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Big generation companies seize on unplanned baseload and network outages to cause a spike in wholesale electricity prices in September, and reverse the long-term downward trend in some states.

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Wind and solar industry warns the market for renewable energy certificates could crash if Tasmania succeeds in its push for changes that could deliver windfall gains to its old hydro assets.

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California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures prices tailed off Thursday as initial market excitement over ARB's regulatory notice published earlier in the week eased, while the Washington Carbon Allowances (WCA) activity remained muted despite some positive polling for the programme ahead of November's repeal vote.

Solar panel technology that keeps lights on around the world and batteries made from waste have been recognised at an awards gala.

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In Iceland scientists plan to drill down to magma to understand it and use it for energy production.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced conditional loans totalling nearly $3 billion to two biofuel producers with the goal of expanding sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) output.

Survey of young people aged 16-25 from all US states shows concerns across political spectrum

The overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about the climate crisis, and more than half say their concerns about the environment will affect where they decide to live and whether to have children, new research finds.

The study comes just weeks after back-to-back hurricanes, Helene and Milton, pummeled the south-eastern US. Flooding from Helene caused more than 600 miles of destruction, from Florida’s west coast to the mountains of North Carolina, while Milton raked across the Florida peninsula less than two weeks later.

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A major athletics brand seeks to offset the emissions generated by shipment from its online purchases in the US through forestry-based carbon credits, targeting nearly 27,600 acres of forestland in Oregon.

The European Commission on Thursday announced a €15-million funding opportunity aimed at advancing technologies in direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) and bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS).

Massive wind and battery project attracts nearly 100 hundred objections, but none from locals and most from people who don't live anywhere near the project.

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An oil refinery in the Los Angeles area is set to shutter in Q4 2025, less than a week after California's legislature approved controversial fuel supply minimums for in-state refiners, according to a company announcement on Wednesday.

Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned. Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

NSW won't reduce the 8-hour definition for long duration energy storage and is setting both a new target and regulations to make this field more attractive to developers. 

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Russia will present ideas for creating an international carbon market at the UN climate summit COP29 in Baku next month, local news outlets have reported.

A carbon project financier has launched arbitration proceedings and a court action in Canada against the developers of a large Indonesian REDD project.

A technology-focused carbon removal programme has for the first time launched a public consultation on a reforestation protocol, the company announced on Thursday.

The European Commission is looking at all options to incentivise carbon removals, not just their potential integration in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), a senior EU official has said.

England desperately needs a land use framework to best determine how land should be apportioned for the many competing priorities of farming, nature, carbon, energy, and housing, industry experts said on Thursday.

Non-profit SeaTrees is preparing to release 300,000 voluntary marine biodiversity credits for sale at UN biodiversity conference COP16 from a Kenyan initiative, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Verra has cancelled over 5 million voluntary carbon credits issued to C-Quest Capital (CQC) projects following an investigation launched back in June, also in the wake of charges of fraud by US authorities on former executives at the company.