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Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.

From our broken environmental laws to the role of gas, there are some big questions that remain unanswered by both major parties

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A national election campaign is days away and the focus in Canberra is on a federal budget that wasn’t going to happen until a tropical cyclone threatened southern Queensland a fortnight ago. The climate crisis and environment are expected to get passing mentions.

But there is a strong case that they should be at the forefront of debate over the next six weeks, understandable cost-of-living concerns notwithstanding.

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Indonesia has received $1.1 billion in international funding via the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a ministerial update said Monday, as the government stressed the US's withdrawal would not affect other countries' commitment to the initiative. 

The world's 10 largest shipping companies raised record profits of around $300 billion in the last five years, but paid less than half the average corporation tax rate, according to a new report by a non-profit, which highlights the impact a potential global levy could have on climate.

Canada is set to fund 40 decarbonisation projects with proceeds from its industrial carbon levy.

RGGI allowance (RGA) prices rocketed up over 10% week-on-week last week due to strong buying interest in light of the depletion of the Cost Containment Reserve (CCR) at the Q1 auction earlier this month, traders said.

Squadron Energy has presented a new big wind and battery project in NSW for EPBC approval, just weeks after receiving green tick for another project.

The post Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy presents another big wind and battery project for federal approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Iowa legislators filed a bill this month to restrict the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipeline projects, adding to mounting challenges against a multi-state developer already facing uncertainty after South Dakota passed a similar legislation.

The leader of a Venezuelan agricultural association is pushing for the government and farmers alike to embrace international carbon markets, according to local media.

Days after confirming its commitment to publish a 2040 climate target proposal before the end of March, the European Commission made an about-turn on Monday, admitting that the deadline will likely be missed.

The offsetting mechanism within Colombia’s carbon tax saw increased use last year over 2023, two years after a national restriction was introduced, according to new Q4 2024 statistics.

Durable carbon removals (CDR) dominated the headlines last week after the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) released its long-awaited draft of version 2 of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard for public consultation.

A lack of transparency in national climate strategies, particularly around the role of engineered carbon removal (CDR) and land-use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF), is raising doubts over the credibility of 2050 net zero targets, according to a report released over the weekend.

The European Commission has approved a German state aid scheme aimed at accelerating the decarbonisation of industrials covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

The potentially detrimental impact on nature as a result of the drive for energy transition minerals and metals is an “unresolved red light” that governments are struggling to navigate, with a clear need for stricter regulatory frameworks, said industry experts at an event on Monday.

Chris Bowen announced $814m for the clean energy source despite projects in doubt across NSW, Queensland and South Australia

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The green hydrogen revolution wasn’t supposed to go like this. In September, the climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, declared Australia “the green hydrogen capital of the world” with “50-plus companies on the ground” and a pipeline of investments worth $200bn.

The nascent industry has been touted as the start of a renewable energy revolution, with more than $8bn in support promised across federal and state governments. But just months on from Bowen’s announcement, several major proposals are either shelved or in serious doubt, prompting the question: is green hydrogen’s race over before it began?

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This is my last column in this series. ‘Farewell, all joys!’

This morning I learned the word “limn”. It looked at first like a typo, and I almost ignored it. But I pressed on the letters on my phone, which caused its meaning to pop up in a little box, like a window appearing in a wall. To limn is to “depict or describe in painting or words”.

I was drinking cold coffee in my kitchen, and preparing to write this column – my last. Because I knew that I would do the swan, a large, long-necked water bird had started gliding around my mind, so it seemed clear that the word limn looks like a swan: the tall l with the tiny flick of a dipped head, and the letters after.

I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.

Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can
Her heart inform her tongue, –the swan’s
down-feather,
That stands upon the swell at full of tide,
And neither way inclines.

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European carbon prices were largely rangebound on Monday morning as the imminent expiry of March options contracts continued to focus the market around the leading strike prices, while natural gas fell back amid renewed efforts at reaching a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

A Nigerian climate tech firm has partnered with an agriculture university to generate high-quality carbon removal credits by planting indigenous African trees on the university’s land.

Forest restoration efforts should better consider outcomes for biodiversity, with emerging market-based mechanisms offering a promising opportunity to secure additional funding, according to a recent paper.