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European carbon plunged to a new year-to-date low on Tuesday morning amid a wider sell-off in most markets after the US went ahead with plans to impose import tariffs on selected countries and the prospects of a peace deal in Ukraine appeared to recede.

US giant Google has launched its first accelerator for startups using technology to protect, manage, and restore biodiversity, amid continuous growth of the global nature tech market.

Governments in East Asia are accelerating the construction work for their emissions trading schemes, though participants are eager to see more policy clarity, experts told a conference Tuesday.

Malaysia on Tuesday unveiled a carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) bill in its house of representatives, establishing a regulatory framework to generate revenue from the technology.

The iceberg appears to be stuck and may start breaking up near the island of South Georgia.

Southeast Asian market associations are striving to ensure regional carbon market developments can align and harmonise with each other in order to build scale and ease of access, as governments are rapidly constructing infrastructure to meet their own domestic requirements.

The highly concentrated egg market may be contributing to soaring consumer prices – and the spread of the virus, data shared exclusively with the Guardian shows

Major egg corporations may be using avian flu as a ruse to hike up prices, generating record profits while hurting American consumers, new research suggests.

The cost of a dozen large eggs hit almost $5 in January – a record high in the US and more than two and a half times the average price three years ago before the avian flu outbreak. This signifies a 157% inflation rate for eggs – a previously go-to affordable protein source for many American families.

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Negotiations on the first-ever global treaty to tackle plastic pollution will resume in August in Switzerland after countries were unable to reach an agreement during talks in South Korea last December.

India will launch its voluntary carbon offset trading mechanism within six months as part of its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), a senior government official told the Carbon Forward Asia conference in Singapore on Tuesday.

Transition carbon credits, generated from the retirement of coal-fired power plants, should be priced at a minimum of $30 per tonne of CO2e - well above Article 6 credits - to be viable, a conference heard Tuesday.

Labor's offshore wind plans are under fire from all corners of the conservative political and media landscape, as Peter Dutton succeeds in sowing FUD.

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It's common to see a group of blokes working away on a rooftop solar installation, but an all-women team? Not likely. 

The post First women-only rooftop solar project powers up in Victoria, sets higher bar for industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The first stage of what will be Australia's biggest battery has entered the grid management system and is ready to start testing and commissioning.

The post Australia’s biggest battery project nears first production as it enters grid management system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

2024 State of the Market report for corporate renewable power purchase agreements reveals another record year for deals – and a new contender for the biggest player in the Australian market.

The post Record year for renewable PPAs features two mega-deals – and a new biggest spender appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Thousands of Australian species and ecological communities are threatened – and many don’t have a recovery plan in place. Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia's main grid boasted a record share of renewables over summer, and experienced record demand highs and record demand lows - and no supply shortfalls.

The post A summer of record renewables, record demand highs and record demand lows, and no blackouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two Australian fintech companies are teaming up to streamline and strengthen digital emissions reporting and certification efforts, they announced Tuesday.

Draft strategy says batteries of all sizes - and deep storage - are critical to Victoria's future energy infrastructure. And it calls for all replacement appliances to be electric.

The post Victoria urged to back home batteries and more deep storage, and do it soon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NT confirms plans to extend the life of a nearly 40-year old gas plant as it struggles to ramp up the renewable energy share on its main grid.

The post New government extends life of 1980s gas plant as shift to renewables limps ahead appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new direct air capture (DAC) project in East Africa has begun operations, marking the fastest deployment yet of the burgeoning technology, according to its backers.