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Exclusive: Watchdog is supposed to audit firms yearly to ensure they are not illegally dumping sewage, but 36% of audits since 2010 are missing

The Environment Agency is failing to regularly audit water companies to check they are telling the truth about pollution and illegal sewage dumping in England, the Guardian can reveal.

The audits contribute to the star rating companies are given for environmental performance by the watchdog. Some companies are being given top ratings, even though the FoI data suggests the EA has not audited them for several years.

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Corporate climate goal assessor the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) said Wednesday it plans to increase its capacity to meet demand as a growing number of companies worldwide sign up to its net zero pathway.

A Switzerland-based international NGO has stressed the importance of insurers in incentivising biodiversity loss, calling on them to integrate biodiversity risk properly within their business activities.

The Queensland state government in Australia on Wednesday said it will fund better uptake of Accounting for Nature’s environmental accounting framework to provide stakeholders with better tools to measure the environment.

South Australia is aiming to cut red tape to pave way for what it expects to be a new wind, solar and green hydrogen "gold rush".

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European carbon prices were slightly stronger at midday on Wednesday as traders shrugged off data showing that investment funds had increased their bearish bets for a third week, accumulating the largest total short position in nearly two years, while UK Allowances fell to a new record low in early trade.

A New Zealand-based company on Wednesday announced it has launched biodiversity action credits tied to the conservation of two species of bird around the Southern Lakes Sanctuary on the country’s South Island, to add to its existing offerings.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX)  has reached a carbon credit deal with a natural resources company with a significant presence in the Philippines, it announced Wednesday.

South Korea’s latest monthly CO2 auction for the current compliance cycle sold only around 30% of the permits on offer Wednesday, as market sentiment remained lukewarm despite the government's proposed policy change to revitalise the market.

Electric mines could decarbonise much of mining companies' Scope 1 and 2 emissions, while offering health benefits to workers no longer trapped underground with diesel fumes and particulate matter, and could be made more affordable through a price on carbon, a conference heard this week.

Sea ice around Antarctica has always followed a predictable seasonal cycle. Now, we’ve experienced a sudden dramatic loss, and the changes are here to stay. Edward Doddridge, Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania Ariaan Purich, Lecturer in Climate Variability and Change, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed her commitment to the European Green Deal on Wednesday in her last annual speech to the European Parliament before the EU elections next June, though her focus was less on climate action and more on the need to support European industry on their decarbonisation journeys.

A tech startup that offers an AI-powered measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) service for forest conservation carbon projects, has announced Wednesday a $2.2 million pre-seed funding round.

Losing power after a disaster is devastating for communities, a new report suggests this can be mitigated by distributed and renewable energy resources.

The post Solar, batteries and microgrids essential for disaster-prone communities, study finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The energy director of a giant Australian brickmaker would like to see Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) offered for far more biogas projects so large-scale users can better decarbonise via taking biogas from the nation’s network of pipelines.

A survey of over 200 companies released Wednesday showed that over half of the respondents believe Australia will need to buy carbon credits to meet its net zero goals and most of them have or will buy offsets themselves, as Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) rebounded over the past few days after a dip late last week.

July was the hottest month on record – and took us past 1.5 degrees. But one month isn’t the same as failing to meet our Paris Agreement goals Ailie Gallant, Senior Lecturer, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Germany's Notus Energy signs declaration of intent to develop an up to 1,000MW wind farm in the exclusion zone around Ukraine's failed Chernobyl power plant.

The post Ukraine plans up to 1GW wind farm in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Price of battery cells plunges in August, taking it close to the "tipping point" where the cost of building battery-powered EVs can match that of internal combustion engine cars.

The post Battery cell prices plunge in August, close to tipping point for the end of ICE vehicles appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New modelling shows NSW's more than 54,000 social and affordable housing properties could host up to 650MW of rooftop solar and slash occupants' bills.

The post NSW social housing could host 650MW of rooftop solar, save occupants $129m a year appeared first on RenewEconomy.