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Young people rode a wave of hope and power when hundreds of thousands protested with them in 2019. Then, momentum was lost

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On a stinking hot November day, seven years ago, Grace Vegesana and a handful of other young climate activists set up a small stage in a large square in Sydney’s CBD – and waited. Inspired by the first school striker for climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the high school students decided to organise their own rally.

Vegesana expected a hundred people to show up. Five thousand came. “It was like, oh my God, we’ve unleashed some kind of beast, people want more,” she recalls. In the months afterwards crowds doubled and then tripled.

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Clean energy tax credits are expected to deliver $238.4 million of benefits to Iowa’s economy annually out to 2032, according to a new study.

A North Dakota law on CO2 storage is being challenged in the state’s highest court after it was dismissed in a lower district court last year.

In the wake of potential federal action to terminate state-led cap-and-trade schemes, investors reduced net length across most US compliance carbon markets, with the exception of V26 California Carbon Allowances (CCA), latest figures from the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) showed Friday.

Colorado issued a proposed landfill methane regulation last week that would give the state stricter emissions rules than the current federal requirements.

Amid tariff threats from the US, energy and economic security are key issues in Canada's federal election.

Amid tariff threats from the US, energy and economic security are key issues in Canada's federal election.

The Coalition has failed to deliver any sort of coherent energy and climate policy, and Labor's plans are seriously insufficient.

The post The home stretch of the energy election: Coalition chooses to gaslight as Trump, Musk loom large appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RGGI allowance (RGA) benchmark futures gained over 15% week-on-week after a historic selloff but gave back some gains Monday amidst broader macro weakness and as the focus returns to fundamentals.

A US appeals court ruling last week means several non-profits still do not have access to their climate funds, even after a federal judge directed Citibank and the EPA to cease their “unlawful” suspension of funding.

Marine carbon removal (mCDR) projects could face major liability under US law, legal experts said last week.

The US has obstructed climate action for decades – largely due to damaging actions by the powerful fossil fuel industry. But Australia has a chance now to lead. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Potential danger to humans and wildlife from harmful pesticide discovered in fish at 10 times safety limit

Residues of the insecticide DDT have been found to persist at “alarming rates” in trout even after 70 years, potentially posing a significant danger to humans and wildlife that eat the fish, research has found.

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, known as DDT, was used on forested land in New Brunswick, Canada, from 1952 to 1968. The researchers found traces of it remained in brook trout in some lakes, often at levels 10 times higher than the recommended safety threshold for wildlife.

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The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment.

The EU is set to shape global carbon removal (CDR) governance through its upcoming certification framework, while momentum in the US is shifting toward state-level policies amid federal uncertainty, according to a new report.

Tech giant Microsoft is continuing its shopping spree, with a deal to buy 1.4 million tonnes worth of carbon removal (CDR) credits from reforestation projects in US coal mining lands, it announced on Monday.

Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, received praise for his contribution to the climate cause, with figures in the community highlighting how the Catholic Church’s ecological and humanist vision developed under his leadership.

A blue carbon crediting standard focused on a region in the south of Spain continues to advance as it seeks national approval, but analysis published Monday highlights the challenges facing the monitoring, reporting, and verification of mitigation efforts.

Microsoft’s splurges in buying carbon removal (CDR) credits mask a market struggling to find new buyers, according to a report published Monday.