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GMR Energy announces "early works" agreement for its big standalone battery on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

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Japan has launched a blockchain-based pilot programme to digitally verify emissions reductions and issue carbon offsets under the government’s J-Credit scheme.

World's largest solar and battery project has inked a deal to supply 24/7 renewable power to Darwin-based critical minerals supplier.

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CEFC to invest up to $80 million into an ambitious private equity fund designed to drive down the emissions of middle market companies.

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The Fijian government is working to set up a national carbon registry as it seeks to hold a series of consultations this year on creating a roadmap for the establishment of the country’s carbon market, a recent webinar heard. 

An independent power producer on Friday asked a court to deny the Washington Department of Ecology’s (ECY) attempt to dismiss its lawsuit reiterating discrimination claims under both the dormant Commerce-Clause and equal-protection laws, as the company said it spent millions in the state’s first cap-and-invest auction this winter.

The Alberta Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) carbon credit price fell over the January to March period after trading well above Canada's ‘backstop’ excess emissions charge, with one investor purchasing units amid the dip in value, according to a data analysis firm.

RGGI Allowance (RGA) values slid from a nearly two-month high over the course of the week in line with broader macroeconomic conditions, while some traders pointed to expectations for a bullish outcome from the power sector cap-and-trade system’s programme review in driving more options activity.

NSW insists all options open for Eraring coal generator, but likely new owner Brookfield warns against keeping it open longer than needed.

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Financial players continued to widen their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net long position this week to reach the highest level since early last year, while compliance entities slashed their net short position in the WCI market and net long in RGGI as the March contract expired, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

Australia’s threatened species keep declining. But there are concrete ways to help, from wildlife friendly gardens to leashing your dog. Matthew Selinske, Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Georgia Garrard, Senior Lecturer, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow, Charles Darwin University Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

A Maryland-based power plant has filed to shutter slightly earlier than a previously announced deadline, as coal-fired generation continues to go offline within the RGGI carbon market-covered region.

They say the first step to recovery is recognising you have a problem, so it is with preserving our precious wildlife

You wouldn’t think there would be much to celebrate when a threatened species has its status uplisted because the risk of it becoming extinct has increased. To have nine Australian birds uplisted on a single day as happened last week may at first seem very bleak indeed.

These listings have not come out of the blue, sparked by a single catastrophic event. The nine uplistings follow the recommendations of the 2020 Action Plan for Australian Birds produced by BirdLife Australia and Charles Darwin University, drawing on the expertise of hundreds of researchers who have studied and catalogued both the threats facing Australia’s birds and the actions needed to recover those teetering on the edge of extinction.

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Pools and well-watered gardens cause at least as damaging as climate emergency or population growth

The swimming pools, well-watered gardens and clean cars of the rich are driving water crises in cities at least as much as the climate emergency or population growth, according to an analysis.

The researchers said the vast difference in water use between rich and poor citizens had been largely overlooked in seeking solutions to water shortages, with the focus instead on attempts to increase supply and higher prices for water. They said the only way to protect water supplies was by redistributing water resources more equally.

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As toll on public health and global economy rises, radical action is needed on greenhouse gas emissions

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is a grim, yet unsurprising reminder of the catastrophic effect global heating is having on our planet. The message from leading climate scientists is clear: action is needed now. Not tomorrow, not next year, not by the end of the decade.

Even drastic carbon reduction today that limits temperature increases to the 1.5C agreed in Paris will alter the world we live in for ever. The IPCC concludes that every fraction of a degree more will edge us towards tipping points that will leave deep scars on our planet.

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Twin studies reveal that ‘acceleration’ of sea-level rise under way, leaving southern US cities in even greater peril

Coastal cities in the southern US, including Miami, Houston and New Orleans, are in even greater peril from sea-level rise than scientists already feared, according to new analysis.

What experts are calling a dramatic surge in ocean levels has taken place along the US south-eastern and Gulf of Mexico coastline since 2010, one study suggests, an increase of almost 5in (12.7cm).

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Water risk in North American pulp forests, soil organic carbon in Australia, untreated wastewater in China, and air pollution and carbon emissions in Russia are just some of the nature risks facing a major chemicals and cosmetics corporation that released a first-of-its-kind report on its biodiversity challenges Monday.

I was hoping for a film that would wake people up to the dismal state of British nature. This charming episode won’t do that

It was with some trepidation that I began viewing the online-only episode of David Attenborough’s latest documentary series, Wild Isles. The episode, Saving Our Wild Isles, focuses on the threats facing British wildlife and those fighting to save it.

Rumours had abounded that the BBC dared not broadcast this final episode on television because it was too hard-hitting, with some suggesting it was too critical of government action or inaction. I braced myself, expecting images of rivers polluted with plastics, sewage and pesticides, tales of dwindling numbers of insects, birds and mammals, of ancient woodlands destroyed, overfished seas, mature urban trees felled, meadows ploughed, raptors such as golden eagles poisoned, the climate crisis running amok.

Dave Goulson is a professor of biology at the University of Sussex, where he specialises in bee ecology

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South Korea on Monday released further details of its national strategy to meet its 2050 carbon neutrality targets, with a special focus on the creation of a value chain surrounding carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technologies.

Tropical cyclone brews off the Kimberley while freezing rain causes chaos in Quebec and Ontario

At the weekend a tropical low that was situated in the Timor Sea moved west-south-west into waters north of the Kimberley, Western Australia. Deepening as it moved, the low developed into a tropical cyclone on Sunday night that brought gale-force winds of up to 56 mph (90km/h) to the coast. Squally thunderstorms across northern parts of the region produced strong winds and heavy rain.

The tropical cyclone is forecast to reach category 3 by Tuesday. From Wednesday it is expected to turn south, prompting the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to warn that a significant risk of further instability could steer the storm south-east into central or eastern Pilbara, or western Kimberley. Given sea surface temperatures will be 30-32C (86-90F), the cyclone is expected to deepen to a category 4, with some models forecasting central pressure as low as 910hPa.

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