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The Council of EU member states is rushing to complete work on a series of energy and climate bills this week, clearing its decks for what could be more difficult discussions next week. 

EPA says too many pesticide formulas exist to check all for the safety of ingredients that could harm humans, plants and wildlife

Ingredients labeled as “inactive” in pesticide formulas are potentially poisoning the environment, crops and animals, but the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rebuffed calls to examine their toxicity and risks.

Agency rules do not require the EPA to account for inactive ingredients when it evaluates pesticide formula safety despite the fact that industry labels dangerous substances like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as inert.

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A Vancouver-headquartered carbon credit developer announced Friday the close of the final tranche of its non-brokered private placement offering, with proceeds intended in part to help expand operations in West Africa and Latin America.

The UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) on Monday unveiled its ‘gold standard’ Disclosure Framework to guide large corporations around presenting their climate transition plans, in alignment with globally recognised reporting frameworks and standards.

European carbon prices made modest gains on Monday morning amid a sharply higher energy complex after a weekend of rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and renewed threats of Australian LNG strikes, as a persistently gloomy macroeconomic outlook appeared to dampen the impact of short-term security concerns.

Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves

The damage caused by the climate crisis through extreme weather alone has already cost $16m (£13m) an hour for the past 20 years, according to a new estimate.

Storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts have taken many lives and destroyed swathes of property in recent decades, with global heating making the events more frequent and intense. The new study is the first to calculate a global figure for the increased costs directly attributable to human-caused global heating.

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Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile

Microplastics have been found everywhere from the oceans’ depths to the Antarctic ice, and now new research has detected it in an alarming new location – clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains.

The clouds around Japan’s Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama contain concerning levels of the tiny plastic bits, and highlight how the pollution can be spread long distances, contaminating the planet’s crops and water via “plastic rainfall”.

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Japan's main bourse is set to begin trading domestically issued carbon credits later this week as the world's third-biggest economy will finally see a domestic emissions market established, though possible liquidity drainage and unclear definitions of high-quality credits mean expectations are sober, observers told Carbon Pulse.

He says measures are unaffordable: official figures say otherwise. He says costs will fall on the poor, but that’s a choice made by his government

Keir Starmer faces a challenge at party conference that no UK opposition leader has faced in more than 30 years. He will have to defend his climate policy against a bitter and sustained attack.

Since the late 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher became the first UK prime minister to vow to tackle the climate crisis, a cross-party consensus on the issue has endured. In the last eight general elections, there has been no serious debate over whether to try to cut greenhouse gas emissions, only over how.

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It seems that Australia’s a-ha moment has now arrived in the clean energy transition - the realisation that having natural ability alone doesn’t make you a winner.

The post Turning green to gold, Australia has to make its own luck in the race to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Saudi Arabia will formally launch a carbon crediting scheme early next year that will allow corporates to offset emissions by buying units compliant with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the energy minister confirmed at a UN summit Monday.

Singapore has offered more clarity on what kind of international carbon credits will and will not be allowed under new rules to allow international carbon credits under its carbon tax.

The Beijing municipal government will auction 500,000 carbon allowances under its pilot emissions trading scheme (ETS) later this month, aiming to help companies acquire the allowances they need for compliance.

A conservation group wants the Australian government to purchase Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that consider environmental, social, and cultural co-benefits, rather than lowest cost abatement, it said in a recent submission.

New Zealand’s first-ever ‘Chook Symphony’ to boost wellbeing of chicken flock – video

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Multiple forestry groups have launched a judicial review in New Zealand’s High Court seeking an urgent examination on the new per-hectare charges and service fees for foresters in the ETS.

Chef and kitchen consultant Luke Burgess on why induction stoves are so efficient and why he thinks they are unlikely to be superseded any time soon.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Why choosing an induction stove is a gateway decision for getting rid of gas from our homes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Shell-backed energy storage pilot on hold after "dangerous heat build-up" had to be brought under control with help of emergency services.

The post “Dangerous heat” incident puts thermal energy storage pilot on hold appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Two of the newer signatories of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) have been accused of lagging in their commitments but experts believe the Southeast Asian nations have valid and complex reasons for a lacklustre uptake.

Distributed energy resources are the only renewable sector growing fast enough to help Australia meet its energy goals, and overcome vested interests.

The post Power to the people: Why rooftop solar is key to Australia’s renewables target appeared first on RenewEconomy.