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The Senior Program Officer, Climate Investment Standards will adapt and develop standards for ACRs emerging capital markets practice.

As a part of the Colombian Carbon Tax team, you will deliver all milestones proposed for projects under the Colombian Carbon Tax rules and collaborate with other members of the Projects and Development team.

A recent study has shown a drop in green vegetation and trees in urban centres. While governments look to plant more trees, could individual planting, everywhere, be part of the solution?

ConocoPhillips says 4MW battery will enable it to shut down one gas generator, and it is looking at renewables to further reduce fuel costs and emissions.

The post Conoco to install big battery to cut emissions at Darwin LNG facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new battle-front in the carbon wars is playing out in Western Australia as the state's Environmental Protection Authority prepares to re-open consultations over emission requirements for resource projects.

A Connecticut legislative review committee has rejected regulations to implement the post-2020 RGGI Model Rule due to numerous errors in the proposed draft, according to a report released Tuesday.

Level One restrictions will come into effect from Saturday; with bans on using sprinklers and hosing down paths and driveways, along with restrictions on how you wash your car.

Analysis of EU commission figures found diesel cars clean up going at ‘snail’s pace’

More than three quarters of the 43m cars tampered with in the Dieselgate emissions test cheating scandal are still on the road four years later.

It will probably take another two years to recall the remaining 33m vehicles that were tampered with, according to analysis of unpublicised European commission figures which was released last week.

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German emitters ramped up their buying of EU Allowances in April, according to a government report released last Tuesday.

Mexico plans to implement a three-year cap-and-trade pilot programme beginning in 2020 that would utilise direct allocation and auctions to distribute allowances to end users, but it has not yet determined the appropriate caps, according to a public consultation released on Monday.

The country's government says it has become a dumping ground for wealthier nations.

The Liberal MP said he would have to do more research to find out what poses the greatest environmental risk to the reef.

The Liberal MP said he would have to do more research to find out what poses the greatest environmental risk to the reef.

Spain’s acting socialist government has called on the EU to assess a potential carbon tax on power imports under its upcoming central budget from 2021, according to media reports on Monday.

EU carbon dipped on Tuesday as observers warned that the rising risk of a 'no-deal' Brexit could weigh on prices, though signs mounted that a technical breakout could be imminent.

Researchers still fearful as approximately 10,000 to 15,000 are killed every year

Elephant poaching rates in Africa are declining, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications.

The annual poaching mortality rate fell from a high of more than 10% in 2011 to less than 4% in 2017, but the researchers warned that current levels were still unsustainable and could spell trouble for the future of the animals on the continent.

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Experts recently netted a mighty haul of carp in Nottinghamshire. But vast quantities of goldfish – and big ones at that – aren’t as rare as you might think

When you think of goldfish, you probably think of the feeble underlings of the fish world, once upon a time the prize at a funfair, who rarely live beyond a couple of years. However, this might not be quite right.

At the end of March, a wildlife pond near Eastwood in Nottinghamshire was partially drained and cleaned in a bid to encourage the return of native wildlife.

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The future of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino has been struck a blow, with the death of Malaysia's last male.

Study criticising climate impact of EU’s farming policy remained unpublished for a year

Environmentalists have warned that sections of the European commission may be “deliberately harming climate action” after a report into the climate impact of the common agricultural policy (CAP) was quietly published the day after the EU elections.

The study for the EU’s agriculture department was finished almost a year ago but remained unpublished while debate on the CAP’s future rumbled on, leading the environmental group WWF to lodge a freedom of information request for its release.

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Nodal Exchange and IncubEx will launch their second offering of environmental trading products on Friday, with this round focusing on a suite of new exchange-listed renewable energy certificates (RECs) for certain US states and jurisdictions.