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Orchid Energy says it is investigating the feasibility of building a multi-gigawatt portfolio of offshore wind farms off the coast of Far North Queensland.

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After old crisp packets wash up on a beach, the BBC asks what is being done to improve packaging?

Belief in climate change seems to be linked to willingness to cooperate for the common good. This suggests there may be ways to bridge ideological divides to combat complex problems. Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland Quentin Douglas Atkinson, Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland Scott Claessens, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Auckland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US-based commodities exchange operator NYMEX will relaunch trade in EU Allowance futures and options next month, Carbon Pulse has learned.

The Zimbabwe government has declared all current carbon offset deals in the country “null and void” and will take a 50% revenue cut of all future contracts, a media outlet reported Tuesday, in what could further imperil a large, already beleaguered REDD+ project and set a precedent for other countries to extract similar concessions.

Uncertainty over fuel availability and infrastructure amongst the risks jeopardising efforts to meet the global shipping sector’s decarbonisation targets, according to a new report.

An area the size of Belgium will be needed to meet the EU’s renewable energy targets by 2040 for just France, Germany, and Italy, according a consultancy report that noted how large chunks of land are precluded from development because of strict regulations and environmental limitations.

Throughout last winter, 81% of homes in a new study were colder than the recommended minimum – the coldest fell to a minimum hourly average of 5 degrees. Cold homes can have deadly consequences. Cynthia Faye Barlow, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide Lyrian Daniel, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of South Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Community batteries are popular. But that doesn’t mean they’re always the right tool for the job. We have to make sure they do what we want them to do Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Alice Wendy Russell, Research fellow, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Hedda Ransan-Cooper, Senior Research Fellow, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University Louise Bardwell, Research Assistant, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Marnie Shaw, Associate professor, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Most traders expect the California-Quebec current vintage carbon auction on Wednesday to clear at a small-to-medium discount to prevailing allowance prices, though some feel bolstered sentiment in the WCI programme could lead to the first premium settlement in a year.

Italy's government and businesses shouldn’t make citizens choose between keeping their jobs and advancing the low-carbon transition, the European Commission's climate chief Frans Timmermans said Monday.

The burgeoning biodiversity market should be given more flexibility around the measurement and reporting of impact as it grows, compared to voluntary carbon, and also starts further along the development process, according to a senior member of standard body Verra, speaking at an event on Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania company that has been plugging abandoned oil and gas wells in the Appalachian Basin for 50 years is selling a majority stake to a Florida-headquartered methane offset developer, the firms announced Tuesday.

Ministers from pro-nuclear EU countries are calling for an independent supply chain, as per a declaration signed on Tuesday in Paris, as governments seek to tap and invest in the energy source to bolster supply security and to help them meet their climate goals.

Fixing the status of legacy credits with over quantification issues to enable households to receive the benefits of clean cookstove projects, plugging potential leakage in REDD+ forestry offset programmes, and addressing methodology overlap that leads to double-counting can all help restore credibility of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), an expert told Carbon Pulse in an interview on Monday.

American multinational conglomerate 3M is collaborating with Canadian carbon capture experts Svante Technologies to develop materials designed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, the firms announced Tuesday.

British multinational asset managers Schroders have launched carbon offset share classes to allow investors to counter the GHG output associated with their fund holdings.

A new wave of satellite sophistication is set to improve monitoring of REDD+ avoided deforestation projects with the upcoming launch of the VOLT mission, sponsored by the European Space Agency and the UK, claims a project developer.

Taking on vested interests and mandating housing energy ratings and minimum standards are far more important steps

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In the recent federal budget it was announced $1bn would be allocated to provide discounted loans to households to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes and replace gas appliances with electric ones. A further $300m was provided for states to upgrade the energy efficiency of social housing.

This was intended to deliver on a promise the Albanese Labor government gave in exchange for the Greens party agreeing to caps on the price of gas – in effect subsidising its cost below international prices.

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Debate persists on whether biochar warrants recognition as a “permanent” carbon removal solution, with scientific estimates evolving on how long CO2 remains captured, and as a growing chorus calls for its rapid upscaling because of its economic and other benefits relative to several engineered alternatives.