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The cabinet of Thailand on Tuesday approved its plan to impose a carbon tax on oil and other petroleum products in an effort to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

A multinational commodity trader has combined with two non-profits to launch an initiative aimed at mobilising billions in private-sector investment for Brazilian rainforest protection, including via REDD+ finance.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) on Wednesday opened its draft Audit Thresholds Instrument 2025 for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) for consultation.

A social media post featuring a fake news report is spreading a false claim about damage to a solar farm in the Sunshine State.

The post Fact check: No, a Queensland solar farm was not “smashed” by wild weather appeared first on RenewEconomy.

As Trump confirms plans to "drill baby, drill" Santos hits pause on a $3bn-plus oil and gas project in Australia and turns its focus to a project in Alaska.

The post Santos hits pause on massive Australian oil and gas project, shifts attention to US appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Marinus Link has narrowed the field for who will build the onshore infrastructure to two groups, with a decision to be made in Q4.

The post Marinus Link moves closer to construction as short-list narrows down to two contenders appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Vena Energy says it has completed Australia's largest utility-scale hybrid renewable facility with a single connection to the grid. 

The post Big battery joins solar farm to complete “cutting edge” hybrid renewables system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Verra has approved the first Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) from an offset project developed based on improved agricultural land management (IALM) practices.

Quebec’s green economy plan may shift after US President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders immediately following his inauguration, but the province’s carbon market is not an area of concern, local media reported Tuesday.

Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Energy says it has reduced its net emissions in 2024 compared to its baseline even as its overall gross emissions rose, as the company expanded a carbon credit project in South America.

Developer Quinbrook Infrastructure starts the year with the biggest ever funding deal for a battery in Australia, with $722 million for the huge Supernode BESS.

The post Quinbrook seals record finance deal to build huge “Supernode” data centre battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Wildlife monitoring is vital to arresting Australia’s extinction crisis. But research shows we may be getting false pictures of how species are faring. David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Benjamin Scheele, Research Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University Elle Bowd, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Maldwyn John Evans, Senior Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

California’s carbon market watchdog encouraged lawmakers to better elucidate the development of carbon management, environmental justice proposals, and cost containment of the state’s cap-and-trade programme, in a number of recommendations published Thursday.

Trump has kicked off his second run as US president with a flurry of executive orders targeting climate, renewables and clean transport. Here's what we know, so far – and some early insight into what it all means.

The post Trump launches immediate attack on climate, renewables and EVs. How worried should we be? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RGGI allowances (RGAs) in the secondary market stepped higher all through last week as a cold spell blanketed the US Northeast, but traders expect near-term headwinds ahead for prices.

America's first offshore wind farm gets the all-clear to resume operations, but under strict conditions, including the removal of scores of potentially faulty turbine blades.

The post First US offshore wind farm powers back up after blade break, under strict new conditions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The UK government is looking at how to avoid a disparity in carbon prices in the Irish Sea when it expands its ETS to the domestic maritime sector, according to officials.

The US EPA has approved West Virginia’s application for primary enforcement authority over Class VI injection wells, enabling the state to regulate CO2 storage projects.

In the waning days of the outgoing Biden administration, the US DOE announced that it had distributed $39 million in early-stage funding to the final two proposals selected as part of the department’s hydrogen hub programme.

As bushfire seasons grow longer and more intense, Australia needs new weapons in its firefighting arsenal. Marta Yebra, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Australian National University Iain Guilliard, Research Fellow, School of Engineering., Australian National University Nicholas Wilson, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Robert Mahony, Professor of System Theory and Robotics, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.