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New CLP government scraps Labor's 50 pct renewables target, but its focus on gas may leave it exposed to the blackouts it warns from the switch to solar.

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Coal mine owners are being allowed to report fugitive methane emissions that are failing to provide the full scope of what is being released.

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Credit prices across North American clean fuels programmes are expected to fluctuate amid persisting regulatory and political uncertainties, North American Carbon World (NACW) participants heard this week.

The 2022 floods triggered shifts in the Coorong’s microbiome—similar to our gut bacteria on new diets—revealing why freshwater flows are vital to wetland health. Christopher Keneally, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Microbiology, University of Adelaide Justin Brookes, Director, Water Research Centre, University of Adelaide Matt Gibbs, Senior Research Scientist in Hydrology, CSIRO Sophie Leterme, Professor of Biology, Flinders University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The extension of California-Quebec’s joint carbon market beyond the end of the decade has become politically charged, and holds varying priorities for regulators and experts, conference attendees heard on Wednesday.

EnergyAustralia fined over a fire at its Yallourn coal fired power station, after the company fought to be spared conviction.

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The federal government is wooing landowners by launching the Developer Ratings Scheme and funding a website that assess land for wind, solar potential.

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The first Chinese-made Tesla Megapack batteries are on their way to Australia, as the US brand maintains its dominance over battery storage market.

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The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement opens a strategic opportunity for American businesses and states to advocate for carbon markets and climate finance at COP30, but experts described a murky path forward on Wednesday.

There is a time and place for protests and pickets, but the California regulator is currently keeping its head down and getting on with the job, said one of its officers at a conference on Wednesday.

US developers must consider emerging alternatives to monetise smaller carbon credit projects to get ahead of an expected loss of federal support, panellists at the Climate Action Reserve’s North American Carbon World (NACW) conference said on Wednesday.

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The state announced on Wednesday draft regulations mandating reporting of GHGs, which would be a forerunner to New York’s Cap-and-Invest programme, known as NYCI.

States participating in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power sector cap-and-trade scheme RGGI intend to complete the ongoing Third Program Review by the end of 2025, North American Carbon World participants heard Wednesday.

A Japanese megabank has joined a Zurich-headquartered carbon removal (CDR) buyers club as a major offtaker, the coalition announced Thursday.

The burgeoning supply of Mexican forest carbon credits hasn’t been able to keep up with demand, voluntary carbon market players told conference attendees, as they pointed to challenges with verification and existing methodologies.

Mexico will finally operationalise its emissions trading system (ETS) by the end of the year and include offsets, an expert told attendees of North American Carbon World on Wednesday.

The New Zealand Forest Service has released more details on exotic forestry restrictions in the emissions trading scheme (ETS), which are expected to come into force by October.  

The number of compliance-eligible offsets issued by the California ARB over the last two weeks dropped precipitously compared to the previous timeframe, as no newly-distributed units were marked with direct environmental benefits to the state (DEBs), data published by the state regulator on Wednesday showed.

The grid isn’t failing — it’s being redefined by people using rooftop solar, batteries and EVs. Networks, policymakers, and planners need to pay attention.

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