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Accounting for Nature unveils plans to launch commercial entity
Environmental accounting non-profit Accounting for Nature (AFN) has unveiled plans to launch a separate commercial entity which will draw from its environmental measurement standards to develop natural assets.
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Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both Labor and the Coalition’s environmental credentials
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would push for approval of the huge project, which would release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases.
Melissa Haswell, Professor of Practice (Environmental Wellbeing), Indigenous Strategy and Services, Honorary Professor (Geosciences) at University of Sydney & Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, Queensland University of Technology, University of Sydney
David Shearman, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Coalition releases recommendations to reverse forest loss ahead of COP30 climate summit
A group of civil society and research organisations has issued recommendations for governments to reverse forest loss ahead of the COP30 UN climate summit in November.
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UK imports drive 40,000 hectares of forest destruction each year -non-profit
The lack of regulation behind imported goods to the UK helped destroy an area of global forest equivalent to a mid-sized British city like Cardiff or Liverpool over the past year, according to analysis by a non-profit.
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Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests
Greenpeace has warned it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case brought by Energy Transfer.
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Four new giant batteries to be built in W.A. as world’s biggest isolated grid navigates transition from coal
The post Four new giant batteries to be built in W.A. as world’s biggest isolated grid navigates transition from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Axing of Canada’s consumer carbon tax expected to have limited impact on inflation -report
A new report estimates that removing the consumer portion of Canada’s carbon tax could save drivers the amount added at the pumps since inception of the levy, but slow price growth minimally, according to a new report.
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Cleaner US manufacturing advantaged in more carbon-conscious world of trade -report
US manufacturers are two times more carbon efficient than the world average, and are well-positioned to take advantage of an increasingly emissions-conscious world trade environment, according to a report.
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Meet the people behind the latest gas lobby group claiming to “educate and inform” consumers
The post Meet the people behind the latest gas lobby group claiming to “educate and inform” consumers appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Dark Energy experiment challenges Einstein's theory of Universe
New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time.
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Global shipping stakeholders not expecting major breakthroughs at IMO’s April meeting
An upcoming meeting at the UN’s International Maritime Organization's (IMO) is expected to yield small incremental gains rather than a finalised set of policies, said several industry stakeholders.
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Gas shortage warnings pushed out three years as households and businesses go electric
The post Gas shortage warnings pushed out three years as households and businesses go electric appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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BRIEFING: US states can help unlock domestic DAC growth, with or without federal support
US states have several mechanisms they can leverage to push direct air capture (DAC) development and adoption forward, with or without federal government support, according to panellists at a conference in New York on Tuesday.
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Canada can “pick up the baton” for DAC as US falters, lobby group says
Ottawa is well positioned to step in as a major direct air capture (DAC) player as the US sorts out national climate policies under the second Trump administration, the director of a Canadian DAC industry lobby group told a conference in New York on Tuesday.
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US DAC pilot with mineralisation to deliver credits in 2025
A small-scale direct air capture (DAC) project in southern Nevada that uses mineralisation to solve for storage issues is slated to deliver in 2025, the developer told conference attendees on Tuesday in New York.
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Southern elephant seals are adaptable – but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts
Protecting remaining strongholds and minimising human impacts on food sources will be crucial to avoiding further population decline of this remarkable creature.
Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
Mark de Bruyn, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Ecology, Griffith University
Michael Knapp, Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, University of Otago
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Rain gave Australia’s environment a fourth year of reprieve in 2024 – but this masks deepening problems: report
Favourable short-term conditions kept Australia’s environmental scorecard high in 2024 – but long-term problems are worsening.
Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
Shoshana Rapley, Research Assistant, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
Tayla Lawrie, Project Manager, Threatened Species Index, The University of Queensland
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300-year-old Polish beech voted Tree of the Year
The win by Poland’s Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills tree marks Poland’s fourth victory in a row.
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EU sees “no significant evidence” of evasion from maritime ETS, despite rising costs
A European Commission report taking stock of the extension of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to the maritime sector has detected “no significant evidence” of evasion or circumvention, despite an average 3.7% increase in overall shipping costs caused by the bloc's carbon pricing scheme.
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Repealing federal vehicle emissions policies, tax credits could disrupt US EV market -report
A new progressive funded analysis estimates potential impacts of repealing US federal tax credits and EPA's emissions regulations on electric vehicles (EVs).
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