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Photos underline folly of Snowy Hydro's Kurri Kurri gas plant - a facility so badly conceived it needs its own massive storage facilities, and cannot provide 24/7 power.

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The state House of Representatives voted down six bills on Friday that sought to put guard rails on carbon capture development in North Dakota.

The first trees have been planted as part of a Brazilian state-run agroforestry carbon credit programme geared towards family farmers, it announced Friday.

Claiming nuclear will deliver you 44% lower bills is a bit like claiming a wrinkle cream will make you look 44% younger. 

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A pair of Arkansas bills passed out of a legislative committee last week seek to facilitate the transfer of permitting authority for CO2 pipelines and injection wells from federal agencies to the state.

All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations. Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland James Watson, Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The US government's decision to scrap its 2050 net zero target has cut the share of the global economy covered by national net zero commitments from 93% to 78%, according to data by an independent research consortium.

The European Commission will organise a workshop in the coming months to discuss innovative financial and insurance packages for carbon farming, amid warnings from the agriculture sector that smallholders risk being left out of the EU’s new certification scheme for carbon removals.

Small pockets of high value trades failed to lift the market out of the bargain hunting culture that continues to suppress voluntary carbon credit prices.

The UK government’s consultation on overhauling its environmental rules for the built environment, with the introduction of a Nature Restoration Fund, could be disastrous for nature, experts have said.

Sweden's Ingka Group on Monday unveiled a net zero transition plan as part of its commitment to halve absolute emissions across its value chain by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

COP16 President Susana Muhamad has proposed a compromise to break the deadlock on financing at the resuming UN biodiversity negotiations, scheduled for next week in Rome, after last year's summit in Cali was cut short amid tensions on who should manage global funds.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) should bolster CO2 standards in order to improve aircraft efficiency and reduce aviation's impact on climate change, according to a new study published as the UN aviation agency enters a two-week meeting today to discuss new standards.

Brazil's carbon market is advancing with the enactment of Law 15.042/2024, which establishes the Brazilian Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System (SBCE) and sets the groundwork for regulation, though full implementation could take years. Until the SBCE Managing Body is created and operational, international standards remain the safest option for ensuring transparency, credibility, and investor confidence in the voluntary carbon market.

Revising Kazakhstan’s emissions trading system (ETS) to make participants pay for a share of their allowances is necessary to create a fair market price for carbon, a report launched Monday has found.

The football industry's global carbon footprint is estimated at 64-66 million tonnes of CO2 per year – equivalent to the annual emissions of Austria – when including indirect emissions from sponsors, according to a recent report.

The UK government needs to block any future bids to develop the offshore Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in order to stick to its climate commitments and avoid locking the country into stranded investments, researchers said on Monday.

There are still "significant barriers" to effective carbon trading taking place in Kenya, with stronger market policy required, a new report has found.

A US-headquartered non-profit is investing in technology aimed at accelerating tree growth and enhancing carbon sequestration, in a move that it says could remove millions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere over the next decade.

Discovery of pest in UK raises fears for Sitka spruce, which accounts for half of country’s commercial plantations

A beetle that has previously devastated Norway spruce populations across continental Europe has been found to be equally attracted to the Sitka spruce, a finding experts say could have significant implications for commercial forestry.

The eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle has now been found in the UK, raising fears for the Sitka, which accounts for a quarter of Britain’s forest cover and half its commercial forestry plantations.

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