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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.

Bowen announces four new big batteries for the world's biggest isolated grid as a result of the latest tender.

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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.

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.

A fracking executive, a former Liberal politician and a lobbyist are behind a new gas advocacy group claiming to represent “households, industries and producers."

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New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time.

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.

Households quitting gas to go electric, or minimising use of the costly fossil fuel, have helped push out forecast gas shortfalls by three years, AEMO says.

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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.

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.

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.

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 Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

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 Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The win by Poland’s Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills tree marks Poland’s fourth victory in a row.

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.

A new progressive funded analysis estimates potential impacts of repealing US federal tax credits and EPA's emissions regulations on electric vehicles (EVs).

A leading centre-right MEP has expressed doubts about postponing the new Emissions Trading System for heating and road transport fuels (ETS2), in a pushback against growing calls for delaying the new scheme to prevent a consumer backlash.

Morocco has delayed introducing a long-awaited carbon tax that was expected to be part of a $1.2 billion financing deal with the North African country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed.

Scotland’s first minister says Grangemouth could become world leader in green fuels

There is a realistic chance that one of the UK’s largest oil refineries can be converted into a hub for green chemicals, sustainable fuels and plastics, according to Scotland’s first minister.

Grangemouth oil refinery, which is being shut down by its UK and Chinese owners PetroIneos this year with the loss of 400 jobs, could become a world leader in low carbon chemicals and green fuels, John Swinney told media on Wednesday.

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An investment manager specialising in Brazilian farmland restoration and a São Paulo-based agroforestry consultancy have merged to expand their nature-based solutions (NbS) and carbon trading offerings, local media reported Monday.