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The International Energy Agency (IEA) found a record year for power demand in 2024 even as emissions growth slowed, underlining the fact that after decades, economic and emissions growth are finally and demonstrably decoupling.

The first module to recognise the use of terrestrial ecosystem flux greenhouse gas measurement in the voluntary carbon market has been released by a standard body and a developer.

The owners of our poles and wires are keen to own batteries and control EVs. If they agree to more disclosure, they might generate more trust.

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A broad trough has dragged in warm, moist air and offers perfect ingredients for heavy rainfall and even supercells

Northern parts of Australia have been under a flood warning this weekend, with further flooding set to bring havoc to south-eastern parts of the Northern Territory and western Queensland early this week. A broad trough – an area of locally lower pressure – has been moving across northern Australia, dragging in warm, moist air from the Gulf of Carpentaria and providing the perfect ingredients for the formation of severe thunderstorms, and even supercells.

More than 70mm (2.75in) of rain fell in an hour under the slow-moving storms over the weekend in what is usually an arid, low rainfall zone with a desert/grassland climate classification. Some parts of the region have sparse observation data, but some local stations have been able to record more than 100mm within 24 hours, with 132mm of rain at Marion Downs, Queensland.

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A nature-based carbon project certifier has appointed a former president of Verra to help drive its expansion after raising €5 million in funding in December.

Australia’s opposition Coalition would seek to weaken the Safeguard Mechanism, but not scrap it altogether, local media reported Monday, however little details were revealed beyond that.

Twenty-three people hospitalised with fire ant stings amid an increase in reports of the highly invasive pest in south-east Queensland

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Twenty-three people have been hospitalised with serious fire ant stings amid a surge in reports of the invasive pest in the aftermath of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and a new $24m package targeting suppression of the insect.

The National Fire Ant Eradication Program has received notifications of 60 serious red imported fire ant (Rifa) stings in south-east Queensland since 1 March, with 23 serious enough to warrant hospital care. Separately, a puppy stung to death 15 months ago was reportedly the first pet killed in Queensland by the ants.

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Australia’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) late last year invoked a rule it has never used before which could have significant implications for the four methodologies it is currently reviewing.

A platform to reward British homeowners for energy efficiency savings funded by the sale of carbon credits has launched in the UK.

Talks to take place with operators about the scheme, announced in 2020, which has failed to make any grants

Ministers are considering diverting money from a £950m scheme to install rapid chargers for electric cars on the UK’s motorways, announced five years ago, after it failed to make a single grant.

Much of the cash allocated to the rapid charging fund (RCF) could be redirected to investments in other charging schemes, or to support the transition to electric vehicles more broadly, although decisions have yet to be made, according to a person close to discussions in government.

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Commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has broadened its carbon project portfolio as part of a growing push to decarbonise its operations and supply chains, according to its 2024 Integrated Report.

The Australian government has announced funding in the upcoming budget will underpin projects in its Nature Repair Market (NRM).

ExxonMobil on Monday confirmed it has cancelled its South East Australia Carbon Capture and Storage (SEA CCS) project offshore Victoria and said the oil platform planned as infrastructure will need to be decommissioned instead.

The American Forest Foundation’s (AFF) inaugural carbon credit auction concluded without any bids, the organisation said.

A marine heatwave has hit Ningaloo Reef hard – and the northern Great Barrier Reef is now bleaching too. Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Curtin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South Australian beaches. Shauna Murray, Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Greta Gaiani, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Weeks after an Amsterdam airport had to close down due to glare from nearby solar panels, China giant launches a new anti-glare range of modules – at an airport!

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New estimate for Marinus Link comes from the Australia Energy Regulator, which is adding in the cost of linking the subsea cable to Tasmanian infrastructure.

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Community group behind legal bid to block massive Tasmania wind farm decides to focus on opposing its federal environmental approval.

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Zen Energy will co-develop around 695 MW of multi-hour big batteries and 100 MW of solar across three Australian states with Taiwan partner.

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