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A $250 million investment in sustainable fuels could tell the rest of the world that Australia is ready to turn its farm waste into flights.

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The most successful developer of wind, solar and battery projects in Australia reports a surge in storage revenues and earnings before de-listing.

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A top UK university has spun out a new company which aims to provide climate scenario analysis for investors.

Group claims regulator signed off on ‘broken system’ making customers pay for industry’s neglect

An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay for decades of neglect by the water industry.

River Action will file the legal claim this month, arguing that bill rises for customers that have been approved by the regulator could be used to fix infrastructure failures that should have been addressed years ago.

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Canada announced a slate of tariffs on US goods in response to the levies announced by President Donald Trump on imports from Canada and Mexico that took effect on Tuesday.

Minnesota could boost its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credit by millions of dollars and extend eligibility by five years.

Leading scientists are sounding the alarm bell over the growing chasm between scientific evidence and political action on climate change, warning on Thursday that a shift to an increasingly inhospitable planet may already be underway.

Scientists are increasingly worried about a potential slowdown of the major Atlantic ocean current. Now we know it would affect the Southern Hemisphere Himadri Saini, Research Associate at Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Laurie Menviel, Associate Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A rainforest-rich Brazilian state has established a commission to monitor REDD+ benefit-sharing and emissions reductions, support REDD+ projects and programmes, and liaise with a key national REDD+ agency.

Quinbrook unveils plans for series of massive eight-hour solar batteries to underpin giant industrial hubs and provide the engine room for green manufacturing.

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A month-on-month surge in retirement volumes in February, alongside continued strong interest in credits approved for ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), are among factors offering a positive signal for demand in the VCM over the year ahead.

New research shows frogs and other amphibians are already on the brink of overheating in a warming world. Here’s how many will suffer as global temperatures rise. Patrice Pottier, Postdoctoral researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The European Commission has bowed to pressure from the automotive industry by granting car manufacturers more flexibility to meet CO2 emission reduction targets, while taking a step towards decarbonising corporate fleets.

A US-based developer of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) has selected removals platform Puro.earth to certify its carbon removal credits under the Puro Standard for engineered carbon removal (CDR), they announced on Wednesday.

The voluntary carbon market faces structural inefficiencies - including issuance delays and oversupply - that could hinder its growth, putting it at a disadvantage to other climate-related investment vehicles such as green bonds, according to a new report.

BeZero Carbon has placed a Brazil-based forestry project on ‘rating watch’ following new information from the project developer.

The EU's new carbon market for road transport and buildings (ETS2) risks significantly deepening economic inequality across Europe — hitting parts of Eastern and Southern Europe the hardest — unless it is accompanied by strong redistribution measures, according to EU-funded research published on Wednesday.

The ability of the influential Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) to fulfil its mission of helping to enhance the EU Taxonomy, in areas including biodiversity, is hindered by its reliance on volunteer labour, a member of the group has told Carbon Pulse.

The UK government announced Wednesday it has allocated £55.7 million to expand a Scottish port, enabling it to become the first in the country to produce floating offshore wind turbines on site and at scale.

A French asset manager announced this week that it has secured €300 million for an impact fund investing in solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change.