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Dutch appeal court ruled in favour of oil and gas company over judgment telling it to limit emissions

A court ruling in favour of Shell does not spell the end of climate litigation against companies, legal experts have said.

The oil and gas company celebrated on Tuesday when it won an appeal against a landmark climate judgment by a Dutch court.

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Biosecurity officials investigating after red imported fire ants found in lawn laid at Clunes property

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A global super pest that has settled into south-east Queensland has been accidentally imported into New South Wales, marking its first known incursion in almost a year.

Officials are now inquiring whether turf was falsely signed off as being treated for fire ants before crossing the border on Wednesday.

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External climate finance for developing countries, minus China, needs to triple to $1 trillion per year by 2030, and risks growing higher the longer it is delayed in this decade, an influential panel of experts warned on Thursday.

Governments must act now to unlock demand that would spur green industry, a global network of industrial stakeholders has said, with carbon markets a key tool required to make this happen.

The expected rise in global temperature has remained unchanged in the past three years since COP26, due to governments failing to improve on their policies and pledges, a new report has found. 

Study says funding to cope with climate breakdown needed five years earlier than expected

Poor countries need $1tn a year in climate finance by 2030, five years earlier than rich countries are likely to agree to at UN climate talks, a new study has found.

Waiting until 2035 to receive the funding, which is to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with extreme weather, would place damaging burdens on vulnerable countries, warned the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance, a group of leading economists.

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Analysis by Climate Action Tracker puts median temperature rise by 2100 at 2.7C if current policies continue

World leaders have promised to try to stop the planet heating by more than 1.5C (2.7F). But current policies put the temperature rise on track for 2.7C, a report has found.

The expected level of global heating by the end of the century has not changed since 2021, with “minimal progress” made this year, according to the Climate Action Tracker project. The consortium’s estimate has not shifted since the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow three years ago.

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The climate crisis created the setting for Trump’s economy-first win and it’s the global south that will suffer most

Donald Trump’s election is a triumph for the politics of the doomsday bunker, which is bad news for the world’s environment.

This is the idea that in an age of climate disruption, nature extinction and ever wider social inequality, the best chance of survival for those who can afford it is to construct a personal shelter, where they can keep the desperate masses at bay. It is survival of the richest.

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One of Australia's dirtiest thermal coal mines, recently approved for a major expansion, is now seeking permission to build solar and battery storage to help power its operations.

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Zinc and polyurethane product could stop dangerous blockages in concrete wastewater pipes – but is a few years off commercial use

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Australian engineers have invented an anti-fatberg coating for sewer pipes that could prevent the congealed masses from blocking the wastewater system and leading to overflows and flooding.

Fatbergs – solidified masses of fat, oil and grease that accumulate in sewer pipes, collecting wet wipes and other material – are a major concern for wastewater authorities globally, responsible for 40% of blockages in Australia, and a likely source for the mysterious balls that recently washed up on Sydney beaches.

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Transgrid’s massive HumeLink transmission line has been cleared for development by the NSW government, leaving just federal approval in the way of it going ahead.

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The scale of project proposals - particularly in battery storage - is dwarfing those already on the grid. But is there enough room in the allocated renewable zones?

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A US appellate court on Wednesday heard arguments in an appeal of a district court’s ruling against a power producer’s challenge to Washington’s no-cost permit allocation provisions under the cap-and-trade scheme.

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Big batteries win important concession against a Coalition era "landmine" that could have made the grid less secure, rather than more reliable.

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One of the world’s biggest makers of electric buses has plans for Australia. We talk to Kent Chang of Yutong. Plus: The shift to V2G and Tesla’s sales slump.

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California regulator ARB’s latest issuance of compliance-eligible offsets was the smallest since the end of June with slim pickings of this distribution having direct environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state, agency data released Wednesday showed.

A Brazilian state government has entered into an agreement with an environmental management firm to commercialise Jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) carbon credits while boosting sustainable investments and supporting local communities within the Amazon region.

Oil and gas company progress on emissions has stalled for the second year in a row, while corporate strategies for meeting emissions targets are of “questionable credibility”, a report published Thursday has found.

A UK-headquartered biodiversity conservation organisation has urged countries not to back crediting mechanisms as a means to tackle the plastic crisis, labelling them as a "false solution" that is highly exposed to greenwashing.