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Resources giant Fortescue has committed to the next phase of advancing a novel green hydrogen technology that uses only sunlight, water and a photocatalyst.

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Stanford researchers say technical challenges and low lithium prices are pushing out the date for when sodium ion batteries can compete. Can the value of safer storage help level the playing field?

The post As Moss Landing smoulders, what are the prospects for safer salt batteries? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced that it will be leaving the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) in the days leading up to President Donald Trump's return to the White House.

The repowering of existing onshore wind farms – the refurbishment of a project to extend its life and increase its capacity – has become big business in the US.

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While its large brilliant flowers attracted early horticultural attention, this summertime stunner’s path to being a successful urban tree has not always been easy. Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Prices were little changed amid a quiet start to the year, but fresh analysis of the new entrants to the market in 2024, as well as a surge in the number of companies setting science-aligned climate targets painted a bullish outlook.

The new consolidated REDD methodology developed by voluntary carbon standard Verra will result in a large reduction in credit supply, compared to its previous programmes, according to analysis published Monday by a project ratings agency.

The EU could accept international carbon units in its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), ETS, or ETS2 schemes — as long as the credits are of a high enough quality, according to a former top climate official. 

The European Commission is preparing a series of measures to protect the automotive sector from unfair international competition, while keeping with the Union's decarbonisation goals.

An e-commerce platform has signed an agreement for 5,000 tonnes of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) credits with a company developing projects in the Global South, and a separate deal with Sweden-based biochar developer for an undisclosed amount of credits.

Tanzania is finalising plans to establish a Clean Cooking Energy Fund aimed at subsidising cooking gas prices for low-income households, with financing tied to carbon credits, local media reported on Thursday.

These ibises have a special skill called ‘remote touch’, which they use to find their worm, grub and snail prey through vibrations

Hadedas are iridescent grey-brown ibises – jack russell-sized birds with long, curved bills and very small heads – found throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

They have a special skill called “remote touch”, which they use to find their worm, grub and snail prey. At the tip of their bills is an organ that, when they stick it into the soil, can sense the vibrations of their food nearby.

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The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) will support governments in embedding its framework in national policies as the next phase of its initiative to scale the market, following what it called a "tsunami of interests" in credits, co-chair told a webinar on Monday.

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fee could cause Ukraine to lose 6.4% of its GDP by 2030 due to a drop in export volumes and job losses, according to Ukrainian analysis.

Indonesia’s National Carbon Exchange (IDX Carbon) saw around 2% of units offered trade at less than $5 each at its inaugural sale of correspondingly-adjusted Indonesia Authorised Carbon Credits (IACCs), held Monday.

A London-based clean energy company on Monday announced it had secured £100 million from a specialist global investment manager to construct the UK’s first multi-energy hubs designed to help decarbonise commercial road transport fleets.

Taking steps to mitigate corporate impacts on nature and increasing investments in restoration efforts could unlock an estimated $1.4 trillion in business opportunities across the offshore wind, mining, ports, and automotive sectors, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Using blue hydrogen in new forms of lower-emissions steelmaking instead of green will not have the same level of environmental benefits and will ultimately cost more money, according to a report released this week.

European carbon prices were modestly weaker at midday on Monday as traders foresaw a quiet session amid a lack of US participation due to a public holiday, while UKAs tumbled to a new record low as confidence continued to ebb in the British government's ability to quickly progress the market reform agenda.

A carbon removals buyers' club saw its total offtake commitments jump to a record $279 million, up from $166 mln in 2023, it said in an annual statement last week.