suggestions to merge the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget with EU funds allocated to regional cohesion policy, warning the move could spell disaster for the sustainability of the sector.

A US-based low-carbon building materials company has secured $82 million in Series B equity commitments from a consortium of financial and strategic investors to accelerate the deployment of its technology.

Major asset managers opposed most climate resolutions in 2024, with only two out of 73 passing in their worst voting performance yet, a report released on Tuesday said.

A draft of the Clean Industrial Deal, obtained by Carbon Pulse, promises "a new chapter of European industrial history" focused on supporting energy-intensive industries in their decarbonisation efforts while scaling up the EU's clean tech sector to reach net zero emissions.

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A €2.3 billion Finnish scheme to help industrial companies reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, including via carbon capture and storage, has been approved by the European Commission.

Sales of voluntary biodiversity credits have hit almost $5.6 million globally, with Australasian projects dominating the transactions, according to analysts.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices rose around 2% last week amidst a cold weather front in the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, while ongoing rulemaking uncertainty clouds outlook, market participants said.

A new entity is being launched to spearhead a project in Nigeria aiming to generate 5-6 million tonnes of carbon removal and avoidance credits related to mangroves and seagrass restoration, with government assurance given that credits can be aligned with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and traded internationally.

A committee brought together by the French government gathered this week to lay the groundwork for expanding the national biodiversity credit market, with five organisations ready to generate units over the next couple of years.

Ambitious UK project aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and more

An ambitious attempt to develop an early warning system for climate tipping points will combine fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection and the patterns of plankton blooms with artificial intelligence and the most detailed computer models to date.

The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), which backs high-risk, high-reward projects, has awarded £81m to 27 teams. The quest is to find signals that forewarn of the greatest climate catastrophes the climate crisis could trigger. Tipping points occur when global temperature is pushed beyond a threshold, leading to unstoppable changes in the climate system.

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Some 200 million credits currently available in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) are likely to be eligible for CORSIA Phase 1 (2024-26), according to analysis published on Tuesday by a ratings agency.