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Research conducted by the New Zealand government showed the large majority of respondents are supportive of a combination of both domestic action and offshore mitigation to meet the country’s Paris climate goals.

The president once derided attempts to develop new green technology as a "green new scam" - but his deal could help boost the US's potential in the sector

Former US climate envoy Jonathan Pershing discusses Donald Trump’s war on everything, including climate, energy, science and research, and Australia’s energy choices. Plus: Rio Tinto’s stunning choice of solar and batteries to save future of giant smelters.

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Montana-based hunting influencer flies out of Australia on Friday after home affairs minister said he couldn’t ‘wait to see the back of this individual’

A US hunting influencer who caused outrage in Australia after from its mother has left the country after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said immigration authorities were checking if she had breached the conditions of her visa.

A government source told Guardian Australia that Montana-based Sam Jones had left the country on Friday morning.

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A US think-tank estimated Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) costs to top out at almost $2 trillion over the next ten years and continued to advocate for a full repeal of the landmark legislation.

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) could significantly weaken the European technology industry’s competitiveness by increasing production costs nearly 50% for some sectors, leading to carbon leakage and job losses, a new study has warned.

Food companies must act swiftly to reduce methane emissions from livestock supply chains or risk financial, regulatory, and reputational fallout, a major sustainability advocacy group has warned.

Anticipated sugarcane crop failures for the 2025-26 harvest are expected to tighten the supply of ‘CBIO’ carbon credits within Brazil’s RenovaBio biofuels scheme.

A London-based developer has acquired stakes in two carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the US, as it looks to expand its geographic range in an attempt to speed deployment, its CEO told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of CERAWeek.

Engineered carbon removal (CDR) projects are more often selling voluntary credits via direct bilateral agreements than exchanging them over the voluntary carbon market (VCM) through registries, S&P Global analysts said during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston.

A US-based clean fuels developer is planning to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with geothermal energy.

Successive Australian governments have overseen a massive expansion of gas and coal production over the last three decades, despite promises to act on climate.

The post “Fossil fuel behemoth:” The climate cost of Australia’s bipartisan addiction to coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A CO2 reduction technology significantly slashed emissions from the US road construction process, initial findings from a trial showed.

Choice of wind, solar and battery storage to power giant smelters means the biggest consumers of energy are moving beyond fossil fuels and "baseload". Here's why.

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Even as sub-national US compliance carbon markets sit outside the purview of the federal government, the new direction of the administration under President Donald Trump could have wide ranging impacts, a webinar heard Thursday.

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and centre-left SPD are set to kick off negotiations for a new coalition government, as they look to the Greens to get a historic debt brake reform for defence and €500 billion infrastructure fund approved by the outgoing Bundestag.

...and what happens to the body when you spend a year in space?

Carbon registries should do more to support smallholder farmers capitalise on demand for REDD+ credits, a carbon project developer has told Carbon Pulse.

Wind and solar generated a record 17% of US electricity in 2024, surpassing coal for the first time, but a surge in electricity demand in the world’s largest carbon emitter was largely met by gas, analysts reported this week.

This week’s pause in England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications could signal a wider cut in public funding for the environment in Britain, leaving a vacuum for private markets like carbon and biodiversity credits to fill, experts told a webinar Thursday.