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Tesla's battery storage business had more than doubled in the past year, but will the priority go to EVs or the grid?

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When you do the work you would have to be an absolute nutter to conclude anything other than that the quality of life for future generations is at risk from climate change.

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California issued no new compliance-grade offsets for the second bi-weekly distribution of the year, data published by the state regulator ARB Wednesday showed.

The breeds show different reaction to clocks going back and forward, a study suggests.

A new House bill would eliminate one of the tax credits established under the Inflation Reduction Act relating to clean fuel production.

A new forecast by a federal US energy agency projects an increase in wholesale power prices in 2025 across most of the regional grids, with affordability emerging as a central issue in North American carbon market states through ongoing rulemaking.

A New York state senator is giving another go at legislation that would require businesses to disclose their Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

A Canadian university is outlining how local governments of all sizes can write nature into their financial reporting, as environmental assets are increasingly recognized as valuable infrastructure.  

The White House budget office on Wednesday withdrew its memo on the federal funding pause after a judge issued a stay on the order the previous day, but clarified that President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) on spending freeze have not been scrapped.

An Asia Pacific carbon credit provider has appointed a new CEO, with the current chief moving to a new role as the company expands its project development work, the developer announced Thursday.

A federal funding announcement of $13.5 mln will be invested in seven carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects across Calgary and Edmonton.

Scale of battery and solar projects seeking grid connection soars, and capacity of new projects actually working through registration and commissioning has also more than doubled.

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Genetic diversity is being lost across many species – especially birds and mammals. But you can help stop the decline. Robyn Shaw, Research Fellow in Conservation Genomics, University of Canberra Catherine Grueber, Associate Professor in Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Katherine Farquharson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bioinformatics, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Everyone thought koalas were solitary creatures. But a new paper reveals there is more to the social lives of koalas than previously thought. Darcy Watchorn, Threatened Species Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science Department, Zoos Victoria, and Visiting Scholar, School of Life & Environmental Science, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Emission targets could derail project as campaigners say net zero commitment cannot be met if expansion happens

• Reeves urged to rethink plans for airports and roads
• Heathrow third runway: promises, protest and U-turns

Rachel Reeves caused a furious backlash as she insisted a third runway at Heathrow was “set up for success”, despite scepticism in Whitehall that the plan can be reconciled with the UK’s climate obligations.

The chancellor made throwing the government’s weight behind Heathrow expansion the centrepiece of a major speech on growth on Wednesday.

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Standard-setter Verra said on Wednesday there is still work to be done to improve its requirements on safeguards in carbon projects, despite carrying out significant work in the area over the past year.

Ecuador’s environment ministry on Wednesday signed a deal with a public and private sector carbon credit buyers’ club to obtain at least $30 million in results-based payments from jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD) emissions reductions.

A final investment decision on the EU's first power plant running on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is being delayed until legislators reach agreement on the EU's Green Claims Directive to secure funding from the sale of carbon credits, the company has said.

The EU will “stay the course on climate targets” but employ a more flexible method to get there, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday during the presentation of the executive's new 'Competitiveness Compass' meant to guide Brussels policymaking in the next five years.

Russia will need a jurisdictional price of between $20-25 per credit to see significant growth in afforestation, more than double the levy set under the pilot Sakhalin scheme, according to a new academic paper.